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Croatia: prices

Croatia's prices figures from Eurostat, set against the other EU states. Every figure links to the table it was read from; where Eurostat publishes nothing for Croatia, the page says so.

Consumer price inflation: Croatia is the joint 3rd highest of the 27 EU member states (2025).

all items, annual average change: 4.4% for Croatia, against 2.5% for the EU as a whole.

Croatia against the EU

Each measure with the states ranked next to it. The latest year with a published figure is used.

Consumer price inflation

all items, annual average change

Croatia: 4.4% in 2025, against 2.5% for the EU as a whole — the joint 3rd highest of the 27 EU states with a figure for 2025.

Consumer price inflation: Croatia and the states ranked next to it, 2025
RankCountryFigure
1Romania6.8%
2Estonia4.8%
joint 3Croatia4.4%
joint 3Hungary4.4%
5Slovakia4.2%
—European Union (27, from 2020) (reference, not ranked)2.5%
  • Published from 1999 to 2025. Highest: 10.7% in 2022. Lowest: -0.6% in 2016.
  • Average of the latest published figures (2021–2025): 6.0%*.
  • Above the EU figure in 13* of 25* years with a figure for both (2001–2025).

Food prices

annual average change

Croatia: 5.3% in 2025, against 3.3% for the EU as a whole — the 6th highest of the 27 EU states with a figure for 2025.

Food prices: Croatia and the states ranked next to it, 2025
RankCountryFigure
4Bulgaria6.2%
5Slovenia5.5%
6Croatia5.3%
7Denmark4.9%
joint 8Lithuania4.5%
—European Union (27, from 2020) (reference, not ranked)3.3%
  • Published from 1999 to 2025. Highest: 15.7% in 2022. Lowest: -2.4% in 2014.
  • Average of the latest published figures (2021–2025): 7.9%*.
  • Above the EU figure in 14* of 25* years with a figure for both (2001–2025).

Housing and utilities prices

annual average change

Croatia: 7.1% in 2025, against 2.8% for the EU as a whole — the 4th highest of the 27 EU states with a figure for 2025.

Housing and utilities prices: Croatia and the states ranked next to it, 2025
RankCountryFigure
2Austria7.3%
3Bulgaria7.2%
4Croatia7.1%
5Belgium6.3%
6Poland6.2%
—European Union (27, from 2020) (reference, not ranked)2.8%
  • Published from 1999 to 2025. Highest: 13.2% in 2022. Lowest: -2.9% in 2020.
  • Average of the latest published figures (2021–2025): 5.7%*.
  • Above the EU figure in 15* of 25* years with a figure for both (2001–2025).

Household energy prices

electricity, gas and heating fuel, annual average change

Croatia: 7.5% in 2025, against 1.4% for the EU as a whole — the 6th highest of the 27 EU states with a figure for 2025.

Household energy prices: Croatia and the states ranked next to it, 2025
RankCountryFigure
4Spain10.7%
5Belgium8.2%
6Croatia7.5%
7Sweden6.8%
8Poland6.3%
—European Union (27, from 2020) (reference, not ranked)1.4%
  • Published from 1999 to 2025. Highest: 17.4% in 2022. Lowest: -5.0% in 2016.
  • Average of the latest published figures (2021–2025): 6.4%*.
  • Above the EU figure in 9* of 24* years with a figure for both (2002–2025).

Transport prices

annual average change

Croatia: -0.2% in 2025, against 0.7% for the EU as a whole — the joint 20th highest of the 27 EU states with a figure for 2025.

Transport prices: Croatia and the states ranked next to it, 2025
RankCountryFigure
19France-0.1%
joint 20Bulgaria-0.2%
joint 20Croatia-0.2%
joint 20Italy-0.2%
23Slovenia-0.3%
—European Union (27, from 2020) (reference, not ranked)0.7%
  • Published from 1999 to 2025. Highest: 14.7% in 2000. Lowest: -6.3% in 2009.
  • Average of the latest published figures (2021–2025): 4.9%*.
  • Above the EU figure in 9* of 25* years with a figure for both (2001–2025).

House prices

annual change in the house price index

Croatia: 13.9% in 2025, the 4th highest of the 26 EU states with a figure for 2025.

House prices: Croatia and the states ranked next to it, 2025
RankCountryFigure
2Portugal17.6%
3Bulgaria14.6%
4Croatia13.9%
5Spain12.7%
6Slovakia12.4%
—European Union (27, from 2020) (reference, not ranked)no figure published
  • Published from 2009 to 2025. Highest: 14.8% in 2022. Lowest: -6.3% in 2010.
  • Average of the latest published figures (2021–2025): 11.7%*.

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The counts on this page are published by Eurostat (Statistical Office of the European Union) and are reproduced unchanged. Humanity Observatory has additionally derived the following from them:

  • A country's rank among the 27 EU states for a measure, computed by sorting the published per-country figures.
  • The highest and lowest point of the country's own published annual series.
  • The average of the country's latest published annual figures (up to five years).
  • The number of years in which the country's figure was above the EU figure for the same year.

Source: Eurostat. Reuse terms.

* Calculated by Humanity Observatory from published figures.

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