Croatia’s annual inflation rate climbed to 4.1% in July 2025, marking the third consecutive month of rising prices, according to preliminary data from the Croatian Bureau of Statistics (DZS). Compared to June, prices were 0.4% higher on average.
The key contributors to this surge were food, beverages, and tobacco, which rose 6.6% year-on-year. Services saw a 5.7% increase, while energy prices went up 2.3%. Only non-food industrial goods without energy posted a modest 0.4% rise.
Month-on-month, food and drink prices rose by 1.6%, energy by 1.3%, and services by 1.1%, while industrial goods prices dropped by 2.4%.
Eurostat’s data confirms Croatia, alongside Slovakia (both at 4.5%), has the second-highest inflation in the eurozone, behind Estonia’s 5.6%. The eurozone average stands at just 2%.
Final inflation data for July will be published by DZS on August 14.