Lithuania recorded the annual inflation rate of 3% in May 2025, down from 3.6% observed in April. A year ago, the rate was 0.9%.
The lowest annual rates were registered in Cyprus (0.4%), France (0.6%) and Ireland (1.4%). The highest annual rates were recorded in Romania (5.4%), Estonia (4.6%) and Hungary (4.5%). Compared with April 2025, annual inflation fell in fourteen Member States, remained stable in one and rose in twelve.
In May 2025, the highest contribution to the annual euro area inflation rate came from services (+1.47 percentage points, pp), followed by food, alcohol & tobacco (+0.62 pp), non-energy industrial goods (+0.16 pp) and energy (-0.34 pp).