ELSTAT: Greek inflation reaches 5.7% in October
The headline index rose 0.7% from September. Housing and transport made the largest contributions to the annual increase.
Consumer prices in Greece were 5.7% higher in October 2026 than in October 2025, according to figures released by ELSTAT on 10 November. The annual rate was 5.0% in September. The headline index rose 0.7% from September to October.
Housing rose 15.1% and transport 13.8% from a year earlier. Together they contributed about 4.15 percentage points to the change in the headline index. Food and non-alcoholic beverages rose 2.1% from a year earlier and 2.3% from September.
The harmonised index, used for comparisons across EU countries, also rose 5.7% year on year, but rose 0.4% from September. The annual rate compares the same month in two different years; the monthly rate measures the change from the immediately preceding month.
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