On a monthly comparison basis, Romania posted the highest rate of increase of consumer prices among EU countries in SEE in January, of 1.4%, Eurostat said in a statement.
Elsewhere in SEE, Croatia and Greece had the lowest annual inflation rate in January, of 5.5% each.
Data about inflation rates in EU member states in SEE follows (in pct):
Jan annual rate | Jan monthly rate | |
Bulgaria | 7.7 (p) | 1.2 (p) |
Croatia | 5.5 | 0.4 |
Greece | 5.5 | -0.2 |
Romania | 7.2 | 1.4 |
Slovenia | 6.0 | 0.6 |
EU average | 5.6 | 0.5 |
(p) - provisional
source: Eurostat