Bulgaria's Sept inflation highest among EU states in SEE - table

On a monthly comparison basis, the highest rise in consumer prices among the EU's members in SEE was registered in Greece, Eurostat said in a statement on Wednesday. The country recorded an increase of 3%, as measured by the Harmonised Indices of Consumer Prices (HICP).

It was followed by Romania and Bulgaria with monthly rises of 0.9% and 0.7%, respectively.

The lowest rate of annual inflation among the EU members from SEE was registered in Slovenia. With a rate of 10.6%, the country comes below the EU average level of 10.9%.

Across the EU, the lowest annual inflation rates were registered in France, Malta and Finland with 6.2%, 7.4% and 8.4%, respectively. In contrast, Estonia, Lithuania and Latvia registered the highest rates of 24.1%, 22.5% and 22%, respectively.

Below is data on last month's inflation rates measured by the HICP in EU member states in SEE:

source: Eurostat