Greece’s annual inflation rate stood at 4.9% in May 2026, according to final data released today (17 June 2026) by Eurostat — slightly lower than the 5% indicated by the preliminary flash estimate.
In the eurozone, the annual inflation rate rose to 3.2% in May 2026, up from 3.0% in April. That compares with 1.9% a year earlier.
Across the broader European Union, annual inflation reached 3.3% in May 2026, up from 3.2% in April and significantly higher than the 2.2% recorded in May 2025.
The lowest annual inflation rates were registered in Sweden (1.1%), Denmark and the Czech Republic (both at 1.8%). The highest were in Romania (9.7%), Bulgaria (6.3%), and Lithuania (5.1%).
Compared to April 2026, annual inflation declined in eleven EU member states and rose in sixteen.
In the eurozone, services contributed the most to the May 2026 inflation figure, adding +1.61 percentage points. Energy followed with +0.98 percentage points, while food, alcohol, tobacco (+0.36 pp), and non-energy industrial goods (+0.23 pp) also posted positive contributions.