HICP - all items - annual average indices methods, notes and classification

Harmonised Indices of Consumer Prices (HICPs) are designed for international comparisons of consumer price inflation. HICP is used by e.g. the European Central Bank for monitoring of inflation in the Economic and Monetary Union and for the assessment of inflation convergence as required under Article 121 of the Treaty of Amsterdam.

• • Unit of measure
    • 00 Annual average index
  • Classification of individual consumption by purpose (COICOP)
    • 00 All-items HICP
  • Geopolitical entity (reporting)
    • 000 European Union - 27 countries (from 2020)
    • 001 Euro area – 20 countries (from 2023)
    • 002 Euro area - 19 countries (2015-2022)
    • 003 Belgium
    • 004 Bulgaria
    • 005 Czechia
    • 006 Denmark
    • 007 Germany
    • 008 Estonia
    • 009 Ireland
    • 00a Greece
    • 00b Spain
    • 00c France
    • 00d Croatia
    • 00e Italy
    • 00f Cyprus
    • 00g Latvia
    • 00h Lithuania
    • 00i Luxembourg
    • 00j Hungary
    • 00k Malta
    • 00l Netherlands
    • 00m Austria
    • 00n Poland
    • 00o Portugal
    • 00p Romania
    • 00q Slovenia
    • 00r Slovakia
    • 00s Finland
    • 00t Sweden
    • 00u Iceland
    • 00v Norway
    • 00w Switzerland
    • 00x United Kingdom
    • 00y Montenegro
    • 00z North Macedonia
    • 010 Albania
    • 011 Serbia
    • 012 Türkiye
    • 013 Kosovo*
    • 014 United States