Inflation rose by 2.5% in January 2026, down from 2.6% last December and compared with an increase of 2.7% in January 2025. However, these rates are not directly comparable because of changes to the general index starting in January, such as the inclusion of games of chance and other services related to personal transport.

The problem with inflation remains in food and groceries, the index of which recorded an increase of 4.5%. Indicatively, over the course of one year price increases were recorded in:

Bread and other bakery products (3.3%), Beef (25.4%), Pork (4.8%), Lamb and goat meat (8.5%), Poultry (3.5%), Fish and seafood - in general (4.1%), Dairy products and eggs (4.7%), Margarine and other vegetable fats (9.8%), Fruit (11.8%), Vegetables (3.1%), Spoon sweets - jams - honey (3.5%), Chocolates and chocolate products (20.3%), Pastry products (6.3%) and Coffee (17.7%).

Also in: Clothing and footwear (8%), Rents (8.7%), Electricity (2.4%), Air passenger transport (15.9%), Package holidays (7.1%), Restaurants and cafés/patisseries (7.5%), Health insurance premiums (7%), Maintenance and repair of personal transport equipment (6.6%) and Other services related to personal transport (4.6%). 
On the other hand, significant price reductions were recorded in: Natural gas (-25.8%) and Heating oil (-9.5%).