The monthly inflation rate was 0.9%, while the annual inflation rate was 5.3%. The inflation rate is measured by the CPI, with monthly inflation referring to October 2025 compared to the previous month, and the annual inflation is for October 2025 compared to the same month of the previous year.
In October 2025, compared to the previous month, an increase was registered in the following groups: ‘Clothing and footwear’ (7.1%), 'Recreation and culture’ (5.5%) and ‘Education’ (1.1%). Decrease in the prices was recorded in the following groups: ‘Transport’ (-0.2%) and ‘Furnishings, household equipment and routine maintenance of the house’ (-0.2%).
Consumer Price Index (CPI)
In October 2025, the monthly inflation rate was 0.9% and the annual inflation rate in October 2025, compared to October 2024, was 5.3%[1].
The inflation rate since the beginning of the year (October 2025 compared to December 2024) was 4.3%, and the annual average inflation rate for the period November 2024 - October 2025 compared to the period November 2023 - October 2024 was 4.1%.
Monthly inflation
In October 2025, the prices of goods and services increased in the following consumer groups:
- ‘Clothing and footwear’ - an increase of 7.1%;
- ‘Recreation and culture’ - an increase of 5.5%;
- ‘Education’ - an increase of 1.1%;
- ‘Alcoholic beverages and tobacco’ - an increase of 0.5%;
- ‘Food and non-alcoholic beverages’ - an increase of 0.3%;
- ‘Health’ - an increase of 0.2%;
- ‘Housing, water, electricity, gas and other fuels’ - an increase of 0.2%;
- ‘Communications’ - an increase of 0.1%;
- ‘Miscellaneous goods and services’ - an increase of 0.1%.
The prices of goods and services decreased in the following consumer groups:
- ‘Transport’ - a decrease of 0.2%;
- ‘Furnishings, household equipment and routine maintenance of the house’ - a decrease of 0.2%.
The prices of the goods and services in the consumer group ‘Restaurants and hotels’ remained unchanged.
Accumulated inflation
The accumulated inflation, measured by CPI, for the last three years (October 2025 compared to October 2022) was 13.5% and for the last five years (October 2025 compared to October 2020) was 41.5%.
Harmonized Index of Consumer Prices (HICP)
In October 2025, the monthly inflation rate, measured by HICP, was 0.4% and the annual inflation rate in October 2025 compared to October 2024 was 3.8%[2].
The inflation rate since the beginning of the year (October 2025 compared to December 2024) was 3.2%, and the annual average inflation rate for the period November 2024 - October 2025 compared to the period November 2023 - October 2024 was 3.3%.
Monthly inflation
In terms of HICP, in October 2025, the prices of goods and services increased in the following consumer groups:
- ‘Clothing and footwear’ - an increase of 6.2%;
- ‘Recreation and culture’ - an increase of 2.0%;
- ‘Education’ - an increase of 1.1%;
- ‘Alcoholic beverages and tobacco’ - an increase of 0.6%;
- ‘Food and non-alcoholic beverages’ - an increase of 0.4%;
- ‘Miscellaneous goods and services’ - an increase of 0.3%;
- ‘Housing, water, electricity, gas and other fuels’ - an increase of 0.2%;
- ‘Health’ - an increase of 0.1%;
- ‘Communications’ - an increase of 0.1%.
The prices of goods and services decreased in the following consumer groups:
- ‘Restaurants and hotels’ - a decrease of 1.1%;
- ‘Transport’ - a decrease of 0.7%.
The prices of the goods and services in the consumer group ‘Furnishings, household equipment and routine maintenance of the house’ remained unchanged.
Accumulated inflation
The accumulated inflation, measured by HICP, for the last three years (October 2025 compared to October 2022) was 12.2% and for the last five years (October 2025 compared to October 2020) was 35.5%.
Price Index of a Small Basket (PISB)
In October 2025, a price increase of 0.4%, measured by the Price Index of a Small Basket, was registered on a monthly basis, and since the beginning of the year, there was a price increase of 5.2%[3].
In October 2025, compared to the previous month, the prices of goods and services in the small basket for the 20% of households with the lowest income changed as follows:
- ‘Non-food products’ - an increase of 0.6%;
- ‘Food products’ - an increase of 0.5%;
- ‘Services’ - an increase of 0.1%.
