Inflation rate in Europe in October 2024, by country

As of October 2024, the inflation rate in the European Union was 2.3 percent, with prices rising fastest in Romania, which had an inflation rate of five percent. By contrast, both Slovenia and Lithuania saw low inflation rates during the same period, with Slovenia having the lowest inflation rate in the EU during this month. The rate of inflation in the EU in the October 2022 was higher than at any other time, with the peak prior to 2021 recorded in July 2008 when prices were growing by 4.4 percent year-on-year. Before the recent rises in inflation, price rises in the EU had been kept at relatively low levels, with the inflation rate remaining below three percent between January 2012 and August 2021. Rapid recovery and energy costs driving inflationThe reopening of the European economy in 2021 following the sudden shock of COVID-19 in 2020 is behind many of the factors that have caused prices to rise so quickly in 2022.  Global supply chains have not yet recovered from production issues, travel restrictions, and workforce problems brought about by the pandemic. Rising energy costs have only served to exacerbate supply problems, particularly with regard to the transport sector, which had the highest inflation rate of any sector in the EU in December 2021. High inflation rates mirrored in the U.S.The high inflation rates seen in Europe have been reflected in other parts of the world. In the United States, for example, the consumer price index reached a 40-year-high of seven percent in December 2021, influenced by many of the same factors driving European inflation. Nevertheless, it is hoped that once these supply chain issues ease, inflation levels will start to fall throughout the course of 2022.

截至2024年10月，欧盟的通货膨胀率为2.3%，其中罗马尼亚的物价上涨速度最快，通货膨胀率高达百分之五。相较之下，斯洛文尼亚和立陶宛在同一时期均呈现较低通货膨胀率，斯洛文尼亚更是本月欧盟内通货膨胀率最低的国家。2022年10月欧盟的通货膨胀率高于以往任何时期，其中2021年7月的价格同比增长率最高，达到4.4%。在最近的通货膨胀率上升之前，欧盟的物价上涨一直保持在相对较低的水平，通货膨胀率在2012年1月至2021年8月间始终低于百分之三。经济复苏与能源成本推动通货膨胀：2021年欧洲经济在2020年COVID-19疫情突然冲击后的重启，是导致2022年物价迅速上涨的诸多因素之一。全球供应链尚未从疫情带来的生产问题、旅行限制和劳动力问题中恢复过来。能源成本的上升进一步加剧了供应问题，尤其是在运输领域，2021年12月欧盟所有行业中，运输业的通货膨胀率最高。美国通货膨胀率亦步亦趋：欧洲所见的较高通货膨胀率在其他地区也有所体现。例如，在美国，消费者价格指数在2021年12月达到了40年来的最高点，达到百分之七，受许多推动欧洲通货膨胀的因素影响。尽管如此，人们仍期望随着供应链问题的缓解，2022年通货膨胀水平将逐步下降。