Inflation in Austria
Inflation in Austria was 3.6% in September 2026, according to Statistics Austria.
So far this year (January–September 2026), prices are 3.1% higher than in the same months of 2025. For 2025 as a whole, inflation was 3.5%.
Over the ten years from 2015 to 2025, prices rose by 38.7% in total, an average of 3.3% a year.
Inflation in Austria by year
Annual inflation is the change in the average price level from the year before. The last column shows what €100 in each year is worth in 2025.
| Year | Inflation | €100 is worth in 2025 |
|---|---|---|
| 2026 (Jan–Sept) | 3.1% | – |
| 2025 | 3.5% | €100 |
| 2024 | 2.9% | €104 |
| 2023 | 7.8% | €107 |
| 2022 | 8.5% | €115 |
| 2021 | 2.8% | €125 |
| 2020 | 1.4% | €128 |
| 2019 | 1.5% | €130 |
| 2018 | 2.0% | €132 |
| 2017 | 2.1% | €135 |
| 2016 | 0.9% | €137 |
| 2015 | 0.9% | €139 |
| 2014 | 1.6% | €140 |
| 2013 | 2.0% | €142 |
| 2012 | 2.5% | €145 |
| 2011 | 3.2% | €149 |
| 2010 | 1.8% | €153 |
| 2009 | 0.5% | €156 |
| 2008 | 3.2% | €157 |
| 2007 | 2.2% | €162 |
| 2006 | 1.5% | €166 |
Show every year back to 1948
| 2005 | 2.3% | €168 |
| 2004 | 2.1% | €172 |
| 2003 | 1.4% | €175 |
| 2002 | 1.8% | €178 |
| 2001 | 2.7% | €181 |
| 2000 | 2.3% | €186 |
| 1999 | 0.6% | €190 |
| 1998 | 0.9% | €191 |
| 1997 | 1.3% | €193 |
| 1996 | 1.9% | €196 |
| 1995 | 2.2% | €199 |
| 1994 | 3.0% | €204 |
| 1993 | 3.6% | €210 |
| 1992 | 4.0% | €217 |
| 1991 | 3.3% | €226 |
| 1990 | 3.3% | €234 |
| 1989 | 2.6% | €241 |
| 1988 | 1.9% | €247 |
| 1987 | 1.4% | €252 |
| 1986 | 1.7% | €256 |
| 1985 | 3.2% | €260 |
| 1984 | 5.7% | €268 |
| 1983 | 3.3% | €284 |
| 1982 | 5.4% | €293 |
| 1981 | 6.8% | €309 |
| 1980 | 6.3% | €330 |
| 1979 | 3.7% | €351 |
| 1978 | 3.6% | €364 |
| 1977 | 5.5% | €377 |
| 1976 | 7.3% | €398 |
| 1975 | 8.4% | €427 |
| 1974 | 9.5% | €463 |
| 1973 | 7.5% | €507 |
| 1972 | 6.4% | €545 |
| 1971 | 4.7% | €580 |
| 1970 | 4.4% | €607 |
| 1969 | 3.1% | €633 |
| 1968 | 2.8% | €653 |
| 1967 | 4.0% | €671 |
| 1966 | 2.2% | €698 |
| 1965 | 5.0% | €713 |
| 1964 | 3.8% | €748 |
| 1963 | 2.7% | €777 |
| 1962 | 4.4% | €798 |
| 1961 | 3.6% | €833 |
| 1960 | 1.9% | €863 |
| 1959 | 1.6% | €879 |
| 1958 | 2.3% | €893 |
| 1957 | 2.2% | €914 |
| 1956 | 3.5% | €934 |
| 1955 | 0.8% | €967 |
| 1954 | 3.7% | €974 |
| 1953 | -5.4% | €1,010 |
| 1952 | 17.0% | €955 |
| 1951 | 27.8% | €1,118 |
| 1950 | 13.1% | €1,429 |
| 1949 | 28.1% | €1,616 |
| 1948 | 52.4% | €2,070 |
Highest and lowest inflation
The highest annual inflation since 1948 was 52.4% in 1948. The largest fall in prices was 5.4% in 1953. Prices last fell in 1953, by 5.4%.
About the figures
Statistics Austria's consumer price index (VPI), linked with its earlier post-war indices back to 1947. The figures are annual averages of the consumer price index from Statistics Austria, and are updated automatically when new figures are published.
Amounts from before 2002 are in euro, converted from Austrian schillings at the fixed rate of €1 = 13.7603 Austrian schillings.
Source: Statistics Austria
Inflation in other countries
| Country | Latest month | This year so far | Latest year | 10-year average |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5.3% (Oct 2026) | 3.3% | 2.5% (2025) | 3.0% | |
| 2.2% (Sept 2026) | 1.5% | 1.9% (2025) | 1.9% | |
| 3.8% (Sept 2026) | 2.8% | 2.1% (2025) | 2.6% | |
| 3.4% (Oct 2026) | 2.0% | 0.9% (2025) | 1.9% | |
| 3.3% (Sept 2026) | 2.6% | 2.2% (2025) | 2.6% | |
| 4.1% (Sept 2026) | 3.4% | 2.2% (2025) | 2.2% | |
| 5.4% (Oct 2026) | 2.9% | 1.5% (2025) | 2.1% | |
| 3.4% (Sept 2026) | 3.0% | 3.3% (2025) | 3.0% | |
| 3.4% (Sept 2026) | 3.2% | 3.0% (2025) | 3.3% | |
| 4.0% (Sept 2026) | 2.9% | 3.6% (2025) | 4.6% | |
| 4.9% (Sept 2026) | 3.4% | 2.7% (2025) | 2.4% | |
| 1.1% (Sept 2026) | 0.5% | 0.7% (2025) | 2.9% | |
| 3.4% (Sept 2026) | 3.0% | 3.4% (2025) | 3.3% | |
| 3.7% (Sept 2026) | 3.4% | 2.6% (2025) | 3.1% |