Inflation in France
Inflation in France was 3.4% in October 2026, according to INSEE.
So far this year (January–October 2026), prices are 2.0% higher than in the same months of 2025. For 2025 as a whole, inflation was 0.9%.
Over the ten years from 2015 to 2025, prices rose by 21.0% in total, an average of 1.9% a year.
Inflation in France 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–Oct) | 2.0% | – |
| 2025 | 0.9% | €100 |
| 2024 | 2.0% | €101 |
| 2023 | 4.9% | €103 |
| 2022 | 5.2% | €108 |
| 2021 | 1.6% | €114 |
| 2020 | 0.5% | €115 |
| 2019 | 1.1% | €116 |
| 2018 | 1.9% | €117 |
| 2017 | 1.0% | €119 |
| 2016 | 0.2% | €121 |
| 2015 | 0.0% | €121 |
| 2014 | 0.5% | €121 |
| 2013 | 0.9% | €122 |
| 2012 | 2.0% | €123 |
| 2011 | 2.1% | €125 |
| 2010 | 1.5% | €128 |
| 2009 | 0.1% | €130 |
| 2008 | 2.8% | €130 |
| 2007 | 1.5% | €133 |
| 2006 | 1.7% | €135 |
Show every year back to 1961
| 2005 | 1.7% | €138 |
| 2004 | 2.1% | €140 |
| 2003 | 2.1% | €143 |
| 2002 | 1.9% | €146 |
| 2001 | 1.6% | €149 |
| 2000 | 1.7% | €151 |
| 1999 | 0.5% | €154 |
| 1998 | 0.7% | €155 |
| 1997 | 1.2% | €156 |
| 1996 | 2.0% | €158 |
| 1995 | 1.8% | €161 |
| 1994 | 1.7% | €164 |
| 1993 | 2.1% | €166 |
| 1992 | 2.4% | €170 |
| 1991 | 3.2% | €174 |
| 1990 | 3.4% | €179 |
| 1989 | 3.6% | €185 |
| 1988 | 2.7% | €192 |
| 1987 | 3.2% | €197 |
| 1986 | 2.7% | €203 |
| 1985 | 5.8% | €209 |
| 1984 | 7.4% | €221 |
| 1983 | 9.6% | €237 |
| 1982 | 11.8% | €260 |
| 1981 | 13.4% | €291 |
| 1980 | 13.5% | €330 |
| 1979 | 10.8% | €375 |
| 1978 | 9.1% | €415 |
| 1977 | 9.4% | €453 |
| 1976 | 9.7% | €495 |
| 1975 | 11.7% | €543 |
| 1974 | 13.7% | €607 |
| 1973 | 9.3% | €690 |
| 1972 | 6.2% | €754 |
| 1971 | 5.7% | €800 |
| 1970 | 5.2% | €846 |
| 1969 | 6.4% | €889 |
| 1968 | 4.6% | €947 |
| 1967 | 2.7% | €990 |
| 1966 | 2.7% | €1,017 |
| 1965 | 2.5% | €1,044 |
| 1964 | 3.4% | €1,070 |
| 1963 | 4.8% | €1,107 |
| 1962 | 4.7% | €1,160 |
| 1961 | 3.4% | €1,214 |
Highest and lowest inflation
The highest annual inflation since 1961 was 13.7% in 1974. The lowest was 0.0% in 2015. Prices have not fallen in any year since 1961.
About the figures
INSEE's consumer price index (IPC). The series starts in 1960, when the new franc replaced 100 old francs. The figures are annual averages of the consumer price index from INSEE, and are updated automatically when new figures are published.
Amounts from before 2002 are in euro, converted from French francs at the fixed rate of €1 = 6.55957 French francs.
Source: INSEE
Inflation in other countries
| Country | Latest month | This year so far | Latest year | 10-year average |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3.6% (Sept 2026) | 3.1% | 3.5% (2025) | 3.3% | |
| 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% | |
| 3.3% (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% |