Inflation in Germany
Inflation in Germany was 3.3% in September 2026, according to Destatis.
So far this year (January–September 2026), prices are 2.6% higher than in the same months of 2025. For 2025 as a whole, inflation was 2.2%.
Over the ten years from 2015 to 2025, prices rose by 29.0% in total, an average of 2.6% a year.
Inflation in Germany 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) | 2.6% | – |
| 2025 | 2.2% | €100 |
| 2024 | 2.3% | €102 |
| 2023 | 5.9% | €104 |
| 2022 | 6.9% | €111 |
| 2021 | 3.1% | €118 |
| 2020 | 0.5% | €122 |
| 2019 | 1.4% | €123 |
| 2018 | 1.8% | €124 |
| 2017 | 1.5% | €126 |
| 2016 | 0.5% | €128 |
| 2015 | 0.6% | €129 |
| 2014 | 0.9% | €130 |
| 2013 | 1.5% | €131 |
| 2012 | 2.0% | €133 |
| 2011 | 2.1% | €136 |
| 2010 | 1.1% | €138 |
| 2009 | 0.3% | €140 |
| 2008 | 2.6% | €140 |
| 2007 | 2.3% | €144 |
| 2006 | 1.6% | €147 |
Show every year back to 1950
| 2005 | 1.5% | €150 |
| 2004 | 1.7% | €152 |
| 2003 | 1.0% | €154 |
| 2002 | 1.4% | €156 |
| 2001 | 2.0% | €158 |
| 2000 | 1.4% | €161 |
| 1999 | 0.6% | €164 |
| 1998 | 0.9% | €165 |
| 1997 | 2.0% | €166 |
| 1996 | 1.4% | €169 |
| 1995 | 1.8% | €172 |
| 1994 | 2.7% | €175 |
| 1993 | 4.5% | €180 |
| 1992 | 5.1% | €188 |
| 1991 | 3.6% | €197 |
| 1990 | 2.5% | €204 |
| 1989 | 2.8% | €209 |
| 1988 | 1.2% | €215 |
| 1987 | 0.2% | €218 |
| 1986 | -0.2% | €218 |
| 1985 | 2.0% | €218 |
| 1984 | 2.6% | €222 |
| 1983 | 3.2% | €228 |
| 1982 | 5.2% | €235 |
| 1981 | 6.4% | €247 |
| 1980 | 5.4% | €263 |
| 1979 | 4.2% | €277 |
| 1978 | 2.6% | €289 |
| 1977 | 3.7% | €296 |
| 1976 | 4.1% | €307 |
| 1975 | 6.0% | €320 |
| 1974 | 7.0% | €339 |
| 1973 | 7.2% | €363 |
| 1972 | 5.3% | €389 |
| 1971 | 5.2% | €410 |
| 1970 | 3.6% | €431 |
| 1969 | 1.8% | €447 |
| 1968 | 1.5% | €455 |
| 1967 | 1.9% | €462 |
| 1966 | 3.1% | €470 |
| 1965 | 3.2% | €485 |
| 1964 | 2.5% | €501 |
| 1963 | 3.0% | €513 |
| 1962 | 2.6% | €528 |
| 1961 | 2.7% | €542 |
| 1960 | 1.8% | €557 |
| 1959 | 0.5% | €567 |
| 1958 | 2.3% | €570 |
| 1957 | 1.9% | €583 |
| 1956 | 3.0% | €594 |
| 1955 | 1.5% | €612 |
| 1954 | 0.5% | €621 |
| 1953 | -1.5% | €624 |
| 1952 | 2.0% | €615 |
| 1951 | 7.6% | €627 |
| 1950 | -6.6% | €675 |
Highest and lowest inflation
The highest annual inflation since 1950 was 7.6% in 1951. The largest fall in prices was 6.6% in 1950. Prices last fell in 1986, by 0.2%.
About the figures
Destatis's consumer price index (VPI). Up to 1990 the figures are for West Germany, as in Destatis's own long series, and they start in 1949, after the 1948 currency reform introduced the Deutsche Mark. The figures are annual averages of the consumer price index from Destatis, and are updated automatically when new figures are published.
Amounts from before 2002 are in euro, converted from Deutsche Mark at the fixed rate of €1 = 1.95583 Deutsche Mark.
Source: Destatis
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% | |
| 3.4% (Oct 2026) | 2.0% | 0.9% (2025) | 1.9% | |
| 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% |