Inflation in Italy
Inflation in Italy was 5.4% in October 2026, according to Istat.
So far this year (January–October 2026), prices are 2.9% higher than in the same months of 2025. For 2025 as a whole, inflation was 1.5%.
Over the ten years from 2015 to 2025, prices rose by 22.7% in total, an average of 2.1% a year.
Inflation in Italy 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) | 2.9% | – |
| 2025 | 1.5% | €100 |
| 2024 | 1.0% | €102 |
| 2023 | 5.6% | €103 |
| 2022 | 8.2% | €108 |
| 2021 | 1.9% | €117 |
| 2020 | -0.1% | €119 |
| 2019 | 0.6% | €119 |
| 2018 | 1.1% | €120 |
| 2017 | 1.2% | €121 |
| 2016 | -0.1% | €123 |
| 2015 | 0.0% | €123 |
| 2014 | 0.2% | €123 |
| 2013 | 1.2% | €123 |
| 2012 | 3.0% | €125 |
| 2011 | 2.8% | €128 |
| 2010 | 1.5% | €132 |
| 2009 | 0.8% | €134 |
| 2008 | 3.3% | €135 |
| 2007 | 1.8% | €139 |
| 2006 | 2.1% | €142 |
Show every year back to 1949
| 2005 | 2.0% | €145 |
| 2004 | 2.2% | €148 |
| 2003 | 2.7% | €151 |
| 2002 | 2.5% | €155 |
| 2001 | 2.8% | €159 |
| 2000 | 2.5% | €163 |
| 1999 | 1.7% | €168 |
| 1998 | 2.0% | €170 |
| 1997 | 2.0% | €174 |
| 1996 | 3.9% | €177 |
| 1995 | 5.4% | €184 |
| 1994 | 3.9% | €194 |
| 1993 | 4.2% | €202 |
| 1992 | 5.4% | €210 |
| 1991 | 6.4% | €221 |
| 1990 | 6.1% | €236 |
| 1989 | 6.6% | €250 |
| 1988 | 5.0% | €267 |
| 1987 | 4.6% | €280 |
| 1986 | 6.1% | €293 |
| 1985 | 8.6% | €311 |
| 1984 | 10.6% | €337 |
| 1983 | 15.0% | €373 |
| 1982 | 16.3% | €429 |
| 1981 | 18.7% | €499 |
| 1980 | 21.1% | €592 |
| 1979 | 15.7% | €717 |
| 1978 | 12.4% | €830 |
| 1977 | 18.1% | €934 |
| 1976 | 16.5% | €1,103 |
| 1975 | 17.2% | €1,285 |
| 1974 | 19.4% | €1,505 |
| 1973 | 10.4% | €1,798 |
| 1972 | 5.6% | €1,984 |
| 1971 | 5.0% | €2,096 |
| 1970 | 5.1% | €2,201 |
| 1969 | 2.8% | €2,313 |
| 1968 | 1.3% | €2,378 |
| 1967 | 2.0% | €2,408 |
| 1966 | 2.0% | €2,456 |
| 1965 | 4.3% | €2,505 |
| 1964 | 5.9% | €2,614 |
| 1963 | 7.5% | €2,769 |
| 1962 | 5.1% | €2,977 |
| 1961 | 2.9% | €3,129 |
| 1960 | 2.7% | €3,220 |
| 1959 | -0.4% | €3,306 |
| 1958 | 4.8% | €3,292 |
| 1957 | 1.9% | €3,450 |
| 1956 | 5.0% | €3,516 |
| 1955 | 2.8% | €3,691 |
| 1954 | 2.7% | €3,795 |
| 1953 | 1.9% | €3,897 |
| 1952 | 4.2% | €3,973 |
| 1951 | 9.7% | €4,142 |
| 1950 | -1.3% | €4,544 |
| 1949 | 1.5% | €4,483 |
Highest and lowest inflation
The highest annual inflation since 1949 was 21.1% in 1980. The largest fall in prices was 1.3% in 1950. Prices last fell in 2020, by 0.1%.
About the figures
Istat's consumer price index for the whole nation (NIC), and before 1996 Istat's index for revaluing money. The series starts in 1948, after the post-war inflation of 1943–47. The figures are annual averages of the consumer price index from Istat, and are updated automatically when new figures are published.
Amounts from before 2002 are in euro, converted from Italian lire at the fixed rate of €1 = 1,936.27 Italian lire.
Source: Istat
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% | |
| 3.3% (Sept 2026) | 2.6% | 2.2% (2025) | 2.6% | |
| 4.1% (Sept 2026) | 3.4% | 2.2% (2025) | 2.2% | |
| 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% |