Annual inflation rates in July 2025 (%)

[u/roggahn]

[u/Lex2882]

I can confirm Romania is that bad , as someone who traveled there from Deutschland, France, Poland, Hungary, Romanian prices from food to hotels are much more expensive and of lower quality, hopefully they get their act together.

[u/Realistic-Bag-6881 → u/Lex2882]

No hope for that, we are doomed , big deficits, big debt, low productivity, ageing population

[u/Lex2882 → u/Realistic-Bag-6881]

Oh wow.. it's like the perfect storm, surely something can be done, what are the politicians doing ? Fishing ?

[u/Realistic-Bag-6881 → u/Lex2882]

They are protecting their interests , in Romania there are 2 classes of people: private sector = slaves who get hit by all the burden and there are the politicians, magistrates, judges, institutions, etc who don’t pay any shit even if the country would default on its debts.

[u/IWillDevourYourToes → u/Realistic-Bag-6881]

and there are the politicians, magistrates, judges, institutions, etc

Doesn't the public sector also have 2 classes: the slaves working their ass off for minimum wage (those who don't have good connections) and the "nobility" who barely works at all and earns above average wage (connections, nepotism)

[u/Realistic-Bag-6881 → u/IWillDevourYourToes]

You nailed it.Sounds familiar?

[u/IWillDevourYourToes → u/Realistic-Bag-6881]

Pretty much

[u/Lex2882 → u/Realistic-Bag-6881]

Well.. if that's the case then , I truly feel sorry for your country, let's hope drastic changes will change the course of your country, because it is such a beautiful country.

[u/Bimbaphabibi → u/Lex2882]

Unfortunately, the situation in Hungary won’t improve much in the foreseeable future because Orbán and his government have started their usual pre-election handouts, which will be burdening us, the taxpayers, with inflation and tax increases. We can only hope that we’ll get rid of them in 2026.

[u/RudeAd1887 → u/Lex2882]

My brother in christ, just look at the apartment prices. You could get villas in spain for apartments in Cluj. It's insane. Average salary in Ro is 500 euros btw.

[u/Low_discrepancy → u/RudeAd1887]

Why don't you mention the average salary in Cluj?

Average salary in the county is 1300 euros. In the city the average salary would of course be even higher.

Second highest after Bucharest.

https://actualdecluj.ro/salariul-mediu-net-din-cluj-ajunge-la-aproape-1-300-euro-cel-mai-mare-din-tara-dupa-capitala/

Talking about average salary in Romania and talking about house prices in one of the most expensive cities in Romania isn't exactly comparing apples to apples.

[u/IWillDevourYourToes → u/RudeAd1887]

Shhhhh... speculants, developers, and real estate investors clearly don't have enough yet. It's gonna trickle down eventually trust me

[u/xelio9 → u/Lex2882]

We as Italians know very well about your inflation rate, you have no idea how big is the trend in finance to buy Romanian's bonds right now

[u/Borovichka → u/xelio9]

Why?

[u/xelio9 → u/Borovichka]

High yield obviously, well, higher than many other countries

[u/L0gard]

There are Germans and Americans complaining in /r/eesti about prices of groceries and perfumes. Shit's no joke.

[u/Odd_Mortgage_6538 → u/L0gard]

And as a romanian we have the same prices for groceries but salaries 3 times smaller , rest in peace my wallet

[u/OkKnowledge2064 → u/L0gard]

Most germans have no idea how crazy cheap our groceries actually are

im living in portugal right now and groceries are roughly the same while the average wage is probably 1/3rd

[u/BudSpencerCA → u/OkKnowledge2064]

Couldn't agree more. Prices are still incredibly low. Just pick the right grocery store

[u/Peanutcat4 → u/L0gard]

That's so funny lol.

I'm going to Estonia soon, I was planning on hoarding home ungodly amounts of alcohol. Should I be worried?

[u/Dryish → u/Peanutcat4]

Yeah, take a drive down to the Latvian border for that purpose. Estonian prices no longer differ that much from, say, Finnish prices.

[u/strajeru]

Ajutor...!

[u/talideon]

That rate for Ireland looks hilariously incorrect. There is absolutely no way it's as low as 1.6%.

[u/aurelvoss]

Does anyone know the inflation in Switzerland?

[u/flower-power-123 → u/aurelvoss]

Switzerland is experiencing deflation. A few months ago I wrote this:

https://www.reddit.com/r/investing/comments/1k2fxu9/a_chinese_deflationary_tsunami_is_headed_for/

What do you think of that?

EDIT: I got this from Brave: Switzerland Inflation Rate

The inflation rate in Switzerland was 0.20 percent in July 2025, an increase from 0.10 percent in June 2025. The annual inflation rate for 2024 was 1.30 percent , down from 2.10 percent in 2023. Recent monthly data shows a fluctuating trend in 2025, with rates of 0.4% in January, 0.3% in February, 0.4% in March, 0.0% in April, -0.2% in May, 0.0% in June, and 0.2% in July. Projections suggest the inflation rate will be around 0.60 percent in 2026 and 0.70 percent in 2027.

Having been there I have to disagree. It looks like prices in restaurants at least are dropping.

[u/Vybo → u/flower-power-123]

How is that relevant to Switzerland? You wrote about the EU, which they are not part of and it didn't happen.

Also, inflation of 1.3 % is not deflation.

[u/Only_Illustrator3309]

How can countries with the same currency, have different inflation rates? How can the euro be more inflated in Spain than France for example. Aren't they regulated by the same central bank?

[u/dustofdeath]

My company salary increase was also to match "inflation rate" - but i wonder where did they get their numbers from. They were a .. a bit smaller.

[u/Domi4]

Eastern Europe's economy is also growing fast.

[u/QueenxUnicorn]

what country is that 0.1?

[u/BkkGrl → u/QueenxUnicorn]

Cyprus

[u/SpiritedEclair]

I call bullshit on Ireland. Our shopping has tripled in price from 2 years ago.

[u/Wikirexmax → u/SpiritedEclair]

General inflation numbers are usually a wide basket of goods and services. 

Groceries inflation is one element of it a can be way higher.

[u/Nomad-2020]

FYI, Eurostat does have data for Iceland, Norway, Switzerland, Serbia, Turkey.

Can someone please explain why you guys keep excluding these countries in your maps? I really want to know why.

[u/chekitch → u/Nomad-2020]

This is EU. They are not.

[u/xelio9 → u/chekitch]

doesn't matter, good reference to know their values as well...

[u/Nomad-2020 → u/chekitch]

Is there a particular rule where it states that one must only post data of the EU countries, excluding other European countries?

[u/chekitch → u/Nomad-2020]

Did I say they shouldnt? I just said that is the most propable reason.

[u/vampyr01 → u/chekitch]

I just said that is the most propable reason.

No you didn't?

[u/chekitch → u/vampyr01]

Ok. It is the reason.

[u/vampyr01 → u/chekitch]

Exactly. That's your silly justification.

[u/chekitch → u/vampyr01]

No, that is my explanation.

[u/vampyr01 → u/chekitch]

OP's original question was:

Can someone please explain why you guys keep excluding these countries in your maps? I really want to know why.

And your response was:

This is EU. They are not.

And you're wondering why that's being construed as a justification, or a reason you support?

[u/flower-power-123]

I recently bought olive oil in France. Organic extra virgin cold press costs 15euros/liter or more. I have seen as much as 20. It depends vary much on what you buy. It is true that some prices are going down (cars is a good example). How many people buy a car every year?

[u/athe085 → u/flower-power-123]

15€ is cheap for organic extra virgin olive oil in France.

[u/flower-power-123 → u/athe085]

Yeah. That is what I tell myself. Prices have come down.

[u/AdMean6001 → u/flower-power-123]

How much olive oil do you consume? How many years of olive oil consumption would it take to reach the equivalent price of a car?

What's more, olive oil is a very poor indicator because it is highly dependent on production, which fluctuates greatly from year to year due to the weather.

In short, the figures are accurate and your impression does not reflect reality.

[u/ShinHayato]

How is France’s inflation so low?