Rent inflation by country: latest official figures

Latest official rent inflation for 21 countries in one table, as of 2026-10, with each country's period, change and source.

Updated when a new official figure arrives.

Rank	Country	Latest	Period	Change	Definition	Source
1	Ireland	6.3%	2026-09	+0.8pp	HICP actual rentals for housing	Eurostat (European Commission)
2	Portugal	5.2%	2026-09	0pp	HICP actual rentals for housing	Eurostat (European Commission)
3	Netherlands	4.4%	2026-09	0pp	HICP actual rentals for housing	Eurostat (European Commission)
4	UK	4.2%	2026-09	0pp	Rent component of the national CPI	Office for National Statistics (UK)
5	Austria	4.1%	2026-09	-0.2pp	HICP actual rentals for housing	Eurostat (European Commission)
6	Australia	3.6%	2026-09	0pp	Rent component of the national CPI	Australian Bureau of Statistics
7	Norway	3.6%	2026-09	+0.1pp	HICP actual rentals for housing	Eurostat (European Commission)
8	Poland	3.6%	2026-09	0pp	HICP actual rentals for housing	Eurostat (European Commission)
9	Italy	3.4%	2026-09	0pp	HICP actual rentals for housing	Eurostat (European Commission)
10	Sweden	3.3%	2026-09	0pp	HICP actual rentals for housing	Eurostat (European Commission)
11	Belgium	3%	2026-09	-0.1pp	HICP actual rentals for housing	Eurostat (European Commission)
12	U.S.	2.8%	2026-09	+0.1pp	Rent component of the national CPI	U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics
13	Canada	2.8%	2026-09	-0.01pp	Rent component of the national CPI	Statistics Canada
14	Spain	2.5%	2026-09	0pp	HICP actual rentals for housing	Eurostat (European Commission)
15	Denmark	2.5%	2026-09	0pp	HICP actual rentals for housing	Eurostat (European Commission)
16	Germany	2.2%	2026-09	0pp	HICP actual rentals for housing	Eurostat (European Commission)
17	France	1.6%	2026-09	0pp	HICP actual rentals for housing	Eurostat (European Commission)
18	South Korea	1.44%	2026-10	+0.1pp	Rent component of the national CPI	Statistics Korea (KOSIS)
19	Switzerland	1.3%	2026-09	-0.2pp	HICP actual rentals for housing	Eurostat (European Commission)
20	Japan	0.5%	2026-09	0pp	Rent component of the national CPI	Statistics Bureau of Japan
21	Finland	-0.2%	2026-09	0pp	HICP actual rentals for housing	Eurostat (European Commission)
Regional average (not ranked)	Euro area	2.6%	2026-09	0pp	HICP actual rentals for housing	Eurostat (European Commission)

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How to read this

Each value is the most recent figure the official statistics agency has published. Countries publish on different days, so periods can differ; the period column shows which month each value refers to.
Change is the difference from the previous period of the same series, in percentage points.
Definitions are not identical across countries (see the definition column). The table compares published headline figures; it is not a ranking of living standards.

Monthly rankings

Source

Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics — license
Source: Office for National Statistics, licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0 — license
Source: Statistics Canada. Reproduced and distributed on an "as is" basis with the permission of Statistics Canada — license
Source: Australian Bureau of Statistics (CC BY 4.0) — license
Source: Statistics Korea (KOSIS), Consumer Price Survey / Economically Active Population Survey, 2026-10 — license
Source: Statistics Bureau of Japan, Consumer Price Index, accessed 2026-10 — license
Source: Eurostat, accessed 2026-10 — license