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Consumer price inflation by country, December 2025: ranking
In December 2025, Australia had the highest rate among 20 countries (3.8%) and Switzerland the lowest (0.2%). 9 countries rose from the previous month and 9 fell. The euro area figure was 2%.
| Rank | Country | Latest | Period | Change from previous month | Definition | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Australia | 3.8% | 2025-12 | +0.4pp | National consumer price index | Australian Bureau of Statistics |
| 2 | Austria | 3.8% | 2025-12 | -0.2pp | EU harmonised index (HICP) | Eurostat (European Commission) |
| 3 | UK | 3.4% | 2025-12 | +0.2pp | National consumer price index | Office for National Statistics (UK) |
| 4 | Spain | 3% | 2025-12 | -0.2pp | EU harmonised index (HICP) | Eurostat (European Commission) |
| 5 | Norway | 3% | 2025-12 | +0.3pp | EU harmonised index (HICP) | Eurostat (European Commission) |
| 6 | U.S. | 2.7% | 2025-12 | 0pp | CPI-U (all urban consumers) | U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics |
| 7 | Netherlands | 2.7% | 2025-12 | +0.1pp | EU harmonised index (HICP) | Eurostat (European Commission) |
| 8 | Ireland | 2.7% | 2025-12 | -0.4pp | EU harmonised index (HICP) | Eurostat (European Commission) |
| 9 | Poland | 2.6% | 2025-12 | 0pp | EU harmonised index (HICP) | Eurostat (European Commission) |
| 10 | Portugal | 2.4% | 2025-12 | +0.3pp | EU harmonised index (HICP) | Eurostat (European Commission) |
| 11 | Canada | 2.36% | 2025-12 | +0.14pp | National consumer price index | Statistics Canada |
| 12 | South Korea | 2.3% | 2025-12 | -0.1pp | National consumer price index | Statistics Korea (KOSIS) |
| 13 | Belgium | 2.2% | 2025-12 | -0.4pp | EU harmonised index (HICP) | Eurostat (European Commission) |
| 14 | Sweden | 2.1% | 2025-12 | -0.1pp | EU harmonised index (HICP) | Eurostat (European Commission) |
| 15 | Germany | 2% | 2025-12 | -0.5pp | EU harmonised index (HICP) | Eurostat (European Commission) |
| 16 | Denmark | 1.9% | 2025-12 | -0.1pp | EU harmonised index (HICP) | Eurostat (European Commission) |
| 17 | Finland | 1.7% | 2025-12 | +0.2pp | EU harmonised index (HICP) | Eurostat (European Commission) |
| 18 | Italy | 1.2% | 2025-12 | +0.1pp | EU harmonised index (HICP) | Eurostat (European Commission) |
| 19 | France | 0.7% | 2025-12 | -0.1pp | EU harmonised index (HICP) | Eurostat (European Commission) |
| 20 | Switzerland | 0.2% | 2025-12 | +0.2pp | EU harmonised index (HICP) | Eurostat (European Commission) |
| Regional average (not ranked) | Euro area | 2% | 2025-12 | -0.1pp | EU harmonised index (HICP) | Eurostat (European Commission) |
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How to read this
- 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.
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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, 2025-12 — license
- Source: Eurostat, accessed 2025-12 — license