Compared to a year ago, the inflation rate for all of 2025 has gradually dropped, sometimes in very small amounts, finally settling at 5.3%, compared to 7% in 2024, according to the Consumer Price Index for December 2025, published Monday by the National Institute of Statistics (INS).
The same source said the inflation rate stabilized at 4.9% in December 2025 compared to the previous month.
This stability is explained on one hand by the acceleration of price increases in the “Food” group (6.1% in December 2025 vs 5.8% in November 2025) and on the other hand by the slower rise in prices in the “restaurant, café, and hotel services” group (6% in December 2025 vs 6.2% in November 2025).
On an annual basis, food prices rose by 6.1%. This increase is mainly due to higher prices for lamb (+17.3%), fresh fruits (+16%), fresh vegetables (+14%), beef (+10.6%), and fresh fish (+9.9%). In contrast, edible oil prices fell by 14.8%.
Over the year, manufactured goods prices increased by 4.9%, due to higher prices for clothing and shoes (+9.1%) and household cleaning products (+5.1%). For services, annual price increases were 3.9%, mainly due to higher accommodation service costs (+11.6%).
In December 2025, the core inflation rate (excluding food and energy) fell to 4.9% from 5% the previous month. Unregulated (free) product prices rose 6.1% year-on-year, while regulated product prices increased by 0.8%. Free food products rose 7%, compared to 0.3% for regulated food products.
Consumer prices increased 0.2% month-on-month
The Consumer Price Index increased by 0.2% in December 2025, compared to November 2025.
This rise was mainly due to higher prices in the “clothing and shoes” group (+1.7%) and the “restaurant, café, and hotel services” group (+0.6%), while food prices fell by 0.2%.
Month-on-month, food prices fell by 0.2%, mainly due to lower edible oil prices (-2.4%), vegetables (-2%), and poultry (-0.8%). In contrast, fresh fruit prices rose 2.7% and fresh fish prices increased 0.8%.
Clothing and shoe prices rose 1.7%, with clothing up 1.9% and shoes up 1.6%.
Restaurant, café, and hotel service prices rose 0.6%, mainly due to accommodation service prices (+2.8%).
Sectoral and category contributions to inflation
The “Manufactured goods” and “Services” groups contributed most to overall inflation, with 1.9% and 1.3%, respectively.
By category, the “Non-food free” and “Food free” groups contributed most to inflation, at 3.1% and 1.6%, respectively.
