Croatia’s annual inflation rate eased to 3.3 percent in December, according to second official data released on Thursday by the Croatian Bureau of Statistics (DZS).
Prices of goods and services for personal consumption, measured by the consumer price index, were on average 3.3 percent higher than in December 2024, while compared with November 2025 they were 0.4 percent lower.
The data confirm a noticeable slowdown in inflation at the end of the year. In November, the annual inflation rate stood at 3.8 percent, while December’s figure is among the lowest recorded in 2025.
Inflation Trend in 2025
Inflation at the start of 2025 was higher, reaching 4 percent in January, before gradually easing during the spring. Rates fluctuated throughout the year, peaking again during the summer and early autumn, before slowing towards the end of the year. According to DZS estimates, average inflation for the whole of 2025 amounted to 3.7 percent.
Price Changes by Category
On an annual basis, the largest price increases were recorded in:
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Services, up 6.3 percent
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Energy, up 3.9 percent
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Food, beverages and tobacco, up 3.1 percent
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Industrial non-food products excluding energy, up 0.1 percent
On a monthly basis, service prices rose by 0.3 percent, while prices fell for industrial non-food products excluding energy (–0.8 percent), as well as energy and food, beverages and tobacco (each down 0.7 percent).
Harmonised Inflation Measure
Using the harmonised index of consumer prices (HICP), which allows comparison across the European Union, prices in Croatia were 3.8 percent higher in December 2025 than a year earlier. Compared with November, prices were 0.3 percent lower, while the average annual HICP inflation stood at 4.4 percent.
The latest figures suggest that inflationary pressures in Croatia continued to moderate towards the end of 2025, supporting expectations of further gradual easing in 2026.