According to a new statistical report released by Eurostat on 1 April, Greece's inflation rate is almost one percentage point higher than the Eurozone average. The report reveals that annual inflation in the Euro area for March 2025 stands at 2.2%, while Greece's inflation rate is 3.1%.

Specifically, Euro area annual inflation is expected to be 2.2% in March 2025, down from 2.3% in February according to a flash estimate from Eurostat, the statistical office of the European Union.

Looking at the main components of euro area inflation, services is expected to have the highest annual rate in March (3.4%, compared with 3.7% in February), followed by food, alcohol & tobacco (2.9%, compared with 2.7% in February), non-energy industrial goods (0.6%, stable compared with February) and energy (-0.7%, compared with 0.2% in February).

Meanwhile, Greece has consistently remained higher than the Euro area average in 2025, with inflation rates at 3.1% in January, 3% in February, and back to 3.1% in March, despite a slight dip to 2.9% at the end of the previous year.

Notably, the lowest inflation rates were recorded in France (0.9%), Luxembourg (1.5%), and Ireland (1.8%). On the other hand, the highest rates were found in Estonia, Croatia, and Slovakia, with each country seeing a 4.3% increase.

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