Preliminary data from Eurostat indicates that the annual inflation rate in Bulgaria reached 6.2% in April 2026, representing the highest rate among countries in the Euro area. Contextually, overall Eurozone inflation is projected to increase for the fourth consecutive month, reaching 3.0% in April, up from 2.6% in March. Among the member states, the highest annual inflation rates reported following Bulgaria were in Lithuania (4.9%), Greece (4.6%), Belgium (4.3%), and Slovakia (4.0%).
Conversely, the lowest rates were recorded in Finland (2.3%), Malta (2.4%), and the Netherlands and France (both at 2.5%). Examining the major components of inflation across the Eurozone, energy is anticipated to show the largest annual increase in April at 10.9%, compared to 5.1% in March. Services inflation is expected to moderate slightly to 3.0% from 3.2% in March, while food, alcohol, and tobacco inflation is estimated at 2.5% (up from 2.4%), and non-energy industrial goods saw a slight rise to 0.8% from 0.7%.
Separately, Bulgaria’s National Statistical Institute provided a flash
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