🇮🇪Ireland rent inflation
Ireland's rent inflation is 5.5% as of August 2026, from official Eurostat data. It fell from 5.8% the previous month. Over the period shown it has ranged from -2.4% to 12.2%. That is 2.9 percentage points above the euro-area average of 2.6% — the 6th of 21 member states that report it.
Rent inflation · Ireland
5.5%
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▼ 0.3pp
Source: Eurostat (prc_hicp_minr) · data through August 2026 · released 2026-09-17 · modifications: none
Rent inflation is the year-on-year change in the rents tenants actually pay (HICP class 04.1). It is a rate of change, not an average rent.
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Ireland rent inflation — frequently asked questions
- What is Ireland's rent inflation?
- Ireland's rent inflation is 5.5% as of August 2026, from official Eurostat data.
- How does Ireland's rent inflation compare with the euro area?
- It is the 6th-highest of 21 euro-area members that report it, against a euro-area average of 2.6%.
- Is Ireland's rent inflation rising or falling?
- It fell from 5.8% to 5.5% in the latest reading (August 2026).
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- Industrial confidence
- Services confidence
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- Consumer confidence
- House price growth
- Food price level