🇮🇸Iceland rent inflation
Iceland's rent inflation is 7.7% as of August 2026, from official Eurostat data. It fell from 7.9% the previous month. Over the period shown it has ranged from 2.3% to 11.7%. That is 5.1 percentage points above the euro-area average of 2.6% — the 4th of 30 European countries that report it.
Rent inflation · Iceland
7.7%
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▼ 0.2 pp
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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Iceland rent inflation — frequently asked questions
- What is Iceland's rent inflation?
- Iceland's rent inflation is 7.7% as of August 2026, from official Eurostat data.
- How does Iceland's rent inflation compare with the euro area?
- It is the 4th-highest of 30 European countries that report it, against a euro-area average of 2.6%.
- Is Iceland's rent inflation rising or falling?
- It fell from 7.9% to 7.7% in the latest reading (August 2026).