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🇱🇹Lithuania inflation rate

released 2 Oct 2026 · data through September 2026 · flash estimate · next release expected 17 Oct 2026

Lithuania adopted the euro in 2015. Harmonised inflation (HICP) — the EU-harmonised measure that makes prices comparable across Europe — stands at 6.1% as of September 2026. That is 4.1 percentage points above the ECB's 2% target, and 2.3 points above the eurozone average of 3.8%.

The breakdown shows core (excluding energy and food) at 3.8%, energy at 32.9%, food at 0.6% and services at 6.9%. The strongest pressure is in energy (32.9%), while food is the softest (0.6%).

Month on month the headline rose from 5.6% to 6.1%, extending the climb.

As a more recent euro adopter still converging toward western-European income levels, Lithuania has tended to run inflation above the euro-area average — a structural pattern (faster catch-up growth lifting wages and services prices) seen across the bloc's central, eastern and Baltic members rather than a quirk of one month.

Lithuania ranks number 3 of 30 European economies by annual inflation, from highest to lowest, between Iceland and Bulgaria.

Harmonised inflation (HICP) · annual rate
6.1%
vs 2% target
+4.1 pp

Harmonised inflation (HICP) is 6.1% as of September 2026 — that is 4.1 percentage points above the ECB's 2% target.

core (excluding energy and food)
3.8%
▼ 0.5 pp vs prev
energy
32.9%
▲ 5.9 pp vs prev
food
0.6%
▲ 0.4 pp vs prev
services
6.9%
▲ 0.1 pp vs prev
Lithuania — annual HICP inflation rate, last 10 years
Source: Eurostat (HICP) · data through September 2026 · modifications: none

National CPI beside the HICP

HICP (EU harmonised)
5.6%
National CPI
6.1%
Difference
+0.5 pp

Both annual rates are for August 2026.

The State Data Agency (Statistics Lithuania) publishes two inflation measures. The consumer price index (CPI) tracks the prices paid by people who live in Lithuania, weighted by what Lithuanian households spend, and is the main instrument for indexing pensions, wages, benefits and taxes. The HICP shown above follows the EU-wide method that makes Lithuania comparable with other countries.

The HICP also counts what visitors and non-residents spend in Lithuania, so the two indices weight the same prices differently. According to the agency, these different weights are the main reason the two figures differ.

Use the HICP to compare countries: every country compiles it to the same EU rules. The national CPI follows the statistics office's own national conventions.

Month by month, last 12 months
Both rates are shown as published. The difference is euroflation's calculation.
MonthNational CPIHICPDifference
August 20266.1%5.6%+0.5 pp
July 20265.9%5.4%+0.5 pp
June 20265.7%5.4%+0.3 pp
May 20265.5%5.1%+0.4 pp
April 20265.3%4.9%+0.4 pp
March 20264.8%4.4%+0.4 pp
February 20263.6%3.3%+0.3 pp
January 20263.1%2.8%+0.3 pp
December 20253.4%3.2%+0.2 pp
November 20253.8%3.6%+0.2 pp
October 20254.1%3.7%+0.4 pp
September 20254.0%3.7%+0.3 pp

The agency publishes the CPI once a month, usually between the 8th and the 10th of the following month.

Source: State Data Agency (Statistics Lithuania), Official Statistics Portal, table S7R121 (consumer price changes based on the consumer price index) · released 8 Sept 2026 · retrieved 5 Oct 2026 · modifications: none

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Frequently asked questions

What is Lithuania's current inflation rate?
Lithuania's annual inflation rate, measured by the harmonised index of consumer prices (HICP), is 6.1% as of September 2026 This is a flash estimate and may be revised at the final release..
Is Lithuania's inflation above or below the ECB's 2% target?
At 6.1%, it is 4.1 percentage points above the European Central Bank's 2% target.
How does Lithuania's inflation compare with the rest of Europe?
Lithuania ranks number 3 of 30 European economies by inflation, 2.3 points above the eurozone average of 3.8%.
Did Lithuania's inflation rise or fall last month?
Month on month, the headline rate rose from 5.6% to 6.1% in September 2026.

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