The Consumer Price Index (CPI) based on prices in April 2026, is 683.8 points (May 1988=100), 0.81% higher than in the previous month. The CPI less housing cost is 547.0 points, 0.85% higher than in March 2026.
Cost of owner occupied housing (imputed rent) rose by 0.8% (effect on index 0.16%), price of petrol increased by 12.1% (0.21%), price of diesel increased by 19.7% (0.16%) and prices of international airfares increased by 6.1% (0.14%).
The CPI is 5.2% higher in April 2026 than in April 2025 and the CPI less housing cost is 4.8% higher than one year ago.
The CPI compiled in the middle of April 2026, 683.8 points, is applicable for indexation purposes in June 2026.
New table for subindices with linkage to an older classification system
To make it easier for users to work with longer time series, an additional table for subindices has been added: Subindices linked to an older version of COICOP. In this table, index values for categories in COICOP2018 have been linked to index values from corresponding categories in the older classification system, ISLCOICOP. Only categories with the same (or very similar) content in both systems have been linked. Further information about the linkages can be found in the footnotes accompanying the table.