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Croatian consumer prices rise 3.5% in May on the year
Published by Global Banking & Finance Review®
Posted on June 16, 2025
1 min readLast updated: January 23, 2026
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Published by Global Banking & Finance Review®
Posted on June 16, 2025
1 min readLast updated: January 23, 2026
In May 2023, Croatian consumer prices rose by 3.5% year-on-year, with significant increases in the restaurant and hotel sectors.
(Reuters) -Croatian consumer prices rose 3.5% in May on a yearly basis, confirming an earlier flash estimate, according to data released by the statistics office on Monday, with the restaurants and hotels sector surging 9%, the biggest sectoral increase in May.
Restaurants and hotels contributed 0.46 percentage point to overall consumer price growth, the data showed. Food and non-alcoholic beverages surged 5.7%, the largest contribution to the overall rise at 1.52 percentage points.
Miscellaneous goods and services rose 6.2%, while recreation and culture prices climbed 5.8%.
Housing, water, electricity, gas, and other fuels rose by 5.6%, with prices in education up 5.3%.
Transport and clothing and footwear prices declined by 1.9% and 1.7%, respectively.
Compared with April, consumer prices increased by 0.3% on average.
(Reporting by Antonis Pothitos; Editing by Jan Harvey and Bernadette Baum)
Croatian consumer prices rose by 3.5% in May on a yearly basis.
Restaurants and hotels contributed 0.46 percentage points, while food and non-alcoholic beverages surged by 5.7%.
Transport prices declined by 1.9%, and clothing and footwear prices fell by 1.7%.
Compared to April, consumer prices increased by 0.3% on average.
Housing, water, electricity, gas, and other fuels rose by 5.6%, while prices in education increased by 5.3%.
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