Press release No. 192 of 30 May 2025
Consumer price index, May 2025:
+2.1% on the same month a year earlier (provisional)
+0.1% on the previous month (provisional)
Harmonised index of consumer prices, May 2025:
+2.1% on the same month a year earlier (provisional)
+0.2% on the previous month (provisional)
WIESBADEN – The inflation rate in Germany is expected to be +2.1% in May 2025. It is measured as the change in the consumer price index (CPI) compared with the same month a year earlier. Based on the results available so far, the Federal Statistical Office (Destatis) also reports that consumer prices increased by 0.1% on April 2025. The inflation rate excluding food and energy, often referred to as core inflation, is expected to stand at +2.8% in May 2025.
| Overall index / subindex | Weight | February 2025 | March 2025 | April 2025 | May 20251 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| per thousand | percent | ||||
| 1: Provisional figures. 2: Core inflation. 3: Household energy and motor fuels. | |||||
| Overall index | 1,000 | 2.3 | 2.2 | 2.1 | 2.1 |
| Overall index excluding food and energy2 | 821.41 | 2.7 | 2.6 | 2.9 | 2.8 |
| Services | 503.36 | 3.8 | 3.5 | 3.9 | 3.4 |
| Goods | 496.64 | 0.9 | 1.0 | 0.5 | 0.9 |
| including: | |||||
| Energy3 | 73.90 | -1.6 | -2.8 | -5.4 | -4.6 |
| Food | 104.69 | 2.4 | 3.0 | 2.8 | 2.8 |
Inflation Calculator for personal rate of inflation:
Consumers can use the Personal Inflation Calculator (only in German) of the Federal Statistical Office to adapt their monthly consumption expenditure on individual product groups according to their own consumption patterns and to calculate their personal inflation rate.
Methodological notes:
In the Euro area, the harmonised index of consumer prices (HICP) is used for the purposes of monetary policy. Apart from the individual purposes they serve, the consumer price index (CPI) and the HICP differ in terms of coverage, methodology and weighting. This explains the differences between the CPI and the HICP for Germany. In contrast to the HICP, the CPI also includes household expenditure on owner-occupied housing, games of chance and broadcasting fees. In addition, the HICP product weights are updated annually. Explanatory notes and a methodological paper are also available on the website of the Federal Statistical Office.
More information:
The final results for May 2025 will be released on 13 June 2025.
