Consumer price indices, February 2025

Annual growth of consumer prices at 1.6%, monthly at 0.3%

The largest influence on annual inflation came from 2.8% higher prices of food and non-alcoholic beverages. At the monthly level, the largest influence came from 10.9% higher prices of package holidays.

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At the annual level prices on average 1.6% higher

In February, consumer prices increased by 1.6% at the annual level. In the same month last year inflation stood at 3.4%.

In one year, service prices increased on average by 3.2% and goods prices by 0.7%. Semi-durable goods prices went up by 1.3% and non-durable goods prices by 0.9%, while durable goods were 0.4% cheaper.

The annual inflation rate was pushed up the most (by 0.5 of a percentage point) by 2.8% higher prices of food and non-alcoholic beverages. Higher prices in the group transport (by 2.7%) contributed 0.4 p.p. and higher prices in the group restaurants and hotels (by 4.6%) added 0.3 p.p. to inflation.

On the other hand, prices in the group housing, water, electricity, gas and other fuels decreased by 4.6%, which eased the inflation by 0.6 p.p.

Package holidays more expensive in February


At the monthly level, the largest impact (by 0.4 p.p.) on inflation came from 10.9% higher prices of package holidays. Inflation was raised by 0.1 p.p. each by higher prices of clothing (by 2.8%), water supply and miscellaneous services relating to the dwelling (by 2.2%) and food (0.4%). Monthly inflation was raised by 0.1 p.p. also by more expensive operation of personal transport equipment (by 1.3), where the highest price increases were observed for diesel (by 2.1%), petrol (by 1.8%) and driving lessons, tests, licences and road worthiness tests (by 1.8%). All other price increases combined added another 0.1 p.p.

Prices in the group electricity, gas and town gas decreased by 9.7% on average, which lowered the monthly inflation by 0.6 p.p. The decreasing impact stemmed entirely from one subgroup, i.e. 20.1% cheaper electricity.

Harmonised indices of consumer prices


Measured with the harmonised index of consumer prices, this February the annual growth of consumer prices was 1.9% (a year ago 3.4%). The monthly price growth stood at 0.2%.

In one year, service prices went up on average by 3.9% and goods prices by 0.8%. Non-durable goods prices went up by 1.3% and semi-durable goods prices by 0.6%, while durable goods prices went down by 1.3%.

Annual inflation rates in January 2025 for all EU-27 Member States are available here. Measured with the harmonised index of consumer prices, in January the annual inflation rate in the EMU countries was 2.5% (a month before 2.4%). In the EU-27 Member States it was 2.8% (a month before 2.7%). The lowest annual inflation rate was recorded in Denmark (1.4%) and the highest in Hungary (5.7%); in Slovenia it stood at 2.3%.

The table with the latest data is available in the SiStat Database.
Annual growth rates of consumer prices, Slovenia
Annual growth rates of consumer prices, Slovenia
Growth rates of consumer prices, Slovenia
Feb 2025
Feb 2024
Feb 2025
Jan 2025 
Feb 2025 
Dec 2024
Jan–Feb 2025
Jan–Feb 2024
Feb 2025
Ø 2015 
growth rate (%)index
Total1.60.3-0.11.8127.68
01 Food and non-alcoholic beverages 2.80.50.92.6145.69
02 Alcoholic beverages and tobacco 2.90.10.83.2135.16
03 Clothing and footwear 1.52.1-7.61.2102.55
04 Housing, water, electricity, gas and other fuels -4.6-4.5-4.6-2.1134.81
05 Furnishing, household equipment and routine household maintenance0.50.80.90.0127.14
06 Health 2.20.50.82.3130.51
07 Transport 2.70.91.52.8115.91
08 Communications 0.30.40.40.1102.68
09 Recreation and culture 2.43.62.92.3119.19
10 Education 3.70.20.63.6129.28
11 Restaurants and hotels 4.60.00.84.7145.98
12 Miscellaneous goods and services 2.60.20.72.4128.67
  Goods0.7-0.4-1.11.1125.56
  Services3.21.51.73.1132.06
Harmonised indices of consumer prices, Slovenia
Feb 2025
Feb 2024
Feb 2025
Jan 2025 
Feb 2025 
Dec 2024
Jan–Feb 2025
Jan–Feb 2024
Feb 2025
Ø 2015 
growth rate (%)index
Total1.90.2-0.12.1128.72
01 Food and non-alcoholic beverages 2.70.51.12.5145.08
02 Alcoholic beverages and tobacco 3.00.10.73.3135.06
03 Clothing and footwear 1.22.3-7.81.0100.81
04 Housing, water, electricity, gas and other fuels -5.0-4.4-4.5-2.5136.98
05 Furnishing, household equipment and routine household maintenance0.20.50.9-0.2121.52
06 Health 2.40.40.82.4133.27
07 Transport 2.60.81.42.8116.99
08 Communications 1.70.20.21.5103.49
09 Recreation and culture 2.01.81.52.1119.65
10 Education 3.30.30.63.2126.28
11 Restaurants and hotels 4.80.00.54.8148.37
12 Miscellaneous goods and services 3.30.31.03.2130.14
  Goods0.8-0.2-0.81.1124.40
  Services3.90.91.33.9135.57
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