The overall Harmonized Index of Consumer Prices (HICP) in Kosovo rose by an average of 4.3% in June 2025 compared to the same month in 2024, according to the Kosovo Agency of Statistics (KAS). One of the most significant contributors to this increase was electricity, which saw a 17.8% year-on-year price hike.
The monthly inflation rate for June 2025 stood at 0.7%, indicating a continued upward trend in consumer costs.
KAS attributes the annual increase primarily to rising prices in several key COICOP groups and subgroups:
- Coffee, tea, and cocoa: +18.2%
- Electricity: +17.8%
- Fruits: +14.8%
- Package holidays: +13.3%
- Meat: +12.8%
- Other transport-related services: +10.4%
- Oils and fats: +9.7%
- Hotel services: +7.7%
- Vegetables: +7.2%
- Outpatient services: +7.1%
- Household maintenance goods/services: +6.7%
- Newspapers, books, and stationery: +6.4%
- Alcoholic beverages: +6.4%
- Milk, cheese, and eggs: +5.7%
- Mineral water and non-alcoholic drinks: +5.4%
- Financial services: +5.2%
- Personal care: +4.9%
- Bread and cereals: +4.8%
- House and garden tools/appliances: +4.8%
- Footwear: +4.2%
- Food products: +4.1%
- Housing maintenance/repair: +3.9%
- Water supply and housing-related services: +3.5%
- Tobacco: +3.4%
- Sugar, jam, honey, chocolate, sweets: +3.1%
- Personal items: +2.7%
However, some categories saw price decreases:
- Fuels and lubricants for personal transport: −5.3%
- Solid fuels (firewood, pellets, etc.): −4.5%
- Airline tickets: −3.2%
On a month-to-month basis (June vs. May 2025), prices rose 0.7%, driven by:
- Package holidays: +10.4%
- Electricity: +5.4%
- Fruits: +5.1%
- Coffee, tea, cocoa: +2.3%
- Fuel and lubricants: +2.1%
- Alcoholic beverages: +1.7%
- Meat: +1.4%
- Hotel services: +1.0%
- Bread and cereals: +1.0%
The only significant monthly price decline was recorded in vegetables, down 5.6%, contributing to a 0.2% deflationary effect on the monthly HICP.
