January 13, 2023
In 2022, the average rate of change of the Portuguese Consumer Price Index (CPI) in Portugal was 7.8%, significantly higher than in the previous year (1.3%) and the highest rate since 1992. Excluding energy and unprocessed food, the average rate of change was 5.6% in 2022 (0.8% in the previous year). The CPI annual rate increased significantly throughout 2022, particularly in the first half of the year. In the second half of 2022 the CPI annual rate remained high but there was a deceleration in prices in the last two months of the year.
The CPI annual rate was 9.6% in December (9.9% in November). The annual core inflation rate, which excludes energy and unprocessed food products components, was 7.3% (7.2% in the previous month), the highest rate since December 1993. The CPI monthly rate was -0.3% (0.3% in November and nil in December 2021).
In 2022, the annual average rate of change of the Portuguese Harmonised Index of Consumer Prices (HICP) was
8.1% (0.9% in 2021). In December 2022, the HICP annual rate of change was 9.8% (10.2% in the previous month). This rate is 0.6 percentage points (p.p.) above the figure estimated by Eurostat for the Euro area (in November, this difference was 0.1 p.p.).
Source: Statistical Portugal
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