14 May 2025

Consumer Price Index (CPI)
Harmonised Index of Consumer Prices (HICP)

April 2025

Main results

The annual variation rate of the April CPI stood at 2.2%, one tenth below that registered in March.
The annual rate of core inflation rose four tenths of a percentage point to 2.4%.
The monthly variation of the general rate was 0.6%.
The annual rate of the Harmonised Index of Consumer Prices (HICP) stood at 2.2%, same as in the previous month.

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The annual rate of the overall Consumer Price Index (CPI) in April was 2.2%, one tenth lower than that registered the previous month.

The groups that stood out most in terms of their influence on the decrease in the annual rate were:

Housing, whose annual rate fell by one and a half points to 4.2%, due to lower natural gas prices, as opposed to the rise in April 2024, and to electricity prices falling more than in the previous year.
Transportation, whose annual variation was -1.6%, seven points lower than that of the previous month. This situation was the result of lower prices for fuels and lubricants used in personal vehicles, compared with the rising prices in April 2024 of the previous year.

Some of the groups with a notably positive influence on the annual rate are:

Leisure and culture, whose annual rate rose by three points to 2.7%. This behaviour was due to the rise in package tour prices, as opposed to the decline reported in April 2024.

The annual variation rate of core inflation (general index excluding unprocessed food and energy products) rose by four tenths compared with March, and stood at 2.4%.

Annual CPI Rate

Overall and core index. Percentage

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Monthly evolution of consumer prices

In April, the monthly variation rate of the overall CPI was 0.6%.

The groups with the greatest positive monthly impact to the CPI monthly rate were:

Clothing and footwear, with a monthly rate of 7.2%, reflecting the behaviour of prices of the new spring-summer season. The impact of this group to the overall CPI was 0.255.
Leisure and culture, whose monthly rate of 2.6% contributed 0.214 to the general CPI. This change was due to the increase in package tourprices.
Hotels, cafés and restaurants, with a variation of 1.2%, resulting from higher prices for accommodation, less so for restaurant services. The impact of this group to the overall CPI was 0.184.

On the other hand, among the groups with a negative monthly impact, the following stood out:

Housing, with a rate of -0.9% and an impact of -0.113 due to the decrease in electricity and gas prices.

Results by Autonomous Communities

The CPI recorded positive annual rates in all autonomous communities in April.

Illes Balears had the highest rate (2.8%) and Región de Murcia the lowest (1.5%).

Annual CPI rates by Autonomous Community. April 2025

Percentage

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Harmonised Index of Consumer Prices (HICP)

In April, the annual variation rate of the HICP stood at 2.2%, the same as that recorded the previous month.

The monthly variation of the HICP was 0.6%.

Annual HICP rate

General index. Percentage (the latest Monetary Union figure is progress)

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Data revisions and updates

The data published today is final and is not subject to further revision. All the results are available on INEBase.

Methodological note

The Consumer Price Index (CPI) is a short-term indicator that measures the evolution of the prices of consumer goods and services acquired by households resident in Spain.

On the other hand, the Harmonized Index of Consumer Prices (HICP) is an indicator whose objective is to provide a common inflation measure that allows international comparisons.

Type of survey:: continuous monthly survey.
Base period:: 2021 (CPI) and 2015 (HICP).
Reference period for the weightings:: year prior to the present year.
Sample of municipalities:: 177.
Number of products:: 462 (CPI) and 461 (HICP), for traditional collection, and 737 for scanner data.
Number of observations:: approximately 210,000 monthly prices.
Functional classification:: ECOICOP.
General calculation method:: Laspeyres’ Chain Index.
Collection method:: interviewing agents in establishments, scanner data and centralised collection for special items.

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