Kosovo Agency of Statistics (KAS) reports that the annual inflation rate in April 2026 reached 7.5%, compared to the same period last year, while monthly inflation stood at 1.1%, KosovaPress reports.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
According to the Harmonised Index of Consumer Prices (HICP), the highest annual price increase was recorded in the transport group with 16.1%, followed by housing, water, electricity, gas, and other fuels with 15.2%.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Price increases were also recorded in restaurants and accommodation services with 5.8%, food and non-alcoholic beverages with 5.6%, and alcoholic beverages, tobacco, and narcotics with 5.1%.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
KAS also reports price increases in health services with 4.7%, personal care and miscellaneous goods and services with 3.6%, furniture and household equipment with 3.1%, recreation, sport and culture with 3.0%, and clothing and footwear with 2.3%.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cThis is mainly explained by price increases in the main COICOP groups: transport (16.1%); housing, water, electricity, gas and other fuels (15.2%); restaurants and accommodation services (5.8%); food and non-alcoholic beverages (5.6%); alcoholic beverages, tobacco and narcotics (5.1%); health (4.7%); personal care, social protection and miscellaneous goods and services (3.6%); furniture, household equipment and routine maintenance (3.1%); recreation, sport and culture (3.0%); and clothing and footwear (2.3%),\u201d<\/em> KAS stated.<\/p>\n\n\n\n On the other hand, price decreases were recorded in information and communication by 0.2% and in education by 0.6%.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Regarding monthly changes compared to March 2026, KAS states that the 1.1% inflation was mainly driven by increases in transport (4.9%), alcoholic beverages and tobacco (1.2%), recreation and culture (0.4%), and furniture and household equipment (0.3%).<\/p>\n\n\n\n A slight increase was also recorded in food and non-alcoholic beverages, as well as clothing and footwear, both by 0.1%.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Meanwhile, a monthly decrease was recorded in personal care and miscellaneous services by 0.2%.<\/p>\n\n\n\n According to KAS, the annual inflation in March 2026 stood at an average of 6.7%.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Kosovo Agency of Statistics (KAS) reports that the annual inflation rate in April 2026 reached 7.5%, compared to the same period last year, while monthly inflation stood at 1.1%, KosovaPress reports. According to the Harmonised Index of Consumer Prices (HICP), the highest annual price increase was recorded in the transport group with 16.1%, followed by […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":11,"featured_media":83357,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[297,296],"tags":[5639,1965],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/kosovapress.com\/eng\/admin\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/83356"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/kosovapress.com\/eng\/admin\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/kosovapress.com\/eng\/admin\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kosovapress.com\/eng\/admin\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/11"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kosovapress.com\/eng\/admin\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=83356"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/kosovapress.com\/eng\/admin\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/83356\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":83358,"href":"https:\/\/kosovapress.com\/eng\/admin\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/83356\/revisions\/83358"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kosovapress.com\/eng\/admin\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/83357"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/kosovapress.com\/eng\/admin\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=83356"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kosovapress.com\/eng\/admin\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=83356"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kosovapress.com\/eng\/admin\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=83356"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}