Slovenia's inflation edges up to 2.4 pct in 2025

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Slovenia's annual average inflation rose to 2.4 percent in 2025, up from 2 percent in 2024, the country's Statistical Office said Tuesday.

December's inflation rose to 2.7 percent, up from 1.9 percent in the same month last year, the office said.

"The largest impact on the annual inflation came from higher prices of food and non-alcoholic beverages. Compared to last December, service prices went up by 3.6 percent and goods prices by 2.3 percent," the office said, adding that the consumer prices stayed on average the same at the monthly level.

Prices of food and non-alcoholic beverages jumped by 4.5 percent over the past year, while prices in the health sector were up by 5.9 percent. Transport was the only sector where prices decreased on an annual level, down by 0.7 percent.

Analysts said that the government's wage reform, which started in January this year and led to a steep increase of public sector wages that rose by about 10 percent this year, also contributed to inflation.

Earlier this month, the Bank of Slovenia projected the average annual inflation at 2.5 percent in 2025.