Business · Economy · 9 hrs ago
Italian consumer prices rose 63% on average from 2000 to 2025
Consumer prices in Italy rose 63% on average from 2000 to 2025, according to figures from the national statistics office, Istat.
Housing and utility costs climbed 119%, with rents up 51% and electricity and gas bills up 145%.
Food and drink prices rose 87%, while prices for information and communication goods and services fell 58%.
Transport prices increased 78% overall, including a 147% rise in fuel prices.
These differences show how the cost of everyday needs has changed unevenly over 25 years.
Istat also compared what five euros could buy in 1926 and 2025: people can buy more sugar, pasta and eggs today, but less potatoes and beef.
The figures cover price changes through 2025; no further action is given.
Italian consumer prices rose by an average of 63% between 2000 and 2025, according to an Istat report.
Prices for housing and utilities rose by 119%, while prices for information and communication goods and services fell by 58%.
Electricity and gas bills rose by 145%, and fuel prices increased by 147%.
Food and drink prices rose by 87%, while health prices increased by 16%.
The report also compared the quantities of selected foods that five euros could buy in 1926 and 2025.
- Who
- Istat published the report on Italian consumer prices.
- What
- Consumer prices rose by an average of 63% from 2000 to 2025, with changes varying widely across categories.
- When
- The report was published on 13 October 2026. It covers price changes from 2000 to 2025.
- Where
- Italy.
- Why
- Not stated
This story does not have two clearly opposing sides.
Italian consumer prices rose by an average of 63%, according to Istat.
ANSA reported on Istat’s newly published report about consumer prices.
- Overall consumer prices
- Up 63% from 2000 to 2025
- Housing and utilities
- Up 119% from 2000 to 2025
- Electricity, gas and water bills
- Up 145% from 2000 to 2025
- Information and communication goods and services
- Down 58% from 2000 to 2025
- Food and drink
- Up 87% from 2000 to 2025
Related
Ex-Ilva workers extend strike as protests disrupt fuel supplies
6 hrs ago · 4 sources
IMF raises Italy’s 2026 growth forecast to 0.8%
9 hrs ago · 2 sources
Iper Tosano to open in Vimodrone on October 15
1 day ago · 2 sources
Naples police seize fish-processing business over wastewater permit
1 day ago · 2 sources
