In May, housing-related price changes had the biggest impact on the consumer price index

Viktoria Trasanov, leading analyst at Statistics Estonia, said that, compared to May 2021, the consumer price index was affected the most by housing-related price changes, which contributed over 40% of the total rise in the index. “Electricity that reached homes was 146.3%, heat energy 61.2%, pipeline gas 217.3%, and solid fuels 67.3% more expensive,” explained Trasanov.

The price changes of food and non-alcoholic beverages accounted for a fifth and transport nearly a fifth of the total increase of the index. Petrol was 40.7% and diesel fuel 55.3% more expensive.

Among food products, the biggest increase compared to May 2021 was recorded in the prices of potatoes (125%), fresh fish (77.2%), other oils (62.3%), eggs (52.8%), and flour of cereals (43.3%).

Compared to April, the biggest impact on the consumer price index also came from housing-related price increases, which accounted for nearly 30% of the total rise. Price increases of food and non-alcoholic beverages added slightly less to the total increase. Motor fuel, the price of which increased 5.3%, accounted for nearly a fifth of the total rise.

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For the statistical activity “Consumer price index” the main representative of public interest is the Ministry of Finance, commissioned by whom Statistics Estonia collects and analyses data.

More detailed data have been published in the statistical database.