Inflation in Ukraine accelerated to 10% year-on-year in September

Consumer prices in Ukraine rose 10% year-on-year in September, compared to 8.1% in August, and 2.1% compared to the previous month.

The data were published by the State Statistics Service in an express release.

Core inflation in September was 2% compared to August and 8.8% compared to September 2025.

Eggs saw the sharpest price increase in the food segment — up 43.6%. Prices for sugar, rice, grain processing products, lard, milk, non-alcoholic beverages, fish and fish products, sunflower oil, meat and meat products rose by 1.7–8.3%. Overall, food and non-alcoholic beverages became 1.9% more expensive over the month. Fruits, however, fell in price by 5.7%, and vegetables by 2.3%.

Clothing and footwear added 8.5% in price in September: clothing rose by 9.4% and footwear by 7.6%.

Healthcare services became 1.7% more expensive, including medicines, which rose by 2.6%. Prices and tariffs for housing and communal services — housing, water, electricity, gas and other types of fuel — increased by 0.8%. The main drivers were a 5.6% rise in water supply tariffs and a 5.5% rise in sewage tariffs.

Fuel and lubricants became 5.2% more expensive in September, and road passenger transport fares rose by 2.5%.

The most significant increase among services was recorded in education: prices rose by 17.4%. The cost of higher education increased by 23.3%, and secondary education by 14.3%.

In September, the National Bank of Ukraine raised its key interest rate in response to rising inflation. Prior to that, the NBU had raised the rate at the end of July — for the first time since December 2024.