Annual inflation in Greece reached 5.7% in October 2026. Of those 5.7 percentage points, 3.08 came from five energy items: petrol, electricity, heating oil, natural gas and diesel.
Petrol rose 25% and added 1.18 points on its own, more than any other of the main items in the index. Next come electricity (+17.9%, 0.71 points), heating oil (+37.5%, 0.56), natural gas (+80%, 0.40) and diesel (+39.4%, 0.23).
A contribution also depends on each item's weight in household spending, which is why natural gas, with the steepest rise, counts for less than petrol.
The European Commission's spring forecast for Greece put average inflation at 3.7% in 2026 and 2.4% in 2027, with energy passing gradually into other prices.
Sources: ELSTAT (Consumer Price Index, October 2026), European Commission (Spring 2026 Economic Forecast).
