The annual inflation rate reached 10.711% in April 2026, with the largest price increases recorded for electricity (+54.181%), rent (+43.78%), diesel (+32.68%), gasoline (+22.42%), and coffee (+21.76%), while services recorded the fastest annual growth rate, at 13.04%, according to data from the National Institute of Statistics.
„In April 2026, the annual inflation rate reached 10.71%. After eight months of rising to levels above 9.1%, annual inflation reached 10.71% in April 2026. Thus, in April, the annual inflation rate, compared to the same month of the previous year, was 10.71%, with the highest price increases recorded for services, at 13.04%. During the same period, prices for non-food goods rose by 12.02%, and those for food goods by 7.39%”, shows the NIS analysis, according to Agerpres.
Among non-food goods, the most significant increases in April continue to be those in electricity rates, which rose by 54.18% following the elimination of the support scheme capping electricity prices.
Other price increases in this category were recorded for fuels, specifically gasoline, by 22.42%, and diesel, by 32.68%. Heating costs rose by 10.7%, books, newspapers, and magazines by 10.37%, detergents by 9.45%, and tobacco and cigarettes by 7.42%. Last but not least, medicine prices rose by 4.37% in April, while hygiene products and cosmetics increased by 6.5%. Between April 2026 and April 2025, the price of natural gas rose by 6.38%.
In the services category, the largest price increases in April 2026 compared to the same month in 2025 were recorded for rents, which rose by 43.78%, followed by hygiene and cosmetics, up 15.07%, and water, sewer, and sanitation services, up 15.05%. Other significant increases in this category over the course of a year were recorded for auto repair services, 14.65%, and services for the manufacture and repair of footwear and clothing, 14.66%.
The annual inflation rate rose to 10.711% in April from 9.871% in March, as services became 13.041% more expensive, non-food goods 12.021% more expensive, and food prices by 7.39%, according to data published Wednesday by the National Institute of Statistics (INS).