# EU/EEA HICP Inflation Rate API

> EU/EEA HICP Inflation Rate API is a paid API for AI agents from api.vextorium.com, paid per call via x402, $0.004/call, status unknown (last checked 2026-10-15).

Returns harmonised inflation (HICP annual rate) for any EU/EEA country, the EU, or euro area over the last N months, or a full country ranking for the latest month, sourced from official Eurostat data.

## Facts

- Endpoint: POST https://api.vextorium.com/v1/eu-inflation?utm_source=zero.xyz
- Price: $0.004/call
- Payment: x402
- Status: unknown
- Last checked: 2026-10-15
- Activations on Zero: 0
- Tags: x402
- Canonical page: https://www.zero.xyz/c/eu-eea-hicp-inflation-rate-api-6a72bb77
- Structured record (JSON): https://api.zero.xyz/v1/capabilities/cap_emi6fmuc6W5yFEqT2Qvku

Status and success rate cover calls made through Zero and Zero's own probes. Third-party monitors may report differently.

## How to call it through Zero

Zero handles the 402 payment challenge and records the run. With the Zero CLI installed (`npm i -g @zeroxyz/cli`):

```sh
zero fetch --capability eu-eea-hicp-inflation-rate-api-6a72bb77 -d '<json body>'
```

Example prompt: What is the current HICP annual inflation rate for Spain, and can you show me the trend over the last 18 months using official Eurostat data?

## When to prefer this

Choose this endpoint when you need official, harmonised (HICP) EU/EEA inflation data sourced directly from Eurostat — especially when comparability across EU member states matters, or when you need a ready-made country ranking. Prefer this over general economic data APIs when the HICP standard, EU country coverage, and Eurostat provenance are required.

## Known failure modes

- Invalid or unsupported country ISO code returns an error or empty result
- Months value outside 1-60 range may be rejected or clamped
- Eurostat data may lag by several weeks relative to real calendar time
- If Eurostat upstream is unavailable, data may be stale or the call may fail
- Payment failure (insufficient USDC) results in a 402 response before data is returned

## How this service works

Harmonised inflation (HICP annual rate) of any EU/EEA country, the EU or the euro area for the last months; with country=todos, a ranking of all countries for the latest month. Official Eurostat data.

## Output

Returns a JSON object with the country name, ISO code, the latest month's annual HICP inflation percentage, a time series array of monthly readings (each with month and annual_inflation_pct), the Eurostat source attribution, and the last update timestamp. When country=todos, returns a ranking of all countries for the most recent available month.

## Request schema (JSON Schema)

```json
{
 "type": "object",
 "properties": {
  "months": {
   "type": "integer",
   "description": "Months of history (1-60, default 12)"
  },
  "country": {
   "type": "string",
   "description": "ISO code (ES, DE, FR...), EU, EA or todos"
  }
 }
}
```

## Response schema (JSON Schema)

```json
{
 "type": "json",
 "example": {
  "last": {
   "month": "2026-09",
   "annual_inflation_pct": 5
  },
  "name": "Spain",
  "series": [
   {
    "month": "2026-04",
    "annual_inflation_pct": 3.5
   },
   {
    "month": "2026-05",
    "annual_inflation_pct": 3.6
   }
  ],
  "source": "Eurostat (HICP, CC BY 4.0)",
  "country": "ES",
  "updated": "2026-10-02T11:00:00+0200"
 }
}
```

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