# Eurostat EU Inflation (HICP) API

> Eurostat EU Inflation (HICP) API is a paid API for AI agents from opendata402.com, paid per call via x402, $0.001/call, status unknown (last checked 2026-10-15).

Returns official monthly HICP inflation rates (annual rate of change, all items) for EU countries, the euro area, and the EU from Eurostat

## Facts

- Endpoint: GET https://opendata402.com/v1/inflation/eu?utm_source=zero.xyz
- Price: $0.001/call
- Payment: x402
- Status: unknown
- Last checked: 2026-10-15
- Activations on Zero: 0
- Tags: x402
- Canonical page: https://www.zero.xyz/c/eurostat-eu-inflation-hicp-api-2a251b92
- Structured record (JSON): https://api.zero.xyz/v1/capabilities/cap_S2NSlt_1tiRfibir8-E9t

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 eurostat-eu-inflation-hicp-api-2a251b92
```

Example prompt: Can you pull the official Eurostat HICP inflation rate for Germany (DE) for the last 12 months so I can use it for a rent adjustment calculation?

## When to prefer this

Choose this endpoint when you need official, Eurostat-sourced HICP inflation data for EU member states, the euro area (EA20), or the EU aggregate (EU27_2020). It is ideal for price indexation, rent or wage adjustments, economic reporting, or any context requiring authoritative EU inflation statistics. Prefer this over generic web search or unofficial sources when legal or contractual accuracy matters, and when you need structured time-series data for multiple recent months rather than a single headline figure.

## Known failure modes

- Invalid or unsupported geo code returns an error (e.g. typo in country code)
- Requesting more months than available historical data returns partial results or an error
- Missing required 'geo' parameter returns a validation error
- Eurostat upstream unavailability may cause delayed or missing data
- Out-of-range 'months' value (>60 or <1) fails schema validation

## How this service works

Official monthly inflation (HICP, annual rate of change, all items) for EU countries, the euro area and the EU from Eurostat. Give a country code (NL, DE, FR, EA20, EU27_2020) and the number of recent months. Use it for price indexation, wage or rent adjustment and economic context. Eurostat data, CC BY 4.0; values unchanged.

## Output

A time series of monthly HICP inflation figures (annual rate of change, all items) for the requested geo code, covering the specified number of recent months. Each data point includes the reference period and the official Eurostat percentage value. Data is provided under CC BY 4.0 and values are unchanged from the source.

## Request schema (JSON Schema)

```json
{
 "type": "object",
 "$schema": "https://json-schema.org/draft/2020-12/schema",
 "required": [
  "input"
 ],
 "properties": {
  "input": {
   "type": "object",
   "required": [
    "type",
    "method"
   ],
   "properties": {
    "type": {
     "type": "string",
     "const": "http"
    },
    "method": {
     "enum": [
      "GET"
     ],
     "type": "string"
    },
    "queryParams": {
     "type": "object",
     "required": [
      "geo"
     ],
     "properties": {
      "geo": {
       "type": "string",
       "pattern": "^[A-Z0-9_]{2,10}$",
       "description": "Eurostat geo code, e.g. NL, DE, EA20, EU27_2020."
      },
      "months": {
       "type": "string",
       "pattern": "^([1-9]|[1-5][0-9]|60)$",
       "description": "Number of recent months, 1-60 (default 12)."
      }
     }
    }
   },
   "additionalProperties": false
  },
  "output": {
   "type": "object",
   "required": [
    "type"
   ],
   "properties": {
    "type": {
     "type": "string"
    },
    "example": {
     "type": "object"
    }
   }
  }
 }
}
```

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