Annual inflation in the euro area was 0.6 percent in November this year, up from 0.5 percent in October, according to a report released by Eurostat, the Statistical Office of the European Communities. In November 2015, the annual inflation rate was 0.1 percent.
Meanwhile, in the European Union (EU-28) annual inflation was 0.6 percent in November, up from 0.5 percent in October. In November 2015, the annual inflation rate in the EU-28 was 0.1 percent.
In November this year, negative annual rates were observed in six states in the EU-28. The lowest inflation rates were observed in Bulgaria and Cyprus (both -0.8%), while the highest were observed in Belgium (1.7%), the Czech Republic (+1.6%) and Austria (1.5%).