**Canary Islands** closed last December with an annual Consumer Price Index (CPI) rate of **2.8%**, below the **national** rate, which stood at **2.9%**, according to data released this Thursday by the National Statistics Institute (INE).
The national CPI moderated by one tenth in December, to 2.9% year-on-year, due to cheaper fuel and a smaller increase in tourist packages.
The Canary Islands ended 2025 with that percentage of 2.8%, which rose by 0.7% compared to the previous month.
Housing, at 3.9%, and food and non-alcoholic beverages, at 2.6%, were the most inflationary items in the Canary Islands last year.
Household goods closed the year with a surge of 0.7%, while alcoholic beverages and tobacco saw a 2.2% increase.
By provinces, prices rose by 3.1% in Las Palmas and 2.5% in Santa Cruz de Tenerife last year
