Inflation in households of pensioners dropped to 1.4%
Inflation, price growth in April 2024 was published by the Statistical Office of the SR on May 14. On a regular monthly basis, at a later date, it also publishes detailed structures of the price growth rate for selected social groups. More detailed structures of the consumption basket for the month of April are published on May 27.
In April, the prices in Slovakia rose by 2.1% year-on-year. Inflation was lower in the households of pensioners and low-income households. Annual price growth in pensioner households reached 1.4%, in low-income households 1.9%.
The biggest difference in price growth indices for individual social groups compared to the average was reflected in the slower pace of price increases in the fields of transportation, recreation and culture, and also in miscellaneous goods and services, in which an increase in administrative and court fees was manifested. The inflation rate for the three specific social groups has different values because of the different expenditure structure of these households within the consumption basket.
In total for the first four months of 2024, consumer prices within the entire SR increased by 2.9% year-on-year, in the households of employees it was by 3%, in low-income households by 2.8%, in the households of pensioners by 2.3%.