Slovakia's annual inflation rate stood at 3.6% in June 2026, unchanged from the previous month. While inflation remained at its highest level since March 2024, price pressures eased for food and non-alcoholic beverages (0.5% vs 0.9% in May), housing and utilities (9.9% vs 10.0%), transport (4.7% vs 5.5%), alcoholic beverages and tobacco (4.9% vs 5.2%), furnishings, household equipment and routine household maintenance (0.6% vs 1.9%), and personal care, social protection and miscellaneous goods and services (0.9% vs 3.8%). In contrast, prices increased at a faster pace for health (5.1% vs 4.8%), information and communication (3.0% vs 2.5%), recreation, sport and culture (4.8% vs 2.1%), education (3.2% vs 2.7%), restaurants and accommodation services (2.7% vs 2.2%), and insurance and financial services (2.2% vs 2.0%). On a monthly basis, consumer prices rose to 0.8%, from 0.5% in May. Meanwhile, the harmonized inflation rate edged down to 3.7% in June from 3.8% in the previous month.