Brussels: Europe and the Arabs
Coinciding with the celebration of the Christian holiday of Easter and the accompanying egg-coloring by children, it was announced in Brussels that in March 2025, the average price of eggs in the European Union rose by 6.7% compared to March 2024.
According to figures released by Eurostat, the European Statistical Office in Brussels, among EU countries, the highest annual increase in egg price inflation was recorded in the Czech Republic (+46.0% in March 2025 compared to March 2024), followed by Slovakia (+29.8%) and Hungary (+26.1%). Meanwhile, egg prices declined significantly in the Netherlands (-3.6%), Luxembourg (-3.2%), and Greece (-2.0%).
Egg prices have increased so far in 2025 (3.4% in January and 4.1% in February) compared to the same period in 2024.
2024 saw negative rates of change in 10 out of 12 months compared to 2023. However, these increases were smaller than those recorded in 2022 and 2023, with all months between April 2022 and September 2023 seeing double-digit percentage increases. The highest increase was 31.2% in February 2023 compared to the same month in 2022.