Harmonised Index of Consumer Prices (HICP)Indice des prix à la consommation harmonisés (IPCH)

Indice des prix à la consommation harmonisés (IPCH)Harmonised Index of Consumer Prices (HICP)

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This API from INSEE, the French national statistics institute, provides monthly data on consumer price inflation in France, calculated according to a methodology harmonised at European level to allow cross-country comparison. The indices are broken down by category using the eCOICOPv2 classification (European Classification of Individual Consumption according to Purpose), enabling analysis of price trends for specific groups of goods and services over time.Données mensuelles sur l'inflation suivant une méthodologie harmonisée au niveau européen. Les indices sont déclinés par niveau de la eCOICOPv2.

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Data schema (9 fields)

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Field	Type	Description
SEASONAL_ADJUSTSeasonal adjust	string	—
BASE_PERBase per	string	—
COICOP_2018Coicop 2018	string	—
IDX_TYPEIdx type	string	—
FREQFrequency	string	—
TIME_PERIODPeriod	string	—
UNIT_MEASUREUnit	string	—
IND_TYPEInd type	string	—
OBS_VALUE_NIVEAUValue	number	—

Schema captured from melodi 4 days ago.

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Sample data (5 records)

Record 1FREQ: A · BASE_PER: 2025

{
  "FREQ": "A",
  "BASE_PER": "2025",
  "IDX_TYPE": "HICP",
  "IND_TYPE": "IW",
  "COICOP_2018": "02.1",
  "TIME_PERIOD": "1998",
  "UNIT_MEASURE": "P10000",
  "SEASONAL_ADJUST": "N",
  "OBS_VALUE_NIVEAU": 249
}

Record 2FREQ: A · BASE_PER: 2025

{
  "FREQ": "A",
  "BASE_PER": "2025",
  "IDX_TYPE": "HICP",
  "IND_TYPE": "IW",
  "COICOP_2018": "08.1.3.2",
  "TIME_PERIOD": "1999",
  "UNIT_MEASURE": "P10000",
  "SEASONAL_ADJUST": "N",
  "OBS_VALUE_NIVEAU": 3
}

Record 3FREQ: M · BASE_PER: 2025

{
  "FREQ": "M",
  "BASE_PER": "2025",
  "IDX_TYPE": "HICP",
  "IND_TYPE": "IX",
  "COICOP_2018": "01.1.5.2",
  "TIME_PERIOD": "1998-03",
  "UNIT_MEASURE": "IX",
  "SEASONAL_ADJUST": "N",
  "OBS_VALUE_NIVEAU": 44.73
}

Record 4FREQ: M · BASE_PER: 2025

{
  "FREQ": "M",
  "BASE_PER": "2025",
  "IDX_TYPE": "HICP",
  "IND_TYPE": "IX",
  "COICOP_2018": "07.2.1.1",
  "TIME_PERIOD": "1998-04",
  "UNIT_MEASURE": "IX",
  "SEASONAL_ADJUST": "N",
  "OBS_VALUE_NIVEAU": 84.92
}

Record 5FREQ: M · BASE_PER: 2025

{
  "FREQ": "M",
  "BASE_PER": "2025",
  "IDX_TYPE": "HICP",
  "IND_TYPE": "IX",
  "COICOP_2018": "03.1.4",
  "TIME_PERIOD": "1996-06",
  "UNIT_MEASURE": "IX",
  "SEASONAL_ADJUST": "N",
  "OBS_VALUE_NIVEAU": 57.54
}

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Base URL: https://api.insee.fr/melodi/data/DS_IPCH

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curl -s 'https://api.insee.fr/melodi/data/DS_IPCH?maxResult=20' -H 'Accept: application/json'

First 20 observations (dimensions + measures) as JSON.

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