CPI COICOP is defined as a measure of average change of retail prices of goods and services used for personal consumption.

Prices of these products and services in April 2018 in relation to March 2018 increased by 0.4% on average. Consumer prices in April 2018 increased, compared with the same month of the previous year, by 1.1%, while in relation to December 2017, the increase of 1.2% was recorded.

Observed by main groups according to destination of consumption in April 2018 in relation to the previous month, the increase of prices was noted in the following groups: Clothing and footwear (2.1%), Food and non-alcoholic beverages (0.7%), Transport (0.6%), Communication (0.3%) and Furnishings, household equipment and routine household maintenance (0.2%). Decrease of prices was recorded in the groups Alcoholic beverages and tobacco and Recreation and culture (by -0.1%, each group).

Prices of other products and services mostly remained unchanged.

Starting from 1999 the Statistical Office of the Republic of Serbia has not at disposal and may not  provide available certain data relative to AP Kosovo and Metohija and therefore these data are not included in the coverage for the Republic of Serbia (total).