Consumer prices in Germany rose by 2.3% on an annual average in 2011 compared with 2010. The year-on-year rate of price increase thus was markedly higher than in the previous two years (2010: +1.1%; 2009: +0.4%). A higher annual average rate of price increase was last observed in 2008 (+2.6% on 2007). Both on an annual average and for the individual months, inflation rates of 2% and over were calculated for 2011.