In monthly terms, consumer prices grew by 0.3% in June, as forecast, with food accounting for the biggest increase.
"The rate of inflation therefore increased slightly again after slowing for three months in a row," President of Destatis Ruth Brand said.
The Harmonized Index of Consumer Prices (HICP), a measure of inflation in the European Union, jumped 0.4% higher than in May and amounted to 6.8% year-on-year. The HICP’s final assessment coincided with the provisional assessment as well.
Germany, along with other EU member states, has been up against accelerating inflation as part of the post-pandemic global economic recession. The situation further exacerbated by the barrage of anti-Russian sanctions that resulted in a disruption of supply chains that led to raging energy crisis in Western economies.