Eurozone inflation is diverging by an unprecedented amount

The level of inflation ranges from Malta -- where consumer prices advanced 5.6% last month, to Estonia -- where inflation hit 20.1%.

Among euro-region members, six have inflation rates of more than 10%, led by the three Baltic nations that joined the bloc most recently.

Eurozone inflation is breaking record after record, but the gap between the highest and lowest rates among the currency bloc’s 19 members has also jumped to its widest ever.

The scale ranges from Malta -- where consumer prices advanced 5.6% last month, to Estonia -- where inflation hit 20.1%. That’s a difference of more than 14 percentage points, more than at any time since the dawn of the euro in 1999.