Eurozone inflation held steady at 0.5 percent as initially estimated in June, final data from Eurostat showed Thursday.
Month-on-month, prices gained only 0.1 percent.
Headline inflation continues to remain below the European Central Bank's target of 'below, but close to 2 percent'.
Core inflation that excludes energy, food, alcohol and tobacco, rose marginally to 0.8 percent in June from 0.7 percent in May. The final figure matched the flash estimate released on June 30.
Cost of services and energy advanced 1.3 percent and 0.1 percent, respectively. Meanwhile, food, alcohol and tobacco prices dropped 0.2 percent and non-energy industrial goods prices were down 0.1 percent.
Inflation in European Union was 0.7 percent, up from 0.6 percent in May.
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