The reading was 1.1 percent from 1.8 percent in October. The data showed the headline consumer price index decelerated to 1.0 percent year-on-year, slowing from 1.8 percent in the previous month.

Greece had been in a protracted deflation mode since March 2013 based on its headline index, as wage and pension cuts and a multi-year recession took a heavy toll on Greek household incomes.

Deflation in the country hit its highest level in Nov. 2013 when consumer prices registered a 2.9 percent year-on-year decline. The economy emerged from deflation in June 2016.