The inflation rate for April 2025, which measures the percentage change in the All Items Index for the month of April 2025 over April 2024, was 1.5%.
The Central Statistical Office says this represents an increase from 1.0% for the previous period (March 2025/March 2024). The Inflation Rate for the comparative period (April 2024/April 2023) was 0.5%.
The Index for Food and Non-Alcoholic Beverages decreased from 153.4 in March 2025 to 152.9 in April 2025, reflecting a decrease of -0.3%.
Contributing significantly to this decrease was the general downward movement in the prices of fresh whole chickens, hot peppers, tomatoes, cabbage, cucumber, fresh king fish, plantains, full cream powdered milk, pimento, and melongene.