Year-on-Year Inflation Rate for May 2026 at 6.6 percent Annual inflation for May 2026 was recorded at 6.6 percent, from 6.8 percent recorded in April 2026. This means that on average, prices of goods and services increased by 6.6 percent

Annual Food And Non-food Inflation, May 2026 (%) Annual food inflation for May 2026 was recorded at 6.9 percent compared to 7.3 percent in April 2026. This means on average prices of food items increased by 6.9 percent between May

Overall Monthly Inflation Rate at 0.2 percent The overall monthly inflation rate for May 2026 was recorded at 0.2 percent from 0.7 percent recorded in the previous month. This outturn was mainly attributed to price movements in selected food items

Provincial Annual Inflation Rates Disaggregation of annual inflation by province indicates that, during the month under review, annual inflation declined; Central (6.1% from 6.3%); Eastern(5.3% from 6.0%);  Lusaka (8.5% from 8.6%); Northern (5.9% from 6.4%); North-Western (5.7% from 5.8%); and

CUMULATIVE TOTAL TRADE, JAN-APR (2025 AND 2026) (K’ Billion) The country recorded a trade surplus of  K3.5 billion in April 2026  compared to the surplus of K0.9 billion recorded in  March 2026 (see Table 10). Exports mainly comprising domestically produced