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Overall Monthly Inflation Rate at 1.0 Percent
The overall monthly inflation for April 2025 was recorded at 1.0 percent same as that recorded in the previous month. This outturn was mainly attributed to price movements in non-food items (see Figure 3).
Figure 3: Overall Monthly Inflation, April 2024-April 2025
Monthly Inflation Rates for Food and Non-Food Items
Monthly food inflation rate for April 2025 was recorded at 0.8 percent compared with the 1.0 percent recorded in March, 2025. This means on average prices of goods and services increased by 0.8 percent between March 2025 and April 2025. This development was mainly attributed to general price movements of Cereals (Breakfast Mealie Meal, Roller Mealie Meal, Maize grain); Fruit (Lemons, Bananas, Apples, Avocadoes, Groundnuts);Vegetables (Lumanda, Okra, Tomatoes, Impwa, Maize cobs, Irish potatoes, Chikanda Tubers); Frozen Fish and Fresh Kapenta.
Monthly non-food inflation rate for April 2025 was recorded at 1.2 percent compared with 1.0 percent recorded in March 2025. This outturn was mainly attributed to price movements in prices of non-food items such as Purchase of motor vehicles(Toyota hilux, Toyota corolla, Nissan ALMERA 1.5 L Acenta MT) ; Passenger transport by air ; Jewelry, clocks and watches; Accommodation services and Photocopying.
Table 5: Overall Monthly Inflation Rate for Food and Non-Food Items, April 2024- April 2025 (%)
| Weight: | Apr – 2024 | May – 2024 | Jun – 2024 | Jul – 2024 | Aug – 2024 | Sep – 2024 | Oct – 2024 | Nov – 2024 | Dec – 2024 | Jan – 2025 | Feb – 2025 | Mar – 2025 | Apr– 2025 |
Total | 1,000.00 | 1.0 | 1.4 | 1.3 | 1.0 | 0.9 | 0.8 | 0.8 | 1.6 | 1.2 | 2.1 | 2.4 | 1.0 | 1.0 |
Food | 534.85 | 1.0 | 1.3 | 1.5 | 1.5 | 1.0 | 0.8 | 0.9 | 0.9 | 1.4 | 2.8 | 3.4 | 1.0 | 0.8 |
Non- Food | 465.15 | 1.0 | 1.5 | 1.0 | 0.3 | 0.7 | 0.8 | 0.8 | 2.6 | 0.9 | 1.0 | 0.8 | 1.0 | 1.2 |