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Annual Food and Non-Food Inflation
Monthly food inflation rate for December 2025 was recorded at 0.6 percent compared with the 0.8 percent recorded in November, 2025. This means on average prices of goods and services increased by 0.6 percent between November 2025 and December 2025. This development was mainly attributed to general price movements of Meat (T-bone, Mince Meat, Offals, Plain Pork Sausages, Goat Meat, Chicken Frozen); Fruit (Bananas, Apples, Pineapples, Mangoes) ; Vegetable (Pumpkin Leaves, Sweet Potato Leaves (Kalembula)-With sterms, Spinach, Cassava Leaves, Okra).
The monthly non-food inflation rate for December 2025 was recorded at 3.0 percent compared with the 0.6 percent recorded in November, 2025. This means on average prices of non-food items increased by 3.0 percent between November, 2025 and December, 2025. This outturn was mainly attributed to price movements in prices of non-food items such as Fuel (Diesel, Petrol) ; Passenger transport by air (Air Fare Domestic, Air Fare Regional, Lusaka/London via Dubai); Accomodation services (Single room 3 & 5 star, Bed and Continental Breakfast, Bed (Single room in guest house)) Cement, Charcoal and Car battery..
Annual Food and Non-Food Inflation, December 2024 – December 2025 (%)
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