Annual Food and Non-Food Inflation March2024 – March 2025 (%)

Latest News Annual Food and Non-Food Inflation Annual food inflation for March 2025 was recorded at 18.9 percent compared to 20.6 percent in February 2024 (see Figure 3). This means on average prices of food items increased by 18.9 percent between March 2024 and March 2025. This was mainly attributed to price movements in prices […]

Provincial Annual Inflation Rates, March2024 – March 2025 (%)

Latest News Provincial Annual Inflation Rates A disaggregation of the annual inflation by province shows that annual inflation during the month under review increased for Central (18.8% from18.5% ); Copperbelt (18.1% from 17.9% ); Luapula (16.6% from 15.8% ); Northern (14.2% from 13.5% ) and North-western Provinces (17.0% from 15.3% ). Annual inflation decreased for […]

Total Trade February 2025

Latest News Total Trade February 2025 Total trade for the period January to February 2025 was K102.6 billion while that of 2024 for the same period was K79.9 billion, representing 28.4 percent increase (see Figure 5). Figure 5: Cumulative Total Trade, (Jan-Feb) 2024 and 2025 (K’ Billions)                 […]

Monthly Inflation, March 2024 – March 2025 (%)

Latest News Overall Monthly Inflation Rate at 1.0 Percent The overall monthly inflation for March 2025 was recorded at 1.0 percent compared with 2.4 percent recorded in the previous month. This outturn was mainly attributed to price movements in food items (see Figure 4). Figure 4: Overall Monthly Inflation, March 2024 – March 2025   […]