Year-on-Year Inflation Rate for May 2026 at 6.6 percent
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 between May 2025 and May 2026. This development was attributed to price movements in food […]
Annual Food And Non-food Inflation, May 2026 (%)
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 2025 and May 2026. This was mainly attributed to price movements in prices of food […]
Overall Monthly Inflation Rate at 0.2 percent
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 (see Figure 3). Figure 3 : Overall Monthly Inflation, May 2025 – May 2026 Monthly […]
Provincial Annual Inflation Rates
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 Western (5.3 % from 5.5%) provinces. Annual inflation increased for Copperbelt (6.0% from 5.9%), Luapula […]
April 2026 records a Trade Surplus
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 goods, increased by 1.5 percent from K25.0 billion in March 2026 to K25.4 billion in […]
CUMULATIVE TOTAL TRADE, JAN-APR (2025 AND 2026) (K’ Billion)
CUMULATIVE TOTAL TRADE, JAN-APR (2025 AND 2026) (K’ Billion) Cumulative total trade for the period January to April 2026 was K195.7 billion while that of 2025 for the same period was K216.1 billion, representing 9.5 percent decrease (see Figure 4). Total Exports and Imports by Mode of Transport, April 2026 The total value of […]
Monthly Inflation, April 2026
Latest News Overall Monthly Inflation Rate at 0.7 Percent The overall monthly inflation rate for April 2026 was recorded at 0.7 percent from 0.6 percent recorded in the previous month. This outturn was mainly attributed to price movements in selected non – food items. . […]
Annual Food and Non-Food Inflation, April 2025 – April 2026
Latest News Annual Food and Non-Food Inflation Annual food inflation for April 2026 was recorded at 7.3 percent compared to 7.8 percent in March 2026. This means on average prices of food items increased by 7.3 percent between April 2025 and April 2026. This was mainly attributed to price movements in prices of food items […]
Copper Export Earnings, April (2025 – 2026)
Latest News Copper Export Earnings, March (2025 – 2026) Export earnings from refined copper decreased by 10.5 percent from K19.4 billion in February 2026 to K17.3 billion in March 2026. Refined Copper export volumes decreased by 11.2 percent from 77.2 thousand Mt in February 2026 to 68.6 thousand Mt in March 2026. Read more>>Vol 277 […]
Copper Export Earnings, February (2025 – 2026)
Latest News Copper Export Earnings, February (2025 – 2026) Export earnings from refined copper decreased by 4.2 percent from K20.2 billion in January 2026 to K 19.4 billion in February 2026. Refined Copper export volumes decreased by 1.1 percent from 78.1 thousand Mt in January 2026 to 77.2 thousand Mt in February 2026. Read more>>Vol […]