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Overall Monthly Inflation Rate at 0.1 Percent
The overall monthly inflation for July 2025 was recorded at 0.1 percent from 0.2 percent recorded in the previous month. This outturn was attributed to price movements in selected food and non-food items
Overall Monthly Inflation, July 2024- July 2025
Monthly Inflation Rates for Food and Non-Food Items
Monthly food inflation rate for July 2025 was recorded at 0.3 percent compared with the 0.4 percent recorded in June, 2025. This means on average prices of goods and services increased by 0.3 percent between June 2025 and July 2025. This development was mainly attributed to general price movements of Cereals (including breakfast mealie meal, roller mealie meal, maize grain, Samp, rice), Vegetables (Rape, Chinese Cabbage,Carrots, Green pepper, Dried beans, Sweet potatoes, Sweet Potato Leaves (Kalembula)); Fruits ( Oranges, Bananas, Lemons, Apples, Pineapples).
Monthly non-food inflation rate for July 2025 was recorded at -0.3 percent compared with -0.2 percent recorded in June 2025. This means on average prices of non-food items decreased by 0.3 percent between June, 2025 and July, 2025. This outturn was mainly attributed to price movements in prices of non-food items such as Garments (Ladies Dress Imported, Ladies skirt imported,Ladies shirts (blouse)); Purchase of motor vehicles(Toyota hilux, Nissan Hardbody ) ; Passeger transport by air and Fuels(like Diesel, Petrol).
Overall Monthly Inflation Rate for Food and Non-Food Items, July 2024 – July 2025 (%)
| Weight: | Jul – 2024 | Aug – 2024 | Sep – 2024 | Oct – 2024 | Nov – 2024 | Dec – 2024 | Jan – 2025 | Feb – 2025 | Mar – 2025 | Apr– 2025 | May– 2024 | Jun – 2025 | Jul – 2025 |
Total | 1,000.00 | 1.0 | 0.9 | 0.8 | 0.8 | 1.6 | 1.2 | 2.1 | 2.4 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 0.3 | 0.2 | 0.1 |
Food | 534.85 | 1.5 | 1.0 | 0.8 | 0.9 | 0.9 | 1.4 | 2.8 | 3.4 | 1.0 | 0.8 | 0.6 | 0.4 | 0.3 |
Non- Food | 465.15 | 0.3 | 0.7 | 0.8 | 0.8 | 2.6 | 0.9 | 1.0 | 0.8 | 1.0 | 1.2 | 0.0 | -0.2 | -0.3 |