Monthly Inflation, December 2025 (%) –

The overall monthly inflation for December 2025 was recorded at 1.5 compared with 0.7 recorded  in November, 2025. This outturn was attributed to price movements
in selected non-  food items.

 Overall Monthly Inflation, December 2024-December 2025

 

Monthly Inflation Rates for Food and Non-Food Items

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.

Overall Monthly Inflation Rate for Food and Non-Food Items, December 2024 – December 2025 (%)

	Weight:	Dec – 2024	Jan – 2025	Feb – 2025	Mar – 2025	Apr– 2025	May– 2024	Jun – 2025	Jul – 2025	Aug – 2025	Sep – 2025	Oct – 2025	Nov – 2025	Dec – 2025
Total	1,000.00	1.2	2.1	2.4	1.0	1.0	0.3	0.2	0.1	0.5	0.5	0.4	0.7	1.5
Food	534.85	1.4	2.8	3.4	1.0	0.8	0.6	0.4	0.3	0.6	0.5	0.4	0.8	0.6
Non- Food	465.15	0.9	1.0	0.8	1.0	1.2	0.0	-0.2	-0.3	0.4	0.5	0.5	0.6	3.0

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