Provincial Annual Inflation Rates
A disaggregation of the annual inflation by province shows that annual inflation during the month under review increased for; Central (15.8% from 12.6%); Copperbelt (12.8% from 12.6%); Luapula (13.1% from12.7%); and Western Provinces (20.6% from 15.5%). Annual inflation decreased for; Eastern (12.0% from 12.3%); Lusaka (13.3% from 13.6%); Northern (10.0% from 11.1%); North-western
(13.8% from 16.3%) and Southern Provinces (14.0% from 14.2%). (see Table 3).
Table 3: Provincial Annual Inflation Rates, February2023 – February 2024 (%)
Central | Copperbelt | Eastern | Luapula | Lusaka | Northern | North-
Western |
Southern | Western | |
Weight | 107.19 | 219.68 | 88.98 | 50.60 | 283.89 | 65.72 | 32.33 | 109.19 | 42.42 |
Feb-23 | 7.8 | 9.5 | 10.0 | 12.1 | 10.5 | 8.7 | 13.0 | 7.9 | 8.5 |
Mar-23 | 7.9 | 9.9 | 9.9 | 10.7 | 10.9 | 10.4 | 9.4 | 8.4 | 9.7 |
April-23 | 9.2 | 8.7 | 10.3 | 11.0 | 11.6 | 11.5 | 10.1 | 8.3 | 11.0 |
May-23 | 8.9 | 7.8 | 10.8 | 11.1 | 11.2 | 10.9 | 10.5 | 8.6 | 10.9 |
June-23 | 9.8 | 7.4 | 11.1 | 11.5 | 11.1 | 11.0 | 10.1 | 7.9 | 10.5 |
Jul-23 | 10.1 | 8.5 | 12.0 | 10.7 | 11.6 | 10.8 | 10.0 | 7.7 | 11.5 |
Aug-23 | 10.6 | 9.5 | 12.2 | 11.4 | 12.5 | 10.9 | 9.9 | 7.9 | 11.9 |
Sep-23 | 11.4 | 10.1 | 12.8 | 12.4 | 13.6 | 11.7 | 11.5 | 10.0 | 15.2 |
Oct-23 | 12.9 | 10.9 | 10.5 | 13.9 | 14.5 | 13.1 | 11.9 | 10.9 | 14.9 |
Nov-23 | 13.7 | 11.7 | 10.2 | 13.6 | 14.1 | 12.8 | 13.0 | 12.3 | 14.7 |
Dec-23 | 12.7 | 11.9 | 11.4 | 11.6 | 14.9 | 13.1 | 12.6 | 12.4 | 15.2 |
Jan-24 | 12.6 | 12.6 | 12.3 | 12.7 | 13.6 | 11.1 | 16.3 | 14.2 | 15.5 |
Feb-24 | 15.8 | 12.8 | 12.0 | 13.1 | 13.3 | 10.0 | 13.8 | 14.0 | 20.6 |
Source: ZamStats, 2024
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