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Provincial Annual Inflation Rates

 

A disaggregation of the annual inflation by province shows that annual inflation during the month under review increased for ; Luapula (16.7% from 16.6% ); Lusaka province at (17.7% from 17.2%); Northern (14.8% from 14.2% ); North-western (17.4% from 17.0%) and Western Provinces (17.6% from 15.1%). Annual inflation decreased for Copperbelt (17.2% from 18.1%); Eastern (12.2% from 13.4%)  and Southern Provinces(13.4% from 14.2% ). Annual inflation remained the same for Central Province at 18.8%. (see Table 3).

Table 3: Provincial Annual Inflation Rates, April 2024 – April 2025 (%)

 

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

Apr-24

17.2

13.9

13.8

12.9

12.0

9.1

12.2

16.2

22.5

May-24

18.4

14.7

14.8

12.9

13.9

9.2

12.5

16.6

20.1

Jun-24

18.3

16.4

15.3

14.3

13.7

10.3

12.4

17.0

20.1

Jul-24

20.5

16.0

15.2

15.2

12.9

11.5

15.0

18.0

17.5

Aug-24

20.5

15.9

15.6

14.9

13.4

11.5

15.1

17.5

17.6

Sep-24

21.0

15.9

15.3

14.9

13.9

12.2

13.8

17.0

17.5

Oct-24

21.2

15.3

17.0

15.8

13.9

11.7

13.9

17.3

18.1

Nov-24

21.7

17.8

17.2

17.1

13.5

12.4

13.4

18.7

19.3

Dec-24

22.2

18.9

16.9

17.5

13.7

12.0

15.2

18.3

18.6

Jan-25

23.1

18.8

14.3

18.1

14.0

12.4

13.9

17.3

20.5

Feb-25

18.5

17.9

14.6

15.8

17.2

13.5

15.3

17.0

16.9

Mar-25

18.8

18.1

13.4

16.6

17.2

14.2

17.0

14.2

15.1

Apr-25

18.8

17.2

12.2

16.7

17.7

14.8

17.4

13.4

17.6

Source: ZamStats, 2025

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