Provincial Annual Inflation Rates

A disaggregation of the annual inflation by province shows that the annual inflation during the month under review increased for Central (7.2% from 5.9%), Luapula (11.6% from 9.1 %), Northern (11.1% from 10.7%), North-western (11.1% from 10.7 %), Southern (9.1 % from 8.8%). However, the

annual inflation slowed down for Copperbelt (10.5% from 11.0%), Eastern (6.4% from 6.9%), Western (12.0% from 12.1%); while it remained the same for Lusaka province at 10.9% (See Table 6).

Table 6: Provincial Annual Inflation Rates, December 2021-December 2022 (%)

	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
Dec-21	14.1	18.2	16.4	17.6	16.0	22.5	16.4	13.8	10.6
Jan-22	11.3	18.1	13.6	17.2	15.8	20.0	12.3	12.3	7.2
Feb-22	13.1	17.9	12.0	16.2	14.8	14.1	9.3	12.2	6.8
Mar-22	10.9	16.7	9.2	15.7	13.0	13.5	12.1	11.0	12.6
Apr-22	7.0	15.6	8.7	15.0	10.3	12.9	13.5	10.8	10.4
May-22	6.8	13.8	6.6	13.8	8.0	13.2	13.2	10.5	11.7
Jun-22	6.4	12.3	6.6	11.5	8.2	12.5	13.9	10.9	10.5
Jul-22	6.6	12.0	5.9	11.6	8.7	13.5	12.3	11.5	11.3
Aug-22	6.8	11.0	5.2	10.4	9.3	13.1	12.7	11.6	11.5
Sep-22	7.1	11.7	5.0	9.8	10.2	11.5	12.7	10.7	10.9
Oct-22	6.2	11.5	6.3	8.4	10.1	10.6	11.7	9.6	12.6
Nov-22	5.9	11.0	6.9	9.1	10.9	10.7	10.7	8.8	12.1
Dec-22	7.2	10.5	6.4	11.6	10.9	11.1	11.1	9.1	12.0

Provincial Contributions to Overall Inflation of 9.9 Percent

Lusaka Province contributed the highest at 3.1 percentage points while Copperbelt Province contributed 2.2 percentage points to the overall annual inflation of 9.9 percent in the month under review. Southern province contributed 1.0 percentage points, while North-western Provinces had the lowest contribution of 0.4 percentage points (see Table 7).

Table 7: Provincial Contribution to Overall Annual Inflation Dec 2021-Dec 2022 (%)

Province	*Weight*	Dec- 2021*	Jan- 2022*	Feb- 2022*	Mar- 2022*	Apr- 2022*	May- 2022*	June- 2022*	July- 2022*	Aug- 2022*	Sep- 2022*	Oct- 2022*	Nov- 2022*	Dec- 2022*
National	1,000.00	16.4	15.1	14.2	13.1	11.5	10.2	9.7	9.9	9.8	9.9	9.7	9.8	9.9
Central	107.19	1.5	1.2	1.4	1.2	0.8	0.7	0.7	0.7	0.7	0.8	0.7	0.6	0.8
Copperbelt	219.68	3.8	3.7	3.7	3.4	3.2	2.9	2.6	2.5	2.3	2.4	2.4	2.3	2.2
Eastern	88.98	1.5	1.3	1.1	0.9	0.8	0.6	0.6	0.5	0.5	0.5	0.6	0.6	0.6
Luapula	50.60	0.8	0.8	0.8	0.7	0.7	0.6	0.5	0.6	0.5	0.5	0.4	0.4	0.6
Lusaka	283.89	4.6	4.6	4.3	3.8	3.0	2.4	2.4	2.5	2.7	2.9	2.9	3.2	3.1
Northern	65.72	1.6	1.4	1.0	1.0	0.9	1.0	0.9	1.0	0.9	0.8	0.8	0.8	0.8
North- Western	32.33	0.6	0.4	0.3	0.4	0.5	0.4	0.5	0.4	0.4	0.4	0.4	0.4	0.4
Southern	109.19	1.5	1.3	1.3	1.2	1.1	1.1	1.1	1.2	1.2	1.1	1.0	0.9	1.0
Western	42.42	0.5	0.3	0.3	0.5	0.4	0.5	0.4	0.5	0.5	0.5	0.5	0.5	0.5