Annual Inflation, June 2024 – June 2025 (%)

Latest News  Year-on-Year Inflation Rate for June 2025  at 14.1 Percent Annual inflation for June 2025 slowed down to 14.1 percent from  15.3 percent  recorded in May, 2025. This means that on average, prices of goods and services increased by 14.1 percent between June 2024 and June 2025 (see Figure 2). This development was mainly […]

Monthly Inflation, June 2024 – June 2025 (%)

Latest News Overall Monthly Inflation Rate at 0.2 Percent The overall monthly inflation for June 2025 was recorded at 0.2 percent from 0.3 percent recorded in the previous month. This outturn was mainly attributed to price movements in selected food and non-food  items (see Figure 4).  Figure 4: Overall Monthly Inflation, June 2024-June 2025   […]

Economy Expands by 4.5 Percent

Latest News Economy Expands by 4.5 Percent Gross Domestic Product (GDP) estimates for the first quarter of 2025 show that the economy grew by 4.5 percent from 2.2 percent in the first quarter of 2024. This represents an increase of 2.3 percentage points compared to the same quarter in 2024. These estimates are based on […]

Copper Export Earnings, Apr (2024 – 2025)

Latest News Copper Export Earnings, Apr (2024 – 2025) Export earnings from refined copper decreased by 0.3 percent from K19.7 bn in March, 2025 to K19.6 bn in April, 2025. Export volumes increased by 1.6 percent from 71.2 thousand mt in March, 2025 to 72.3 thousand metric tonnes in April, 2025. Read more>>Vol 266 of […]

Cumulative Total Trade, Jan – Apr (2024 and 2025 ) (K’ Billion)

Latest News Cumulative Total Trade May 2025   Total trade for the period January to April 2025 was K214.7 billion while that of 2024 for the same period was K163.4 billion, representing 31.4 percent increase   Cumulative Total Trade, (Jan- Apr) 2024 and 2025 (K’ Billions) Total Exports and Imports by Mode of Transport, April, […]

National Average Prices Per Litre (Kwacha) – Fuel

Latest News National Average Prices Per Litre (Kwacha)- Fuel   The national average fuel prices went down in May 2025 compared to April 2025. Petrol dropped from K34.98 per litre in April 2025 to K32.14 in May 2025, while diesel fell from K30.23 in April 2025 to K27.38 per litre in May 2025.   Read […]

National Average Prices (Kwacha) – Cereals

Latest News National Average Prices (Kwacha) – Cereals Retail prices between April 2025 and May 2025 showed that the national average price of a 25 kg bag of Breakfast Mealie Meal decreased by 4.0 percent from K358.86 to K344.41. The price of a 25 kg bag of Roller Mealie Meal decreased by 3.0 percent from […]

Provincial Annual Inflation Rates, May 2025 (%)

Latest News Provincial Annual Inflation Rates A disaggregation of the annual inflation by province shows that annual inflation during the month under review decreased for all the Provinces; Central (18.0% from 18.8%); Copperbelt (16.2% from 17.2%); Eastern (11.8%  from 12.2%); Luapula (15.8% from 16.7% ); Lusaka at (15.5% from 17.7%); Northern (14.6% from 14.8%); North-western […]

Monthly Inflation, May 2024 – May 2025

Latest News Overall Monthly Inflation Rate at 0.3 Percent The overall monthly inflation for May 2025 was recorded at 0.3 percent from 1.0 percent recorded in the previous month. This outturn was mainly attributed to price movements in selected food and non-food  items. Overall Monthly Inflation, May 2024 – May 2025 Monthly Inflation Rates for […]