Rwanda’s Consumer Price Index (CPI), main gauge of inflation increased by 7.4 percent year on year in January 2025 up from 6.8 percent in December 2024.
In January 2025, ‘Food and non-alcoholic beverages’ increased by 7.2 percent on annual basis and it decreased by 0.1 percent on monthly basis. ‘Housing, water, electricity, gas and other fuels’ increased by 4 percent on annual basis and it was stable on monthly basis. Transport increased by 18.5 percent on annual basis and it increased by 0.8 percent on monthly basis. ‘Restaurants and Hotels’ increased by 9.5 percent on annual basis and it increased by 3.4 percent on monthly basis.
The data also show the “local products” increased by 7.7 percent on annual basis and it increased by 0.4 percent on monthly basis, while prices of the “imported products” increased by 6.8 percent on annual basis and it increased by 0.8 percent on monthly basis.
The prices of the “fresh products” increased by 13.7 percent on annual change and it decreased by 0.3 percent on monthly basis.
| 12-month percentage change, Consumer Price Index, Rwanda (January 2025) | |||||||||||||
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| Urban CPI Annual change | 5.0 | 4.9 | 4.2 | 4.5 | 5.8 | 5.0 | 4.9 | 5.0 | 2.5 | 3.8 | 5.0 | 6.8 | 7.4 |
| Rural CPI Annual change | 1.9 | 2.1 | -1.7 | -3.5 | -1.6 | -1.4 | -0.6 | -0.3 | -2.9 | -1.5 | 2.4 | 6.2 | 4.5 |
| Rwanda CPI Annual change | 3.1 | 3.2 | 0.6 | -0.5 | 1.3 | 1.1 | 1.5 | 1.7 | -0.8 | 0.5 | 3.4 | 6.4 | 5.7 |
| Urban CPI Monthly change | -0.1 | 1.8 | 1.1 | 1.4 | 0.0 | -0.4 | -0.1 | 0.9 | 1.2 | 1.5 | 0.1 | -0.8 | 0.5 |
| Rural CPI Monthly change | -1.4 | 3.3 | 0.5 | 0.1 | -1.6 | -0.8 | 0.9 | 1.7 | 1.6 | 2.5 | 1.4 | -2.1 | -2.9 |
| Rwanda CPI Monthly change | -0.9 | 2.7 | 0.7 | 0.6 | -1.0 | -0.6 | 0.5 | 1.4 | 1.5 | 2.1 | 0.9 | -1.6 | -1.6 |
The prices of the “energy” increased by 1.1 percent on annual change and it decreased by 0.1 on monthly basis.
The prices of the “general Index excluding fresh products and energy” increased by 6.2 percent on annual change and it increased by 0.8 percent on monthly basis.