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Non-Food Inflation

Year-on-year change in the non-food basket.

6.6%Aug 2026−0.10 ppon the month−2.70 ppon the year
12-month average7.0
Record high19.1Feb 2016
Record low5.4Oct 2012
Observations187since Jan 2011

Non-Food Inflation, Jan 2011 to Aug 2026

0510152025201120132015201720192021202320256.6

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MonthNon-Food Inflation (%)
Aug 20266.6
Jul 20266.7
Jun 20266.0
May 20266.1
Apr 20266.0
Mar 20265.9
Feb 20266.5
Jan 20267.3
Dec 20258.7
Nov 20256.6
Oct 20258.7
Sep 20259.0
Aug 20259.3
Jul 20259.7
Jun 202510.3
May 202511.6
Apr 202513.4
Mar 202511.7
Jan 202513.2
Dec 202414.2
Nov 202414.1
Oct 202412.2
Sep 202412.4
Aug 202412.5
Jul 202412.6
Jun 202413.0
May 202412.7
Apr 202411.2
Mar 202411.2
Feb 202412.7
Jan 202412.4
Dec 202311.6
Nov 202311.8
Oct 202311.3
Sep 202310.1
Aug 20238.5
Jul 20237.8
Jun 20237.8
May 20237.6
Apr 20238.3
Mar 20237.3
Feb 20236.9
Jan 20236.4
Dec 20227.3
Nov 20226.7
Oct 20226.5
Sep 20227.2
Aug 20227.8
Jul 20227.2
Jun 20226.9
May 20227.5
Apr 20228.2
Mar 202210.3
Feb 202211.8
Jan 202212.7
Dec 202112.1
Nov 202112.2
Oct 202113.2
Sep 202113.6
Aug 202116.3
Jul 202117.0
Jun 202117.1
May 202117.1
Apr 202117.5
Mar 202117.0
Feb 202116.2
Jan 202116.7
Dec 202018.2
Nov 202018.2
Oct 202017.7
Sep 202017.7
Aug 202015.4
Jul 202015.4
Jun 202015.5
May 202015.5
Apr 202014.2
Mar 202012.7
Feb 202011.6
Jan 20209.4
Dec 20197.8
Nov 20197.8
Oct 20197.8
Sep 20198.3
Aug 20198.3
Jul 20198.3
Jun 20198.0
May 20197.0
Apr 20196.9
Mar 20196.8
Feb 20197.9
Jan 20197.7
Dec 20187.6
Nov 20187.0
Oct 20188.3
Sep 20187.3
Aug 20187.8
Jul 20187.6
Jun 20187.3
May 20188.9
Apr 20188.4
Mar 20188.7
Feb 20187.9
Jan 20188.1
Dec 20177.5
Nov 20177.9
Oct 20178.2
Sep 20178.4
Aug 20177.7
Jul 20178.1
Jun 20178.0
May 20177.3
Apr 20177.5
Mar 20176.6
Feb 20176.1
Jan 20176.7
Dec 20167.1
Nov 20168.3
Oct 20169.0
Sep 201614.0
Aug 201614.8
Jul 201615.3
Jun 201616.5
May 201616.5
Apr 201616.7
Mar 201617.9
Feb 201619.1
Jan 201617.4
Dec 201517.1
Nov 201515.5
Oct 201512.4
Sep 20157.3
Aug 20156.9
Jul 20156.2
Jun 20157.0
May 20156.7
Apr 20157.3
Mar 20157.1
Feb 20157.3
Jan 20158.0
Dec 20148.4
Nov 20148.9
Oct 20148.8
Sep 20148.8
Aug 20149.1
Jul 20149.2
Jun 20148.0
May 20147.6
Apr 20147.9
Mar 20147.8
Feb 20147.7
Jan 20148.8
Dec 20138.2
Nov 20138.1
Oct 20138.0
Sep 20137.4
Aug 20137.3
Jul 20137.4
Jun 20137.6
May 20137.8
Apr 20136.9
Mar 20137.2
Feb 20137.1
Jan 20136.3
Dec 20126.1
Nov 20125.8
Oct 20125.4
Sep 20125.6
Aug 20125.5
Jul 20126.0
Jun 20126.2
May 20126.3
Apr 20126.5
Mar 20126.4
Feb 20126.5
Jan 20126.8
Dec 20116.6
Nov 20116.8
Oct 20117.2
Sep 20117.3
Aug 20117.3
Jul 20118.9
Jun 20118.7
May 20119.5
Apr 20119.2
Mar 20119.4
Feb 20119.1
Jan 20118.6

Source: Zambia Statistics Agency. Monthly. Gaps in the line are months with no published figure.

Change on a year earlier

Each bar is this month against the same month twelve months before — the comparison that strips out the seasonal pattern.

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