The inflation rate reached 4.9% in October 2025, compared to 5% the previous month. This decline is mainly explained by the slowdown in the rate of change in the prices of the food products group (5.6% in October 2025 against 5.7% in September 2025), in the prices of the restaurant, cafe and hotel services group (7.5% in October 2025 against 10.1% in September 2025), indicates the National Institute of Statistics (INS) in a report published on Wednesday November 5, 2025.
Year-on-year, food prices increased by 5.6%. This is mainly explained by the increase in prices of fresh vegetables by 21.4%, prices of lamb meat by 18.8%, prices of fresh fish by 9.9%, prices of beef by 9.8% and prices of fresh fruit by 9.2%. On the other hand, prices of edible oils fell by 22.2%.
Over one year, the prices of manufactured products increased by 5% due to the increase in the prices of clothing and footwear products by 9.2% and routine household cleaning products by 5%. For services, the increase in prices is 4.2% over one year, mainly explained by the increase in prices of services for the restaurant, cafes and hotels group of 7.5%.
In October 2025, the core inflation rate (excluding food and energy) fell to 5.1% after 5.2% the previous month. The prices of free (unframed) products increase by 6% over one year. The prices of framed products increased by 1.1%. The prices of free food products increased by 6.4% compared to 0.2% for food products with regulated prices.
The consumer price index increased by 0.7% in the month of October 2025 compared to the month of September 2025. This increase is mainly due to the increase in clothing prices of 6.4%, the prices of the “Furniture, household items and routine household maintenance” group by 0.4% as well as the prices of food products with a rate of 0.1%.
Over one month, the prices of food products increased by 0.1%, due to the increase in the prices of fresh vegetables by 1.3%, the prices of edible oils by 0.7%, and the prices of beef by 0.3%. On the other hand, sheepmeat prices fell by 1.3%, and those of poultry by 0.4%.
In October, the prices of products in the “clothing and shoes” group increased by 6.4% due to the end of the summer sales. Thus the prices of clothing items increase by 6.3%, those of shoes by 7.4%, those of fabrics by 1.6% and those of various accessories by 2.1%.
SH (From press release)
