Malawi Consumer Price Indices (CPI) Dashboard

April 2020

The National month to month Inflation rate for May, 2020 stands at -1.5 percent compared to -4.2 percent registered in April, 2020. Food inflation rate is at -3.2 percent compared to -8.4 percent in April, 2020 while Non-Food Inflation stagnates at 0.1 percent as it was recorded in April, 2020.

The urban month to month inflation rate is at -0.3 percent. Urban Food and Non-Food inflation rates stand at -0.7 and -0.1 percent respectively. The rural month to month inflation rate registers -2.4 percent. Rural Food and Nonfood inflation rates stand at -4.4 and 0.3 percent respectively.

The headline inflation rate (year on year) for May 2020 stands at 8.7 percent compared to 8.9 percent registered in May, 2019. Food and Non-Food Inflation rates stand at 13.7 and 4.5 percent respectively.

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