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The National Bureau of Statistics of Tanzania has reported that the country’s average annual inflation rate in 2025 stood at 3.3 percent, slightly higher than the 3.1 percent recorded in 2024
For the year ending December 2025, headline inflation rose to 3.6 percent, up from 3.4 percent in November 2025. Over the same period, the Consumer Price Index increased from 116.87 in December 2024 to 121.11 in December 2025.
Food and non alcoholic beverages inflation edged up to 6.7 percent in December 2025 from 6.6 percent the previous month. Inflation for non food items also rose slightly, reaching 2.3 percent in December compared to 2.1 percent in November.
Core inflation, which excludes items with unstable prices such as unprocessed food, energy, and utilities except maize flour, is used to give a clearer picture for policy decisions. This index covers 297 items and makes up 73.9 percent of the total National Consumer Price Index. In December 2025, core inflation increased to 2.5 percent from 2.3 percent recorded in November.
Between November and December 2025, the National Consumer Price Index rose from 120.01 to 121.11. This increase was mainly driven by higher prices for both food and non food items.
Food items contributing to an increase included: beef meat (by 9.3%); bread and bakery products (by 5.6%); sweet potatoes (by 5.1%); live poultry (by 3.7%); maize flour (by 3.6%); rice (by 3.5%); groundnuts (by 2.7%); sorghum flour (by 2.2%); live Goats (by 2.2%); fresh cassava (by 2.1%); poultry meat (by 2.0%); eggs of hen (by 1.8%); fruits (by 1.5%); sorghum grains (by 1.3%); Irish potatoes (by 1.2%); finger millet grains (by 0.8%); maize grains (by 0.7%); vegetables (by 0.6%) and wheat grains (by 0.4%)
For the year ending December 2025, headline inflation rose to 3.6 percent, up from 3.4 percent in November 2025. Over the same period, the Consumer Price Index increased from 116.87 in December 2024 to 121.11 in December 2025.
Food and non alcoholic beverages inflation edged up to 6.7 percent in December 2025 from 6.6 percent the previous month. Inflation for non food items also rose slightly, reaching 2.3 percent in December compared to 2.1 percent in November.
Core inflation, which excludes items with unstable prices such as unprocessed food, energy, and utilities except maize flour, is used to give a clearer picture for policy decisions. This index covers 297 items and makes up 73.9 percent of the total National Consumer Price Index. In December 2025, core inflation increased to 2.5 percent from 2.3 percent recorded in November.
Between November and December 2025, the National Consumer Price Index rose from 120.01 to 121.11. This increase was mainly driven by higher prices for both food and non food items.
Food items contributing to an increase included: beef meat (by 9.3%); bread and bakery products (by 5.6%); sweet potatoes (by 5.1%); live poultry (by 3.7%); maize flour (by 3.6%); rice (by 3.5%); groundnuts (by 2.7%); sorghum flour (by 2.2%); live Goats (by 2.2%); fresh cassava (by 2.1%); poultry meat (by 2.0%); eggs of hen (by 1.8%); fruits (by 1.5%); sorghum grains (by 1.3%); Irish potatoes (by 1.2%); finger millet grains (by 0.8%); maize grains (by 0.7%); vegetables (by 0.6%) and wheat grains (by 0.4%)
