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Tanzania’s Annual Inflation Rises to 3.2% in February 2025, Food Inflation Declines to 5.0%

Tanzania’s annual inflation rate increased to 3.2% in February 2025, up from 3.1% in January 2025, while food inflation decreased to 5.0% from 5.3%. Non-food inflation rose to 2.4% from 2.1%. The National Bureau of Statistics attributes the rise in the overall index to higher costs of items such as finger millet grains (+10.1%), groundnuts (+4.9%), and firewood (+9.0%).
March 19, 2025
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TANZANIA ANNUAL INFLATION RATE FEBRUARY 2025

The National Bureau of Statistics of Tanzania (NBS) has announced that the annual headline inflation rate for the year ending February 2025 increased to 3.2%, up from 3.1% recorded in January 2025.

The overall index rose from 114.65 in February 2024 to 118.28 in February 2025.

Food Inflation

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The Food and Non-Alcoholic Beverages Inflation Rate for February 2025 decreased to 5.0%, down from 5.3% in January 2025.

Non-Food Inflation

Conversely, the Annual Inflation Rate for all items excluding food and non-alcoholic beverages increased to 2.4% in February 2025, compared to 2.1% in January 2025.

Core Inflation

The Core Index, which excludes items with volatile prices such as unprocessed food, energy, and utilities (except maize flour), provides a more stable inflation rate for policymakers.

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The Core Index covers 297 items, representing 73.9% of the total NCPI weight.

The inflation rate for the Core Index in February 2025 decreased to 2.5%, down from 2.7% recorded in January 2025..

Monthly Consumer Price Index January 2025 – February 2025

The National Consumer Price Index between January 2025 and February 2025 increased by 0.6%.

This rise in the overall index is attributed to price increases for some food and non-food items.

Food items that contributed to the increase include rice (3.8%), finger millet grains (10.1%), maize grains (1.8%), sorghum flour (4.0%), maize flour (2.6%), pasta products (1.1%), fresh beef (0.8%), cooking oils (2.4%), fruits (2.6%), groundnuts (4.9%), vegetables (1.3%), round potatoes (2.5%), sweet potatoes (2.9%), dried beans (3.5%), dried lentils (2.0%), cowpeas (3.7%), and cassava flour (1.4%).

Non-food items that contributed to the increase include clothing materials (0.4%), garments for women and children (0.3%), school uniforms (0.2%), kerosene (0.8%), firewood (9.0%), charcoal (0.4%), dental services (3.3%), diesel (0.9%), petrol (0.4%), and education services (0.2%).

Changes in Tanzania National Consumer Price Indices (NCPI) for February 2025, (2020 = 100)

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