The National Bureau of Statistics of Tanzania (NBS) has announced that the annual headline inflation rate for the year ending March 2025 slightly increased to 3.3% from 3.2% recorded in February 2025.
The overall index went up from 115.51 recorded in March 2024 to 119.27 in March 2025.
Food Inflation
The Food and Non-Alcoholic Beverages Inflation Rate for March 2025 has increased to 5.4% from 5.0% in February 2025.
Non-Food Inflation
On the other hand, the Annual Inflation Rate for all items without food and non-alcoholic beverages for March 2025 has decreased to 2.3% from 2.4% in February 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.
The Core Index covers 297 items, representing 73.9% of the total NCPI weight.
The inflation rate for the Core Index in March 2025 has decreased to 2.2% from 2.5% recorded in February 2025.
Monthly Consumer Price Index February 2025 – March 2025
The National Consumer Price Index between February 2025 and March 2025 has increased by 0.8%.
The increase in the overall index is attributed to price increases for some food and non-food items.
Some food items that contributed to an increase of the index include: wheat grains by 1.8%; maize grains by 2.8%; wheat flour by 0.8%; maize flour by 3.9%; bread and bakery products by 3.0%; pasta products by 1.6%; poultry by 5.5%; beef by 0.8%; poultry meat by 0.7%; fresh fish by 4.5%; dried sardines by 1.3%; raw cattle milk by 1.5%; vegetables by 2.8%; round potatoes by 3.2%; sweet potatoes by 3.7%; fresh cassava by 7.3%; cocoyams by 4.9%; cooking bananas by 7.2%; soy beans by 2.2%; dried peas by 9.0% and cassava flour by 2.3%.
Some Non-Food items that contributed to an increase of the index includes: garments for men by 0.4%; footwear for men by 0.5%; footwear for women by 0.2%; products and materials for the maintenance of the dwelling by 0.2%; gas (LPG) by 0.3%; kerosene by 6.3%; furnishings household equipment and routine household maintenance by 0.3%; diesel by 7.4%; petrol by 6.1%; accommodation services in hotels lodges and guest house by 0.8% and goods and services for personal care by 0.5%
Changes in Tanzania National Consumer Price Indices (NCPI) for March 2025, (2020 = 100)
