This is an increase by 0.86 percent from the 14.89 percent recorded in November last year.

“The consumer price index, (CPI) which measures inflation increased by 15.75 percent (year-on-year) in December 2020. This is 0.86 percent points higher than the rate recorded in November 2020 (14.89) percent,” the NBS revealed in its statistics.

On month-on-month basis, the Headline index increased by 1.61 percent in December 2020. This 0.01 percent rate higher than the rate recorded in November 2020 (1.60 percent).

The data released by the NBS also shows that an increase in food prices pushed the food index higher by 19.56 percent, while core inflation inched up by 0.32 percent to 11.37 percent in December.

Similarly, urban inflation also rose by 16.33 percent year on year, while the rural inflation rate stood at 15.20 percent in December.

On a month-on-month basis, the urban index rose by 1.65 percent in December 2020, same as the rate recorded in November 2020, while the rural index also rose by 1.58 percent in December 2020, up by 0.02 percent above the rate that was recorded in November 2020 (1.56 percent).