{"id":4428,"date":"2026-10-10T11:44:07","date_gmt":"2026-10-10T11:44:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thedawnrwanda.com\/?p=4428"},"modified":"2026-10-10T11:44:07","modified_gmt":"2026-10-10T11:44:07","slug":"rwanda-inflation-accelerates-to-17-2-as-food-prices-jump","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thedawnrwanda.com\/index.php\/2026\/10\/10\/rwanda-inflation-accelerates-to-17-2-as-food-prices-jump\/economy\/business\/","title":{"rendered":"Rwanda inflation accelerates to 17.2% as food prices jump"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"534\" src=\"https:\/\/thedawnrwanda.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/colourful-food-markets-street-urban-scene-african-city-kigali-rwanda-september-407551281.webp\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-4429\" srcset=\"https:\/\/thedawnrwanda.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/colourful-food-markets-street-urban-scene-african-city-kigali-rwanda-september-407551281.webp 800w, https:\/\/thedawnrwanda.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/colourful-food-markets-street-urban-scene-african-city-kigali-rwanda-september-407551281-767x512.webp 767w, https:\/\/thedawnrwanda.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/colourful-food-markets-street-urban-scene-african-city-kigali-rwanda-september-407551281-300x200.webp 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Rwanda\u2019s annual inflation rate rose to 17.2% in September from 15.7% in August, as food prices climbed sharply and transport costs remained elevated, data from the National Institute of Statistics of Rwanda (NISR) showed on Saturday.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Food and non-alcoholic beverage prices rose 20.9% from a year earlier, while transport costs increased 22.4%, according to the statistics agency\u2019s consumer price index report.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The figures indicate mounting price pressures across major household spending categories, with prices also rising for housing, water, electricity, gas and other fuels by 18.3%. Restaurant and hotel prices increased 18.9% over the same period.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">On a monthly basis, consumer prices rose 2.7% in September compared with August. Food and non-alcoholic beverage prices increased 5.3%, while prices at restaurants and hotels rose 2.8%.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Prices of fresh products, which NISR defines as food products subject to seasonal fluctuations, increased 27.9% year-on-year and 7.7% month-on-month.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Energy prices rose 45% from September 2025, although the monthly increase was 0.2%.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The general consumer price index excluding fresh products and energy \u2014 a measure NISR uses as a proxy for underlying inflation \u2014 rose 11.4% year-on-year and 1.3% from August.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Prices of locally produced goods increased 19.8% year-on-year, compared with a 9.7% rise for imported products, the data showed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The annual inflation rate had risen to 15.7% in August from 14.5% in July, according to NISR.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Rwanda\u2019s annual inflation rate rose to 17.2% in September from 15.7% in August, as food prices climbed sharply and transport costs remained elevated, data from [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":4429,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2,43,3,53,41,34,40],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4428","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-business","category-current_affairs","category-economy","category-featured-stories","category-hot_topics","category-national","category-top_stories"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/thedawnrwanda.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4428","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/thedawnrwanda.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/thedawnrwanda.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thedawnrwanda.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thedawnrwanda.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4428"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/thedawnrwanda.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4428\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4430,"href":"https:\/\/thedawnrwanda.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4428\/revisions\/4430"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thedawnrwanda.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/4429"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/thedawnrwanda.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4428"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thedawnrwanda.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4428"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thedawnrwanda.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4428"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}