Rwanda's City Shopper Worth Index (CPI), the nation's main measure of inflation, rose by 13.6 per cent in June 2026 in contrast with the identical month a 12 months earlier, in keeping with the newest knowledge launched by the Nationwide Institute of Statistics of Rwanda (NISR).
The annual improve was largely pushed by greater prices for healthcare, transport, housing, and power.
Healthcare registered the steepest year-on-year improve, with costs surging 71.2 per cent in contrast with June 2025, though the class recorded solely a marginal 0.1 per cent improve between Might and June.
Housing, water, electrical energy, fuel and different fuels rose 20.5 per cent 12 months on 12 months, whereas transport prices elevated 26 per cent.
Costs for inns and eating places additionally climbed 15.9 per cent over the identical interval.
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Alternatively, alcoholic drinks, tobacco and narcotics, elevated by 13 per cent.
Meals and non-alcoholic drinks, which carry the most important weight within the city consumption basket at 27 per cent, elevated by 7.5 per cent in contrast with June final 12 months.
Nevertheless, costs within the class declined by 0.3 per cent in contrast with Might.
Vitality costs recorded the sharpest improve among the many primary sub-indices, rising by 44.8 per cent year-on-year and 0.3 per cent in contrast with the earlier month.
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Native items rose
In line with the newest index, regionally produced items continued to rise sooner than imported items.
Native merchandise elevated by 14.7 per cent year-on-year and 0.4 per cent month-to-month, whereas imported merchandise elevated by 10.5 per cent yearly and 0.5 per cent in contrast with Might.
Contemporary merchandise elevated by 9.1 per cent yearly and remained unchanged in contrast with the earlier month.
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Underlying inflation pressures additionally remained excessive, with the final index excluding recent merchandise and power growing by 12.3 per cent year-on-year and 0.6 per cent month-on-month.
The annual common inflation fee between June 2025 and June 2026 stood at 9.3 per cent in city areas, whereas core inflation averaged 9.7 per cent over the identical interval.
June's inflation fee of 13.6 per cent marks an acceleration from 12.9 per cent in Might, reversing the slight easing recorded from 13 per cent in April.
The newest studying extends a broader upward pattern in client costs, with annual inflation having risen sharply from 9.2 per cent in March.
