The coun­try’s in­fla­tion rate for Jan­u­ary 2026 stood at 0.7 per cent, mean­ing prices in Jan­u­ary 2026 were 0.7 per cent high­er than they were in Jan­u­ary 2025. This marks an in­crease from the pre­vi­ous pe­ri­od, when in­fla­tion mea­sured 0.4 per cent in De­cem­ber 2025 com­pared with De­cem­ber 2024.

How­ev­er, it is the same rate record­ed in the com­pa­ra­ble pe­ri­od a year ear­li­er, when in­fla­tion for Jan­u­ary 2025 over Jan­u­ary 2024 was al­so 0.7 per cent.

The Cen­tral Sta­tis­ti­cal Of­fice, in a news re­lease yes­ter­day, said on a month-to-month ba­sis, the All Items In­dex, which mea­sures the over­all cost of goods and ser­vices, rose to 125.8 in Jan­u­ary 2026. This rep­re­sents an in­crease of 0.6 in­dex points, or 0.5 per cent, com­pared with De­cem­ber 2025.