The Cen­tral Sta­tis­ti­cal Of­fice (CSO) has re­leased the Con­sumer Price In­dex (CPI) for Jan­u­ary 2025, show­ing an in­fla­tion rate of 0.7%. This re­flects a rise in prices com­pared to Jan­u­ary 2024 and marks an in­crease from the pre­vi­ous pe­ri­od’s rate of 0.5% record­ed in De­cem­ber 2024. In con­trast, the in­fla­tion rate for Jan­u­ary 2024 stood at 0.3%. The All Items In­dex for Jan­u­ary 2025 reached 124.9, in­creas­ing by 0.2 points or 0.2% from De­cem­ber 2024.

The Food and Non-Al­co­holic Bev­er­ages In­dex climbed from 152.4 in De­cem­ber 2024 to 153.2 in Jan­u­ary 2025, re­flect­ing a 0.5% in­crease. Ris­ing prices for cu­cum­ber, fresh Carite, ochroes, pump­kin, pi­men­to, gar­lic, fresh king fish, frozen whole chick­en, soya bean oil, and cab­bage drove this change. How­ev­er, low­er prices for toma­toes, fresh whole chick­en, Irish pota­toes, or­anges, car­rots, green sweet pep­pers, eggs, ice cream, onions, and cel­ery helped off­set the over­all im­pact.

Sev­er­al oth­er cat­e­gories al­so record­ed price in­creas­es be­tween De­cem­ber 2024 and Jan­u­ary 2025. Al­co­hol and To­bac­co, as well as Cloth­ing and Footwear, each rose by 0.3%. The Health and Trans­port in­dices in­creased by 0.1%, while Recre­ation and Cul­ture went up by 0.3%. Ho­tels, Cafés, and Restau­rants saw a slight rise of 0.1%, and Mis­cel­la­neous Goods and Ser­vices climbed by 0.4%. Mean­while, the in­dex for Fur­nish­ings, House­hold Equip­ment, and Rou­tine Main­te­nance of the House de­clined by 0.4%. All oth­er cat­e­gories re­mained un­changed.