The Urban Consumer Price Index (CPI), the main gauge of inflation, increased by 7.2 per cent in November 2025 compared to the same month last year, and up from 7.1 per cent in October, according to new data from the National Institute of Statistics of Rwanda (NISR).

Data released on Wednesday, December 10, shows the Urban CPI rose 0.2 per cent month-on-month.

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Annually, the sharpest increases were in health (70.9 per cent), restaurants and hotels (19.4 per cent), alcoholic beverages, tobacco and narcotics (16.2 per cent), and transport (9.3 per cent).

Housing, utilities and fuels rose 7.7 per cent, while food and non-alcoholic beverages saw a modest 1.4 per cent increase.

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On a monthly basis, alcoholic beverages, tobacco and narcotics increased by 1.4 per cent, housing-related costs went up by 0.4 per cent, and transport prices rose by 0.6 per cent.

Local and imported goods

Prices of local products increased by 6.2 per cent year on year and by 0.1 per cent compared to October. Imported products rose by 10.2 per cent annually and 0.5 per cent monthly.

Fresh products increased by 0.2 per cent on an annual basis but fell by 1.1 per cent month on month, while energy prices increased by 12.4 per cent annually and 1.2 per cent monthly.

Underlying inflation, excluding fresh products and energy, stood at 9 per cent on an annual basis and 0.5 per cent per month. NISR’s latest release also shows that Rwanda’s annual average inflation rate between November 2024 and November 2025 was 6.9 per cent.