5.23% is the increase of the Consumer Price Index of October 2022
The monthly report issued by the Department of Statistics indicates an increase in the Consumer Price Index for October 2022 to reach 108.31 against 102.92 for the same month of 2021 recorded an increase by 5.23%. This mainly was a result of an increase in the price of Fuels and Lighting by 34.12 percentage points, Transport by 5.10 percentage points, Rents by 4.48 percentage points, Culture &Recreation by 14.36% and Health by 7.00%.