Consumer Price Index CPI in Afghanistan increased to 138.30 points in January from 135.70 points in December of 2025. Consumer Price Index CPI in Afghanistan averaged 122.92 points from 2015 until 2026, reaching an all time high of 148.60 points in July of 2022 and a record low of 103.60 points in November of 2015. source: National Statistics and Information Authority (NSIA)
Consumer Price Index CPI in Afghanistan is expected to be 139.75 points by the end of this quarter, according to Trading Economics global macro models and analysts expectations. In the long-term, the Afghanistan Consumer Price Index (CPI) is projected to trend around 151.65 points in 2027 and 154.69 points in 2028, according to our econometric models.
In Afghanistan, the Consumer Price Index (CPI) is divided into two main groups: Food Items, accounting for 61.3 percent of total CPI and Non-Food Items making up the remaining 38.7 percent. The most important food items are: bread and cereals (28 percent), meat (6 percent), milk, cheese and eggs (5.6 percent) and oil and fats (5.3 percent). The non-food items are mainly composed of: housing (17.2 percent), clothing (7.2 percent), household goods (7 percent), transportation (2.3 percent), and health (2 percent).
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Actual |
Previous |
Highest |
Lowest |
Dates |
Unit |
Frequency |
|
|
138.30 |
135.70 |
148.60 |
103.60 |
2015 - 2026 |
points |
Monthly |
2015M4=100, NSA
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