Ethiopia Inflation Rate at 10-Month High

2026-06-19 14:42 By Larissa Caser 1 min. read

The annual inflation rate in Ethiopia quickened further to 13.4% in May 2026, marking the highest level in ten months, from 11.7% in the prior month.

Food inflation accelerated to 15%, the highest level in over a year, compared to 13.5% in April, due to increases in major food commodities such as vegetables (12.3%), meat (19.5%), sugar, jam, honey & chocolate (36.9%), milk, cheese and eggs increased by (19.3%), oils and fats (17.4%) and fruit (17.1%).

Non-food inflation also increased, accelerating to 11.1% from 9.1% as transportation costs surged by 17.1% from 13% and housing and utilities prices increased by 6.8% from 4.8%.

Additional upward pressure stemmed from alcoholic beverages and tobacco (14.6%), furnishings (12.7%), health (11.2%), communication (9.1%), education (9.6%) and restaurants and hotels (10.5%).

On a monthly basis, consumer prices increased 1.7%, easing from 2.3% in the previous month.



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Ethiopia Inflation Rate at 10-Month High
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