OECD monthly CPI inflation in China

Consumer prices in China were 0.7% higher than a year earlier in October 2026.

Measure: Monthly consumer price inflation (OECD) Unit: % change on the same month a year earlier Data: January 2000 to October 2026 Source: OECD
China, October 2026 0.7% % change on the same month a year earlier
Change from September 2026 −0.2percentage points September 2026: 0.9%
Median of G20 countries, September 2026 3.5% Middle value of 18 countries Not the same period as China (October 2026).

OECD monthly CPI inflation in China over time

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% change on the same month a year earlier. Source: OECD Data Explorer. Gaps mean no published value; points are not joined across missing years.

Monthly consumer price inflation (OECD) (% change on the same month a year earlier), January 2017 to October 2026 – most recent 40 periods; the CSV has all of them
Period China
October 2026 0.7%
September 2026 0.9%
August 2026 0.8%
July 2026 0.5%
June 2026 1.0%
May 2026 1.2%
April 2026 1.2%
March 2026 1.0%
February 2026 1.3%
January 2026 0.2%
December 2025 0.8%
November 2025 0.7%
October 2025 0.2%
September 2025 -0.3%
August 2025 -0.4%
July 2025 0.0%
June 2025 0.1%
May 2025 -0.1%
April 2025 -0.1%
March 2025 -0.1%
February 2025 -0.7%
January 2025 0.5%
December 2024 0.1%
November 2024 0.2%
October 2024 0.3%
September 2024 0.4%
August 2024 0.6%
July 2024 0.5%
June 2024 0.2%
May 2024 0.3%
April 2024 0.3%
March 2024 0.1%
February 2024 0.7%
January 2024 -0.8%
December 2023 -0.3%
November 2023 -0.5%
October 2023 -0.2%
September 2023 0.0%
August 2023 0.1%
July 2023 -0.3%

A dash means no value was published for that period.

In short

  • That is a change of −0.2 percentage points from 0.9% in September 2026.
  • Since December 2025, when it was 0.8%, the figure has changed by −0.1 percentage points.

Source and dates

Original producer
OECD, Consumer price indices
Distributed by
Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD)
Dataset or series code
OECD.SDD.TPS,DSD_PRICES_COICOP2018@DF_PRICES_C2018_ALL,1.0 · dataset details · view at source
Selection
.M.N.CPI.PA._T.N.GY
Observation period
January 2000 to October 2026 for China
Provider update
Not stated by the provider
Retrieved
11 November 2026
Published here
11 November 2026
Licence
CC BY 4.0
Attribution
Source: OECD Data Explorer, original data: OECD, Consumer price indices