Consumer price inflation in Sub-Saharan Africa
Consumer prices in Sub-Saharan Africa changed by 3.4% in 2025.
Sub-Saharan Africa is a group: World Bank region. The value is the aggregate published by World Bank, not an average calculated on this site.
Sub-Saharan Africa, 2025
3.4%
Change from 2024
−0.9percentage points
World, 2025
3.0%
Consumer price inflation in Sub-Saharan Africa over time
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The chart shows a calculation from the published values. The table below keeps the published values.
Annual % change. Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators. Gaps mean no published value; points are not joined across missing years.
| Period | Sub-Saharan Africa | World |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 3.4% | 3.0% |
| 2024 | 4.3% | 3.0% |
| 2023 | 6.7% | 5.7% |
| 2022 | 9.5% | 8.0% |
| 2021 | 4.4% | 3.5% |
| 2020 | 3.4% | 1.9% |
| 2019 | 2.9% | 2.2% |
| 2018 | 3.9% | 2.5% |
| 2017 | 5.2% | 2.3% |
| 2016 | 5.3% | 1.6% |
| 2015 | 3.5% | 1.4% |
| 2014 | 4.4% | 2.4% |
| 2013 | 4.9% | 2.6% |
| 2012 | 6.6% | 3.7% |
| 2011 | 5.4% | 4.8% |
| 2010 | 4.0% | 3.3% |
| 2009 | 5.0% | 2.9% |
| 2008 | 10.4% | 8.9% |
| 2007 | 6.8% | 4.8% |
| 2006 | 6.5% | 4.3% |
| 2005 | 6.4% | 4.1% |
| 2004 | 4.1% | 3.5% |
| 2003 | 5.7% | 3.0% |
| 2002 | 4.7% | 2.9% |
| 2001 | 5.1% | 3.8% |
A dash means no value was published for that period.
In short
- That is a change of −0.9 percentage points from 4.3% in 2024.
- Since 2015, when it was 3.5%, the figure has changed by −0.1 percentage points.
- The figure for the world in 2025 was 3.0%.