Consumer Price Index -
Year 2025
Highlights
(Base period: January – December 2023 = 100)
1. The Consumer Price Index, which stood at 103.5 in December 2024, registered an increase of 4.7 points (or +4.5%) to reach 108.2 in December 2025.
2. The main contributors for the increase in CPI during year 2025 were:
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- higher prices of soft drinks (+0.2 point), pastry (+0.1 point), fruit juices and syrups (+0.1 point), fruits (+0.1 point), mutton (+0.1 point) and some other food products (+0.3 point);
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- higher prices of cigarettes (+0.4 point), beer (+0.4 point), rum (+0.1 point) and whisky (+0.1 point);
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- higher prices of ready-made clothing (+0.1 point), higher workman's wages (+0.2 point), higher interest rates on housing loans (+0.1 point) and higher charges for domestic services (+0.1 point);
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- higher clinic fees (+0.3 point) and higher prices for medicinal products (+0.1 point);
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- higher prices of motor vehicles (+0.8 point) and air tickets for international travel (+0.1 point) and higher road tax (+0.1 point);
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- higher private tuition fees for secondary education (+0.1 point) and higher university fees in private tertiary institutions (+0.1 point);
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- higher prices of prepared foods in snacks (+0.2 point), international fast-food outlets (+0.2 point), restaurants (+0.1 point) and some other prepared foods (+0.1 point);
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- higher charges for housing (+0.2 point), medical (+0.2 point), motor vehicles (+0.2 point) insurances and;
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- higher prices of some other goods and services (+0.4 point);
partly offset by -
- lower prices of cooking oil (-0.2 point), trader's rice (-0.1 point), preserved vegetables (-0.1 point) and powdered milk (-0.1 point);
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- lower prices of gasoline (-0.4 point).
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3. The headline inflation rate worked out to 3.7% for year 2025, compared to 3.6% for year 2024.
4. The headline inflation rate excluding “Alcoholic beverages and tobacco" worked out to 3.5% for year 2025, compared to 3.6% for year 2024.
Statistics Mauritius
Ministry of Finance
16 January 2026
