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Mauritius Inflation Rate

Mauritius's annual inflation rate decreased to 4.4% in September 2025 from 4.8% in August 2025. This is the lowest rate in four months. The slowdown was driven by lower price increases for food and non-alcoholic beverages which fell from 2.8% to 1.1%. Transport prices also eased slightly. These changes indicate moderating price pressures. Mauritius's record low inflation rate was -1.4% in March 2019 and record high was 12.2% in December 2022.

Monthly Historical Data (2015-2025)

(in %)
Month Inflation Rate
Sep 2025 4.4%
Aug 2025 4.8%
Jul 2025 5.2%
Jun 2025 5.4%
May 2025 4.2%
Apr 2025 3.8%
Mar 2025 1.8%
Feb 2025 0.1%
Jan 2025 1.9%
Dec 2024 2.9%
Nov 2024 3.4%
Oct 2024 3.4%
Sep 2024 3.1%
Aug 2024 2.7%
Jul 2024 2.7%
Jun 2024 2.2%
May 2024 2.9%
Apr 2024 3.4%
Mar 2024 4.9%
Feb 2024 6.2%
Jan 2024 5.2%
Dec 2023 3.9%
Nov 2023 4%
Oct 2023 4.6%
Sep 2023 5.2%
Aug 2023 5.9%
Jul 2023 5.9%
Jun 2023 7.9%
May 2023 7.9%
Apr 2023 8.3%
Mar 2023 9.1%
Feb 2023 11%
Jan 2023 11.8%
Dec 2022 12.2%
Nov 2022 12.1%
Oct 2022 11.9%
Sep 2022 11.9%
Aug 2022 11.5%
Jul 2022 11%
Jun 2022 9.6%
May 2022 10.7%
Apr 2022 11%
Mar 2022 10.7%
Feb 2022 9%
Jan 2022 7.4%
Dec 2021 6.8%
Nov 2021 6.4%
Oct 2021 5.8%
Sep 2021 5.4%
Aug 2021 6%
Jul 2021 6.5%
Jun 2021 5.9%
May 2021 2.4%
Apr 2021 0.2%
Mar 2021 1%
Feb 2021 1.2%
Jan 2021 1%
Dec 2020 2.7%
Nov 2020 3.1%
Oct 2020 3.2%
Sep 2020 2.6%
Aug 2020 1.5%
Jul 2020 1.5%
Jun 2020 1.7%
May 2020 2.8%
Apr 2020 4.2%
Mar 2020 2.9%
Feb 2020 2.2%
Jan 2020 2%
Dec 2019 0.9%
Nov 2019 0.2%
Oct 2019 0.3%
Sep 2019 1.3%
Aug 2019 1.7%
Jul 2019 0.8%
Jun 2019 0.6%
May 2019 0.8%
Apr 2019 0.5%
Mar 2019 -1.4%
Feb 2019 -0.8%
Jan 2019 0.5%
Dec 2018 1.8%
Nov 2018 2.8%
Oct 2018 2.8%
Sep 2018 1.9%
Aug 2018 0.9%
Jul 2018 1.7%
Jun 2018 1%
May 2018 2.4%
Apr 2018 3.7%
Mar 2018 6.7%
Feb 2018 7%
Jan 2018 6.2%
Dec 2017 4.2%
Nov 2017 3.6%
Oct 2017 3.5%
Sep 2017 3.5%
Aug 2017 4.6%
Jul 2017 5.3%
Jun 2017 6.4%
May 2017 5.9%
Apr 2017 2.9%
Mar 2017 1.3%
Feb 2017 1.3%
Jan 2017 1.8%
Dec 2016 2.3%
Nov 2016 2.2%
Oct 2016 1.5%
Sep 2016 0.9%
Aug 2016 0.9%
Jul 2016 1%
Jun 2016 1.1%
May 2016 0.8%
Apr 2016 0.2%
Mar 2016 0.9%
Feb 2016 -0.5%
Jan 2016 0.4%
Dec 2015 1.3%
Nov 2015 1%
Oct 2015 1.5%
Sep 2015 2%
Aug 2015 1.1%

Recent Events

datetime event actual previous consensus
2025-10-07 01:45 AM Inflation Rate YoY (Sep) 4.4% 4.8% -
2025-09-05 05:30 AM Inflation Rate YoY (Aug) 4.8% 5.2% -

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Mauritius Inflation Rate : Definition
Mauritius's inflation rate measures the year-over-year percentage change in the Consumer Price Index (CPI), published by Statistics Mauritius. The largest CPI components are food and non-alcoholic beverages, housing, transport, and education.