2025.10.2000:19:17UTC+00Oman Inflation Rate at 13-Month High of 1.1%

In August 2025, Oman experienced an increase in its annual inflation rate, rising to 1.51% from 0.5% in July, which had been the lowest since November 2024. This was the highest inflation rate observed since August 2024. The acceleration was mainly due to greater price increases in sectors such as transport, which jumped to 4.5% from 2.7%, miscellaneous goods and services, which climbed to 7.6% from 5.3%, and restaurants and hotels, which edged up to 2.6% from 2.5%. Conversely, prices continued to fall in categories like food and non-alcoholic beverages, where a decrease of 0.5% was noted compared to -1.8% previously, as well as in recreation and culture, and furnishings and household maintenance, where declines of 0.2% and 0.1% respectively, were unchanged. On a monthly scale, consumer prices rose by 0.7%, recovering from a 0.5% drop in the previous month, marking the most rapid increase since October 2022.