2025.11.1023:34:32UTC+00Senegal Inflation Rate at 3-Month Low of 1.9%

Senegal experienced a deceleration in its annual inflation rate for the first time in three months, easing to 1.9% in October 2025, a reduction from 2.6% in September, which had represented the peak since March 2024. This is the lowest inflation rate recorded since July, mainly due to a slowdown in food price increases, which grew by 3.2%, down from 4.9% in September, marking the smallest rise in three months. Furthermore, the growth in prices moderated for clothing and footwear, which saw an increase of 0.6% compared to the previous 0.7%. Conversely, inflation rates climbed for transportation (2.9% up from 2.5%), housing and utilities (1.3% up from 1.0%), healthcare (2.4% up from 2.1%), restaurants (2.7% up from 2.2%), furnishings (3.2% up from 2.5%), and alcoholic beverages and tobacco (11.4% up from 8.4%). Meanwhile, the prices in the information and communication sector continued to decline, though at a slower rate (-1.6% compared to -3.2%). When excluding energy and fresh products, the core index increased by 4.6% year-on-year, a slight decrease from the 4.8% rise in September. On a monthly basis, consumer prices dropped by 0.2% in October, marking the first decline in six months, counteracting the 1.3% increase seen in September.