Benin inflation rate (CPI)
Year-on-year change of Benin's national Indice Harmonise des Prix a la Consommation (IHPC, UEMOA-harmonised, base 100 = 2023), published monthly by INStaD.
| Current value | -0.4 percent |
|---|---|
| In force from | 2026-06-01 |
| In force until | 2026-06-30 |
| Official source | INStaD (Institut National de la Statistique et de la Demographie du Benin) - Indice Harmonise des Prix a la Consommation du mois de juin 2026 (base 100 = 2023), Tableau 4 |
| Last verified | 2026-07-20 |
| Verification | primary — No verification limitation recorded — read from the official source cited. |
| Provenance | source fingerprint |
What this value means
June 2026: headline index 102.7 (+0.1% m/m vs 102.6 in May), glissement annuel -0.4% - fifth consecutive month at or below zero (mild deflation streak Feb-Jun 2026). 12-month-average inflation (UEMOA convergence indicator) +0.6%; underlying/core index 100.7 (flat m/m). National IHPC rebased to 2023=100 (transition note of 13/02/2025); weights from EHCVM 2021/2022; 844 products, 6 economic regions, ~21,800 monthly price records. This is Benin's OWN national IHPC from INStaD - not the UEMOA aggregate. Verified from the full bulletin (IHPC_base_2023_juin_2026.docx, 3.98 MB) downloaded and parsed - INStaD publishes bulletins as .docx, not PDF. Access quirks: some deep instad.bj publication URLs hit redirect loops (the May 2026 page did); the /publications/publications-mensuelles/prix listing and the June page loaded fine. Caution: press reports of Benin CPI can be wrong - one aggregator claimed +2.6% y/y for April 2026; the official Tableau 4 shows -0.6%.
Earlier values
| From | Value | Source |
|---|---|---|
| 2026-05-01 | -0.6 | — |
| 2026-04-01 | -0.6 | — |
| 2026-03-01 | -0.4 | — |
| 2026-02-01 | -0.1 | — |
| 2026-01-01 | 0.9 | — |
Get it programmatically
curl https://afriref.dev/v1/bj/cpi
# $0.001 per call — x402 on Base (USDC). No key, no signup.
# History: curl https://afriref.dev/v1/bj/cpi/history?from=2020-01-01
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