Cameroon inflation rate (CPI)
Year-on-year change in the harmonised index of consumer prices (IHPC) for final household consumption in Cameroon.
| Current value | 2.7 percent |
|---|---|
| In force from | 2026-05-01 |
| In force until | 2026-05-31 |
| Official source | Institut National de la Statistique (INS) du Cameroun, Note d'informations rapides, Publication mensuelle n°05/26, 'Note mensuelle sur l'evolution des prix a la consommation finale des menages au Cameroun - Mois de mai 2026', Tableau 1 |
| Last verified | 2026-07-20 |
| Verification | primary — No verification limitation recorded — read from the official source cited. |
| Provenance | source fingerprint |
What this value means
Year-on-year (glissement annuel) rate for May 2026: 2.7%, up from 2.1% in April 2026 and down from 3.3% in May 2025. Month-on-month +0.9%, the largest monthly rise of 2026, driven by food (+2.3% m/m; vegetables +6.1%, fish and seafood +4.6%, meat +1.6%). Twelve-month moving-average inflation, the measure used against the CEMAC convergence criterion, stood at 2.6% (vs 2.7% the previous month and 4.2% a year earlier) and remains below the 3% community threshold. Core inflation (excluding fresh produce and energy) was 1.6%. Inflation is mainly domestic: locally produced goods and services +3.1% y/y vs +1.3% for imports. Wide regional dispersion, from -0.7% in Maroua to +4.2% in Bertoua (Yaounde 3.0%, Douala 2.4%). INS flags an upside risk from Persian Gulf tensions: the import cost of diesel rose from 489.72 to 786.93 XAF/litre between February and May 2026 (+60.7%), super from 422.71 to 564.56 XAF/litre (+33.6%). May 2026 is the latest month published as at 2026-07-20; no June 2026 note was online. ACCESS QUIRK: INS publishes only French PDFs on a WordPress site (ins-cameroun.cm); the uploads directory is slow and downloads frequently truncate - use resumable requests. Category listing pages return HTTP 404/500 intermittently, so notes are best located by direct file URL. The published PDF carries a stale cover page still headed 'PUBLICATION MENSUELLE N°01/26 ... Mois de janvier 2026' above the correct May 2026 heading; the body and Tableau 1 are unambiguously May 2026.
Earlier values
| From | Value | Source |
|---|---|---|
| 2025-10-01 | 2.8 | INS Cameroun, Note mensuelle sur l'evolution des prix - Mois |
| 2025-11-01 | 3.3 | INS Cameroun, Note mensuelle sur l'evolution des prix - Mois |
| 2025-12-01 | 2.5 | INS Cameroun, Note mensuelle sur l'evolution des prix a la c |
| 2026-03-01 | 2 | INS Cameroun, Note mensuelle sur l'evolution des prix - Mois |
| 2026-04-01 | 2.1 | INS Cameroun, Note mensuelle sur l'evolution des prix - Mois |
Get it programmatically
curl https://afriref.dev/v1/cm/cpi
# $0.001 per call — x402 on Base (USDC). No key, no signup.
# History: curl https://afriref.dev/v1/cm/cpi/history?from=2020-01-01
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