Lesotho CPI inflation (year-on-year)
Lesotho CPI inflation (year-on-year) is 2.6 percent, in force since 1 Aug 2026, cited to Lesotho Bureau of Statistics, Statistical Report No.24:2026, Consumer Price Index August. It was 2.9 percent before that. Last checked against the official source on 30 Oct 2026.
Official source: Lesotho Bureau of Statistics, Statistical Report No.24:2026, Consumer Price Index August 2026 · Last checked 2026-10-30 · source fingerprint
Headline annual inflation from the national Consumer Price Index compiled and published monthly by the Bureau of Statistics, a department of the Ministry of Finance and Development Planning, in its numbered Statistical Report series. The index is rebased to 2022 = 100 and weighted from the 2017/18 Household Budget Survey.
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| Current value | 2.6 percent (YoY) |
|---|---|
| In force from | 2026-08-01 |
| Official source | Lesotho Bureau of Statistics, Statistical Report No.24:2026, Consumer Price Index August 2026 |
| Last verified | 2026-10-30 |
| Verification | primary — No verification limitation recorded — read from the official source cited. |
| Provenance | source fingerprint |
What this value means
Homepage https://www.bos.gov.ls/Index.htm returned HTTP 200 at 2026-10-30T07:16:55Z, last-modified Thu, 24 Sep 2026, and shows 2.6% Inflation Rate (August 2026). It links this zip, which returned HTTP 200, last-modified Thu, 24 Sep 2026. The PDF inside is CPI_August_2026.pdf. Table 1 Overall CPI year-on-year is 2.6. The publications page lists CPI Report August 2026 as the latest CPI report. https://www.bos.gov.ls/BoS_reports/Copy%20of%20Economics/CPI_September_2026.zip returned HTTP 404 at 2026-10-30T07:19:26Z. The Central Bank of Lesotho homepage returned HTTP 200 and shows 2.6, Inflation Rate (%), August 2026.
Earlier values
| From | Value | Source |
|---|---|---|
| 2026-07-01 | 2.9 | Official Lesotho Bureau of Statistics homepage — 2.9%… |
| 2026-05-01 | 3.5 | Bureau of Statistics (Lesotho) — Statistical Report No… |
| 2026-04-01 | 3.1 | Central Bank of Lesotho — Statement of the Monetary Policy… |
| 2026-03-01 | 2.2 | Bureau of Statistics (Lesotho) — Statistical Report No… |
| 2026-02-01 | 2.7 | Bureau of Statistics (Lesotho) — Statistical Report No… |
| 2026-01-01 | 3.4 | Bureau of Statistics (Lesotho) — Statistical Report No… |
| 2025-12-01 | 4.1 | Bureau of Statistics (Lesotho) — Statistical Report No… |
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