Rwanda inflation rate (CPI)
Headline consumer price inflation, year-on-year percent, latest published month, from the official statistics office.
| Current value | 13.6 percent (YoY) |
|---|---|
| In force from | 2026-06-01 |
| Official source | National Institute of Statistics of Rwanda — Consumer Price Index (CPI), June 2026 |
| Last verified | 2026-07-16 |
| Verification | primary — No verification limitation recorded — read from the official source cited. |
| Provenance | source fingerprint |
What this value means
Reference month June 2026, released 10 July 2026. Rwanda's headline is the URBAN CPI (base February 2014 = 100) — 13.6% YoY, up from 12.9% in May 2026. Big category moves per the NISR release: health +71.2% YoY, energy +44.8%, transport rising; the web release does not state an overall MoM figure. This inflation surge (far above the 2-8% band) is what drove BNR's 100bp hike to 8.25% in May 2026. Next release: ~10 August 2026. Note statistics.gov.rw must be fetched without the www prefix (TLS cert mismatch on www).
Earlier values
| From | Value | Source |
|---|---|---|
| 2026-03-01 | 9.2 | NISR — Consumer Price Index (CPI), March 2026 (9.2%, stable |
| 2026-04-01 | 13 | NISR — Consumer Price Index (CPI), April 2026 |
| 2026-05-01 | 12.9 | NISR — Consumer Price Index (CPI), May 2026 (released 10 Jun |
Get it programmatically
curl https://afriref.dev/v1/rw/cpi
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