Uganda CPI inflation (year-on-year)
Uganda CPI inflation (year-on-year) is 4.6 percent, in force since 1 Sep 2026, cited to Uganda Bureau of Statistics. It was 4.1 percent before that. Last checked against the official source on 29 Oct 2026.
Official source: Uganda Bureau of Statistics · Last checked 2026-10-29 · source fingerprint
Headline consumer price inflation, year-on-year percent, latest published month, from the official statistics office.
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| Current value | 4.6 percent (YoY) |
|---|---|
| In force from | 2026-09-01 |
| Official source | Uganda Bureau of Statistics — Consumer Price Index September 2026 release page, 30 September 2026. |
| Last verified | 2026-10-29 |
| Verification | primary — No verification limitation recorded — read from the official source cited. |
| Provenance | source fingerprint |
What this value means
Newest published CPI reference month is September 2026. Page datePublished 2026-09-30. October probe URLs https://www.ubos.org/2026/10/30/consumer-price-index-october-2026/ and /2026/10/31/ returned HTTP 404. Latest-releases page 1 (fetched 2026-10-29) tops out at the 27 October 2026 Statistical Abstract and does not list an October CPI. Press-release PDF https://www.ubos.org/wp-content/uploads/publications/09_2026CPI_Press_Release_September_2026.pdf downloaded (HTTP 200 after a resume) but pdftotext returned no text (image-only); the landing quote is the HTML release sentence. Strict TLS failed (unable to get local issuer certificate); leaf CN=*.ubos.org, issuer Sectigo Public Server Authentication CA DV R36, notBefore 2026-02-26, notAfter 2027-02-26. Page retrieved with cert-chain fallback.
Earlier values
| From | Value | Source |
|---|---|---|
| 2026-08-01 | 4.1 | Official UBOS August 2026 CPI release page, 31 Aug 2026 —… |
| 2026-06-01 | 3.7 | Uganda Bureau of Statistics — Consumer Price Index June… |
| 2026-05-01 | 3.2 | UBOS — Consumer Price Index May 2026 (released 29 May 2026) |
| 2026-04-01 | 3 | UBOS — Consumer Price Index April 2026 (released 30 April… |
| 2026-03-01 | 2.8 | UBOS — Consumer Price Index March 2026 (released 31 March… |
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