Zambia CPI inflation (year-on-year)
Zambia CPI inflation (year-on-year) is 6.5 percent, in force since 1 Jul 2026. Last checked against the official source on 13 Sep 2026.
Headline annual (year-on-year) consumer price inflation for the latest reference month, published by the Zambia Statistics Agency (ZamStats) in 'The Monthly' bulletin under section 7(2)(n) of the Statistics Act No. 13 of 2018. The bulletin is released on the LAST THURSDAY of the reference month itself, so Zambia's CPI is published within the month it measures.
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| Current value | 6.5 percent (YoY) |
|---|---|
| In force from | 2026-07-01 |
| Official source | ZamStats, July 2026 monthly bulletin headline: 'Annual inflation for July 2026 was recorded at 6.5 percent same as that recorded in June 2026.' |
| Last verified | 2026-09-13 |
| Verification | primary — No verification limitation recorded — read from the official source cited. |
| Provenance | source fingerprint |
What this value means
Reference month July 2026. Annual inflation 6.5%, unchanged from June — the value holds but the reference month advances, so this is a new print, not a stale confirmation. The July bulletin (Volume 280) PDF link was not exposed on the site index at confirmation time; the quote is ZamStats' own published headline, and the bulletin PDF should be substituted as the citation when its URL surfaces (the June pattern was /wp-content/uploads/2026/06/Vol-279-of-2026-The-Monthly-June.pdf — do not guess the July URL, read it off the site). NEXT RELEASE: last Thursday of August = 27 August 2026.
Earlier values
| From | Value | Source |
|---|---|---|
| 2026-06-01 | 6.5 | Zambia Statistics Agency — The Monthly, Volume 279, June… |
| 2026-05-01 | 6.6 | ZamStats — The Monthly, Volume 278, May 2026 (food 6.9%… |
| 2026-04-01 | 6.8 | ZamStats — The Monthly, Volume 277, April 2026 (food 7.3%… |
| 2026-03-01 | 7.1 | ZamStats — The Monthly, Volume 276, March 2026 (food 7.8%… |
| 2026-02-01 | 7.5 | ZamStats — The Monthly, Volume 275, February 2026 (food… |
| 2026-01-01 | 9.4 | ZamStats — The Monthly, Volume 274, January 2026 (food… |
| 2025-12-01 | 11.2 | ZamStats — annual inflation series (Table 4, 'Annual… |
| 2025-06-01 | 14.1 | ZamStats — annual inflation series (Table 4), The Monthly… |
Get it programmatically
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