The composition of the CPI basket has changed.
A new basket of products and services based on updated classifications has been introduced.
The new base period will be set to 2008 and is represented as 2008=100 Since January 2008 Stats SA has been surveying the prices off all products in the new basket. In this way 2008 inflation rates can be meaningfully compared with 2009 developments. A new inflation history table will therefore be introduced from January 2009. For more information visit the Stats SA website.
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2008=100 INDEX (M)
CPI HEADLINE M-O-M Change
CPI HEADLINE Y-O-Y Change
Sep
112.4
0.09
3.2
Aug
112.3
0.09
3.5
July
112.2
0.63
3.7
June
111.5
0.00
4.2
May
111.5
0.18
4.6
April
111.3
0.18
4.8
March
111.1
0.82
5.1
February
110.2
0.64
5.7
January
109.5
0.27
6.2
December 109.2
0.28
6.3
November 108.9
0.00
5.8
October 108.9
0.00
5.9
September 108.9
0.37
6.1
August 108.5
0.28
6.4
July 108.2
1.12
6.7
June 107.0
0.38
6.9
May 106.6
0.38
8.0
April 106.2
0.47
8.4
March 105.7
1.34
8.5
February 104.3
1.16
8.6
January 103.1
8.1
December 163.5
-1.15
9.5
November 165.4
0.06
11.8
October 165.3
0.00
12.1
September 165.3
0.18
13.1
August 165.0
0.73
13.7
July 163.8
2.11
13.4
June 160.4
1.26
12.2
May 158.4
1.15
11.7
April 156.6
1.75
11.1
March 153.9
1.58
10.6
February 151.5
0.33
9.8
January 151.0
1.14
9.3
December 149.3
0.88
9.0
November 148.0
0.41
8.4
October 147.4
0.89
7.9
September 146.1
0.69
7.2
August 145.1
0.48
6.7
July 144.4
0.98
7.0
June 143.0
0.85
7.0
May 141.8
0.57
6.9
April 141.0
1.29
7.0
Mar 139.2
0.87
6.1
Feb 138.0
-0.14
5.7
Jan 138.2
0.88
6.0
Dec 137.0
0.37
5.8
Nov 136.5
-0.07
5.4
Oct 136.6
0.22
5.4
Sep 136.3
0.22
5.3
Aug 136.0
0.82
5.4
Jul 134.9
0.97
5.0
Jun 133.6
0.75
4.9
May 132.6
0.61
3.9
Apr 131.8
0.46
3.3
Mar 131.2
0.54
3.4
Feb 130.5
0.08
3.9
Jan 130.4
0.69
4.0
Dec 129.5
0.00
3.6
Nov 129.5
-0.08
3.4
Oct 129.6
0.08
4.0
Sep 129.5
0.39
4.4
Aug 129.0
0.38
3.9
Jul 128.5
0.86
3.4
Jun 127.4
-0.16
2.8
May 127.6
0.00
3.3
Apr 127.6
0.55
3.4
Mar 126.9
1.04
3.0
Feb 125.6
0.16
2.6
Jan 125.4
0.32
3.0
Dec 125.0
-0.24
3.4
Nov 125.3
0.56
3.7
Oct 124.6
0.40
2.4
Sep 124.1
0.00
1.3
Aug 124.1
-0.16
1.0
Jul 124.3
0.32
1.6
Jun 123.9
0.32
1.2
May 123.5
0.01
0.6
Apr 123.4
0.16
0.2
Mar 123.2
0.65
0.4
Feb 122.4
0.49
0.74
Jan 121.8
0.74
0.2
Dec 120.9
0.08
0.3
Nov 120.8
-0.74
0.4
Oct 121.7
-0.65
1.5
Sept 122.5
-0.3
3.7
Aug 122.9
0.4
5.1
Jul 122.4
0.0
5.2
Jun 122.4
-0.32
6.7
May 122.8
-0.24
7.8
Apr 123.1
0.33
8.8
Mar 122.7
0.99
10.2
Feb 121.5
-0.08
10.3
Jan 121.6
0.91
11.6
Dec 120.5
0.17
12.4
Nov 120.3
0.33
12.9
Oct 119.9
1.52
13.0
Sept 118.1
1.03
11.2
Aug 116.9
0.52
10.4
Jul 116.3
1.39
9.6
Jun 114.7
0.70
8.0
May 113.9
0.71
7.8
Apr 113.1
1.60
7.4
Mar 111.3
1.00
6.2
Feb 110.2
1.10
5.9
Jan 109.0
1.68
5.0
Dec 107.2
0.56
4.6
Nov 106.6
0.47
4.3
Oct 106.1
-0.09
4.0
Sept 106.2
0.28
4.4
Aug 105.9
-0.19
4.6
Jul 106.1
-0.09
5.3
Jun 106.2
0.47
6.3
May 105.7
0.38
6.4
Apr 105.3
0.48
6.5
Mar 104.8
0.67
7.4
Feb 104.1
0.29
7.8
Jan 103.8
1.27
7.1
Dec 102.5
0.29
7
Nov 102.2
0.2
7
Oct 102
0.29
7
Sept 101.7
0.49
6.9
Aug 101.2
0.4
6.9
Jul 100.8
0.9
6
Jun 99.9
0.6
5.2
May 99.3
0.4
5.1
Apr 98.9
1.33
4.5
Mar 97.6
1.04
3.4
Feb 96.6
-0.31
2.3
Jan 96.9
1.15
2.6
Dec 95.8
0.31
2.2
Nov 95.5
0.21
1.9
Oct 95.3
0.21
1.7
Sept 95.1
0.42
1.9
Aug 94.7
-0.42
3.3
Jul 95.1
0.11
4.9
Jun 95
0.53
7.2
May 94.5
-0.11
7
Apr 94.6
0.21
7.6
Mar 94.4
0
7.9
Feb 94.4
0
8.6
Jan 94.4
0.75
8.9
Dec 93.7
0
9
Nov 93.7
0
9.3
Oct 93.7
0.43
9
Sept 93.3
1.74
9
Aug 91.7
1.1
7.6
Jul 90.7
2.37
6.6
Jun 88.6
0.34
5.2
May 88.3
0.46
5.1
Apr 87.9
0.46
5
Mar 87.5
0.69
5.4
Feb 86.9
0.23
5.3
Jan 86.7
0.81
5.7
Dec 86
0.35
6.2
Nov 85.7
-0.35
6.9
Oct 86
0.47
7.6
Sept 85.6
0.47
8.1
Aug 85.2
0.12
8.7
Jul 85.1
1.07
9.1
Jun 84.2
0.24
8.8
May 84
0.36
9.5
Apr 83.7
0.84
9.8
Mar 83
0.61
9.6
Feb 82.5
0.61
9.9
Jan 82
1.23
9.3
Dec 81
1
9.3
Nov 80.2
0.38
9.1
Oct 79.9
0.88
9
Sept 79.2
1.02
8.3
Aug 78.4
0.51
7.4
Jul 78
0.78
7.1
Jun 77.4
0.91
6.9
May 76.7
0.66
5.8
Apr 76.2
0.66
5.5
Mar 75.7
0.8
6.2
Feb 75.1
0.13
6.5
Jan 75
1.21
6.8
Dec 74.1
0.82
6.9
Nov 73.5
0.27
6.4
Oct 73.3
0.27
6.4
Sept 73.1
0.14
6.6
Aug 73
0.27
7.7
Jul 72.8
0.55
9
Jun 72.4
-0.14
10
May 72.5
0.42
10.9
Apr 72.2
1.26
11.1
Mar 71.3
1.13
10.4
Feb 70.5
0.43
9.8
Jan 70.2
1.3
9.7
Dec 69.3
0.29
9.8
Nov 69.1
0.29
9.9
Oct 68.9
0.44
9.7
Sept 68.6
1.18
10.1
Aug 67.8
1.5
9.2
Jul 66.8
1.52
8.1
Jun 65.8
0.61
7.3
May 65.4
0.62
7.2
Apr 65
0.62
6.9
Mar 64.6
0.62
9.1
Feb 64.2
0.31
9.9
Jan 64
1.43
10
Dec 63.1
0.32
9.5
Nov 62.9
0.16
9.2
Oct 62.8
0.8
9.6
Sept 62.3
0.32
8.9
Aug 62.1
0.49
9.3
Jul 61.8
0.82
10
Jun 61.3
0.49
10.1
May 61
0.33
10.7
Apr 60.8
2.7
11.2
Mar 59.2
1.37
9.6
Feb 58.4
0.34
9
Jan 58.2
1.04
9.6
Dec 57.6
0
9.5
Nov 57.6
0.52
11.2
Oct 57.3
0.17
11.7
Sept 57.2
0.7
13.5
Aug 56.8
1.07
14.3
Jul 56.2
0.9
14.7
Jun 55.7
1.09
15.1
May 55.1
0.73
14.6
Apr 54.7
1.3
15.4
Mar 54
0.75
15.6
Feb 53.6
0.94
15.8
Jan 53.1
0.95
16.2
Dec 52.6
1.54
16.4
Nov 51.8
0.97
15.4
Oct 51.3
1.79
16.6
Sept 50.4
1.41
15.3
Aug 49.7
1.43
15.6
Jul 49
1.24
15.8
Jun 48.4
0.62
15.2
May 48.1
1.48
15.3
Apr 47.4
1.5
14.8
Mar 46.7
0.86
14.2
Feb 46.3
1.31
14.9
Jan 45.7
1.11
14.3
Dec 45.2
0.67
14.4
Nov 44.9
2.05
15.1
Oct 44
0.69
14.3
Sept 43.7
1.63
14.4
Aug 43
1.65
13.5
Jul 42.3
0.71
13.1
Jun 42
0.72
13.5
May 41.7
0.97
13.9
Apr 41.3
0.98
14.4
Mar 40.9
1.49
14.9
Feb 40.3
0.75
15.1
Jan 40
1.27
15.3
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