Costa Rica CPI Consumer Price Index May 2017

CPI Costa Rica May of 2017

May of 2017 CPI went up in Costa Rica

The annual variation rate of the CPI in Costa Rica in May of 2017 was 1.7%, 1 tenth higher than the month before.The monthly variation rate of the CPI (Consumer Price Index) has been 0.2%, and thus the accumulated inflation in 2017 is 0.9%

We must highlight the increase of 2.2% in the prices of Transport, until its interannual rate reached 6.5%, which is in contrast to the decrease in the prices of Recreation and culture of -0.9%, and an interannual variation of 1.1%.

In this page we show you the progression of the CPI in Costa Rica. You can see the inflation in other countries in CPI and see all the information about Costa Rica in Costa Rica's economy

CPI (overall index) [+]

Key rates

CPI Costa Rica May 2017

	Interannual	Accum. since January	Monthly variation
CPI (overall index) [+]	1.7%	0.9%	0.2%
Food and non-alcoholic beverages [+]	0%		-0.2%
Alcoholic beverages and tobacco [+]	1.5%		0.4%
Clothing and footwear [+]	-1.6%		-0.1%
Housing, water, electricity, gas and other fuels [+]	1.7%		0.0%
Furniture, household equipment and maintenance [+]	-0.3%		0.0%
Health [+]	4.1%		0.5%
Transport [+]	6.5%		2.2%
Communication [+]	-3.1%		-0.3%
Recreation and culture [+]	1.1%		-0.9%
Education [+]	3.8%		0.1%
Restaurants and hotels [+]	1.5%		-0.4%
Miscellaneous goods and services [+]	1.5%		0.2%
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Costa Rica: CPI annual

	2016	2015
CPI (overall index) [+]	0.8%	-0.8%
Food and non-alcoholic beverages [+]	-1.1%	0.6%
Alcoholic beverages and tobacco [+]	1.1%	4.2%
Clothing and footwear [+]	-2.5%	-2.7%
Housing, water, electricity, gas and other fuels [+]	3.7%	-4.3%
Furniture, household equipment and maintenance [+]	0.3%	0.6%
Health [+]	3.8%	3.1%
Transport [+]	-0.5%	-6.7%
Communication [+]	1.1%	-3.0%
Recreation and culture [+]	1.4%	-0.4%
Education [+]	4.6%	5.5%
Restaurants and hotels [+]	2.0%	2.3%
Miscellaneous goods and services [+]	-0.4%	0.6%