Mauritania - Consumer Price Index - CPI August 2019

CPI Mauritania August of 2019

August of 2019 CPI went up in Mauritania

The annual variation rate of the CPI in Mauritania in August of 2019 was 2.7%, 1 tenth higher than the month before.The monthly variation rate of the CPI (Consumer Price Index) has been 0.3%, and thus the accumulated inflation in 2019 is 0.9%

We must highlight the increase of 14% in the prices of Alcoholic beverages and tobacco, until its interannual rate reached 27.2%, which is in contrast to the decrease in the prices of Housing, water, electricity, gas and other fuels of -0.2%, and an interannual variation of 1.4%.

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CPI (overall index) [+]

CPI Mauritania August 2019

	Interannual	Accum. since January	Monthly variation
CPI (overall index) [+]	2.7%	0.9%	0.3%
Food and non-alcoholic beverages [+]	3.1%		1.0%
Alcoholic beverages and tobacco [+]	27.2%		14.0%
Clothing and footwear [+]	1.9%		1.0%
Housing, water, electricity, gas and other fuels [+]	1.4%		-0.2%
Furniture, household equipment and maintenance [+]	3.8%		0.7%
Health [+]	8.0%		0.7%
Transport [+]	7.2%		1.2%
Communication [+]	-2.4%		0%
Recreation and culture [+]	2.3%		0.1%
Education [+]	2.1%		0.3%
Restaurants and hotels [+]	4.2%		1.1%
Miscellaneous goods and services [+]	3.8%		0.3%
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Mauritania: CPI annual

	2018	2017
CPI (overall index) [+]	6.0%	1.1%
Food and non-alcoholic beverages [+]	6.7%	1.8%
Alcoholic beverages and tobacco [+]	46.9%	16.3%
Clothing and footwear [+]	0.5%	1.2%
Housing, water, electricity, gas and other fuels [+]	-0.1%	0.4%
Furniture, household equipment and maintenance [+]	1.4%	3.5%
Health [+]	0.9%	5.1%
Transport [+]	5.7%	-0.5%
Communication [+]	-2.8%	-5.5%
Recreation and culture [+]	5.3%	3.6%
Education [+]	3.3%	0.8%
Restaurants and hotels [+]	2.0%	1.6%
Miscellaneous goods and services [+]	2.9%	4.6%