Saudi Arabia - Consumer Price Index - CPI May 2022

Saudi Arabia - Consumer Price Index - CPI

CPI Saudi Arabia May of 2022

Saudis CPI goes down to 2.2%

The annual variation rate of the CPI in Saudi Arabia in May of 2022 was 2.2%, 1 tenth less than the month before.The monthly variation rate of the CPI (Consumer Price Index) has been 0.1%, and thus the accumulated inflation in 2022 is 1.3%

We must highlight the increase of 0.8% in the prices of Restaurants and hotels, until its interannual rate reached 4.1%, which is in contrast to the decrease in the prices of Clothing and footwear of -0.7%, and an interannual variation of -1.7%.

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CPI Saudi Arabia May 2022

	Interannual	Accum. since January	Monthly variation
CPI (overall index) [+]	2.2%	1.3%	0.1%
Food and non-alcoholic beverages [+]	4.2%		0.2%
Alcoholic beverages and tobacco [+]	-0.7%		0.0%
Clothing and footwear [+]	-1.7%		-0.7%
Housing, water, electricity, gas and other fuels [+]	0.5%		0.1%
Furniture, household equipment and maintenance [+]	1.8%		0.7%
Health [+]	0.1%		0.1%
Transport [+]	4.0%		0.0%
Communication [+]	0.0%		0.1%
Recreation and culture [+]	2.4%		-0.2%
Education [+]	6.2%		0%
Restaurants and hotels [+]	4.1%		0.8%
Miscellaneous goods and services [+]	2.1%		0.1%
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Saudi Arabia: CPI annual

	2021	2020
CPI (overall index) [+]	1.2%	5.3%
Food and non-alcoholic beverages [+]	1.1%	12.7%
Alcoholic beverages and tobacco [+]	0.1%	13.7%
Clothing and footwear [+]	-1.6%	6.1%
Housing, water, electricity, gas and other fuels [+]	-1.6%	-1.5%
Furniture, household equipment and maintenance [+]	0.6%	7.5%
Health [+]	-0.2%	3.1%
Transport [+]	7.2%	6.9%
Communication [+]	1.4%	11.4%
Recreation and culture [+]	2.8%	3.4%
Education [+]	4.8%	-8.6%
Restaurants and hotels [+]	1.8%	7.5%
Miscellaneous goods and services [+]	1.4%	6.1%