The information include consumer price index and national inflation rate. The Consumer Price Index (CPI) measures price changes in goods and services with reference to a base period. The current Botswana CPI series has a base period of December 2018. Consumer Price Index (CPI) is computed using the Modified Laspeyres method which is in line with regional and international recommendations.
Prices Statistics information is useful for formulation of socio-economic and monetary policies, quantifying the purchasing power of the Pula in relation to goods and services, over time in Botswana.
| Headline Inflation (March 2024) | 2.9 |
|---|---|
| Cities and Towns | 3.1 |
| Urban Villages | 2.8 |
| Rural Villages | 2.9 |
| Domestic Tradable inflation | 4.3 |
| Imported Tradable inflation | 2.6 |
| Tradable inflation | 3.0 |
| Non-Tradable inflation | 2.8 |