Headline consumer inflation · September 2026
4.5%
Prices were 4.5% higher than a year ago, up from 4.4% the month before.
Month on month
+0.4%
Reporting month
September 2026
Headline CPI
How inflation has moved
South Africa
Year-on-year category rates
Inflation by category
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Categoryy/yContrib.Weight
- TransportWeight 13.9%10.8%+1.5 pp13.9% of basket
- Housing and utilitiesWeight 24.1%5.2%+1.3 pp24.1% of basket
- Insurance and financial servicesWeight 10.4%5.4%+0.6 pp10.4% of basket
- Restaurants and accommodation servicesWeight 6.1%4.4%+0.3 pp6.1% of basket
- Food and non-alcoholic beveragesWeight 18.2%1.2%+0.2 pp18.2% of basket
- Alcoholic beverages and tobaccoWeight 4.6%3.6%+0.2 pp4.6% of basket
- Education servicesWeight 2.4%5.4%+0.1 pp2.4% of basket
- Information and communicationWeight 5.5%2.1%+0.1 pp5.5% of basket
- Recreation, sport and cultureWeight 2.9%3.2%+0.1 pp2.9% of basket
- Personal care and miscellaneous servicesWeight 2.8%2.6%+0.1 pp2.8% of basket
- HealthWeight 1.8%3.2%+0.1 pp1.8% of basket
- Clothing and footwearWeight 3.9%1.2%–3.9% of basket
- Furnishings, household equipment and routine maintenanceWeight 3.3%1.2%–3.3% of basket
Residual-0.1 pp
TotalWeight 100% of basket4.5 pp100% of basket
Contrib. = contribution to annual inflation, in percentage points of the 4.5% year-on-year headline. Calculated by this explorer from CPI index values and basket weights.