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2017/05/31

April of 2017 CPI went up in Maldives

The annual variation rate of the CPI in Maldives in April of 2017 was 4.5% , 2 tenths higher than the month before.The monthly variation rate of the CPI (Consumer Price Index) has been 0%, and thus the accumulated inflation in 2017 is 1.5%

We must highlight the increase of 0.1% in the prices of Housing, water, electricity, gas and other fuels, until its interannual rate reached 2.9%, which is in contrast to the decrease in the prices of Transport of -0.3%, and an interannual variation of 1.2%.

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

CPI Maldives April 2017

	Interannual	Accum. from January:	Monthly Change
< CPI 2017-03
CPI (overall index) [+]	4.5%	1.5%	-0.0%
Food and non-alcoholic beverages [+]	8.3%	1.3%	-0.1%
Clothing and footwear [+]	-0.3%	-0.1%	0.0%
Housing, water, electricity, gas and other fuels [+]	2.9%	0.9%	0.1%
Furniture, household equipment and maintenance [+]	4.7%	0.7%	-0.1%
Health [+]	-0.4%	-0.5%	0.0%
Transport [+]	1.2%	-0.0%	-0.3%
Miscellaneous goods and services [+]	-0.1%	-0.1%	0.1%

Maldives: CPI annual

	2016	2015
CPI (overall index) [+]	2.3%	0.9%
Food and non-alcoholic beverages [+]	5.3%	0.5%
Clothing and footwear [+]	-0.3%	-1.9%
Housing, water, electricity, gas and other fuels [+]	1.0%	1.0%
Furniture, household equipment and maintenance [+]	3.7%	0.1%
Health [+]	1.0%	3.4%
Transport [+]	0.1%	-0.9%
Recreation and culture [+]	0.9%	-1.8%
Restaurants and hotels [+]	3.5%	-0.1%
Miscellaneous goods and services [+]	0.1%	-0.7%

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