Senegal Tasa De Inflación

The annual inflation rate in Senegal eased to 0.6% in February 2025 from January’s eight-month high of 1.8%. The slowdown was mainly due to softer price increases for food and non-alcoholic beverages (0.6% vs 3% in January), housing and utilities (0.8% vs 1.1%), health (0.8% vs 1.2%), and restaurants and hotels (2% vs 2.2%). Meanwhile, prices rose for transport (1% vs 0.9%) and alcoholic beverages and tobacco (10.2% vs 6.1%), while rebounded for personal care, social security, and miscellaneous goods (0.1% vs -0.4%). On a monthly basis, consumer prices decreased by 0.6% in February, reversing a 1.1% rise in the previous month.