Inflation Rate YoY Medium Impact % Lower is Better
South Africa · 159 historical releases · 146 with estimates
Latest Actual
4.0 %
Inflation Rate YoY (Apr)
Previous
3.1 %
Change
+0.9
Historical Avg
4.96
159 releases
Range
2.1 — 7.8
Low — High
Beat Rate
45.2%
66 of 146
Miss Rate
28.1%
41 of 146
Historical Releases
All Releases
161
| Date | Period | Actual | Estimate | Previous | Change | Surprise % |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-07-22 | Inflation Rate YoY (Jun) | — | 4.0 | — | — | — |
| 2026-06-17 | Inflation Rate YoY (May) | — | 4.5 | 4.0 | — | — |
| 2026-05-20 | Inflation Rate YoY (Apr) | 4.0 | 3.9 | 3.1 | +0.9 | -2.56% |
| 2026-04-22 | Inflation Rate YoY (Mar) | 3.1 | 3.1 | 3.0 | +0.1 | -0.0% |
| 2026-03-18 | Inflation Rate YoY (Feb) | 3.0 | 3.1 | 3.5 | -0.5 | +3.23% |
| 2026-02-18 | Inflation Rate YoY (Jan) | 3.5 | 3.4 | 3.6 | -0.1 | -2.94% |
| 2026-01-22 | Inflation Rate YoY (Dec) | 3.6 | 3.5 | 3.5 | +0.1 | -2.86% |
| 2025-12-17 | Inflation Rate YoY (Nov) | 3.5 | 3.6 | 3.6 | -0.1 | +2.78% |
| 2025-11-19 | Inflation Rate YoY (Oct) | 3.6 | 3.7 | 3.4 | +0.2 | +2.7% |
| 2025-10-22 | Inflation Rate YoY (Sep) | 3.4 | 3.5 | 3.3 | +0.1 | +2.86% |
| 2025-09-17 | Inflation Rate YoY (Aug) | 3.3 | 3.6 | 3.5 | -0.2 | +8.33% |
| 2025-08-20 | Inflation Rate YoY (Jul) | 3.5 | 3.5 | 3.0 | +0.5 | -0.0% |
| 2025-07-23 | Inflation Rate YoY (Jun) | 3.0 | 2.9 | 2.8 | +0.2 | -3.45% |
| 2025-06-18 | Inflation Rate YoY (May) | 2.8 | 2.7 | 2.8 | 0.0 | -3.7% |
| 2025-05-21 | Inflation Rate YoY (Apr) | 2.8 | 2.9 | 2.7 | +0.1 | +3.45% |
| 2025-04-23 | Inflation Rate YoY (Mar) | 2.7 | 2.9 | 3.2 | -0.5 | +6.9% |
| 2025-03-19 | Inflation Rate YoY (Feb) | 3.2 | 3.3 | 3.2 | — | +3.03% |
| 2025-02-26 | Inflation Rate YoY (Jan) | 3.2 | 3.3 | 3.0 | +0.2 | +3.03% |
| 2025-01-22 | Inflation Rate YoY (Dec) | 3.0 | 3.2 | 2.9 | +0.1 | +6.25% |
| 2024-12-11 | Inflation Rate YoY (Nov) | 2.9 | 3.0 | 2.8 | +0.1 | +3.33% |
| 2024-11-20 | Inflation Rate YoY (Oct) | 2.8 | 3.1 | 3.8 | -1.0 | +9.68% |
| 2024-10-23 | Inflation Rate YoY (Sep) | 3.8 | 3.9 | 4.4 | -0.6 | +2.56% |
| 2024-09-18 | Inflation Rate YoY (Aug) | 4.4 | 4.5 | 4.6 | -0.2 | +2.22% |
| 2024-08-21 | Inflation Rate YoY (Jul) | 4.6 | 5.0 | 5.1 | -0.5 | +8.0% |
| 2024-07-24 | Inflation Rate YoY (Jun) | 5.1 | 5.1 | 5.2 | -0.1 | -0.0% |
| 2024-06-19 | Inflation Rate YoY (May) | 5.2 | 5.2 | 5.2 | — | -0.0% |
| 2024-05-22 | Inflation Rate YoY (Apr) | 5.2 | 5.3 | 5.3 | -0.1 | +1.89% |
| 2024-04-17 | Inflation Rate YoY (Mar) | 5.3 | 5.4 | 5.6 | -0.3 | +1.85% |
| 2024-03-20 | Inflation Rate YoY (Feb) | 5.6 | 5.5 | 5.3 | +0.3 | -1.82% |
| 2024-02-21 | Inflation Rate YoY (Jan) | 5.3 | 5.4 | 5.1 | +0.2 | +1.85% |
| 2024-01-24 | Inflation Rate YoY (Dec) | 5.1 | 5.2 | 5.5 | -0.4 | +1.92% |
| 2023-12-13 | Inflation Rate YoY (Nov) | 5.5 | 5.6 | 5.9 | -0.4 | +1.79% |
| 2023-11-22 | Inflation Rate YoY (Oct) | 5.9 | 5.5 | 5.4 | +0.5 | -7.27% |
| 2023-10-18 | Inflation Rate YoY (Sep) | 5.4 | 5.3 | 4.8 | +0.6 | -1.89% |
| 2023-09-20 | Inflation Rate YoY (Aug) | 4.8 | 4.8 | 4.7 | +0.1 | -0.0% |
| 2023-08-23 | Inflation Rate YoY (Jul) | 4.7 | 5.0 | 5.4 | -0.7 | +6.0% |
| 2023-07-19 | Inflation Rate YoY (Jun) | 5.4 | 5.6 | 6.3 | -0.9 | +3.57% |
| 2023-06-21 | Inflation Rate YoY (May) | 6.3 | 6.5 | 6.8 | -0.5 | +3.08% |
| 2023-05-24 | Inflation Rate YoY (Apr) | 6.8 | 7.0 | 7.1 | -0.3 | +2.86% |
| 2023-04-19 | Inflation Rate YoY (Mar) | 7.1 | 6.9 | 7.0 | +0.1 | -2.9% |
| 2023-03-22 | Inflation Rate YoY (Feb) | 7.0 | 6.9 | 6.9 | +0.1 | -1.45% |
| 2023-02-15 | Inflation Rate YoY (Jan) | 6.9 | 6.9 | 7.2 | -0.3 | -0.0% |
| 2023-01-18 | Inflation Rate YoY (Dec) | 7.2 | 7.2 | 7.4 | -0.2 | -0.0% |
| 2022-12-14 | Inflation Rate YoY (Nov) | 7.4 | 7.5 | 7.6 | -0.2 | +1.33% |
| 2022-11-23 | Inflation Rate YoY (Oct) | 7.6 | 7.4 | 7.5 | +0.1 | -2.7% |
| 2022-10-19 | Inflation Rate YoY (Sep) | 7.5 | 7.5 | 7.6 | -0.1 | -0.0% |
| 2022-09-21 | Inflation Rate YoY (Aug) | 7.6 | 7.5 | 7.8 | -0.2 | -1.33% |
| 2022-08-24 | Inflation Rate YoY (Jul) | 7.8 | 7.7 | 7.4 | +0.4 | -1.3% |
| 2022-07-20 | Inflation Rate YoY (Jun) | 7.4 | 7.2 | 6.5 | +0.9 | -2.78% |
| 2022-06-22 | Inflation Rate YoY (May) | 6.5 | 6.2 | 5.9 | +0.6 | -4.84% |
| 2022-05-18 | Inflation Rate YoY (Apr) | 5.9 | 5.9 | 5.9 | — | -0.0% |
| 2022-04-20 | Inflation Rate YoY (Mar) | 5.9 | 6.0 | 5.7 | +0.2 | +1.67% |
| 2022-03-23 | Inflation Rate YoY (Feb) | 5.7 | 5.8 | 5.7 | — | +1.72% |
| 2022-02-16 | Inflation Rate YoY (Jan) | 5.7 | 5.7 | 5.9 | -0.2 | -0.0% |
| 2022-01-19 | Inflation Rate YoY (Dec) | 5.9 | 5.7 | 5.5 | +0.4 | -3.51% |
| 2021-12-15 | Inflation Rate YoY (Nov) | 5.5 | 5.4 | 5.0 | +0.5 | -1.85% |
| 2021-11-17 | Inflation Rate YoY (Oct) | 5.0 | 5.0 | 5.0 | — | -0.0% |
| 2021-10-20 | Inflation Rate YoY (Sep) | 5.0 | 5.0 | 4.9 | +0.1 | -0.0% |
| 2021-09-22 | Inflation Rate YoY (Aug) | 4.9 | 4.8 | 4.6 | +0.3 | -2.08% |
| 2021-08-18 | Inflation Rate YoY (Jul) | 4.6 | 4.6 | 4.9 | -0.3 | -0.0% |
| 2021-07-21 | Inflation Rate YoY (Jun) | 4.9 | 4.8 | 5.2 | -0.3 | -2.08% |
| 2021-06-23 | Inflation Rate YoY (May) | 5.2 | 5.2 | 4.4 | +0.8 | -0.0% |
| 2021-05-19 | Inflation Rate YoY (Apr) | 4.4 | 4.3 | 3.2 | +1.2 | -2.33% |
| 2021-04-21 | Inflation Rate YoY (Mar) | 3.2 | 3.2 | 2.9 | +0.3 | -0.0% |
| 2021-03-24 | Inflation Rate YoY (Feb) | 2.9 | 3.1 | 3.2 | -0.3 | +6.45% |
| 2021-02-17 | Inflation Rate YoY (Jan) | 3.2 | 3.2 | 3.1 | +0.1 | -0.0% |
| 2021-01-20 | Inflation Rate YoY (Dec) | 3.1 | 3.1 | 3.2 | -0.1 | -0.0% |
| 2020-12-09 | Inflation Rate YoY (Nov) | 3.2 | 3.2 | 3.3 | -0.1 | -0.0% |
| 2020-11-25 | Inflation Rate YoY (Oct) | 3.3 | 3.1 | 3.0 | +0.3 | -6.45% |
| 2020-10-28 | Inflation Rate YoY (Sep) | 3.0 | 3.1 | 3.1 | -0.1 | +3.23% |
| 2020-09-30 | Inflation Rate YoY (Aug) | 3.1 | 3.1 | 3.2 | -0.1 | -0.0% |
| 2020-08-26 | Inflation Rate YoY (Jul) | 3.2 | 3.1 | 2.2 | +1.0 | -3.23% |
| 2020-07-29 | Inflation Rate YoY (Jun) | 2.2 | 2.2 | 2.1 | +0.1 | -0.0% |
| 2020-07-15 | Inflation Rate YoY (May) | 2.1 | 2.2 | 3.0 | -0.9 | +4.55% |
| 2020-06-24 | Inflation Rate YoY (Apr) | 3.0 | 3.1 | 4.1 | -1.1 | +3.23% |
| 2020-04-22 | Inflation Rate YoY (Mar) | 4.1 | 4.3 | 4.6 | -0.5 | +4.65% |
| 2020-03-18 | Inflation Rate YoY (Feb) | 4.6 | 4.5 | 4.5 | +0.1 | -2.22% |
| 2020-02-19 | Inflation Rate YoY (Jan) | 4.5 | 4.4 | 4.0 | +0.5 | -2.27% |
| 2020-01-22 | Inflation Rate YoY (Dec) | 4.0 | 4.0 | 3.6 | +0.4 | -0.0% |
| 2019-12-11 | Inflation Rate YoY (Nov) | 3.6 | 3.6 | 3.7 | -0.1 | -0.0% |
| 2019-11-20 | Inflation Rate YoY (Oct) | 3.7 | 3.9 | 4.1 | -0.4 | +5.13% |
| 2019-10-23 | Inflation Rate YoY (Sep) | 4.1 | 4.2 | 4.3 | -0.2 | +2.38% |
| 2019-09-18 | Inflation Rate YoY (Aug) | 4.3 | 4.2 | 4.0 | +0.3 | -2.38% |
| 2019-08-21 | Inflation Rate YoY (Jul) | 4.0 | 4.4 | 4.5 | -0.5 | +9.09% |
| 2019-07-24 | Inflation Rate YoY (Jun) | 4.5 | 4.4 | 4.5 | — | -2.27% |
| 2019-06-19 | Inflation Rate YoY (May) | 4.5 | 4.4 | 4.4 | +0.1 | -2.27% |
| 2019-05-22 | Inflation Rate YoY (Apr) | 4.4 | 4.5 | 4.5 | -0.1 | +2.22% |
| 2019-04-17 | Inflation Rate YoY (Mar) | 4.5 | 4.6 | 4.1 | +0.4 | +2.17% |
| 2019-03-20 | Inflation Rate YoY (Feb) | 4.1 | 4.1 | 4.0 | +0.1 | -0.0% |
| 2019-02-20 | Inflation Rate YoY (Jan) | 4.0 | 4.3 | 4.5 | -0.5 | +6.98% |
| 2019-01-23 | Inflation Rate YoY (Dec) | 4.5 | 4.5 | 5.2 | -0.7 | -0.0% |
| 2018-12-12 | Inflation Rate YoY (Nov) | 5.2 | 5.1 | 5.1 | +0.1 | -1.96% |
| 2018-11-21 | Inflation Rate YoY (Oct) | 5.1 | 5.1 | 4.9 | +0.2 | -0.0% |
| 2018-10-24 | Inflation Rate YoY (Sep) | 4.9 | 4.9 | 4.9 | — | -0.0% |
| 2018-09-19 | Inflation Rate YoY (Aug) | 4.9 | 5.2 | 5.1 | -0.2 | +5.77% |
| 2018-08-22 | Inflation Rate YoY (Jul) | 5.1 | 5.0 | 4.6 | +0.5 | -2.0% |
| 2018-07-18 | Inflation Rate YoY (Jun) | 4.6 | 4.8 | 4.4 | +0.2 | +4.17% |
| 2018-06-20 | Inflation Rate YoY (May) | 4.4 | 4.6 | 4.5 | -0.1 | +4.35% |
| 2018-05-23 | Inflation Rate YoY (Apr) | 4.5 | 4.7 | 3.8 | +0.7 | +4.26% |
| 2018-04-18 | Inflation Rate YoY (Mar) | 3.8 | 4.1 | 4.0 | -0.2 | +7.32% |
| 2018-03-20 | Inflation Rate YoY (Feb) | 4.0 | 4.2 | 4.4 | -0.4 | +4.76% |
| 2018-02-21 | Inflation Rate YoY (Jan) | 4.4 | 4.5 | 4.7 | -0.3 | +2.22% |
| 2018-01-24 | Inflation Rate YoY (Dec) | 4.7 | 4.7 | 4.6 | +0.1 | -0.0% |
| 2017-12-13 | Inflation Rate YoY (Nov) | 4.6 | 4.7 | 4.8 | -0.2 | +2.13% |
| 2017-11-22 | Inflation Rate YoY (Oct) | 4.8 | 4.8 | 5.1 | -0.3 | -0.0% |
| 2017-10-18 | Inflation Rate YoY (Sep) | 5.1 | 4.9 | 4.8 | +0.3 | -4.08% |
| 2017-09-20 | Inflation Rate YoY (Aug) | 4.8 | 4.9 | 4.6 | +0.2 | +2.04% |
| 2017-08-23 | Inflation Rate YoY (Jul) | 4.6 | 4.6 | 5.1 | -0.5 | -0.0% |
| 2017-07-19 | Inflation Rate YoY (Jun) | 5.1 | 5.2 | 5.4 | -0.3 | +1.92% |
| 2017-06-21 | Inflation Rate YoY (May) | 5.4 | 5.3 | 5.3 | +0.1 | -1.89% |
| 2017-05-24 | Inflation Rate YoY (Apr) | 5.3 | 5.6 | 6.1 | -0.8 | +5.36% |
| 2017-04-19 | Inflation Rate YoY (Mar) | 6.1 | 6.3 | 6.3 | -0.2 | +3.17% |
| 2017-03-22 | Inflation Rate YoY (Feb) | 6.3 | 6.3 | 6.6 | -0.3 | -0.0% |
| 2017-02-15 | Inflation Rate YoY (Jan) | 6.6 | 6.7 | 6.8 | -0.2 | +1.49% |
| 2017-01-18 | Inflation Rate YoY (Dec) | 6.8 | 6.5 | 6.6 | +0.2 | -4.62% |
| 2016-12-14 | Inflation Rate YoY (Nov) | 6.6 | 6.6 | 6.4 | +0.2 | -0.0% |
| 2016-11-23 | Inflation Rate YoY (Oct) | 6.4 | 6.3 | 6.1 | +0.3 | -1.59% |
| 2016-10-19 | Inflation Rate YoY (Sep) | 6.1 | 6.2 | 5.9 | +0.2 | +1.61% |
| 2016-09-21 | Inflation Rate YoY (Aug) | 5.9 | 5.9 | 6.0 | -0.1 | -0.0% |
| 2016-08-24 | Inflation Rate YoY (Jul) | 6.0 | 6.1 | 6.3 | -0.3 | +1.64% |
| 2016-07-20 | Inflation Rate YoY (Jun) | 6.3 | 6.2 | 6.1 | +0.2 | -1.61% |
| 2016-06-22 | Inflation Rate YoY (May) | 6.1 | 6.4 | 6.2 | -0.1 | +4.69% |
| 2016-05-18 | Inflation Rate YoY (Apr) | 6.2 | 6.3 | 6.3 | -0.1 | +1.59% |
| 2016-04-20 | Inflation Rate YoY (Mar) | 6.3 | 6.3 | 7.0 | -0.7 | -0.0% |
| 2016-03-23 | Inflation Rate YoY (Feb) | 7.0 | 6.7 | 6.2 | +0.8 | -4.48% |
| 2016-02-17 | Inflation Rate YoY (Jan) | 6.2 | 5.93 | 5.2 | +1.0 | -4.55% |
| 2016-01-20 | Inflation Rate YoY (Dec) | 5.2 | 5.2 | 4.8 | +0.4 | -0.0% |
| 2015-12-09 | Inflation Rate YoY (Nov) | 4.8 | 4.8 | 4.7 | +0.1 | -0.0% |
| 2015-11-18 | Inflation Rate YoY (Oct) | 4.7 | 4.7 | 4.6 | +0.1 | -0.0% |
| 2015-10-21 | Inflation Rate YoY (Sep) | 4.6 | 4.7 | 4.6 | — | +2.13% |
| 2015-09-23 | Inflation Rate YoY (Aug) | 4.6 | 4.7 | 5.0 | -0.4 | +2.13% |
| 2015-08-19 | Inflation Rate YoY (Jul) | 5.0 | 5.0 | 4.7 | +0.3 | -0.0% |
| 2015-07-22 | Inflation Rate YoY (Jun) | 4.7 | 5.0 | 4.6 | +0.1 | +6.0% |
| 2015-06-17 | Inflation Rate YoY (May) | 4.6 | 4.6 | 4.5 | +0.1 | -0.0% |
| 2015-05-20 | Inflation Rate YoY (Apr) | 4.5 | 4.6 | 4.0 | +0.5 | +2.17% |
| 2015-04-22 | Inflation Rate YoY (Mar) | 4.0 | 4.1 | 3.9 | +0.1 | +2.44% |
| 2015-03-18 | Inflation Rate YoY (Feb) | 3.9 | 3.8 | 4.4 | -0.5 | -2.63% |
| 2015-02-18 | Inflation Rate YoY (Jan) | 4.4 | 4.5 | 5.3 | -0.9 | +2.22% |
| 2015-01-21 | Inflation Rate YoY (Dec) | 5.3 | 5.5 | 5.8 | -0.5 | +3.64% |
| 2014-12-10 | Inflation Rate YoY (Nov) | 5.8 | 5.8 | 5.9 | -0.1 | -0.0% |
| 2014-11-19 | Inflation Rate YoY (Oct) | 5.9 | — | 5.9 | — | — |
| 2014-10-22 | Inflation Rate YoY (Sep) | 5.9 | 6.1 | 6.4 | -0.5 | +3.28% |
| 2014-09-17 | Inflation Rate YoY (Aug) | 6.4 | 6.2 | 6.3 | +0.1 | -3.23% |
| 2014-08-20 | Inflation Rate YoY (Jul) | 6.3 | 6.4 | 6.6 | -0.3 | +1.56% |
| 2014-07-23 | Inflation Rate YoY (Jun) | 6.6 | — | 6.6 | — | — |
| 2014-06-18 | Inflation Rate YoY (May) | 6.6 | — | 6.1 | +0.5 | — |
| 2014-05-21 | Inflation Rate YoY (Apr) | 6.1 | — | 6.0 | +0.1 | — |
| 2014-04-23 | Inflation Rate YoY (Mar) | 6.0 | — | 5.9 | +0.1 | — |
| 2014-03-19 | Inflation Rate YoY (Feb) | 5.9 | — | 5.8 | +0.1 | — |
| 2014-02-19 | Inflation Rate YoY (Jan) | 5.8 | — | 5.4 | +0.4 | — |
| 2014-01-22 | Inflation Rate YoY (Dec) | 5.4 | 5.5 | 5.3 | +0.1 | +1.82% |
| 2013-12-11 | Inflation Rate YoY (Nov) | 5.3 | — | 5.5 | -0.2 | — |
| 2013-11-20 | Inflation Rate YoY (Oct) | 5.5 | — | 6.0 | -0.5 | — |
| 2013-10-23 | Inflation Rate YoY (Sep) | 6.0 | — | 6.4 | -0.4 | — |
| 2013-09-18 | Inflation Rate YoY (Aug) | 6.4 | — | 6.3 | +0.1 | — |
| 2013-08-21 | Inflation Rate YoY (Jul) | 6.3 | — | 5.5 | +0.8 | — |
| 2013-07-24 | Inflation Rate YoY (Jun) | 5.5 | 5.8 | 5.6 | -0.1 | +5.17% |
| 2013-06-19 | Inflation Rate YoY (May) | 5.6 | 5.4 | 5.9 | -0.3 | -3.7% |
| 2013-05-22 | Inflation Rate YoY (Apr) | 5.9 | 5.8 | 5.9 | — | -1.72% |
| 2013-04-17 | Inflation Rate YoY (Mar) | 5.9 | 5.85 | 5.9 | — | -0.85% |
| 2013-03-20 | Inflation Rate YoY (Feb) | 5.9 | — | 5.4 | +0.5 | — |