South Africa Inflation Rate (CPI)
Latest
3.2%
−1.2pp vs prior
2025 · updated 2026-09-07
Inflation Rate (CPI)
1960 to 2025
Source: OECD live prices system · CPI, all items, year on year, monthly. Where the OECD series is unavailable, this falls back to World Bank annual CPI (FP.CPI.TOTL.ZG); the period shown under the figure tells you which is live, a year on its own means the annual fallback.
How much consumer prices are rising compared with a year ago. The South African Reserve Bank targets 3-6% inflation.