The inflation rate recorded a slight decrease in April 2025, standing at 5.6 %, compared to 5.9 % in March. This decline is mainly explained by a slowdown in the price increase in the food and clothing sectors.
Food prices have increased by 7.3 % over a year, compared to 7.8 % in the previous month, while clothing increased by 9.4 %, compared to 11.7 % in March.
Despite this general trend for moderation, some products have experienced significant increases. Fresh vegetable prices increased by 24.3 %, those of fresh fruit of 19.2 %, ovine meat of 18.8 %and fresh fish by 10.6 %. Conversely, food oils recorded a significant drop of 20.9 %.
From one month to the next, food prices have remained generally stable. This stability results from a drop in prices of eggs, fresh vegetables and poultry, partially offset by an increase in the prices of sheep meat, beef and fresh fruit. On the other hand, clothing prices experienced a monthly increase of 4.2 %, in connection with the end of winter sales.
The underlying inflation, which excludes food and energy products, is also withdrawn, reaching 5.5 % in April against 5.7 % in March. In addition, free products prices increased by 6.8 % over a year, compared to 1.7 % for products at supervised prices. In the food sector, free products recorded an annual increase of 8.2 %, compared to 1.1 % for regulated products.
Finally, the strongest contributions to inflation come from manufactured products and fresh food, which weighed for 2 % and 2.2 % respectively in overall inflation. Free non -food products alone contributed 3.2 %, ahead of free food products (2 %).
