CPI Headline inflation analysis for Jan 2025

Last updated Feb 2025 by Walter (source: StatSSA)

CPI Headline key statistics

What is happening to CPI Headline prices? 📈

3,2% over 12 months
vs historical average of 5,2%
Running below historical average 🐌

Speeding Up or Slowing Down?

Accelerating 🚀
Current: 3,2% vs Previous: 3,0%

Year-on-year CPI Headline inflation rate vs CPI headline

What happened to CPI Headline prices over the last twelve months?

CPI Headline prices have increased by 3,2% over the last 12 months. This compares to overall consumer inflation (as measured by CPI) of 3,2%.

How does CPI Headline price inflation compare to headline CPI and other major sectors?

Basket 12m change
1 CPI Headline 3,2%

CPI Headline ranks 1 out of 1 major sectors, with a 3,2% price increase over the past 12 months. This is below the overall consumer price inflation rate of 3,2%, indicating that CPI Headline prices are rising slower than most other consumer goods and services.

Is CPI Headline price inflation accelerating or slowing down?

What was the inflation rate in CPI Headline in previous month?

Previous, year-on-year inflation in CPI Headline came in at 3,0% (Invalid Date). The most recent year-on-year inflation rate for Invalid Date was 3,2%. That means, we have seen a cost acceleration compared to the previous 12 months.

How has the inflation rate in CPI Headline changed over the last two years?

If we look back over a longer period, we see that CPI Headline year-on-year inflation has been averaging 5,0% over the past 2 years. The most recent year-on-year inflation rate for Invalid Date was 3,2%. That means, CPI Headline most recent year-on-year price inflation of 3,2% is below the average inflation rate of 5,2% over the past 2 years. The trend is up.

How does 3,2% in CPI Headline inflation compare historically? Has CPI Headline inflation been higher or lower historically?

The most recent year-on-year inflation rate in Invalid Date was 3,2%.
The lowest year-on-year inflation rate was 1,9% in Invalid Date.
The highest year-on-year inflation rate was 8,4% in Invalid Date.
The historical year-on-year average inflation rate for CPI Headline is 5,2%.

How much did CPI Headline cost 1 year, 2 years, 5 years and 10 years ago?

Period Rand amount Total Change
Current 1 000 -
1 year ago 969 3,2%
2 years ago 919 8,8%
5 years ago 790 26,6%
10 years ago 615 62,6%

Costs relating to CPI Headline which cost R1,000 today would have cost you R969 one year ago, R919 two years ago, and R790 five years ago. This shows how the purchasing power of your money has declined over time due to inflation in CPI Headline prices.