Maintenance and repair inflation analysis for Jan 2025

Last updated Feb 2025 by Walter (source: StatSSA)

Maintenance and repair key statistics

What is happening to Maintenance and repair prices? 📈

1,3% over 12 months
vs historical average of 4,2%
Running below historical average 🐌

Speeding Up or Slowing Down?

Decelerating 🐌
Current: 1,3% vs Previous: 1,5%

Year-on-year Maintenance and repair inflation rate vs CPI headline

What happened to Maintenance and repair prices over the last twelve months?

Maintenance and repair prices have increased by 1,3% over the last 12 months. This compares to overall consumer inflation (as measured by CPI) of 3,2%.

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

Basket 12m change
1 Electricity, gas and other fuels 11,8%
2 Non-alcoholic beverages 9,0%
3 Accommodation services 8,2%
4 Insurance 8,0%
5 Primary and secondary education 6,6%
6 Tertiary education 5,9%
7 Water supply and miscellaneous services 5,5%
8 Health services 5,0%
9 Tobacco 4,8%
10 Restaurants 4,0%
11 Alcoholic beverages 3,9%
12 Goods and services for routine household maintenance 3,5%
13 Medicines and health products 3,4%
14 Newspapers, books and stationery 3,3%
15 CPI Headline 3,2%
16 Recreational and cultural services 2,5%
17 Purchase of vehicles 2,4%
18 Owners equivalent rent 2,4%
19 Footwear 1,8%
20 Clothing 1,5%
21 Food 1,5%
22 Maintenance and repair 1,3%
23 Information and communication services 0,8%
24 Passenger transport services 0,7%
25 Furniture, furnishings and loose carpets -0,9%
26 Recreational goods -2,2%
27 Household textiles, appliances, tableware and equipment -2,7%
28 Package holidays -2,9%
29 Operation of personal transport equipment -3,1%
30 Information and communication equipment -15,5%

Maintenance and repair ranks 22 out of 30 major sectors, with a 1,3% price increase over the past 12 months. This is below the overall consumer price inflation rate of 3,2%, indicating that Maintenance and repair prices are rising slower than most other consumer goods and services.

Is Maintenance and repair price inflation accelerating or slowing down?

What was the inflation rate in Maintenance and repair in previous month?

Previous, year-on-year inflation in Maintenance and repair came in at 1,5% (Invalid Date). The most recent year-on-year inflation rate for Invalid Date was 1,3%. That means, we have seen a cost deceleration compared to the previous 12 months.

How has the inflation rate in Maintenance and repair changed over the last two years?

If we look back over a longer period, we see that Maintenance and repair year-on-year inflation has been averaging 4,5% over the past 2 years. The most recent year-on-year inflation rate for Invalid Date was 1,3%. That means, Maintenance and repair most recent year-on-year price inflation of 1,3% is below the average inflation rate of 4,2% over the past 2 years. The trend is down.

How does 1,3% in Maintenance and repair inflation compare historically? Has Maintenance and repair inflation been higher or lower historically?

The most recent year-on-year inflation rate in Invalid Date was 1,3%.
The lowest year-on-year inflation rate was -0,8% in Invalid Date.
The highest year-on-year inflation rate was 17,5% in Invalid Date.
The historical year-on-year average inflation rate for Maintenance and repair is 4,2%.

How much did Maintenance and repair cost 1 year, 2 years, 5 years and 10 years ago?

Period Rand amount Total Change
Current 1 000 -
1 year ago 987 1,3%
2 years ago 940 6,4%
5 years ago 831 20,3%
10 years ago 746 34,1%

Costs relating to Maintenance and repair which cost R1,000 today would have cost you R987 one year ago, R940 two years ago, and R831 five years ago. This shows how the purchasing power of your money has declined over time due to inflation in Maintenance and repair prices.