Wine inflation analysis for Jan 2025

Last updated Feb 2025 by Walter (source: StatSSA)

Wine key statistics

What is happening to Wine prices? 📈

3,8% over 12 months
vs historical average of 6,0%
Running below historical average 🐌

Speeding Up or Slowing Down?

Accelerating 🚀
Current: 3,8% vs Previous: 3,7%

Year-on-year Wine inflation rate vs CPI headline

What happened to Wine prices over the last twelve months?

Wine prices have increased by 3,8% over the last 12 months. This compares to overall consumer inflation (as measured by CPI) of 3,2%.

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

Wine ranks 13 out of 31 major sectors, with a 3,8% price increase over the past 12 months. This is above the overall consumer price inflation rate of 3,2%, indicating that Wine prices are rising faster than most other consumer goods and services.

Is Wine price inflation accelerating or slowing down?

What was the inflation rate in Wine in previous month?

Previous, year-on-year inflation in Wine came in at 3,7% (Invalid Date). The most recent year-on-year inflation rate for Invalid Date was 3,8%. That means, we have seen a cost acceleration compared to the previous 12 months.

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

If we look back over a longer period, we see that Wine year-on-year inflation has been averaging 6,1% over the past 2 years. The most recent year-on-year inflation rate for Invalid Date was 3,8%. That means, Wine most recent year-on-year price inflation of 3,8% is below the average inflation rate of 6,0% over the past 2 years. The trend is up.

How does 3,8% in Wine inflation compare historically? Has Wine inflation been higher or lower historically?

The most recent year-on-year inflation rate in Invalid Date was 3,8%.
The lowest year-on-year inflation rate was 1,5% in Invalid Date.
The highest year-on-year inflation rate was 10,4% in Invalid Date.
The historical year-on-year average inflation rate for Wine is 6,0%.

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

Period Rand amount Total Change
Current 1 000 -
1 year ago 963 3,8%
2 years ago 901 11,0%
5 years ago 757 32,1%
10 years ago 545 83,5%

Costs relating to Wine which cost R1,000 today would have cost you R963 one year ago, R901 two years ago, and R757 five years ago. This shows how the purchasing power of your money has declined over time due to inflation in Wine prices.