Saudi common annual inflation price rises 0.5% to 2% in 2025

Saudi Gazette reportRIYADH — The common annual inflation price or Shopper Value Index in Saudi Arabia recorded a rise of 0.5 p.c, reaching 2 p.c in 2025, in comparison with 1.5 p.c in 2024, in accordance with the Common Authority for Statistics (GASTAT). In its annual common Shopper Value Index report for 2025, the GASTAT mentioned that this enhance is especially because of a 6.1 p.c rise within the costs of housing, water, electrical energy, fuel, and different fuels, pushed by an 8.2 p.c enhance in residential rents, which had the best impression on the annual inflation price.The meals and beverage sector additionally recorded a 1.1 p.c enhance because of a 1.1 p.c rise in meals costs, together with a 1.8 p.c enhance within the costs of eating places and lodging providers, influenced by a 2.4 p.c rise in lodging service costs. The common annual worth of non-public care, social safety, and different items and providers rose by 5.1 p.c, pushed by an 18.6 p.c enhance within the worth of different private belongings. Equally, the common annual worth of recreation, sports activities, and tradition elevated by 2.5 p.c, influenced by a 5.8 p.c rise in vacation bundle costs. Some sectors noticed a lower of their common annual costs throughout 2025, most notably furnishings, family home equipment, and routine house upkeep (0.8 p.c), info and communication (0.7percent), and a slight lower in well being (0.2 p.c). The GASTAT information confirmed that the common annual enhance within the wholesale worth index rose by 2 p.c in 2025, primarily pushed by a 4 p.c enhance within the costs of transportable items—excluding metallic merchandise, equipment, and gear—and a 4.1 p.c enhance within the costs of agricultural and fishing merchandise. The class of different transportable items additionally noticed a rise, ensuing from an increase within the costs of refined petroleum merchandise by 8.2 p.c and a 9.2 p.c enhance within the costs of furnishings and different items not categorized elsewhere. Meals, drinks, tobacco, and textiles additionally noticed a 0.2 p.c enhance, fueled by a 1.5 p.c rise within the costs of grain mill merchandise, starches, and different meals merchandise, and a 1.1 p.c enhance within the costs of leather-based, leather-based merchandise, and footwear. The costs of agricultural and fishing merchandise recorded an annual enhance of 4.1 p.c, because of a 6 p.c rise in agricultural product costs and a 2.1 p.c enhance within the costs of fish and different fishing merchandise. Costs for metallic merchandise, equipment, and gear rose by 0.1 p.c, supported by a 3 p.c enhance within the costs of manufactured metallic merchandise and a 1.5 p.c rise within the costs {of electrical} equipment and gear. Alternatively, the uncooked supplies and minerals sector noticed a 1.2 p.c decline, impacted by an identical drop within the costs of stones and sand.

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