South Africa Food Inflation

Cost of food in South Africa increased 3.20 percent in May of 2019 over the same month in the previous year. Food Inflation in South Africa averaged 6.35 percent from 2009 until 2019, reaching an all time high of 15.60 percent in February of 2009 and a record low of 0.60 percent in June of 2010.

Food Inflation in South Africa is expected to be 4.00 percent by the end of this quarter, according to Trading Economics global macro models and analysts expectations. Looking forward, we estimate Food Inflation in South Africa to stand at 3.50 in 12 months time. In the long-term, the South Africa Food Inflation is projected to trend around 4.60 percent in 2020, according to our econometric models.

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South Africa Prices	Last	Previous	Highest	Lowest	Unit
Inflation Rate	4.50	4.40	20.70	0.20	percent	[+]
Inflation Rate Mom	0.30	0.60	6.70	-0.70	percent	[+]
Consumer Price Index CPI	112.00	110.70	112.00	1.20	Index Points	[+]
Core Consumer Prices	111.30	111.30	111.30	63.30	Index Points	[+]
Core Inflation Rate	4.10	4.10	8.30	2.90	percent	[+]
Producer Prices	113.00	111.50	219.40	4.10	Index Points	[+]
Producer Prices Change	6.50	6.20	8.80	2.61	percent	[+]
Export Prices	161.00	160.30	161.00	0.60	Index Points	[+]
Import Prices	150.30	156.60	156.60	1.20	Index Points	[+]
Food Inflation	3.20	2.90	15.60	0.60	percent	[+]
Inflation Expectations	5.17	5.44	8.72	3.90	Percent	[+]
CPI Housing Utilities	110.50	110.40	110.50	56.80	Index Points	[+]
CPI Transportation	115.90	114.80	116.90	81.70	Index Points	[+]

This page provides the latest reported value for - South Africa Food Inflation - plus previous releases, historical high and low, short-term forecast and long-term prediction, economic calendar, survey consensus and news. South Africa Food Inflation - actual data, historical chart and calendar of releases - was last updated on June of 2019.

	Actual	Previous	Highest	Lowest	Dates	Unit	Frequency
	3.20	2.90	15.60	0.60	2009 - 2019	percent	Monthly	2012M12=100; NSA

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Country	Last		Previous	Range
Argentina	64.90	May/19	66.2	66.2 : 19.94	%
Australia	2.30	Mar/19	1.5	20.6 : -3.2	%
Brazil	6.36	May/19	7.31	5267 : -2.3	%
Canada	3.50	May/19	2.9	20.18 : -7.14	%
China	7.70	May/19	6.1	40.2 : -5.5	%
Euro Area	1.10	May/19	1.1	6.9 : -1.6	%
France	2.30	May/19	2.5	6.5 : -1.5	%
Germany	0.80	May/19	0.5	8.22 : -3.09	%
India	1.83	May/19	1.1	14.72 : -2.65	%
Indonesia	4.14	May/19	2.29	138 : -11.16	%
Italy	0.40	May/19	0.4	6.26 : -1.18	%
Japan	0.80	May/19	0.7	31.6 : -3.7	%
Mexico	5.33	May/19	4.61	11.03 : 0.03	%
Netherlands	3.50	May/19	3.6	8.38 : -5.73	%
Russia	6.70	Apr/19	6.7	26.1 : -0.6	%
Saudi Arabia	1.80	May/19	1	7.7 : -4.3	%
Singapore	1.40	May/19	1.3	15.62 : -7.71	%
South Africa	3.20	May/19	2.9	15.6 : 0.6	%
South Korea	1.90	May/19	1.4	6434 : -4.5	%
Spain	0.50	May/19	0.8	7.2 : -2.75	%
Switzerland	0.20	May/19	1.2	6.81 : -4.58	%
Turkey	28.44	May/19	31.86	31.86 : 1.38	%
United Kingdom	1.00	May/19	0.7	13 : -3.3	%
United States	2.00	May/19	1.8	36.7 : -34.3	%