Amman, Sept. 11 (Petra)-- The Department of Statistics issued its monthly report on the consumer price index (Inflation), showing a 1.86 percent increase in the first eight months of 2025 compared with the same period in 2024.

On a monthly basis, inflation rose by 1.32 percent in August compared with August 2024, while it declined slightly by 0.21 percent compared with July 2025. The overall index for the first eight months of the year reached 112.60 points against 110.54 for the same period in 2024.

For August 2025, inflation stood at 112.63 points compared with 111.17 in August 2024, and slightly lower than July 2025, when it registered 112.87 points.

By commodity groups, the January–August 2025 period compared with the same period in 2024 recorded the highest increases in personal effects (20.09 percent), tobacco and cigarettes (12.58 percent), fruits and nuts (8.42 percent), tea, coffee, and cocoa (8.41 percent), and spices, food enhancers, and other edibles (5.17 percent).

Declines were noted in vegetables and pulses, dried and canned (3.28 percent), household utensils (2.76 percent), furniture, carpets, and mattresses (2.69 percent), and fish and seafood (1.97 percent).

For August 2025 compared with August 2024, the main contributors to the increase were personal effects, tobacco and cigarettes, tea, coffee, and cocoa, fruits and nuts, and spices and food enhancers. Contributing to the decline were vegetables and pulses, household utensils, fish and seafood, and household appliances.

Compared with July 2025, the drop in inflation was mainly due to fruits and nuts (down 4.92 percent), meat and poultry (down 3.39 percent), fish and seafood (down 0.34 percent), health (down 0.24 percent), and transport (down 0.23 percent).

//Petra// AO