{"id":2000111466,"date":"2026-05-10T13:00:16","date_gmt":"2026-05-10T11:00:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/?p=2000111466"},"modified":"2026-05-10T13:00:17","modified_gmt":"2026-05-10T11:00:17","slug":"rwandas-inflation-hits-13-in-april-amid-global-fuel-shocks","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/rwandas-inflation-hits-13-in-april-amid-global-fuel-shocks\/","title":{"rendered":"Rwanda\u2019s inflation hits 13% in April amid global fuel shocks"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

According to the latest Consumer Price Index (CPI) report from the National Institute of Statistics of Rwanda (NISR), the urban index, a key benchmark for monetary policy, saw a 4.7% increase in just one month.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The sharp rise can be attributed to a 23.7% annual jump in transport costs. In April alone, transport prices climbed by 15.1%, reflecting the immediate impact of global fuel price volatility.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The broader energy sector felt the heaviest blow as the specific Energy Index, which tracks fuel and electricity directly, skyrocketed by 47.9% on an annual basis and rose 18.0% within the month of April. These increases have been compounded by a 21.3% rise in costs for housing, water, electricity, and gas.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Beyond energy, several other sectors recorded substantial price hikes. Healthcare saw a staggering 70.0% annual increase. Prices for restaurants and hotels rose by 18.5%, while alcoholic beverages and tobacco recorded a 17.1% increase.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In the food and non-alcoholic beverages category, prices increased by 5.8% annually, with specific staples such as meat rising by 12.2% and bread and cereals increasing by 10.0%. Notably, the price of locally produced goods rose by 13.6% annually, outpacing the 11.4% increase for imported goods.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Core inflation, which excludes volatile fresh products and energy, stood at 12.5%, suggesting that inflationary pressures are becoming embedded in the wider economy. The annual average inflation rate for the last twelve months was recorded at 8.2%.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In rural areas, the annual inflation rate reached 10.6%, with a significant monthly increase of 6.8%. Nationally, the Overall Rwanda Index rose to 11.5% compared to April 2025.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The NISR calculates the CPI by monitoring the prices of 1,622 products across Rwanda. To ensure accuracy, the institute collects over 29,482 price entries in urban centres and 10,744 in rural areas every month from markets, shops, hospitals, and schools.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Urban CPI remains the primary reference for the National Bank of Rwanda (BNR) in assessing economic stability and guiding monetary policy decisions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Rwanda\u2019s annual urban inflation rate surged to 13% in April 2026, up from 9.2% in March, as global economic pressures and energy supply disruptions hit the domestic market.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":131,"featured_media":2000111467,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[151,69],"byline":[192],"hashtag":[],"class_list":["post-2000111466","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-business","tag-editors-choice","tag-homehighlights","byline-wycliffe-nyamasege"],"bylines":[{"id":192,"name":"Wycliffe Nyamasege","slug":"wycliffe-nyamasege","description":"","image":{"id":0,"url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/?s=96&d=mm&f=y&r=g","alt":"Default avatar","title":"Default avatar","caption":"","mime_type":"image\/jpeg","sizes":[]},"user_id":131}],"contributors":[{"id":192,"name":"Wycliffe Nyamasege","slug":"wycliffe-nyamasege","description":"","image":{"id":0,"url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/?s=96&d=mm&f=y&r=g","alt":"Default avatar","title":"Default avatar","caption":"","mime_type":"image\/jpeg","sizes":[]},"user_id":131}],"featured_image":{"id":2000111467,"url":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Supermarket_0X.jpg","alt":"","caption":"","mime_type":"image\/jpeg","width":800,"height":600,"sizes":{"thumbnail":{"url":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Supermarket_0X.jpg","width":150,"height":113},"medium":{"url":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Supermarket_0X.jpg","width":300,"height":225},"medium_large":{"url":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Supermarket_0X.jpg","width":768,"height":576},"large":{"url":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Supermarket_0X.jpg","width":800,"height":600},"full":{"url":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Supermarket_0X.jpg","width":800,"height":600}}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2000111466","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/131"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2000111466"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2000111466\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2000111469,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2000111466\/revisions\/2000111469"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2000111467"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2000111466"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2000111466"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2000111466"},{"taxonomy":"byline","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/byline?post=2000111466"},{"taxonomy":"hashtag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/hashtag?post=2000111466"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}