Key data points
Last release
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Observation period
Oct 2024
Next release
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Forecast
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Highest
11.70 % on Aug 31, 2008
Lowest
−1.15 % on May 31, 1998
About Kuwait inflation rate YoY
In Kuwait, the most important categories of the Consumer Price Index (CPI) are: housing (33 percent); food and beverages (17 percent); furnishing and household equipment (11 percent); clothing and footwear (8 percent) and transport (8 percent). The index also includes miscellaneous goods and services (6 percent); education (4 percent); communication (4 percent); recreation and culture (4 percent); restaurants and hotels (3 percent); health (1 percent) and tobacco (0.3 percent).
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Frequently Asked Questions
The highest figure Kuwait inflation rate YoY has ever reached is 11.70%.
The lowest ever Kuwait inflation rate YoY is −1.15%.
Last month Kuwait inflation rate YoY was 2.44%, and the month before that it amounted to 2.75%.