Zimbabwe Gold (ZiG) annual inflation fell further in February, dropping 0.3 percentage points from January to 3.8 per cent.
According to the Zimbabwe National Statistics Agency (ZimStat), the ZiG year-on-year inflation rate, measured by the all-items ZiG Consumer Price Index (CPI), stood at 3.8 per cent in February 2026, down from 4.1 per cent in January.
Month-on-month, prices rose by 0.1 per cent, up slightly from January’s flat rate. Food and non-alcoholic beverages saw a small decline of 0.1 per cent, while non-food items rose by 0.3 per cent.
The average month-on-month ZiG inflation for January to February 2026 was 0.1 per cent, a sharp slowdown compared with the 1.2 per cent average recorded between January and December 2025, highlighting a broader disinflation trend.
ZimStat also reported on US dollar inflation. Month-on-month USD inflation was 0.1 per cent, down from 0.2 per cent in January. Food prices remained stable, while non-food inflation held at 0.2 per cent. The USD year-on-year CPI stood at 0.9 per cent, slightly lower than January’s 1.0 per cent.
Blending both ZiG and USD price movements, the weighted month-on-month inflation rate was 0.1 per cent in February, down from 0.2 per cent in January. Weighted food and non-alcoholic beverages prices fell by 0.1 per cent, while the weighted year-on-year CPI dropped to 1.6 per cent from January’s 1.8 per cent.
ZimStat said that all price data was collected between 11 and 17 February 2026.
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