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Inflation up in Iran

Business Materials 24 September 2019 13:09 (UTC +04:00)

Baku, Azerbaijan, Sept. 24

By Elnur Baghishov - Trend:

The inflation rate increased by 35 percent during the sixth month (Aug. 22 - Sept. 22) of the Iranian year (started on March 21, 2019) compared to the fifth month, Trend reports referring to the Iranian Statistical Center.

According to the center, families in Iran have spent an average by 35 percent more on some products and services.

Inflation index has decreased by 6.3 percent during the sixth month compared to the fifth month.

During the sixth month, the price index for food, beverages and tobacco products reached 45.2 percent, while for non-food items and services - 30.7 percent.

coefficient

Index

percentage change in index

In comparison with the fifth month

In comparison with the same month of last year

In comparison with the previous 12 months

Index

100

181.7

0.5

35.0

42.7

Food and Beverages

26.64

214.9

-1.4

46.0

62.6

Food

25.55

213.2

-1.7

45.0

62.5

Bread and grain

6.67

172.0

1.0

36.9

32.6

Meat and meat products

5.91

264.7

-1.3

63.0

82.5

Red meat and poultry meat

5.14

267.5

-1.3

63.0

82.5

Fish

0.77

246.0

-1.3

67.3

87.7

Milk, cheese and eggs

2.80

201.6

1.4

38.9

46.9

Oil

1.29

189.3

0.4

37.8

48.1

Fruit and dessert

3.43

215.2

-5.6

25.4

73.8

Sugar, jam, honey, chocolate

1.44

197.4

0.3

53.2

55.5

Other food products

0.98

260.0

-1.0

84.9

107.7

Tea, coffee, cocoa and other non-alcoholic beverages

1.10

255.4

5.1

68.2

64.1

Tobacco products

0.59

278.4

-0.4

21.8

99.2

Clothing and footwear

4.78

196.5

2.1

47.2

51.5

Housing, water, electricity, gas and other fuel

35.50

154.4

2.4

24.1

23.5

Furniture, home appliances

3.93

225.9

1.5

57.1

71.6

Health and medical treatment

7.14

157.6

0.8

27.0

25.4

Transportation

9.41

178.8

-1.0

29.8

45.6

Communication

2.87

146.3

-0.9

21.0

34.2

Entertainment

1.65

146.3

1.7

50.3

67.2

Education

1.86

151.6

2.3

24.7

22.0

Hotel and restaurant

1.44

182.1

1.4

44.7

40.9

Products and various services

4.18

198.2

0.9

39.3

51.4

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