Economy · Headline inflation · Angola
Angola’s headline inflation fell to 8.4% y/y in Sep 2026.
8.4% y/y
Sep 2026
Down 0.35 pp from Aug 2026.
Updated 22 Oct 2026
In plain words
8.4% y/y
What it is. Headline inflation measures the change in the consumer price index, covering all items, against the same month a year earlier. Because it compares with a year earlier, a sharp price rise stays in the figure for a year and then drops out, so the rate can fall quickly once a past surge passes. It is an average across the whole basket, so the experience of any one household depends on what it spends its money on.
Lower is better. Lower inflation means wages and savings lose less purchasing power each month, and prices are easier to plan around. At 8.8% y/y in Aug 2026, Angola's inflation is down from 18.9% y/y a year earlier, a fall of 10.1 percentage points. It is the lowest reading since Sep 2024. At the start of that window, in Sep 2024, the rate stood at 29.9% y/y.
Why it matters. For households, prices rising at 8.8% y/y erode incomes far more slowly than the 29.9% y/y pace of Sep 2024, so a month's wages buy more of the same shopping than they would have under the earlier rate. Firms can set prices and agree wages with less guesswork. For the state, slower price growth means public salaries and pensions lose real value more gently, and budgets drawn up against the earlier pace may need revisiting.
| Period | Headline inflation · Angola |
|---|---|
| Oct 2024 | 29.2% y/y |
| Nov 2024 | 28.4% y/y |
| Dec 2024 | 27.5% y/y |
| Jan 2025 | 26.5% y/y |
| Feb 2025 | 25.3% y/y |
| Mar 2025 | 23.9% y/y |
| Apr 2025 | 22.3% y/y |
| May 2025 | 20.7% y/y |
| Jun 2025 | 19.7% y/y |
| Jul 2025 | 19.5% y/y |
| Aug 2025 | 18.9% y/y |
| Sep 2025 | 18.2% y/y |
| Oct 2025 | 17.4% y/y |
| Nov 2025 | 16.6% y/y |
| Dec 2025 | 15.7% y/y |
| Jan 2026 | 14.6% y/y |
| Feb 2026 | 13.4% y/y |
| Mar 2026 | 12.4% y/y |
| Apr 2026 | 11.6% y/y |
| May 2026 | 10.9% y/y |
| Jun 2026 | 10.1% y/y |
| Jul 2026 | 9.3% y/y |
| Aug 2026 | 8.8% y/y |
| Sep 2026 | 8.4% y/y |
Source: International Monetary Fund, Consumer Price Index (CPI) · Licence: IMF Terms of Use
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Strata-AF™ Data, Headline inflation, Angola, Sep 2026; source International Monetary Fund, Consumer Price Index (CPI), retrieved 22 Oct 2026; https://data.strata-af.com/economy/inflation/angola
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Consumer price index, all items, change on the same month a year earlier. Unit: % y/y.
Source: International Monetary Fund, Consumer Price Index (CPI) dataset, used under the IMF Terms of Use. Published monthly; the IMF's own source notes apply.