Economy · Headline inflation · Guinea
Guinea’s headline inflation was 5.4% y/y in May 2026.
5.4% y/y
May 2026
Up 0.82 pp from Apr 2026.
Stale — last updated 8 Oct 2026
In plain words
5.4% y/y
What it is. Headline inflation tracks the price of a representative basket of goods and services bought by households, compared with the same month a year earlier. The all-items index averages every category together, so a household that spends more on food or transport than the average basket will feel a different rate from the headline. Because it compares with twelve months earlier, a single month's price jump stays in the figure for a full year.
Lower is better. Falling prices growth keeps wages, pensions and savings worth more, so a lower reading is better. Guinea's latest figure, for May 2026, is 5.4% y/y, up from 3.1% y/y a year earlier, a rise of 2.3 percentage points. Since Jun 2024 the series has ranged from a low of 2.9% y/y in Apr 2025 to a high of 8.4% y/y in Aug 2024. The current reading sits a little below the middle of that range, well above the trough of April 2025.
Why it matters. At 5.4% y/y, a household in Guinea needs its income to rise at about that pace to keep its buying power unchanged. Firms face quicker increases in input costs than a year ago, which complicates pricing and wage decisions. The state has to watch whether the climb from the April 2025 low continues in the coming monthly releases.
| Period | Headline inflation · Guinea |
|---|---|
| Jun 2024 | 8.1% y/y |
| Jul 2024 | 7.9% y/y |
| Aug 2024 | 8.4% y/y |
| Sep 2024 | 8.3% y/y |
| Oct 2024 | 7.9% y/y |
| Nov 2024 | 7.9% y/y |
| Dec 2024 | 6.4% y/y |
| Jan 2025 | 5.2% y/y |
| Feb 2025 | 4.3% y/y |
| Mar 2025 | 3.7% y/y |
| Apr 2025 | 2.9% y/y |
| May 2025 | 3.1% y/y |
| Jun 2025 | 3.2% y/y |
| Jul 2025 | 3.1% y/y |
| Aug 2025 | 3.3% y/y |
| Sep 2025 | 3.2% y/y |
| Oct 2025 | 3.6% y/y |
| Nov 2025 | 3.6% y/y |
| Dec 2025 | 3.7% y/y |
| Jan 2026 | 4% y/y |
| Feb 2026 | 4.3% y/y |
| Mar 2026 | 5% y/y |
| Apr 2026 | 4.6% y/y |
| May 2026 | 5.4% y/y |
Source: International Monetary Fund, Consumer Price Index (CPI) · Licence: IMF Terms of Use
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Strata-AF™ Data, Headline inflation, Guinea, May 2026; source International Monetary Fund, Consumer Price Index (CPI), retrieved 8 Oct 2026; https://data.strata-af.com/economy/inflation/guinea
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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.