Economy · Headline inflation · Tanzania
Tanzania’s headline inflation rose to 4.3% y/y in Aug 2026.
4.3% y/y
Aug 2026
Up 0.14 pp from Jul 2026.
Updated 8 Oct 2026
In plain words
4.3% y/y
What it is. Headline inflation tracks the average price of the goods and services a typical household buys, and reports how much that basket costs compared with the same month a year earlier. Because each reading covers a full year of price moves, it changes gradually and smooths out one-month spikes. An average basket can differ from what an individual household faces, since families who spend more of their budget on food or fuel feel price moves in those items more strongly.
Lower is better. Lower is better because slower price rises protect what wages and savings can buy and make it easier for households and firms to plan. The latest figure is 4.3% y/y for August 2026, up from 3.4% y/y a year earlier, a rise of 0.86 percentage points. Since Sep 2024 the range has run from a low of 3% y/y in October 2024 to a high of 4.3% y/y, and the latest reading sits at that top end.
Why it matters. At 4.3 per cent, a typical household basket costs noticeably more than it did in August 2025, so weekly spending on food, transport and rent stretches less far unless incomes have risen at the same pace. Firms face higher input costs and are likelier to ask for higher prices or revisit wage bargains. For the state, a rising rate is the trend to watch in the monthly releases, since the low of 3% y/y in October 2024 shows how much room has been used.
| Period | Headline inflation · Tanzania |
|---|---|
| Sep 2024 | 3.1% y/y |
| Oct 2024 | 3% y/y |
| Nov 2024 | 3% y/y |
| Dec 2024 | 3.1% y/y |
| Jan 2025 | 3.1% y/y |
| Feb 2025 | 3.2% y/y |
| Mar 2025 | 3.3% y/y |
| Apr 2025 | 3.2% y/y |
| May 2025 | 3.2% y/y |
| Jun 2025 | 3.3% y/y |
| Jul 2025 | 3.3% y/y |
| Aug 2025 | 3.4% y/y |
| Sep 2025 | 3.4% y/y |
| Oct 2025 | 3.5% y/y |
| Nov 2025 | 3.4% y/y |
| Dec 2025 | 3.6% y/y |
| Jan 2026 | 3.3% y/y |
| Feb 2026 | 3.2% y/y |
| Mar 2026 | 3.2% y/y |
| Apr 2026 | 4% y/y |
| May 2026 | 4.2% y/y |
| Jun 2026 | 4% y/y |
| Jul 2026 | 4.2% y/y |
| Aug 2026 | 4.3% y/y |
Source: International Monetary Fund, Consumer Price Index (CPI) · Licence: IMF Terms of Use
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Strata-AF™ Data, Headline inflation, Tanzania, Aug 2026; source International Monetary Fund, Consumer Price Index (CPI), retrieved 8 Oct 2026; https://data.strata-af.com/economy/inflation/tanzania
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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.