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Prices & inflation: every series

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How fast are prices rising?

is how much more the same shopping costs than a year before. Because rice, flour, fuel and most other goods are imported, world prices and shipping costs show up quickly on Malé’s shelves.

Inflation

How fast prices are rising, overall and for food, housing and transport.

The twelve-month change in consumer prices nationally, with the food, housing and transport components that most often drive it. A lower rate means prices are rising more slowly, not falling; only a negative rate means prices are lower than a year before.

MMA calls this: National inflation

Inflation
SeriesLatestPeriodvs a year ago
Inflation rate0.76%Aug 2026Aug 2026Down 3.35 percentage points
Food and beverages5.69%Aug 2026Aug 2026Up 1.11 percentage points
Housing, water, electricity, gas and other fuels0.68%Aug 2026Aug 2026Up 3.73 percentage points
Transport8.06%Aug 2026Aug 2026Up 8.59 percentage points

The price index

The price level behind inflation, split by kind of spending.

The index itself and its thirteen spending divisions. The level has no meaning on its own (it is set to 100 in a base period); what matters is how fast it changes. Divisions carry different weights, so a large move in a small division barely shifts the total.

MMA calls this: National consumer price index

The price index
SeriesLatestPeriodvs a year ago
Total index108.8Aug 2026Aug 2026Up 0.8%
Food and beverages123.1Aug 2026Aug 2026Up 5.7%
Tobacco and araca nut163.4Aug 2026Aug 2026Down 26.2%
Clothing and footwear102.8Aug 2026Aug 2026Up 0.3%
Housing, water, electricity, gas and other fuels99.7Aug 2026Aug 2026Up 0.7%
Furnishing household equipments. carpets, and other floor coverings103.6Aug 2026Aug 2026Up 0.7%
Health110.3Aug 2026Aug 2026Up 0.8%
Transport109.9Aug 2026Aug 2026Up 8.1%
Information and communication82.4Aug 2026Aug 2026Up 0.6%
Recreation, sport and culture104Aug 2026Aug 2026Up 2.3%
Education services107.1Aug 2026Aug 2026Up 0.3%
Restaurants and accommodation services114.4Aug 2026Aug 2026Up 1.9%
Insurance and financial services110.7Aug 2026Aug 2026Unchanged
Personal care, social protection and miscellaneous goods and services109.9Aug 2026Aug 2026Up 1.4%

Malé and the atolls

Prices measured separately in the capital and in the islands.

The same index and inflation rate measured separately for the capital and for the atolls, where the mix of spending differs.

MMA calls this: Malé and atolls

Malé and the atolls
SeriesLatestPeriodvs a year ago
Total index107.1Aug 2026Aug 2026Unchanged
Inflation rate0.04%Aug 2026Aug 2026Down 3.07 percentage points
Total index111.3Aug 2026Aug 2026Up 1.8%
Inflation rate1.83%Aug 2026Aug 2026Down 3.8 percentage points

Oil price

The world price of crude oil, which drives fuel and electricity costs here.

The world price of crude oil in US dollars a barrel. Fuel is imported, so this feeds into the import bill, electricity and transport costs.

MMA calls this: Commodity prices

Oil price
SeriesLatestPeriodvs a year ago
Crude oil pricesUS$84.4Aug 2026Aug 2026Up 26.5%