1.1% Increase in consumer prices in January. ©Shutterstock
The Central Administration of Statistics (CAS) reported on Friday that Lebanon’s Consumer Price Index for January 2025 recorded a 1.1% increase, following a 0.18% decline in September 2024 compared to August 2024. This was the first increase in over a year, after record surges in 2023 (33.27% in March and 5.35% in May).
However, the index saw a 16.09% year-on-year increase, CAS stated in a press release.
The highest increases were recorded in the Nabatieh governorate (+2.62%), followed by Mount Lebanon (+1.44%), North Lebanon (+1.05%), Beirut (+0.61%), South Lebanon (+0.15%) and Beqaa (+0.07%).
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