The latest figures published by Statistics Mauritius report that year-on-year inflation was 3.9% in January 2026, compared to 1.9% in January 2025.

Accelerating inflation confirms pressure increasing in household purchasing power at the start of the year. In fact, The consumer price index (CPI) rose by 0.9% between December 2025 and January 2026, going from 108.2 to 109.1 points. Several positions of Expenditure explains this trend, in particular the rise in vegetable prices and the wages of workers, who contributed 0.2 percentage points.

The education sector has registered a marked increase of 3.7% while financial services and insurance jumped by 3.5%. Housing and energy grew by 2.0%, and health by 1.3%. On the other hand, the prices of transport and communications have remained stable. Core inflation indicators confirm this upward trend. CORE1 inflation reached 4.3% in January 2026 compared to 3% a year earlier, while CORE2 stood at 5.6 %. Over twelve months, average inflation — known as “headline” — stood at 3.8%, up from 3.3% the previous year.