Kinshasa, November 11th, 2025 (CPA). – National inflation for the first week of November 2025 stood at 0.016%, according to a note sent to members of the Economic Committee of the Government of the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) concerning changes in the consumer price index, consulted by the CPA on Tuesday. “During the first week of November 2025, national inflation stood at 0.016%, compared with 0.097% the previous week, and at 0.011% compared with 0.074% a week earlier in Kinshasa. Cumulatively, inflation reached 1.442% nationally and 1.331% in Kinshasa,” the note said. According to the document, annualized inflation stands at 1.668% nationally and 1.539% in Kinshasa. Year-on-year, it reached 2.433% nationally and 2.380% in Kinshasa. According to the same source, the price increase observed during the week is mainly due to the contribution of cereals, fruit, fish, spices and fuel.
Contribution of household consumption functions to the change in the index
Furthermore, this note addressed to the members of the Government’s Economic Committee on the evolution of the household consumer price index for the first week of November 2025 specifies that, due to their respective weight, certain household consumption functions contributed significantly to national inflation. These include food and non-alcoholic beverages, which accounted for 91.601%, and housing, water, electricity, gas and other fuels, which accounted for 8.399%.