Mauritania consumer prices rise 1.2% month on month in August
ANSADE reported increases in food and the housing group that includes energy; the year-on-year change was 8.9%.
Event / data period: 2026-08
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Mauritania’s statistics agency ANSADE said in a September 10, 2026 release that its national consumer price index rose 1.2% in August compared with July. Food and non-alcoholic beverages increased 1.7% month on month, housing, water, gas, electricity and other fuels 1.2%, and transport 1.3%. The detailed report records a 2.4% rise for gas and 4.0% for fuels.
The index was 8.9% higher than in the same month a year earlier. Inflation measured on a twelve-month average basis was 5.6%. These comparisons measure different changes; the housing-group increase also does not establish a separate change in gas or electricity prices.
Data
August consumer price indicators
ANSADE national INPC changes; energy is part of the housing group.
- INPC monthly change
- 1.2 percent
- 2026-08 · Observed
- INPC year-on-year change
- 8.9 percent
- 2026-08 · Observed
- Twelve-month average inflation
- 5.6 percent
- 2026-08 · Observed
- Food-group monthly change
- 1.7 percent
- 2026-08 · Observed
- Housing and energy group monthly change
- 1.2 percent
- 2026-08 · Observed
- Transport monthly change
- 1.3 percent
- 2026-08 · Observed
- Gas-price monthly change
- 2.4 percent
- 2026-08 · Observed
- Fuel-price monthly change
- 4 percent
- 2026-08 · Observed
Methodology
Records source rates directly. Monthly, annual and twelve-month-average comparisons are separate measures and are not combined.
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National consumer price index (2019=100)
Monthly index levels reported for August 2025–August 2026.
| Event / data period | index points | Data |
|---|---|---|
| 2025-08 | 128 | Observed |
| 2025-09 | 128.4 | Observed |
| 2025-10 | 128.7 | Observed |
| 2025-11 | 129.2 | Observed |
| 2025-12 | 130.2 | Observed |
| 2026-01 | 130.5 | Observed |
| 2026-02 | 130.8 | Observed |
| 2026-03 | 130.8 | Observed |
| 2026-04 | 134.8 | Observed |
| 2026-05 | 136.4 | Observed |
| 2026-06 | 137.2 | Observed |
| 2026-07 | 137.8 | Observed |
| 2026-08 | 139.5 | Observed |
Methodology
Source table values are stored in increasing month order without recalculation. INPC uses 2019=100; prices in five representative cities and 2019 household-consumption weights form the national index.
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