In September, inflation was 1.24 percent

This is the highest reading for this month in three years and the largest increase since the beginning of 2023.
Inflation in Uzbekistan in September 2023 was 1.24 percent. This was stated in the report of the Statistics Agency.

This is the highest rate for this month in three years (2021 - 1.09 percent, 2022 - 1.03 percent), and also the largest increase since the beginning of 2023.

Last month, the price of food products increased by 1.8%, non-food products by 1%, and services by 0.6%.

Since the beginning of the year (January-September), inflation has increased to 5.13%, annual inflation (compared to September last year) has accelerated to 9.19% (8.96%). During the year, the price of food products increased by 11%, non-food products by 7.6%, and services by 8.2%.

Also, in the past month, housing rents have increased in a number of regions (by 2.4% on average in the republic).

In September, the price of general catering services increased by an average of 0.1% to 2.5% in nine provinces (from 0.3% to 5.3% in August).

The pilaf index has changed in a number of regions. The price of one serving of pilaf increased by 11.9% to 28,200 soums in Bukhara region, and by 7.3% (27,000 soums) in Samarkand region. Food prices also increased in Navoi and Kashkadarya regions (2 percent and 1.6 percent).