St John’s Antigua, February 6, 2026. The Statistics Division, under the Ministry of Finance and Corporate Governance releases the CPI for Dec 2025.
Year-on-Year Analysis
The Consumer Price Index increased by 3.1% for the twelve months ending December 2025.
The Food and Non-Alcoholic Beverage Index increased 2.9% over the last year. The Food Index rose 3.2% over the twelve months ending in December 2025. The Meat and Meat Products index rose 11.9% over the last year. The subcategories of Poultry and Beef and Veal contributed the largest change in inflation for Meat and Meat Products. The index for Beef and Veal increased by 17.6% while the index for Poultry rose 14.7%. The index for Fish and Seafood rose 8.0% over the same period and contributed a 26.5% change in Food inflation. The index for Milk, Cheese and Eggs increased by 6.1% over the twelve months ending December and the Index for Bread and Cereals rose 3.0% over the same period. In contrast, the indexes for Fruit, Vegetables and Oil and Fats all declined. The index for Fruit declined by 5.4%, Vegetables (-3.9%) and Oil and Fats (-2.1%).
The index for Non-Alcoholic Beverages rose 1.2%, with the indexes for Mineral and Fruit and Vegetable Juices increasing 7.4% and 4.4%
respectively.
The index for All Items Less Food and Energy rose by 3.0% over the past twelve months. The Transport Services index increased 35.6% over the last year. The index for Actual Rental for Housing increased 2.5% over the last year. Other indexes with notable increases over the last year include Education (+13.3%), Restaurants and Hotels (+5.1%) and Alcoholic Beverages (+3.7%).
Month-to-Month Price Changes
The Consumer Price Index (CPI) increased 1.9% in December 2025 when compared to November 2025. The Food and Non-Alcoholic Beverages Index increased by 3.3% over the month.
The Food Index rose 3.5% over the one-month period. Eight of the nine supermarket food groups indexes increased in December 2025. The index for Meat and Meat Products rose 9.8%, with five of its six subcategories increasing. The Fish and Seafood index increased 4.7% in December 2025. The index for Food Products N.E.C increased 4.2% and the index for Milk, Cheese and Eggs increased by 2.4%. The Index for Oils and Fats and Fruit rose 2.0% and 1.6% respectively. In contrast, the index for Sugar, Jams, Honey, Chocolate and Confectionery decreased by 1.0% as the indexes for Edible Ice, Ice cream and sorbet and Sugar fell 2.7% and 1.4% respectively.
The index for All Items less Food and Energy rose by 1.7% in December 2025. The airline fares index rose 34.6% in December and the index for Actual Rentals for Housing increased 0.7% in December. The Alcoholic Beverages, Tobacco and Narcotics index rose 0.1%. over the same period. The Furnishings, Household Equipment and Routine Household Maintenance index declined 0.4%. The index for Health fell 0.1% while indexes for Miscellaneous Goods and Services, Restaurants and Hotels and Recreation and Culture remained unchanged.
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Methodology
What is the consumer price index (CPI) measuring and how is it done?
The All Items Consumer Price Index (CPI) is the main measure of what is commonly called inflation, or headline inflation. It measures the change in prices, on average, from month to month, and from year to year of the goods and services bought by most households.
Prices are collected monthly and quarterly from supermarkets and other suppliers of goods and services. The pattern of household expenditure on these goods and services is derived from a regular household budget (or expenditure) survey (HBS). The prices and spending patterns (known as weights) are then combined to calculate the price indices for groups of goods and services and for the All Items index. These indices are based on expenditure patterns in 2006.
The All Items (or overall) index, with all of its twelve (12) component indices, is published each month. For a detailed account of the methodology used in calculating the CPI, please call the National Bureau of Statistics.
Copies of the CPI for Dec 2025 can be accessed on the National Bureau of Statistics website www.statistics.gov.ag
Monthly CPI Publication: