TIRI MASAWI
The price of goods and services remained stable in the past month, but not so for whisky drinkers in Khomas Region.
This is according to the latest Consumer Price Index released by the Namibia Statistics Agency on Thursday.
“The headline annual inflation rate for September 2025 stood at 3.5 percent, slightly higher than the 3.4 percent recorded in September 2024. On a monthly basis, inflation remained constant at 0.0% consistent with the month-on-month inflation rate recorded in the previous month,” Statistician general Alex Shimuafeni said.
There are two measures of inflation. The headline inflation, which is the total measure of price increases across all goods and services in an economy, including volatile items like food and energy, while the core inflation excludes selected volatile items to reveal the underlying, longer- term inflationary trend.
Zonal inflation rates for the month of September 2025 revealed that Zone 1 including Kavango East, Kavango West,Kunene, Ohangwena, Omusati, Oshana, Oshikoto, Otjozondjupa, and Zambezi regions recorded the highest annual inflation rate at 3.8%.
This was followed by Zone 3 which includes //Kharas, Erongo, Hardap, Omaheke regions) at 3.4%, while Zone 2 Khomas region recorded the lowest rate of 3.2%.
“Analysis of average retail prices for selected products in September 2025 revealed that consumers in Zone 2 paid the highest price for Biltong (per kg) at N$568.16, followed by Zone 1 at N$532.93, while the lowest price was paid by Zone 3 consumers at N$416.51. In addition, consumers in Zone 2 paid the highest price
for Whisky-assorted (750ml) at N$266.26, followed by Zone 3 at N$262.29, with Zone 1 consumers paying the lowest price at N$254.58,” Shimuafeni said.
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