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Rwanda’s Producer Prices Rise in December Following Inflationary Pressures

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  • Producer Price Index (PPI) rose 0.2% year-on-year in December but fell 0.5% month-on-month
  • Export PPI surged 5.9% due to higher tea and mining prices, while local PPI declined 2.5%

Rwanda’s general Producer Price Index (PPI) increased by 0.2% year-on-year in December, according to data from the National Institute of Statistics. However, on a month-on-month basis, the index declined by 0.5%.

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