DECEMBER 2013€¦ · During December 2013 the Furnishing, Household Equipment etc group recorded an annual inflation rate of 4.9 percent as com-pared to 5.3 percent recorded a month

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NAMIBIA CONSUMER PRICE INDEX BULLETIN DECEMBER 2013

NAMIBIA CONSUMER PRICE INDEX BULLETIN

DECEMBER 2013

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Preface 4

Summary of Contents 5

Table 1. Namibia CPI, all items index, monthly and annual percentage changes 8

Table 2. Namibia CPI, by main groups and sub-groups 9

Table 3: Namibia CPI for December 2013 (Month on Month Changes) by main groups and sub-groups 11

Table 4: Namibia CPI for December 2013 (Year on Year Changes) by main groups and sub groups 13

Table 5: Namibia CPI for December 2013 (Changes since last December) by main groups 15

Table 6: Namibia CPI for December 2013 by major groups and corresponding sub-groups 17

Table 7: Namibia CPI by main groups 18

Table 8: Namibia CPI trends over the last four months 19

Table 9: Namibia CPI; Goods and Services 20

Table 10: Namibia CPI; Group contribution to overall CPI 21

Contents

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PrefaceThe Namibia Consumer Price Index (NCPI) encompasses all the expenditures on goods and services that Namibian private house-holds make. It is compiled by comparing the prices of the goods and services of the month under review with the price of those goods and services in December 2012. More than 9000 prices of goods and services are collected on a monthly basis from more than 900 retail outlets in 8 localities.

The item indices are calculated as unweighted geometric averages of price ratios while the higher-level indices are calculated as weighted arithmetic averages of the item indices by using chained Laspeyres index number formulae. The NCPI weights represent the expenditure share of each commodity in the 2009/10 Namibia Household Income and Expenditure Survey. The Consumer Price Index is published about 15 days after the end of the reference month to which it relates.

The NCPI is used as the basis to calculate the rate of inflation as experienced by households in their role as consumers. The infla-tion rate measures the change in the NCPI of the month under review to the previous month (month-on-month change) as well as to the same month in the previous year (year-on-year change). The NCPI and the inflation rates are vital for purposes of economic policy-making, especially the conduct of monetary policy.

The inflation rate is used in a wide variety of public and private contracts for the purpose of adjusting payments (such as wages, rents, interest and social security benefits). It therefore, has substantial and wide-ranging financial implications for governments and businesses, as well as for households.

John SteytlerStatistician-General

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Summary CommentsAll Items Index

The All Items Index for December 2013 stood at 104.9 indicating an increase of 0.2 percentage points as compared to November index of 104.7. This increase resulted from monthly increases recorded in all the groups comprising the Namibia CPI with the ex-ception of Communications and Transport which recorded declines of 1.2 and 0.3 percent respectively. The Education and Health categories remained unchanged.

The All Items Index rose to 104.9 in December 2013 from 100 in December 2012 (base period), recording an increase of 4.9 percentage points. The highest indices recorded between December 2012 and December 2013 were; Alcoholic beverages and tobacco 108.4, Transport 106.9, Food and Non alcoholic beverages and Hotels, cafes and restaurants indices both stood at 106.1. The categories of Communication, Miscellaneous goods and services and Housing registered the lowest indices of 99.9, 102.3 and 102.9 respectively during the indicated period.

Food and Non alcoholic beverages

The year 2013 was characterized by relatively stable Food and Non alcoholic beverages price movements on an annual basis as compared to the preceding year. The annual inflation rates for this category for 2013 fluctuated between 4.3 and 8.2 percent re-corded in the months of November and June respectively. The two digit level annual inflation rates were witnessed in the year 2012 where the rate of inflation hovered between 7.2 and 11.4 percent registered in August and February as compared to the single digit recorded throughout the year 2013.

During the year 2013 the subcategory Fruit recorded the highest annual inflation rate of 16.6 percent recorded in the month of June while a year earlier the highest annual inflation rate of 18.6 percent was registered in the Meat category in April. On the other hand the lowest annual inflation rates of -1.7 and 1.6 percent for the years 2012 and 2013 were recorded for Fruit and Bread and cereals subcategories observed in the months of April and November.

The Food and Non alcoholic beverages index for the month of December 2013 stood at 106.1 compared to 105.4 recorded in November 2013, translating into an increase of 0.7 percentage points. These increases were shown in the subgroups of Meat (1.8 percent), Fruits (1.4 percent), Milk, cheese and eggs (1.2 percent), Bread and cereals (1.2 percent), Food (0.8 percent) and Fish (0.3 percent). In the category of meat the increase resulted from increases recorded in bacon (4.2 percent), minced meat (3.9 percent), beef (2.7 percent) and Mutton/ Lamb (2.4 percent).

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Monthly and annual inflation rates

The monthly and annual inflation rates for the December 2013 stood at 0.1 and 4.9 percent as compared to -0.3 and 6.7 percent recorded during the same period a year earlier.

The average monthly and average annual inflation rates for the period January to December 2013 stood at 0.4 and 5.6 percent. The corresponding rates registered during the same period in the year 2012 were 0.5 and 6.7 percent respectively.

The annual inflation rates for the major groups comprising the NCPI were Food and Non-alcoholic beverages (6.1 per-cent), Alcoholic beverages and tobacco (7.7 percent), Housing, water, electricity, gas and other fuels (2.9 percent) and Transport (6.9 percent). Corresponding rates recorded during the same period a year earlier were estimated as; Food and Non alcoholic beverages 7.7 percent, Alcoholic beverages and tobacco 8.8 percent, Housing, water, electricity, gas and other fuels 7.3 percent and Transport 5.4 percent.

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Goods and services

The monthly and annual inflation rates for Goods for the month of December 2013 stood at 0.3 and 6.8 percent as compared to those for Services which were estimated as -0.1 and 2.4 percent indicating that prices of goods accelerated faster than those for services during December 2013.

Furnishing, Household Equipment etc

During December 2013 the Furnishing, Household Equipment etc group recorded an annual inflation rate of 4.9 percent as com-pared to 5.3 percent recorded a month earlier and 7.3 percent witnessed in December 2012.

The detailed results of the Namibia CPI for the month of December 2013 are displayed in Tables 1-10 and in Charts 1-8 respectively on the following pages.

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NAMIBIA CONSUMER PRICE INDEX BULLETIN DECEMBER 2013 3

Index Monthly inflation rate Annual inflation rate

2011Feb 89.1 0.1 3.0Mar 89.8 0.7 3.6Apr 90.6 1.0 4.7May 91.1 0.5 5.1Jun 91.3 0.2 5.3Jul 91.9 0.6 4.7Aug 92.2 0.4 5.3Sep 92.2 0.0 5.1Oct 93.0 0.8 6.2Nov 93.3 0.3 6.2Dec 94.0 0.8 7.4An. Av 91.5 0.6 5.0

2012Jan 95.1 1.1 6.8Feb 95.8 0.8 7.5Mar 96.3 0.5 7.2Apr 96.6 0.3 6.6May 96.8 0.2 6.3Jun 96.6 -0.2 5.8Jul 97.6 1.0 6.3Aug 97.9 0.3 6.1Sep 98.7 0.8 7.0Oct 99.6 0.9 7.1Nov 100.3 0.7 7.5Dec 100.0 -0.3 6.4An. Av 97.6 0.5 6.7

2013Jan 100.9 0.9 6.2Feb 101.4 0.4 5.8Mar 101.9 0.6 5.9Apr 102.3 0.3 5.9May 102.4 0.1 5.8June 102.7 0.2 6.2July 103.4 0.7 5.9Aug 103.8 0.4 6.0Sep 104.1 0.3 5.4Oct 104.5 0.4 4.9Nov 104.7 0.2 4.4Dec 104.9 0.1 4.9An. Av 103.1 0.4 5.6

Table 1: Namibia CPI: All-Items Index, monthly and annual percentage changes (Dec 2012 =100)Period

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Table 2: Namibia CPI from January 2002 to December 2013 by main groups and sub-groups (Dec.2012=100)Jul-13 Aug-13 Sep-13 Oct-13 Nov-13 Dec-13

00 ALL ITEMS 103.4 103.8 104.1 104.5 104.7 104.9

01 FOOD AND NON-ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES 102.4 103.1 103.5 104.6 105.4 106.1Food 102.2 103.0 103.5 104.7 105.6 106.4Bread and cereals 99.9 102.1 102.3 103.7 103.6 104.8Meat 102.3 101.6 102.8 103.5 105.8 107.7Fish 101.1 101.6 101.7 102.6 102.5 102.9Milk, cheese and eggs 106.0 106.9 106.5 107.5 108.6 109.9Oils and fats 101.6 101.8 103.1 104.0 104.1 103.0Fruit 102.9 102.5 103.6 104.5 108.9 110.4Vegetables including potatoes and other tubers 104.1 104.8 104.9 107.7 110.8 110.6Sugar, jam, honey, syrups, chocolate and confectionery 106.2 106.7 106.9 107.8 107.1 106.4Food products n.e.c. 102.1 102.2 103.3 104.3 104.2 104.5Non-alcoholic beverages 103.7 103.8 103.8 103.6 103.6 102.9Coffee, tea and cocoa 105.0 104.0 104.2 104.3 104.7 104.3Mineral waters, soft drinks and juices 103.4 103.7 103.7 103.4 103.4 102.6

02 ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES AND TOBACCO 107.8 108.0 108.0 108.0 108.0 108.4Alcoholic beverages 108.8 108.9 108.8 108.8 108.7 109.2Tobacco 104.0 104.5 104.9 104.8 105.3 105.3

03 CLOTHING AND FOOTWEAR 102.2 102.2 102.4 103.1 103.5 103.9Clothing 101.9 102.1 102.2 102.7 103.0 103.4Clothing materials 102.3 103.3 103.5 104.5 104.5 108.5Ready-made clothing 101.9 102.1 102.1 102.7 103.0 103.3Men's clothing 102.0 103.2 103.5 104.9 104.8 106.0Women's clothing 102.1 101.6 101.6 102.6 103.2 103.1Children's clothing 101.5 101.5 101.4 100.8 101.2 101.2Boys' clothing 101.1 101.3 101.3 101.3 101.3 101.7Girls' clothing 101.3 101.2 101.0 100.1 100.8 99.8Infants' clothing 103.1 103.1 103.2 102.3 102.4 105.1Other articles of clothing and clothing accessories 103.6 103.1 102.4 102.3 102.8 102.1Dry cleaning, repair and hire of clothing 100.5 100.5 100.5 100.5 100.5 100.5Footwear 102.7 102.5 102.9 103.9 104.4 104.8Adult footwear 102.4 101.9 102.0 103.1 103.6 104.1Children's footwear 103.7 104.7 106.4 107.4 107.4 107.2Repair of footwear 101.6 104.3 105.7 105.7 105.7 105.7

04 HOUSING, WATER, ELECTRICITY, GAS AND OTHER FUELS 102.6 102.7 103.1 103.1 102.9 102.9Rental payments for dwelling (both owners and renters) 101.7 101.7 101.7 101.7 101.7 101.7Regular maintenance and repair of dwelling 102.5 103.5 104.1 104.7 104.8 104.4Water supply, sewerage service and refuse collection 103.9 104.6 112.9 112.9 113.0 112.1Electricity gas and other fuels 107.5 108.0 108.5 108.6 107.6 107.7

05 FURNISHINGS, HOUSEHOLD EQUIPMENT AND ROUTINE MAINTENANCE OF THE HOUSE 102.9 103.3 103.4 103.4 104.5 104.9Furniture, furnishings, decorations, carpets, floor coverings, incl. repairs 102.7 101.9 101.3 100.4 102.1 103.0Furniture and furnishings 102.8 101.9 101.3 100.4 102.2 103.0Carpets and other floor coverings 100.4 100.4 101.4 99.7 100.0 103.5Repair of furnishings and floor coverings 102.2 102.4 102.3 102.3 103.2 103.2Household textiles 103.0 106.0 105.6 106.2 108.3 108.6Heating and cooking appliances, refrigerators, washing machines and similar major household appliances, etc 104.4 105.1 106.3 106.0 106.3 106.8Glassware, tableware and household utensils 106.1 105.5 105.7 106.3 106.0 106.2Tools and equipment for house and garden 101.3 101.8 102.1 102.8 102.9 102.9Goods and services for routine household maintenance 102.1 102.5 102.9 103.6 104.4 104.5

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Table 2: Namibia CPI from January 2002 to December 2013 by main groups and sub-groups (Dec.2012=100)Jul-13 Aug-13 Sep-13 Oct-13 Nov-13 Dec-13

06HEALTH 103.3 103.4 103.4 103.9 104.4 104.4

Medical products, appliances and equipment 104.8 105.1 105.1 105.4 106.1 106.1

Outpatient Services, medical, dental and paramedical 102.7 102.7 102.7 103.3 103.8 103.8

Hospital services 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.007

TRANSPORT 103.8 105.1 105.5 106.8 107.3 106.9Purchase of vehicles 104.9 105.8 105.8 108.5 110.1 110.9

Operation of personal transport equipment 103.9 105.6 106.3 107.5 107.7 106.9

Public transportation services 102.3 102.3 102.3 102.3 102.4 102.508

COMMUNICATIONS 100.2 100.3 100.7 100.9 101.1 99.909

RECREATION AND CULTURE 103.3 103.7 104.1 104.6 104.9 105.2Audio-visual, photographic and data processing equip. incl. repairs 103.8 103.7 103.7 105.2 105.1 105.1

Other major durables for recreation and culture 103.0 106.3 106.3 110.0 110.5 109.4Other recreational items and equipment; flowers, gardens and pets 101.0 101.4 102.0 102.4 103.0 103.9

Recreation and cultural services 101.8 102.3 102.3 102.3 102.3 102.3

Newspapers, books and stationery 102.7 103.7 104.4 104.5 105.0 106.0

Package holidays 124.8 120.4 124.8 122.4 125.9 124.410

EDUCATION 104.0 104.0 104.0 104.0 104.0 104.0Pre-primary and primary education (ages 2 to 6 years) 112.6 112.6 112.6 112.6 112.6 112.6

Secondary education (ages 7 to 17 years) 103.8 103.8 103.8 103.8 103.8 103.8

Tertiary education 103.2 103.2 103.2 103.2 103.2 103.211

HOTELS, CAFES AND RESTAURANTS 105.4 106.5 106.5 105.6 105.3 106.1Catering 103.2 105.2 105.3 105.6 105.7 106.1

Accommodation services 107.9 107.9 108.0 105.7 104.8 106.212

MISCELLANEOUS GOODS AND SERVICES 101.3 101.3 101.6 101.8 102.0 102.3Personal care 102.4 103.1 103.7 103.8 104.2 104.4

Personal effects n.e.c. 101.3 100.5 101.4 102.0 102.6 103.9

Insurance 102.1 102.1 102.1 102.1 102.1 102.1

Financial services n.e.c. 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0

Other services n.e.c. 100.4 100.4 100.4 100.4 100.5 100.5

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Table 3: Namibia CPI from January 2002 to December 2013 (Month-on-Month Changes) by main groups and sub-groups (Dec.2012=100)Jul-13 Aug-13 Sep-13 Oct-13 Nov-13 Dec-13

00 ALL ITEMS 0.7 0.4 0.3 0.4 0.2 0.1

01 FOOD AND NON-ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES 0.1 0.7 0.4 1.0 0.7 0.7Food 0.0 0.7 0.5 1.1 0.8 0.8Bread and cereals -0.1 2.1 0.3 1.4 -0.1 1.2Meat -0.3 -0.7 1.1 0.7 2.2 1.8Fish 0.0 0.4 0.1 0.9 -0.1 0.3Milk, cheese and eggs 1.2 0.8 -0.3 0.9 1.0 1.2Oils and fats -0.1 0.2 1.2 0.9 0.0 -1.0Fruit -0.7 -0.4 1.0 0.9 3.7 1.4Vegetables including potatoes and other tubers 1.5 0.7 0.1 2.6 2.9 -0.1Sugar, jam, honey, syrups, chocolate and confectionery -0.1 0.5 0.2 0.8 -0.7 -0.7Food products n.e.c. -0.8 0.1 1.1 1.0 0.0 0.3Non-alcoholic beverages 0.3 0.1 0.0 -0.2 0.1 -0.7Coffee, tea and cocoa 1.0 -0.9 0.1 0.1 0.4 -0.4Mineral waters, soft drinks and juices 0.1 0.3 0.0 -0.3 0.0 -0.8

02 ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES AND TOBACCO 0.5 0.2 0.0 -0.1 0.1 0.3Alcoholic beverages 0.4 0.1 -0.1 -0.1 -0.1 0.4Tobacco 0.9 0.5 0.4 -0.1 0.5 0.0

03 CLOTHING AND FOOTWEAR 0.5 0.1 0.1 0.7 0.4 0.4Clothing 0.5 0.2 0.0 0.6 0.3 0.4Clothing materials 0.0 1.0 0.1 1.0 0.0 3.8Ready-made clothing 0.5 0.2 0.0 0.6 0.3 0.3Men's clothing 0.9 1.2 0.2 1.4 -0.1 1.1Women's clothing 0.4 -0.5 0.0 1.0 0.3 -0.1Children's clothing 0.2 0.0 -0.1 -0.6 0.6 0.0Boys' clothing 0.0 0.2 0.0 0.0 0.3 0.4Girls' clothing 0.0 -0.1 -0.2 -0.9 0.9 -1.0Infants' clothing 1.6 0.0 0.1 -0.9 0.0 2.6Other articles of clothing and clothing accessories 0.4 -0.4 -0.7 0.0 0.4 -0.7Dry cleaning, repair and hire of clothing 0.0 0.1 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0Footwear 0.5 -0.2 0.4 1.0 0.8 0.3Adult footwear 0.6 -0.5 0.1 1.1 1.0 0.5Children's footwear 0.0 0.9 1.6 1.0 0.0 -0.2Repair of footwear 0.0 2.7 1.3 0.0 0.0 0.0

04 HOUSING, WATER, ELECTRICITY, GAS AND OTHER FUELS 0.8 0.1 0.4 0.0 -0.1 0.0Rental payments for dwelling (both owners and renters) 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0Regular maintenance and repair of dwelling -0.3 1.0 0.6 0.6 0.1 -0.3Water supply, sewerage service and refuse collection 3.9 0.7 8.0 0.0 0.1 -0.8Electricity gas and other fuels 5.2 0.5 0.4 0.1 -0.9 0.1

05 FURNISHINGS, HOUSEHOLD EQUIPMENT AND ROUTINE MAINTENANCE OF THE HOUSE 0.5 0.4 0.1 0.0 1.0 0.4Furniture, furnishings, decorations, carpets, floor coverings, incl. repairs 1.4 -0.8 -0.5 -0.9 1.8 0.9Furniture and furnishings 1.4 -0.8 -0.6 -0.9 1.8 0.8Carpets and other floor coverings 0.0 0.1 0.9 -1.7 0.3 3.5Repair of furnishings and floor coverings 0.4 0.1 0.0 0.0 0.9 0.0Household textiles -0.4 2.9 -0.4 0.6 1.0 0.3Heating and cooking appliances, refrigerators, washing machines and similar major household appliances, etc 1.1 0.7 1.1 -0.3 0.3 0.5Glassware, tableware and household utensils -0.2 -0.6 0.3 0.5 -0.3 0.2Tools and equipment for house and garden 0.1 0.6 0.2 0.7 0.1 0.0Goods and services for routine household maintenance -0.3 0.4 0.4 0.7 0.8 0.2

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Table 3: Namibia CPI from January 2002 to December 2013 (Month-on-Month Changes) by main groups and sub-groups (Dec.2012=100)Jul-13 Aug-13 Sep-13 Oct-13 Nov-13 Dec-13

06 HEALTH 0.1 0.1 0.0 0.4 0.3 0.0

Medical products, appliances and equipment 0.3 0.3 0.0 0.3 0.7 0.0

Outpatient Services, medical, dental and paramedical 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.6 0.0 0.0

Hospital services 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0

07 TRANSPORT 2.2 1.2 0.4 1.2 0.4 -0.3Purchase of vehicles 0.9 0.9 0.0 2.5 1.4 0.8

Operation of personal transport equipment 3.2 1.7 0.6 1.1 0.1 -0.8

Public transportation services 0.1 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.1 0.0

08 COMMUNICATIONS 0.0 0.0 0.5 0.2 0.2 -1.2

09 RECREATION AND CULTURE 0.3 0.3 0.4 0.5 0.3 0.3

Audio-visual, photographic and data processing equip. incl. repairs 0.7 -0.1 0.0 1.4 -0.1 0.0

Other major durables for recreation and culture 0.0 3.1 0.0 3.6 0.4 -1.0

Other recreational items and equipment; flowers, gardens and pets -0.6 0.4 0.5 0.4 0.6 0.8

Recreation and cultural services 0.0 0.5 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0

Newspapers, books and stationery 0.2 1.0 0.7 0.1 0.4 1.0

Package holidays 2.0 -3.5 3.7 -2.0 2.9 -1.2

10 EDUCATION 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0Pre-primary and primary education (ages 2 to 6 years) 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0

Secondary education (ages 7 to 17 years) 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0

Tertiary education 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0

11 HOTELS, CAFES AND RESTAURANTS 0.3 1.0 0.1 -0.9 -0.3 0.8Catering 0.6 2.0 0.1 0.3 0.1 0.4

Accommodation services 0.0 0.0 0.1 -2.1 -0.9 1.4

12 MISCELLANEOUS GOODS AND SERVICES 0.2 0.0 0.3 0.1 0.2 0.3Personal care 0.3 0.7 0.5 0.1 0.3 0.2

Personal effects n.e.c. 0.5 -0.8 0.9 0.5 0.6 1.3

Insurance 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0

Financial services n.e.c. 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0

Other services n.e.c. 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.1 0.1

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Table 4: Namibia CPI from January 2002 to December 2013 (Year on Year Changes) by main groups and sub groups (Dec. 2012 = 100)Jul-13 Aug-13 Sep-13 Oct-13 Nov-13 Dec-13

00. ALL ITEMS 5.9 6.0 5.4 4.9 4.4 4.9



03 CLOTHING AND FOOTWEAR 4.8 3.7 2.6 3.2 3.5 3.9Clothing 4.3 3.9 2.6 2.8 3.3 3.4Clothing materials 2.1 3.6 3.8 4.8 5.3 8.5Ready-made clothing 4.4 3.9 2.5 2.7 3.2 3.3Men's clothing 5.4 6.5 4.1 5.5 5.2 6.0Women's clothing 4.9 2.3 2.6 3.1 3.6 3.1Children's clothing 2.8 2.7 1.3 -0.1 1.1 1.2Boys' clothing 3.6 3.8 3.9 2.2 1.8 1.7Girls' clothing 1.0 0.7 -1.8 -2.9 -0.6 -0.2Infants' clothing 7.8 6.9 4.5 3.4 6.1 5.1Other articles of clothing and clothing accessories 6.6 5.1 3.0 2.7 2.8 2.1Dry cleaning, repair and hire of clothing 0.7 0.8 0.8 0.5 0.5 0.5Footwear 5.7 3.3 2.6 3.9 3.9 4.8Adult footwear 7.3 3.2 2.5 3.5 3.3 4.1Children's footwear 3.0 4.7 4.2 6.1 6.4 7.2Repair of footwear -2.8 -0.2 5.8 5.7 5.7 5.7


05 FURNISHINGS, HOUSEHOLD EQUIPMENT AND ROUTINE MAINTENANCE OF THE HOUSE 6.8 6.5 5.5 5.3 5.3 4.9Furniture, furnishings, decorations, carpets, floor coverings, incl. repairs 5.1 4.1 1.0 1.0 4.2 3.0Furniture and furnishings 4.8 3.8 0.8 1.0 4.5 3.0Carpets and other floor coverings 0.9 -0.3 0.5 -1.2 -1.1 3.5Repair of furnishings and floor coverings 14.4 14.5 4.4 4.4 5.3 3.2Household textiles 4.1 6.8 6.2 8.9 8.6 8.6Heating and cooking appliances, refrigerators, washing machines and similar major household appliances, etc 15.6 16.3 16.1 12.1 14.6 6.8Glassware, tableware and household utensils 7.2 7.4 10.0 8.0 4.4 6.2Tools and equipment for house and garden 2.9 4.3 4.5 4.7 3.0 2.9

Goods and services for routine household maintenance 6.9 5.8 4.4 5.3 4.7 4.5

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Table 4: Namibia CPI from January 2002 to December 2013 (Year on Year Changes) by main groups and sub groups (Dec. 2012 = 100)Jul-13 Aug-13 Sep-13 Oct-13 Nov-13 Dec-13

06 HEALTH 3.3 3.4 3.2 3.5 4.0 4.4Medical products, appliances and equipment 4.9 4.9 4.5 4.4 5.0 6.1Outpatient Services, medical, dental and paramedical 2.7 2.7 2.7 3.3 3.8 3.8Hospital services 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0

07 TRANSPORT 5.4 6.3 7.4 7.8 7.3 6.9Purchase of vehicles 4.0 5.2 7.3 9.2 10.4 10.9Operation of personal transport equipment 12.0 11.1 9.9 9.4 7.8 6.9Public transportation services 1.6 3.7 2.0 2.0 0.4 2.5

08 COMMUNICATIONS 3.0 2.3 3.4 2.4 1.5 -0.109 RECREATION AND CULTURE 3.8 4.0 5.4 4.9 4.7 5.2

Audio-visual, photographic and data processing equip. incl. repairs -3.0 -1.4 3.5 4.3 3.7 5.1Other major durables for recreation and culture 12.4 16.0 16.0 9.0 9.4 9.4Other recreational items and equipment; flowers, gardens and pets 6.0 5.2 4.5 4.8 3.7 3.9Recreation and cultural services 1.8 2.3 2.4 2.4 2.3 2.3Newspapers, books and stationery 7.2 5.3 6.4 5.9 5.7 6.0Package holidays 23.4 23.6 27.9 19.9 23.2 24.4

10 EDUCATION 4.0 4.0 4.0 4.0 4.0 4.0Pre-primary and primary education (ages 2 to 6 years) 12.6 12.6 12.6 12.6 12.6 12.6Secondary education (ages 7 to 17 years) 3.8 3.8 3.8 3.8 3.8 3.8Tertiary education 3.2 3.2 3.2 3.2 3.2 3.2

11 HOTELS, CAFES AND RESTAURANTS 9.5 9.8 7.8 6.8 6.2 6.1Catering 9.6 10.5 7.4 7.2 7.1 6.1Accommodation services 7.5 7.3 7.6 5.9 4.7 6.2

12 MISCELLANEOUS GOODS AND SERVICES 1.9 1.3 1.8 1.8 1.9 2.3Personal care 4.0 2.4 3.9 3.3 3.2 4.4Personal effects n.e.c. 5.6 3.1 3.3 4.0 4.7 3.9Insurance 2.1 2.1 2.1 2.1 2.1 2.1Financial services n.e.c. 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0Other services n.e.c. 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.5 0.5

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Table 5: Namibia CPI from December 2001 to December 2013 (Changes since last December) by main groups and sub groups (Dec.2012=100)

Dec.12-Jul.13

Dec.12-Aug.13

Dec.12-Sept.13

Dec.12-Oct.13

Dec.12-Nov.13

Dec.12-Dec.13

00 ALL ITEMS 3.4 3.8 4.1 4.5 4.8 4.9

01 FOOD AND NON-ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES 2.4 3.1 3.5 4.6 5.4 6.1Food 2.2 3.0 3.5 4.7 5.6 6.4Bread and cereals -0.1 2.1 2.3 3.7 3.6 4.8Meat 2.3 1.6 2.8 3.5 5.8 7.7Fish 1.1 1.6 1.7 2.6 2.5 2.9Milk, cheese and eggs 6.0 6.9 6.5 7.5 8.6 9.9Oils and fats 1.6 1.8 3.1 4.0 4.1 3.0Fruit 2.9 2.5 3.6 4.5 8.9 10.4Vegetables including potatoes and other tubers 4.1 4.8 4.9 7.7 10.8 10.6Sugar, jam, honey, syrups, chocolate and confectionery 6.2 6.7 6.9 7.8 7.1 6.4Food products n.e.c. 2.1 2.2 3.3 4.3 4.2 4.5Non-alcoholic beverages 3.7 3.8 3.8 3.6 3.6 2.9Coffee, tea and cocoa 5.0 4.0 4.2 4.3 4.7 4.3Mineral waters, soft drinks and juices 3.4 3.7 3.7 3.4 3.4 2.6


03 CLOTHING AND FOOTWEAR 2.2 2.2 2.4 3.1 3.5 3.9Clothing 1.9 2.1 2.2 2.7 3.0 3.4Clothing materials 2.3 3.3 3.5 4.5 4.5 8.5Ready-made clothing 1.9 2.1 2.1 2.7 3.0 3.3Men's clothing 2.0 3.2 3.5 4.9 4.8 6.0Women's clothing 2.1 1.6 1.6 2.6 3.2 3.1Children's clothing 1.5 1.5 1.4 0.8 1.2 1.2Boys' clothing 1.1 1.3 1.3 1.3 1.3 1.7Girls' clothing 1.3 1.2 1.0 0.1 0.8 -0.2Infants' clothing 3.1 3.1 3.2 2.3 2.4 5.1Other articles of clothing and clothing accessories 3.6 3.1 2.4 2.3 2.8 2.1Dry cleaning, repair and hire of clothing 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5Footwear 2.7 2.5 2.9 3.9 4.4 4.8Adult footwear 2.4 1.9 2.0 3.1 3.6 4.1Children's footwear 3.7 4.7 6.4 7.4 7.4 7.2Repair of footwear 1.6 4.3 5.7 5.7 5.7 5.7


05 FURNISHINGS, HOUSEHOLD EQUIPMENT AND ROUTINE MAINTENANCE OF THE HOUSE 2.9 3.3 3.4 3.4 4.5 4.9Furniture, furnishings, decorations, carpets, floor coverings, incl. repairs 2.7 1.9 1.3 0.4 2.1 3.0Furniture and furnishings 2.8 1.9 1.3 0.4 2.2 3.0Carpets and other floor coverings 0.4 0.4 1.4 -0.3 0.0 3.5Repair of furnishings and floor coverings 2.2 2.4 2.3 2.3 3.2 3.2Household textiles 3.0 6.0 5.6 6.2 8.3 8.6Heating and cooking appliances, refrigerators, washing machines and similar major household appliances, etc 4.4 5.1 6.3 6.0 6.3 6.8Glassware, tableware and household utensils 6.1 5.5 5.7 6.3 6.0 6.2Tools and equipment for house and garden 1.3 1.8 2.1 2.8 2.9 2.9Goods and services for routine household maintenance 2.1 2.5 2.9 3.6 4.4 4.5

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06 HEALTH 3.3 3.4 3.4 3.9 4.4 4.4Medical products, appliances and equipment 4.8 5.1 5.1 5.4 6.1 6.1Outpatient Services, medical, dental and paramedical 2.7 2.7 2.7 3.3 3.8 3.8Hospital services 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0


08 COMMUNICATIONS 0.2 0.3 0.7 0.9 1.1 -0.109 RECREATION AND CULTURE 3.3 3.7 4.1 4.6 4.9 5.2

Audio-visual, photographic and data processing equip. incl. repairs 3.8 3.7 3.7 5.2 5.1 5.1Other major durables for recreation and culture 3.0 6.3 6.3 10.0 10.5 9.4Other recreational items and equipment; flowers, gardens and pets 1.0 1.4 2.0 2.4 3.0 3.9Recreation and cultural services 1.8 2.3 2.3 2.3 2.3 2.3Newspapers, books and stationery 2.7 3.7 4.4 4.5 5.0 6.0Package holidays 24.8 20.4 24.8 22.4 25.9 24.4

10 EDUCATION 4.0 4.0 4.0 4.0 4.0 4.0Pre-primary and primary education (ages 2 to 6 years) 12.6 12.6 12.6 12.6 12.6 12.6Secondary education (ages 7 to 17 years) 3.8 3.8 3.8 3.8 3.8 3.8Tertiary education 3.2 3.2 3.2 3.2 3.2 3.2

11 HOTELS, CAFES AND RESTAURANTS 5.4 6.5 6.5 5.6 5.3 6.1Catering 3.2 5.2 5.3 5.6 5.7 6.1Accommodation services 7.9 7.9 8.0 5.7 4.8 6.2

12 MISCELLANEOUS GOODS AND SERVICES 1.3 1.3 1.6 1.8 2.0 2.3Personal care 2.4 3.1 3.7 3.8 4.2 4.4Personal effects n.e.c. 1.3 0.5 1.4 2.0 2.6 3.9Insurance 2.1 2.1 2.1 2.1 2.1 2.1Financial services n.e.c. 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0Other services n.e.c. 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.5 0.5

Table 5: Namibia CPI from December 2001 to December 2013 (Changes since last December) by main groups and sub groups (Dec.2012=100)

Dec.12-Jul.13

Dec.12-Aug.13

Dec.12-Sept.13

Dec.12-Oct.13

Dec.12-Nov.13

Dec.12-Dec.13

00 ALL ITEMS 3.4 3.8 4.1 4.5 4.8 4.9

01 FOOD AND NON-ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES 2.4 3.1 3.5 4.6 5.4 6.1Food 2.2 3.0 3.5 4.7 5.6 6.4Bread and cereals -0.1 2.1 2.3 3.7 3.6 4.8Meat 2.3 1.6 2.8 3.5 5.8 7.7Fish 1.1 1.6 1.7 2.6 2.5 2.9Milk, cheese and eggs 6.0 6.9 6.5 7.5 8.6 9.9Oils and fats 1.6 1.8 3.1 4.0 4.1 3.0Fruit 2.9 2.5 3.6 4.5 8.9 10.4Vegetables including potatoes and other tubers 4.1 4.8 4.9 7.7 10.8 10.6Sugar, jam, honey, syrups, chocolate and confectionery 6.2 6.7 6.9 7.8 7.1 6.4Food products n.e.c. 2.1 2.2 3.3 4.3 4.2 4.5Non-alcoholic beverages 3.7 3.8 3.8 3.6 3.6 2.9Coffee, tea and cocoa 5.0 4.0 4.2 4.3 4.7 4.3Mineral waters, soft drinks and juices 3.4 3.7 3.7 3.4 3.4 2.6


03 CLOTHING AND FOOTWEAR 2.2 2.2 2.4 3.1 3.5 3.9Clothing 1.9 2.1 2.2 2.7 3.0 3.4Clothing materials 2.3 3.3 3.5 4.5 4.5 8.5Ready-made clothing 1.9 2.1 2.1 2.7 3.0 3.3Men's clothing 2.0 3.2 3.5 4.9 4.8 6.0Women's clothing 2.1 1.6 1.6 2.6 3.2 3.1Children's clothing 1.5 1.5 1.4 0.8 1.2 1.2Boys' clothing 1.1 1.3 1.3 1.3 1.3 1.7Girls' clothing 1.3 1.2 1.0 0.1 0.8 -0.2Infants' clothing 3.1 3.1 3.2 2.3 2.4 5.1Other articles of clothing and clothing accessories 3.6 3.1 2.4 2.3 2.8 2.1Dry cleaning, repair and hire of clothing 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5Footwear 2.7 2.5 2.9 3.9 4.4 4.8Adult footwear 2.4 1.9 2.0 3.1 3.6 4.1Children's footwear 3.7 4.7 6.4 7.4 7.4 7.2Repair of footwear 1.6 4.3 5.7 5.7 5.7 5.7


05 FURNISHINGS, HOUSEHOLD EQUIPMENT AND ROUTINE MAINTENANCE OF THE HOUSE 2.9 3.3 3.4 3.4 4.5 4.9Furniture, furnishings, decorations, carpets, floor coverings, incl. repairs 2.7 1.9 1.3 0.4 2.1 3.0Furniture and furnishings 2.8 1.9 1.3 0.4 2.2 3.0Carpets and other floor coverings 0.4 0.4 1.4 -0.3 0.0 3.5Repair of furnishings and floor coverings 2.2 2.4 2.3 2.3 3.2 3.2Household textiles 3.0 6.0 5.6 6.2 8.3 8.6Heating and cooking appliances, refrigerators, washing machines and similar major household appliances, etc 4.4 5.1 6.3 6.0 6.3 6.8Glassware, tableware and household utensils 6.1 5.5 5.7 6.3 6.0 6.2Tools and equipment for house and garden 1.3 1.8 2.1 2.8 2.9 2.9Goods and services for routine household maintenance 2.1 2.5 2.9 3.6 4.4 4.5

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Table 6: Namibia CPI from January 2002 to December 2013 by major groups and corresponding sub-groups (Dec.2012=100)Jul-13 Aug-13 Sep-13 Oct-13 Nov-13 Dec-13

00 ALL ITEMS 103.4 103.8 104.1 104.5 104.7 104.9





100 101 102 103 104 105 106 107 108 109

Chart 6: NCPI for major groups

Food and Non Alcoholic Beverages Alcohol Beverages and Tobacco Housing, Water, Electricity, Gas and Other fuels Transport

All Items

Food and Non Alcoholic Beverages Alcohol Beverages and Tobacco Housing, Water, Electricity, Gas and Other fuels Transport

All Items

Table 6: Namibia CPI from January 2002 to December 2013 by major groups and corresponding sub-groups (Dec.2012=100)Jul-13 Aug-13 Sep-13 Oct-13 Nov-13 Dec-13

00 ALL ITEMS 103.4 103.8 104.1 104.5 104.7 104.9





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FOOD AND NON-ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES

ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES AND TOBACCO

CLOTHING AND FOOTWEAR

HOUSING, WATER, ELECTRICITY, GAS AND OTHER FUELS

FURNISHINGS, HOUSEHOLD EQUIPMENT AND ROUTINE MAINTENANCE OF THE HOUSE

HEALTH TRANSPORT

COMMUNICATIONS

RECREATION AND CULTURE

EDUCATION HOTELS, CAFES AND RESTAURANTS

MISCELLANEOUS GOODS AND SERVICES

ALL ITEMS

Weights 16.45 12.59 3.05 28.36 5.47 2.01 14.28 3.81 3.55 3.65 1.39 5.39 100.0Year Month

Dec-12 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.02011

Feb-11 84.7 85.9 97.1 90.7 89.9 96.3 89.2 97.2 90.6 95.6 90.7 96.8 89.1Mar-11 85.8 88.3 96.5 90.7 90.2 96.9 89.9 97.3 90.5 95.6 92.7 96.9 89.8Apr-11 87.3 90.0 97.1 90.8 90.4 96.9 91.3 97.3 91.3 95.6 92.7 96.7 90.6May-11 88.1 90.0 97.4 90.9 90.6 96.8 92.0 97.3 91.7 95.6 91.2 96.9 91.1Jun-11 88.5 90.7 97.7 90.9 91.7 96.7 92.1 97.5 91.2 95.6 91.3 97.1 91.3Jul-11 89.0 90.8 97.7 92.4 91.9 96.6 92.3 97.4 91.9 95.6 91.9 97.3 91.9Aug-11 89.6 91.1 98.7 92.5 91.9 96.6 92.8 97.4 92.2 95.6 91.6 97.2 92.2Sep-11 89.6 91.2 98.7 93.0 91.9 97.0 92.4 97.4 92.5 95.6 91.9 97.2 92.2Oct-11 90.8 90.9 99.9 93.1 92.5 96.9 93.7 97.7 93.3 95.6 92.4 97.3 93.0Nov-11 91.4 91.8 100.3 93.2 92.5 96.9 93.9 97.7 93.1 95.6 92.7 97.4 93.3Dec-11 92.9 91.9 99.6 93.2 93.2 96.9 94.9 97.7 94.6 95.6 92.9 97.4 94.0An. Av 88.5 89.9 98.0 91.8 91.4 96.7 91.9 97.4 91.8 95.6 91.9 97.1 91.5

2012Jan-12 93.3 92.1 98.5 95.5 94.3 99.4 94.9 97.8 96.6 100.0 93.8 98.1 95.1Feb-12 94.3 93.8 98.2 95.1 95.3 99.7 96.4 97.8 98.0 100.0 93.7 99.3 95.8Mar-12 94.8 96.5 98.3 95.1 96.3 99.9 97.5 97.8 97.1 100.0 93.8 99.1 96.3Apr-12 95.3 97.4 97.4 95.0 96.2 100.1 98.3 97.8 97.7 100.0 94.1 99.2 96.6May-12 95.3 98.1 96.9 95.0 95.3 99.9 99.8 97.8 98.6 100.0 95.7 99.2 96.8Jun-12 94.6 97.9 97.2 95.0 96.1 99.9 99.6 97.8 98.6 100.0 95.8 99.8 96.6Jul-12 96.3 98.2 97.5 97.9 96.3 100.0 98.5 97.3 99.6 100.0 96.2 99.4 97.6Aug-12 96.1 98.9 98.6 98.5 96.9 100.0 98.8 98.0 99.7 100.0 97.0 100.0 97.9Sep-12 97.7 99.4 99.8 99.8 98.0 100.2 98.2 97.5 98.7 100.0 98.8 99.8 98.7Oct-12 99.7 100.2 100.0 99.8 98.2 100.4 99.1 98.5 99.7 100.0 98.9 100.0 99.6Nov-12 101.0 100.3 100.0 99.9 99.2 100.4 100.0 99.6 100.2 100.0 99.1 100.1 100.3Dec-12 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0An. Av 96.5 97.7 98.5 97.2 96.8 100.0 98.4 98.1 98.7 100.0 96.4 99.5 97.6

2013Jan-13 100.3 100.8 100.3 101.5 101.0 101.5 100.0 100.0 101.0 104.0 103.2 100.7 100.9Feb-13 100.9 101.6 100.8 101.6 101.5 102.1 100.9 100.0 101.3 104.0 103.8 100.7 101.4Mar-13 101.4 104.2 100.8 101.6 101.6 102.2 101.9 100.0 101.5 104.0 104.0 100.8 101.9Apr-13 101.8 105.5 101.4 101.6 101.7 102.6 102.3 100.3 101.8 104.0 104.0 100.8 102.3May-13 102.0 106.7 101.7 101.5 102.2 102.8 101.6 100.3 102.2 104.0 104.2 100.9 102.4Jun-13 102.3 107.3 101.7 101.7 102.4 103.2 101.6 100.2 103.0 104.0 105.0 101.1 102.7Jul-13 102.4 107.8 102.2 102.6 102.9 103.3 103.8 100.2 103.3 104.0 105.4 101.3 103.4Aug-13 103.1 108.0 102.2 102.7 103.3 103.4 105.1 100.3 103.7 104.0 106.5 101.3 103.8Sep-13 103.5 108.0 102.4 103.1 103.4 103.4 105.5 100.7 104.1 104.0 106.5 101.6 104.1Oct-13 104.6 108.0 103.1 103.1 103.4 103.9 106.8 100.9 104.6 104.0 105.6 101.8 104.5Nov-13 105.4 108.0 103.5 102.9 104.5 104.4 107.3 101.1 104.9 104.0 105.3 102.0 104.7Dec-13 106.1 108.4 103.9 102.9 104.9 104.4 106.9 99.9 105.2 104.0 106.1 102.3 104.9An. Av 102.8 106.2 102.0 102.2 102.7 103.1 103.6 100.3 103.0 104.0 105.0 101.3 103.1

Table 7: Namibia CPI by main groups (Dec.2012=100)

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Table 8: Namibia CPI trends over the last four months (Dec 2012=100)

Sep-13 Oct-13 Nov-13 Dec-13 Sep-13 Oct-13 Nov-13 Dec-13

01FOOD AND NON-ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES 103.5 104.6 105.4 106.1

6.0 4.8 4.3 6.1

02ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES AND TOBACCO 108.0 108.0 108.0 108.4

8.7 7.8 7.7 8.4

03CLOTHING AND FOOTWEAR

102.4 103.1 103.5 103.92.6 3.2 3.2 3.9

04HOUSING, WATER, ELECTRICITY, GAS AND OTHER FUELS

103.1 103.1 102.9 102.93.2 3.3 3.1 2.9

05

FURNISHINGS, HOUSEHOLD EQUIPMENT AND ROUTINE MAINTENANCE OF THE HOUSE 103.4 103.4 104.5 104.9

5.5 5.3 5.3 4.9

06HEALTH

103.4 103.9 104.4 104.43.2 3.5 4.0 4.4

07TRANSPORT

105.5 106.8 107.3 106.97.4 7.8 7.3 6.9

08COMMUNICATIONS

100.7 100.9 101.1 99.93.4 2.4 1.5 -0.1

09RECREATION AND CULTURE

104.1 104.6 104.9 105.25.4 4.9 4.7 5.2

10EDUCATION

104.0 104.0 104.0 104.04.0 4.0 4.0 4.0

11HOTELS, CAFES AND RESTAURANTS 106.5 105.6 105.3 106.1

7.8 6.8 6.2 6.1

12MISCELLANEOUS GOODS AND SERVICES 101.6 101.8 102.0 102.3

1.8 1.8 1.9 2.3

00 ALL-ITEMS INDEX 104.1 104.5 104.7 104.9 5.4 4.9 4.4 4.9

EDUCATION RELATED EXPENSES 104.0 103.9 104.1 107.5 4.0 3.7 3.7 7.5

GOODS 105.3 106.1 106.5 106.8 7.4 6.7 6.0 6.8SERVICES 102.4 102.4 102.5 102.4 2.5 2.5 2.5 2.4

Index (Dec. 2012 = 100) Annual changes for last four months

100.0

101.0

102.0

103.0

104.0

105.0

106.0

107.0

108.0

109.0 Chart 7: NCPI December 2013; Changes by all groups (Dec 2012=100)





FURNISHINGS, HOUSEHOLD EQUIPMENT AND ROUTINE MAINTENANCE OF THE HOUSE HEALTH

TRANSPORT

COMMUNICATIONS


EDUCATION

HOTELS, CAFES AND RESTAURANTS


ALL-ITEMS INDEX

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6.0 4.8 4.3 6.1


8.7 7.8 7.7 8.4


102.4 103.1 103.5 103.92.6 3.2 3.2 3.9


103.1 103.1 102.9 102.93.2 3.3 3.1 2.9

05


5.5 5.3 5.3 4.9

06HEALTH

103.4 103.9 104.4 104.43.2 3.5 4.0 4.4

07TRANSPORT

105.5 106.8 107.3 106.97.4 7.8 7.3 6.9

08COMMUNICATIONS

100.7 100.9 101.1 99.93.4 2.4 1.5 -0.1


104.1 104.6 104.9 105.25.4 4.9 4.7 5.2

10EDUCATION

104.0 104.0 104.0 104.04.0 4.0 4.0 4.0


7.8 6.8 6.2 6.1


1.8 1.8 1.9 2.3

00 ALL-ITEMS INDEX 104.1 104.5 104.7 104.9 5.4 4.9 4.4 4.9


GOODS 105.3 106.1 106.5 106.8 7.4 6.7 6.0 6.8SERVICES 102.4 102.4 102.5 102.4 2.5 2.5 2.5 2.4


100.0

101.0

102.0

103.0

104.0

105.0

106.0

107.0

108.0







TRANSPORT

COMMUNICATIONS


EDUCATION



ALL-ITEMS INDEX

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6.0 4.8 4.3 6.1


8.7 7.8 7.7 8.4


102.4 103.1 103.5 103.92.6 3.2 3.2 3.9


103.1 103.1 102.9 102.93.2 3.3 3.1 2.9

05


5.5 5.3 5.3 4.9

06HEALTH

103.4 103.9 104.4 104.43.2 3.5 4.0 4.4

07TRANSPORT

105.5 106.8 107.3 106.97.4 7.8 7.3 6.9

08COMMUNICATIONS

100.7 100.9 101.1 99.93.4 2.4 1.5 -0.1


104.1 104.6 104.9 105.25.4 4.9 4.7 5.2

10EDUCATION

104.0 104.0 104.0 104.04.0 4.0 4.0 4.0


7.8 6.8 6.2 6.1


1.8 1.8 1.9 2.3

00 ALL-ITEMS INDEX 104.1 104.5 104.7 104.9 5.4 4.9 4.4 4.9


GOODS 105.3 106.1 106.5 106.8 7.4 6.7 6.0 6.8SERVICES 102.4 102.4 102.5 102.4 2.5 2.5 2.5 2.4


100.0

101.0

102.0

103.0

104.0

105.0

106.0

107.0

108.0







TRANSPORT

COMMUNICATIONS


EDUCATION



ALL-ITEMS INDEX

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Table 9: Namibia CPI; Goods and Services (December 2012=100)

Period Monthly inflation rate Annual inflation rate Index Monthly inflation

rateAnnual inflation

rate

2011Feb 92.5 0.1 6.2 87.3 0.2 1.2Mar 92.6 0.1 6.3 88.3 1.1 2.2Apr 92.6 0.0 6.1 89.6 1.5 4.0May 92.5 -0.1 5.8 90.3 0.8 4.7June 92.6 0.1 5.9 90.6 0.3 5.0July 93.5 0.9 5.3 91.0 0.4 4.4Aug 93.5 0.0 5.1 91.5 0.6 5.4Sep 93.8 0.3 5.5 91.4 -0.2 4.9Oct 93.9 0.1 5.6 92.5 1.2 6.5Nov 93.9 0.0 5.5 92.9 0.5 6.6Dec 94.0 0.1 5.6 94.0 1.1 8.4

An. Av 93.1 0.5 5.8 90.5 0.7 4.62012

Jan 96.5 2.7 4.4 94.3 0.3 8.2Feb 96.6 0.1 4.4 95.3 1.1 9.2Mar 96.7 0.1 4.4 96.0 0.7 8.8Apr 96.8 0.1 4.6 96.5 0.5 7.7May 97.2 0.4 5.1 96.6 0.1 7.0June 97.2 0.0 5.0 96.3 -0.4 6.3July 98.8 1.6 5.7 97.0 0.7 6.6Aug 99.0 0.2 5.9 97.3 0.3 6.3Sep 99.9 0.9 6.5 98.1 0.8 7.3Oct 99.9 0.1 6.4 99.4 1.4 7.5Nov 100.1 0.1 6.6 100.4 1.0 8.1Dec 100.0 -0.1 6.4 100.0 -0.4 6.4

An. Av 98.2 0.5 5.4 97.3 0.5 7.42013

Jan 101.6 1.6 5.3 100.5 0.5 6.6Feb 101.7 0.1 5.3 101.1 0.6 6.1Mar 101.7 0.0 5.2 102.1 1.0 6.3Apr 101.7 0.0 5.1 102.6 0.6 6.4May 101.8 0.0 4.7 102.9 0.2 6.5June 101.9 0.1 4.8 103.3 0.4 7.2July 102.1 0.2 3.4 104.4 1.1 7.6Aug 102.2 0.1 3.2 105.0 0.6 8.0Sep 102.4 0.2 2.5 105.3 0.3 7.4Oct 102.4 0.0 2.5 106.1 0.7 6.7Nov 102.5 0.1 2.5 106.5 0.4 6.0Dec 102.4 -0.1 2.4 106.8 0.3 6.8

An. Av 102.0 0.2 3.9 103.9 0.5 6.8

Services Goods

Index

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Table 10: Namibia CPI; Group contribution to overall CPI (Dec 2012=100)Weights Base

indexAnnual inflation

Dec-12 Dec-13 Dec-13% points of total change

% of total change

01FOOD AND NON-ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES 16.45 100.00 100.00 106.1 6.1 1.0 20.4

02 ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES AND TOBACCO 12.59 100.00 100.00 108.4 8.4 1.1 21.603 CLOTHING AND FOOTWEAR 3.05 100.00 100.00 103.9 3.9 0.1 2.4

04HOUSING, WATER, ELECTRICITY, GAS AND OTHER FUELS 28.36 100.00 100.00 102.9 2.9 0.8 17.0

05

FURNISHINGS, HOUSEHOLD EQUIPMENT AND ROUTINE MAINTENANCE OF THE HOUSE 5.47 100.00 100.00 104.9 4.9 0.3 5.5

06 HEALTH 2.01 100.00 100.00 104.4 4.4 0.1 1.807 TRANSPORT 14.28 100.00 100.00 106.9 6.9 1.0 20.208 COMMUNICATIONS 3.81 100.00 100.00 99.9 -0.1 0.0 0.009 RECREATION AND CULTURE 3.55 100.00 100.00 105.2 5.2 0.2 3.810 EDUCATION 3.65 100.00 100.00 104.0 4.0 0.1 3.011 HOTELS, CAFES AND RESTAURANTS 1.39 100.00 100.00 106.1 6.1 0.1 1.7

12MISCELLANEOUS GOODS AND SERVICES 5.39 100.00 100.00 102.3 2.3 0.1 2.6

ALL ITEMS 100.0 100.0 100.0 104.9 4.9 4.9 100.0

Index Contribution

1.0

1.1

0.1 0.8

0.3 0.1

1.0

0.0 0.2

0.1

0.1

0.1

Chart 8: Namibia CPI Group contribution to overall annual inflation rate FOOD AND NON-ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES





HEALTH

TRANSPORT

COMMUNICATIONS


EDUCATION



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Table 10: Namibia CPI; Group contribution to overall CPI (Dec 2012=100)Weights Base

indexAnnual inflation

Dec-12 Dec-13 Dec-13% points of total change

% of total change

01FOOD AND NON-ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES 16.45 100.00 100.00 106.1 6.1 1.0 20.4

02 ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES AND TOBACCO 12.59 100.00 100.00 108.4 8.4 1.1 21.603 CLOTHING AND FOOTWEAR 3.05 100.00 100.00 103.9 3.9 0.1 2.4

04HOUSING, WATER, ELECTRICITY, GAS AND OTHER FUELS 28.36 100.00 100.00 102.9 2.9 0.8 17.0

05

FURNISHINGS, HOUSEHOLD EQUIPMENT AND ROUTINE MAINTENANCE OF THE HOUSE 5.47 100.00 100.00 104.9 4.9 0.3 5.5

06 HEALTH 2.01 100.00 100.00 104.4 4.4 0.1 1.807 TRANSPORT 14.28 100.00 100.00 106.9 6.9 1.0 20.208 COMMUNICATIONS 3.81 100.00 100.00 99.9 -0.1 0.0 0.009 RECREATION AND CULTURE 3.55 100.00 100.00 105.2 5.2 0.2 3.810 EDUCATION 3.65 100.00 100.00 104.0 4.0 0.1 3.011 HOTELS, CAFES AND RESTAURANTS 1.39 100.00 100.00 106.1 6.1 0.1 1.7

12MISCELLANEOUS GOODS AND SERVICES 5.39 100.00 100.00 102.3 2.3 0.1 2.6

ALL ITEMS 100.0 100.0 100.0 104.9 4.9 4.9 100.0

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DECEMBER 2013€¦ · During December 2013 the Furnishing, Household Equipment etc group recorded an annual inflation rate of 4.9 percent as com-pared to 5.3 percent recorded a month