September 2021: annual inflation rate amounts to 12.3%

"With regard to the annual core inflation, the prices increased by 6.3%, while the annual core inflation without tobacco amounted to 6.3%,” Geostat says. Photo: Nino Alavidze/Agenda.ge.

Agenda.ge, 04 Oct 2021 - 14:47, Tbilisi,Georgia

In September the consumer price index has increased by 0.2% compared to the previous month, while the annual inflation rate amounted to 12.3%, the National Statistics Office of Georgia (Geostat) reports. 

With regard to the annual core inflation, the prices increased by 6.3%, while the annual core inflation without tobacco amounted to 6.3%,” Geostat says. 

The monthly inflation rate was mainly influenced by price changes for the following groups:

  • Education (+4.3%)
  • Food and non-alcoholic beverages (+0.2%)

Image: Geostat.

The annual inflation rate was mainly influenced by price changes for the following groups: 

  • Food and non-alcoholic beverages (+15.9%)
  • Transport (+20.3%)
  • Housing, water, electricity, gas and other fuels (+11.8%)
  • Health (+9.2%)

Image: Geostat.