Senegal’s consumer price inflation rose to 1.6% year on year in October 2026, from 1.0% in September, according to the latest Harmonised Index of Consumer Prices (IHPC) released by the National Statistics and Demography Agency (ANSD) on 10 November. The annual rate increased by 0.6 percentage points. On a monthly basis, prices rose 0.4%, with the all-items index climbing from 105.8 to 106.2 on a 2023=100 basis.
Food and non-alcoholic beverages were 2.1% more expensive than a year earlier, matching the rise in restaurant and accommodation services. Locally produced goods increased by 2.0% year on year, compared with just 0.2% for imported goods. Core inflation, excluding energy and fresh products, stood at 1.3%.
In Index (2023=100, linked historical series)
Source: ANSD, October 2026 CPI data workbook, “Evolutions DMIS”, all-items October index values 2016–2026.
| October consumer price index (2023=100) | |
|---|---|
| 2016 | 81.2 |
| 2017 | 82.7 |
| 2018 | 82.8 |
| 2019 | 83.8 |
| 2020 | 86 |
| 2021 | 88.8 |
| 2022 | 100.3 |
| 2023 | 102.7 |
| 2024 | 102.5 |
| 2025 | 104.4 |
| 2026 | 106.2 |
Saint-Louis posts 3.4% inflation, against 0.2% in Thiès
Price movements differed markedly between economic areas. Saint-Louis recorded annual inflation of 3.4%, followed by Dakar at 2.2%, Diourbel at 1.6% and Kolda at 1.4%. Kaolack registered a 0.5% increase, while Thiès stood at 0.2%. That leaves a 3.2-percentage-point gap between Saint-Louis and Thiès, based on ANSD’s regional data.
In Year-on-year change, %
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Source: ANSD, October 2026 IHPC report, Table 3, economic areas compared with October 2025.
| Category | Year-on-year change, % |
|---|---|
| Saint-Louis | 3.4 |
| Dakar | 2.2 |
| Diourbel | 1.6 |
| Kolda | 1.4 |
| Kaolack | 0.5 |
| Thiès | 0.2 |
Dakar carries 41.4% of the national index weight, compared with 13.3% for Thiès and 8.7% for Saint-Louis. The nationwide 1.6% reading reflects those weights rather than a simple average of the six area inflation rates.
School fees and electricity bills increase
Education services rose 2.4% from September to October with the start of the 2026-2027 academic year. Secondary school fees increased 3.4%, preschool and primary fees 2.9%, and higher education fees 1.7%. The housing, water, electricity, gas and other fuels category was up 0.9% month on month. ANSD recorded a 3.8% rise in electricity consumption services and a 1.9% increase in network water supply charges.
Within food, fresh leafy and stem vegetables jumped 17.9% over the month, tropical fruit rose 7.2% and citrus fruit 4.6%. By contrast, tubers fell 8.4%, processed fish 5.6% and rice 0.2%. Overall, the food and non-alcoholic beverages division rose 0.4% month on month.
Consumer price index rises 30.7% over ten years
ANSD’s historical dataset places the all-items index at 81.2 in October 2016 and 106.2 in October 2026, equivalent to a cumulative increase of about 30.7% between those two months. This decade-long change concerns the price level, not an annual inflation rate. The agency states that pre-January 2025 index values, initially calculated on a 2014 base, were linked to the new 2023 base.