Consumer prices in Togo rose 3.2% year on year in October 2026, according to a new harmonised consumer price index report from the National Institute of Statistics and Economic and Demographic Studies (INSEED). Transport prices jumped 10.0% from a year earlier, while food and non-alcoholic beverages rose 4.5%. The headline index reached 104.6, with 2023 set at 100.
Month on month, INSEED reports a 0.1% increase in overall consumer prices. Between September and October, transport costs climbed 1.6% and food prices rose 0.6%. Housing, water, electricity, gas and other fuels fell 2.2%, while restaurants and accommodation services declined 0.3%.
In %, annual change in October 2026
Source: INSEED Togo, harmonised CPI, October 2026, Table 1, 2023=100.
| Annual change (%) | |
|---|---|
| Transport | 10 |
| Food and non-alcoholic beverages | 4.5 |
| Housing and energy | 2.8 |
| Restaurants and accommodation | 2.1 |
| Recreation, sport and culture | -0.7 |
Petrol and motorcycle taxis push transport costs higher
Petrol sold at regulated filling stations rose 3.9% in October, INSEED’s price observations show. Street-sold petrol cost 2.8% more, and motorcycle taxi fares increased 0.8%. These figures measure changes over one month; the 10.0% rise in the wider transport category is a year-on-year comparison.
Onion and white maize prices climb sharply
Among individual foods, fresh round onion prices rose 28.8% month on month, dried white maize grain increased 18.4%, and yellow maize climbed 10.7%. Local long-grain rice prices were up 3.8%. For the food and non-alcoholic beverage category as a whole, prices increased 0.6% from September and 4.5% from October 2025.
The trend varies across products. The cereals index gained 8.1% in a month but remained 5.8% below its October 2025 level. Prices for tubers, plantains and cooking bananas fell 13.0% month on month.
Twelve-month average inflation reaches 0.9%
Inflation calculated by comparing the average index over the latest 12 months with the preceding 12-month average reached 0.9% in October, up from 0.6% in September. This measure, which draws on 24 months of observations, differs from the 3.2% increase between October 2025 and October 2026.
Togo’s harmonised index covers urban and rural households. It uses 2023 as its base year and weights derived from the 2021 harmonised household living conditions survey. INSEED tracks 810 products at 4,790 retail outlets and collects about 29,200 price observations every month.