admin- Headline Inflation (Year-on-Year) – National level
The headline inflation in August increased to 3.87 percent. This increase was mainly driven by increase in both the Food and Non-food indices. The average inflation from January 2025 to August 2025 is 3.43 percent.
1.1 Food Inflation
The Food inflation increased to 6.04 percent in August 2025. Within the Food category, the Food & non-alcoholic beverages index recorded an increase of 6.18 percent, and the Alcoholic beverages & betel nuts index saw an increase of 4.37 percent.
1.2 Non-food Inflation
The Non-food inflation increased to 1.92 percent in August 2025. Under non-food, the Clothing & footwear index saw an increases of 4.82 percent, Furnishing, household furniture and routine household maintenance index saw in increase of 3.75 percent. The Transport index saw an increase of 0.10 percent, while the Communication index dropped to -0.95 percent.
Headline Inflation (Month-on-Month) – National Level
The month-on-month inflation increased to 0.42 percent in August 2025. This increase was driven by increase in the index of Food.
- Regional Headline Inflation (Month-on-Month) –Capital City – Thimphu
Month-on-month inflation for the Capital City increased to 0.92 percent in August 2025. This increase was mainly driven by increases in the Food index.
- Central Region CPI (Year-on-Year)
In August 2025, the year-on-year inflation for the Central region increased to 4.50 percent.
- Central Region CPI (Month-on-Month)
In August 2025, the month-on-month inflation for the Central region increased to 0.68 percent compared to the previous month.
- Western Region CPI (Year-on-Year)
In August 2025, the year-on-year headline inflation of the Western region increased to 4.91 percent.
- Western Region CPI (Month-on-Month)
In August 2025, the month-on-month headline inflation of the Western region increased to 0.43 percent. This was mainly driven by increase in the index of Food.
- Eastern Region CPI (Year-on-Year)
In August 2025, the year-on-year headline inflation rate for the Eastern region increased to 4.30 percent, mainly driven by increase in both the Food and Non-food indices.
- Eastern Region CPI (Month-on-Month)
In August 2025, the month-on-month headline inflation rate for the Eastern region increased to 0.51 percent, driven by increase in the Food index.
- Annual average Inflation – National Level
The annual average national headline inflation from January 2024 to December 2024 eased to 2.82 percent in 2024, down by 1.41 percentage points from 4.23 percent in 2023. The downward trend in inflation were primarily driven by a slower annual increment in food and non-food index.
Average food inflation decelerated to 0.48 percent from 3.97 percent in 2023. This deceleration was due to easing of Food & non-alcoholic beverages index to 0.49 percent and that of Alcoholic beverages & betel nuts to 0.24 percent.
In 2024, the non-food index decelerated to 0.25 percent, from 4.44 percent in 2023. This deceleration was primarily due to a drop in communication and transport index to -0.64 percent and -0.14 percent respectively.
Purchasing Power of the Ngultrum – National Level
The purchasing power of the Ngultrum, as measured by CPI, stood at Nu. 54.2 as of August 2025 as compared to December 2012. This means, Nu. 100 in August 2025 is worth only Nu. 54.2 at December 2012 prices. The Purchasing Power of the Ngultrum has eroded by 3.73 percent in the last year (from August 2024 to August 2025) due to price increases in the economy.
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