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General and food consumer price indices inflation rates

March 2021 update

Year of publication 2021

Place of publication Rome, Italy ;

Pages 17 p.

Author FAO

Publisher FAO ;

Product type Booklet

Series title FAOSTAT Analytical Briefs

Series number No. 21

Edition 1

Synopsis (short abstract) Annual inflation rates of global and regional consumer price indices (CPI) measures inflation rates of food and general consumer price indices for a group of countries at different geographical scales: sub-regional (e.g. Middle Africa), regional (e.g. Africa) and global (all countries). The general CPI covers 204 countries, and the food CPI covers 198 countries worldwide. The analytical brief of annual inflation rates of food and general CPI is updated annually at the end of the first quarter, and a general overview of annual inflation rates of food and general CPI is published at the end of second, third and fourth quarters. This brief analyses the March 2021 update. The next release presenting a general overview of global and regional trends will be in June 2021.

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