Tanzania’s inflation eases to 4.2% in October as transport costs rise faster

Tuesday 10th November 2026

Customers and vegetable vendors at Kilombero Market in Arusha
Kilombero Market in Arusha on 24 April 2026. File photo by Adamshaha2030 / Wikimedia Commons, CC0. Resized.

By inAfrika Newsroom

Annual consumer inflation in mainland Tanzania eased to 4.2% in October from 4.3% in September, the National Bureau of Statistics reported on 9 November. Transport costs rose faster even as the pace of food price increases slowed.

Food and non-alcoholic beverage inflation fell to 3.6% from 3.9%. Transport inflation rose to 14.9% from 14.0%, Nukta Habari reported, citing the bureau’s release.

The overall reading means consumer prices were 4.2% higher than in October 2025. The change from September is a comparison between two annual rates.

Tanzania’s energy regulator separately published higher retail fuel price caps for November. Those caps apply after the period measured by the October consumer price index.

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