Iraq Consumer Price Index (latest month)
Iraq Consumer Price Index (latest month) is 3.8 percent, in force since 1 Sep 2026, cited to COSIT. It was 3 percent before that. Last checked against the official source on 29 Oct 2026.
Official source: COSIT · Last checked 2026-10-29 · source fingerprint
Official monthly Consumer Price Index for the whole of Iraq, base year 2022 = 100, compiled and published by the Central Statistical Organization (هيأة الإحصاء ونظم المعلومات الجغرافية) of the Ministry of Planning. Weights derive from the 2022 household expenditure structure, with expenditure weights modelled from the 2012 social and economic survey and the 2017/2018 SWIFT survey; from January 2024 the agency moved to a chained index with a moving base (the preceding month as base) under IMF/METAC technical supervision, with the chain linked back to 2022 weights. The basket covers 803 items in 486 varieties across the 12 COICOP divisions.
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| Current value | 3.8 percent |
|---|---|
| In force from | 2026-09-01 |
| Official source | COSIT — CPI September 2026 (تقرير الارقام القياسية لاسعار المستهلك لشهر ايلول لسنة 2026; تضخم ايلول 2026.pdf), Table 1 General Index Number 00, annual change 3.8. |
| Last verified | 2026-10-29 |
| Verification | primary — No verification limitation recorded — read from the official source cited. |
| Provenance | source fingerprint |
What this value means
Newest listed month on https://www.cosit.gov.iq/ar/stat-index/index-number/cpi is ايلول 2026 (September); no تشرين الاول 2026 link. PDF HTTP 200 with a text layer. Table 1 header places 3.8 under أيلول 2025 / سنوي (annual) and 0.7 under أب 2026 / شهري (monthly); index columns are أيلول 2026 = 111.7, أب 2026 = 110.9, أيلول 2025 = 107.6, weight 100. That 3.8 is the headline general-index YoY, unit kept as percent. The following row, Index Number After Exclusion, is core at 3.9 annual and is not landed. Food (01) is also 3.8 annual but is not the general index.
Earlier values
| From | Value | Source |
|---|---|---|
| 2026-05-01 | 3 | COSIT May 2026 CPI — Number Index General 00 | 111.2 | 00… |
| 2026-05-01 | 111.2 | Central Statistical Organization, Ministry of Planning —… |
| 2026-04-01 | 112.5 | Central Statistical Organization — April 2026 general CPI… |
| 2026-03-01 | 110.6 | Central Statistical Organization — 'تقرير الارقام القياسية… |
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