Key data points
Last release
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Observation period
Jul 2025
Next release
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Forecast
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Highest
125.30 POINT on Jul 31, 2025
Lowest
100.80 POINT on Feb 29, 2020
About East Timor Consumer Price Index
In East Timor, the inflation rate measures a broad rise or fall in prices that consumers pay for a standard basket of goods. The most important category in the Timor-Leste CPI is Food and Non-Alcoholic Beverages (64 percent of the total weight), of which Rice (17 percent), Vegetables (15 percent) and Meat (8 percent). Other important categories are: Transport (6 percent); Clothing and Footwear (6 percent); Housing (6 percent); Alcohol and Tobacco (5 percent); and Furnishings, Household Equipment and Routine Household Maintenance (4 percent). The index also includes: Recreation and Culture (3 percent); Communication (2 percent); Education (2 percent); and Health (1 percent).
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Frequently Asked Questions
The Consumer Price Index (CPI) gauges the general fluctuation in consumer prices by tracking a diverse selection of goods and services over time. Widely embraced as the primary indicator of inflation, it is closely monitored by policymakers, businesses, and other market participants.
Core CPI captures the variations in the prices of goods and services, but unlike CPI, it excludes those originating from the food and energy sectors. Core CPI helps to determine the influence of increasing prices on consumer income.
The highest East Timor Consumer Price Index ever is 125.30 POINT.
The lowest East Timor Consumer Price Index ever is 100.80 POINT.
Last month East Timor Consumer Price Index was 125.30 POINT, and the month before it reached 125.00 POINT.