Oman's inflation rate rises by 0.8% in July 2025

Muscat: The Consumer Price Index (CPI) in the Sultanate of Oman recorded an increase of 0.8 percent in July 2025 compared to the same month in 2024, using 2018 as the base year.

Data released by the National Centre for Statistics and Information (NCSI) showed that prices for the 'Miscellaneous Goods and Services' group led the list of categories with the highest increase at 6.5 percent. This was followed by the 'Transport' group at 4 percent, then the 'Restaurants and Hotels' group at 2.5 percent. The 'Health' group also recorded an increase of 0.8 percent, while prices for the 'Clothing and Footwear' group rose by 0.4 percent and the 'Education' group by 0.1 percent.

Conversely, prices for the 'Food and Non-Alcoholic Beverages' group decreased by 1.4 percent. The 'Culture and Recreation' group declined by 0.2 percent, and the 'Furnishings, Household Equipment, and Routine Maintenance' group decreased by 0.1 percent.

Meanwhile, prices for the 'Housing, Water, Electricity, Gas, and Other Fuels' group, the 'Communications' group, and the 'Tobacco' group remained stable without recording any significant change.

The average inflation rate for the 'Miscellaneous Goods and Services' group in Oman during the period from January to July 2025 was about 6.2 percent.

As for the prices of food and non-alcoholic beverages for July 2025 compared to the same month in 2024, the data showed an increase in a number of sub-groups. The 'Food products not elsewhere classified' sub-group led the increases at 3.9 percent, followed by the 'Sugar, Jam, Honey, and Confectionery' sub-group at 3.3 percent, and then the 'Oils and Fats' sub-group at 1.9 percent.

Prices for the 'Milk, Cheese, and Eggs' sub-group also rose by 1.7 percent, the 'Meat' sub-group by 0.5 percent, in addition to the 'Bread and Cereals' sub-group, which recorded an increase of 0.4 percent. The 'Non-Alcoholic Beverages' sub-group saw a slight increase of 0.1 percent.

In contrast, prices for the 'Vegetables' sub-group decreased by 14.3 percent, followed by the 'Fish and Seafood' sub-group with a decrease of 1.7 percent, and then the 'Fruits' sub-group by 1.4 percent.

At the governorate level, the data showed that Al Dakhiliyah Governorate recorded the highest inflation rate by the end of July 2025 compared to the same period the previous year, with an inflation rate of 1.4 percent. It was followed by Al Dhahirah Governorate at 1.3 percent, then Musandam Governorate at 1.0 percent.

The inflation rate in both South Al Sharqiyah Governorate and Muscat Governorate reached 0.8 percent. Al Buraimi Governorate recorded 0.7 percent, while Al Wusta, North Al Batinah, and South Al Batinah governorates each recorded 0.4 percent. Dhofar Governorate registered an inflation rate of 0.2 percent, while no price changes were recorded in North Al Sharqiyah Governorate.