(MENAFN) Jordan’s Consumer Price Index (CPI) increased by 1.94 percent during the first seven months of 2025 compared with the same period in 2024, according to the Department of Statistics’ (DoS) monthly report released Monday.

The CPI for the January–July period reached 112.59 points, up from 110.45 points a year earlier. On a monthly basis, inflation rose by 1.68 percent in July compared with July 2024, but slightly declined by 0.10 percent compared with June 2025.

The index for July stood at 112.87 points, compared with 111.00 in July 2024, and down marginally from 112.98 in June 2025.

By commodity groups, the steepest increases over the first seven months were recorded in “personal luggage” (20.32 percent), “tobacco and cigarettes” (12.60 percent), “fruits and nuts” (8.46 percent), “tea, coffee, and cocoa” (7.95 percent), and “spices, food enhancers, and other foods” (5.30 percent).

Conversely, declines were noted in “furniture, carpets, and mattresses” (down 2.92 percent), “household utensils” (2.70 percent), “fish and seafood” (1.90 percent), and “vegetables, dry legumes, and canned vegetables” (1.70 percent).

In July 2025 compared with July 2024, the biggest contributors to inflation included “personal luggage,” “tobacco and cigarettes,” “tea, coffee, and cocoa,” “fruits and nuts,” and “spices and other foods.” Meanwhile, falling prices in “vegetables,” “household utensils,” “fish and seafood,” and “furniture” helped ease the overall rise.

Compared with June 2025, the July index fell slightly, driven mainly by declines in “meat and poultry” (4.13 percent), “fruits and nuts” (2.23 percent), “vegetables” (1.71 percent), “fish and seafood” (0.41 percent), and “beverages and soft drinks” (0.19 percent).

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