Saturday 7th December 2024
According to the ‘Current Macroeconomic and Financial Situation of Nepal,’ the consumer inflation rate in fiscal year 2020/21 stood at 3.6 percent.
The report was released by the Nepal Rastra Bank (NRB) on Thursday.
The inflation rate has dropped by 2.55 percent from the 6.15 percent in FY 2019/20. This is probably the lowest annual average price rise in the last two decades.
The improvement in inflation rate last fiscal is mainly attributed to the uptick in prices of edible oils, pulses, and legumes.
| Product | Rise in annual consumer price |
| Ghee and Oil | 17.54% |
| Pulses and Legumes | 10.65% |
| Tobacco Products | 9.83% |
| Transportation sub-groups | 6.41% |
As per NRB, the rise in edible oil prices is mainly due to the increase in price of raw materials in the international market.
The Himalayan nation imports almost all the oilseeds to meet the demand of its domestic markets.
Likewise, the inflation rate of non-food and services stood at 2.51 percent in FY 2020/21, down from 4.61 percent in FY 2019/20.
| Regions | FY 2020/21 | FY 2019/20 |
| Kathmandu Valley | 3.33% | 6.96% |
| Terai | 3.68% | 6.29% |
| Hill region | 3.87% | 5.10% |
| Mountain region | 2.87% | 4.91% |
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