The Statistical Center of Iran (SCI) put the average inflation rate in the twelve-month period that ended on February 19th in the year 1401, at 47.7 percent, 1.4 percentage point more from the figure for the twelve-month period that ended on the last day of the month before.
The center put the country’s point-to-point inflation rate at 53.4 percent in the eleventh month of this year; that is 2.1 percentage points more than in the month before. Point-to-Point means that families have paid an average of 53.4 percent more for purchasing the same package of commodities and services in that month, compared to the same month in the year before. The point-to-point inflation in the major group of “food, beverages and tobacco” was 70.2 percent, 1.3 percentage points more in comparison with the previous month.