Bolivia Faces Sharpest Price Surge in Decades as Inflation Hits 15.53 Percent
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Bolivia Faces Sharpest Price Surge in Decades as Inflation Hits 15.53 Percent
Official data from Bolivia’s National Institute of Statistics (INE) shows that inflation in Bolivia reached 15.53% in the first half of 2025. This figure is more than double the government’s annual target of 7.5% for the year. The International Monetary Fund (IMF) projects that inflation could reach 15.8% for the full year 2025. These numbers […]
The INE admits that the currency issue also influenced and experts warn of a 25% loss of purchasing power in a year The price of food in Bolivia skyrocketed 31.48 per cent in the last 12 months, and only in the first half of 2025 the accumulated inflation of food reached 20.12 per cent, according to the National Institute of Statistics (INE). The entity attributes this increase mainly to the blockades caused by the evism, which affected the dist…
Bolivia's Consumer Price Index (CPI) has rebounded to 15.53 per cent in the first six months of the year, at peak levels since 2008 and well above the 9.81 per cent recorded in May, according to the National Institute of Statistics (INE).
Inflation in June reached 5,21%, the accumulated figure exceeded 15%, whose figure passed 100% of what was projected in the General State Budget (PGE) 2025, set for this management of 7.5%, according to the official figures. For the president of the Departmental College of Economists of Tarija, Fernando Romero, the month of June was the most inflationary between the management 2014-2023, with 5,21%, and the cumulative figure reached that project…
Inflation in Bolivia, measured by monthly variations in the Consumer Price Index (CPI), recorded a 5.21 per cent jump in June compared to May, the worst figure in recent years. The National Institute of Statistics (INE) recognized the impact of this increase in the cost of living in the country, and attributed it mainly to blockades.
"It is what we see and live in this moment all Bolivians and no one can deny it," said the director of the INE, Humberto Arandia.
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