BAKU, Azerbaijan, September 10. The consumer price index (CPI) in Azerbaijan amounted to 104.9 percent in August 2025 compared to August 2024, including 106.6 percent for food, alcoholic beverages, and tobacco products, 102.1 percent for non-food products, and 104.9 percent for paid services provided to the population.
The data obtained by Trend from the State Statistics Committee shows that compared to the previous month, over the reporting month, the CPI stood at 100.4 percent, and from January through August 2025, it reached 105.6 percent compared to the same period in 2024.
In the reporting month, the CPI for food, alcoholic beverages, and tobacco products was 100.3 percent compared to the previous month, and from January through August 2025, 106.6 percent compared to the same period last year.
Compared to the previous month, this August, the highest month-on-month price increases among food items were seen in beef, lamb, milk, eggs, sunflower and corn oil, bananas, cherries, apricots, watermelons, white cabbage, greens, cucumbers, green beans, carrots, garlic, and chocolate products. Prices decreased for lemons, apples, pears, melons, grapes, cauliflower, broccoli, tomatoes, sweet peppers, eggplants, table beets, onions, and potatoes. Prices of other food items remained largely unchanged.
In August 2025, the CPI for non-food products was 100.1 percent compared to the previous month, and in the first eight months of this year, 102.6 percent compared to the same period last year.
Prices of personal hygiene items and jewelry grew, while prices for summer clothing declined compared to July of this year.
Other non-food product prices remained stable.
The CPI for paid services was 100.6 percent compared to the previous month and 106.9 percent from January through August compared to the same period in 2024.
In August 2025, compared to the previous month, price increases were mainly recorded in clothing, dry cleaning, international phone calls, international air travel, and catering services at restaurants and cafes.
Meanwhile, prices for other paid services changed slightly.
