This entry contains four datasets relating to consumer price inflation (CPI) in African countries. * 1) Inflation Data for Africa (Sources) * A list of international and national statistical agencies that publish CPI data for African countries. * 2) Inflation Data for African Countries, monthly showing year-on-year % change * This dataset contains headline CPI and COICOP indicators for annual changes. * 3) Inflation Data for African Countries, monthly, showing month-on-month % change * This dataset contains headline CPI and COICOP indicators for monthly changes. * 4) Reshaped inflation Data for African Countries, monthly showing year-on-year % change * This data is identical to dataset 2), but reshaped for use in Africa Data Hub's Africa Observer tool

The IMF has a great inflation database, but it relies on countries to provide their latest data to the IMF, and as such, it can be temporarily out of date. This database will keep the IMF inflation database up to date for African countries by scraping data from individual countries' websites as soon as they release their data and combining it with the latest IMF data. This Africa inflation database powers the ADH Inflation Observer. All 3 datasets found here contain the same data, but in different shapes to suit different applications.