Consumer Price Index up 0.9% in February

Food, transport, and health prices all increased during the month.

The Consumer Price Index (CPI) rose 0.9% year-on-year (YoY) in February 2025, according to data from the Department of Statistics Singapore (SingStat).

Compared to January, CPI is 0.8% higher, reversing the 0.7% decline a month earlier.

Food, transport, housing & utilities, education, and health all recorded higher prices compared to a year earlier.

Transport (+1.8% YoY), health (+1.8% YoY), and housing and utilities (+1.4% YoY) all recorded higher prices. Food prices rose 1% YoY during the month.

Meanwhile, clothing & footwear; information & communication; recreation, sport & culture; household durables & services; and miscellaneous goods & services prices are all lower compared to February 2024.

Recreation, sport, & culture services prices fell by 1.1% YoY during the period, the largest decrease on a yearly basis.

The CPI is designed to measure the average price changes of a fixed basket of consumption goods and services commonly purchased by resident households over time.

The weighting pattern for the 2024-based CPI was derived from the expenditure values obtained from the Household Expenditure Survey (HES) 2023, and updated to 2024 values by taking into account price changes between 2023 and 2024.