Rabat – Morocco’s consumer price index (CPI) rose by 1% in September compared with August, driven by a 1.6% increase in food prices and a 0.4% rise in non-food prices, according to the High Commission for Planning (HCP).
Meat and vegetables recorded the steepest increases among food categories, with prices rising 4.3% each. Milk, cheese and eggs became 1.6% more expensive, while mineral water, soft drinks, and fruit and vegetable juices increased by 0.2%. Fruit prices edged up 0.1%.
However, prices for fish and seafood fell by 0.4%, while coffee, tea and cocoa recorded a 0.3% decline. Among non-food products, fuel prices increased by 2% over the month.
The monthly increase varied across the country. Laayoune recorded the highest rise at 2.8%, followed by Beni-Mellal at 2.4% and Guelmim at 1.6%. Prices increased by 1.4% in Marrakech, 1.3% in Rabat, 1.1% in Settat, and 1% in both Fez and Kenitra.
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Meknes and Dakhla each recorded an increase of 0.8%, followed by Agadir and Errachidia at 0.7%. Casablanca and Tangier registered rises of 0.6%, while Safi recorded 0.5%. Oujda and Tetouan both saw increases of 0.4%. In contrast, the index fell by 0.3% in Al Hoceima.
The HCP also reported a 0.5% increase in consumer prices compared with September 2025. This annual change reflected a 2.8% rise in non-food prices and a 2.5% drop in food prices. Within non-food categories, annual price changes ranged from no change in communication to a 9.4% increase in transport.
Other categories also registered annual increases, including restaurants and hotels at 2.9%, education at 1.3%, and housing, water, electricity, gas and other fuels at 1.5%.
Over the first nine months of 2026, the overall consumer price index increased by 0.3% compared with the same period in 2025. Food prices declined by 1.8%, while non-food prices rose by 1.9%. Transport prices recorded a 4.4% increase over the same period.
The underlying inflation indicator, which excludes products with volatile prices and those subject to public tariffs, rose by 0.5% between August and September and by 0.6% year on year.
