Riyadh – Mubasher: Saudi Arabia's consumer price index (CPI) went up by 5.7% year-on-year (YoY) in January 2021.
The rise of the CPI was driven by higher prices of food and beverages, and transport by 12.3% and 9.6%, respectively, data from the General Authority for Statistics (GaStat) showed.
In December 2020, the inflation stood at 5.3%.
On a monthly basis, the inflation levelled up by 0.2% in January 2021, affected by the increase in transport prices by 2%.
