There are 438 different kinds of consumer goods and services, according to the basic year survey from 2012. The Central Statistics Office reports that in order to calculate consumer prices, a total of 274 items—108 from the food group and 166 from the non-food group—were selected.

Based on the consumer price index for 2012, the annual rate of inflation for the nation as a whole was 9.09 percent in January 2020, with an average annual rate of 9.06 percent.