Based on the 2012 base year, the food group’s national consumer price index was 172.69 in January 2020; It was 144.97 for non-food groups and 161.33 for all groups, representing a 9.09 percent increase in consumer prices compared to January 2019.

The significant increase in the prices of goods in all groups collected for consumer price calculations compared to the same period last year was the cause of the increase in consumer prices.