The CPI shoots up to 5.1% in the Balearic Islands

PalmaThe Consumer Price Index (CPI) rose to 5.1% in the Balearic Islands in September in year-on-year terms, seven tenths more than the previous month, according to the final data published this Wednesday by the National Statistics Institute (INE). With this result, prices have seen five consecutive months of increases in the archipelago.

Compared to August, inflation increased by 0.1%, while the cumulative price increase since the beginning of the year reached 4.5%. The year-on-year rise has spread to all consumption categories, although with significant differences between sectors.

Transport leads the increases, with a price rise of 7.7% compared to September 2024, 2.4 points more than the rate recorded the previous month. It is followed by restaurants and accommodation services, with a rise of 6.8%, although this rate has moderated by 1.4 points.

Housing, water, electricity, gas, and other fuels have also become 6.2% more expensive in one year, 1.2 points more than in August. For its part, clothing and footwear recorded an increase of 5.7%, after a rise of 5.9 points in the year-on-year rate.

Healthcare, the sector with the most moderate increase

At the other extreme, healthcare presents the lowest year-on-year increase, at 1.4%, two tenths less than the previous month. Furniture and household items have become 2.3% more expensive, while prices for information and communications have increased by 2.8%. Alcoholic beverages and tobacco register a rise of 3.1%.

At the state level, the CPI increased by 0.3% in September compared to the previous month and the year-on-year rate grew by six tenths, to 4.9%. Thus, inflation in the Balearic Islands is two tenths above the Spanish average.