Muscat: The general consumer price index in the Sultanate of Oman recorded an increase of 1.6 percent in December 2025 compared to the same month of 2024 (base year 2018). The average inflation for the period from January to December 2025 also rose by 1 percent.

According to Oman News Agency, data issued by the National Centre for Statistics and Information (NCSI) showed that the category of Miscellaneous Goods and Personal Services topped the list of increases, recording a price rise of 10 percent. It was followed by the Transport category at 2.8 percent, then the Restaurants and Hotels category at 2.6 percent, the Furniture, Household Equipment, and Maintenance category at 2.4 percent, and the Education category at 2.2 percent.

Prices also rose in the Food and Non-Alcoholic Beverages category by 1.1 percent, the Clothing and Footwear category by 0.2 percent, and the Health category by 0.1 percent.

Conversely, the Recreation and Culture category recorded a price decrease of 0.1 percent, while prices in the Housing, Water, Electricity, Gas, and Other Fuels category, the Tobacco category, and the Communications category remained stable with no change.

As for the Food and Non-Alcoholic Beverages category for December 2025 compared to the same month of 2024, prices for Fish and Seafood rose by 6 percent, Fruits by 4 percent, Sugar, Jam, Honey, and Confectionery by 3.5 percent, Milk, Cheese, and Eggs by 2.1 percent, Non-Alcoholic Beverages by 0.9 percent, Meat by 0.8 percent, Bread, Cereals, Oils, and Fats by 0.7 percent, and Food Products Not Elsewhere Classified by 0.4 percent. Meanwhile, Vegetable prices decreased by 5.8 percent.

A'Dhahirah Governorate recorded the highest inflation rate increase by the end of December 2025 compared to the same period of the previous year, with the index rising by 2.5 percent. The inflation rate also increased in A'Dakhiliyah Governorate by 2.1 percent, in the Governorates of Muscat and Al Buraimi by 1.7 percent, and in South Al Batinah Governorate by 1.5 percent.

In the Governorates of South A'Sharqiyah and Musandam, the rate of increase reached 1.1 percent, while the Governorates of North A'Sharqiyah and North Al Batinah recorded an increase of 0.9 percent. The rate also rose in the Governorates of Al Wusta and Dhofar by 0.8 percent.