By division, the most notable increases were in food and non-alcoholic beverages and in education and the most notable decrease was in transport.
In March 2025, the monthly variation of the Consumer Price Index (CPI) was 0.5%. The cumulative variation of the CPI in the year to date was 2.0%, and the twelve-month variation was 4.9%.
Nine of the thirteen divisions of the CPI basket had positive influences on the monthly variation of the index and four divisions had negative influences.
Among the divisions with increases in prices, the most notable were food and non-alcoholic beverages (1.2%), which had an impact of 0.268 percentage points (pp), and education (4.9%), which had an impact of 0.206 pp.
The remaining divisions with positive influence on the variation of the CPI had a combined impact of 0.203 pp.
Among the divisions with monthly decreases in prices, the most notable was transport (-0.8%), which had an impact of -0.105 pp.
See:
Statistical Bulletin: Consumer Price Index March 2025 (English translation)
Technical Supplement (Spanish only)
Statistical Tables (Spanish only)