Headline figures for the year ending June 2026.
Source: KNBS, Table 1 — Overall PPI and Inflation Rates, March 2023–June 2026.
In the report's own words, explained simply.
Producer Inflation and the Overall PPI, March 2023 → June 2026.
Producer inflation was negative through much of 2024–2025 before turning positive again in June 2026.
Source: KNBS, Table 1.
Year-on-year producer price change by major sector, June 2026.
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Source: KNBS, Table 2 — Year-on-Year Industrial Producer Inflation by Sector.
Sector figures translated into everyday terms.
Sub-sectors with the largest price swings.
Source: KNBS, Table 4 — Percentage Changes of PPI over a Quarter and a Year Ago.
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Source: KNBS, Tables 2–5.
If factories pay more to produce goods today, supermarkets may charge more later. Watching producer prices gives an early hint of where consumer prices could be headed.
No. Sometimes businesses absorb higher costs to stay competitive. Sometimes the higher costs are passed to consumers only after several months.
Producer prices in the electricity sector decreased by 7.58% over the year (and 4.77% over the latest quarter), which can help reduce production costs for electricity-dependent industries.
Producer prices often change before consumer prices, making the PPI an early-warning indicator of future inflation.
Paper and paper products producer prices rose 15.73% over the year. If sustained, products such as books, newspapers, packaging and stationery may gradually become more expensive.
Producer prices increased by 4.47% between March and June 2026. Manufacturing (+5.46%) and Mining and Quarrying (+5.52%) recorded notable quarterly increases, while Electricity prices declined (-4.77%). Overall annual producer inflation stood at a modest 1.43%, with Water Supply (+11.86% y/y) and Paper products (+15.73% y/y) posting the largest annual gains, while Electricity (-7.58% y/y) posted the largest annual decline.
The Producer Price Index (PPI) measures changes over time in the prices received by domestic producers for their output, and serves as a key indicator of producer-level inflation in the economy. The index uses March 2019 = 100 as its base period. Prices are collected as at the mid of each quarter across sectors classified under the International Standard Industrial Classification (ISIC): Mining and Quarrying, Manufacturing, Electricity/Gas/Steam/Air Conditioning Supply, and Water Supply/Sewerage/Waste Management. Sector and sub-sector indices are weighted and combined into the overall PPI. Year-on-year inflation compares a quarter to the same quarter one year earlier; quarter-on-quarter compares it to the immediately preceding quarter.
Source: Kenya National Bureau of Statistics (KNBS), Producer Price Indices, Second Quarter 2026 Release.
