6 cities registered inflation above 10% in 2021

The National Institute of Statistics and Informatics (INEI) reported that inflation or Consumer Price Index (CPI) nationwide in 2021 grew 6.99%.

It should be remembered that the CPI measures the continuous and generalized increase in the prices of products from one period to another. The INEI reported that the cities that had a greater increase in their prices were Chachapoyas with 12.52%, Huaraz with 11.97% and Puerto Maldonado with 11.16%.

And, in detail, there were six cities in the country that presented inflation above 10%. In the north, Chachapoyas (12.52%), Huaraz (11.97%), Chiclayo (10.13%) and Chimbote (10.04%) stand out. In the jungle, Puerto Maldonado with 11.16%; and on the coast, Moquegua with 10.33%.

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Meanwhile, the cities that had a price hike between 9% and 10% were four. In the jungle, Pucallpa with 9.91% and Moyobamba with 9.67%. In the mountains, Huánuco with 9.83% and Huancayo with 9.46%.

Those that varied between 8% and 9% were six. Of these, three are located in the north: Tarapoto with 8.32%, Tumbes with 8.26% and Piura with 8.13%. In the mountains, Cerro de Pasco rose with 8.88%, Huancavelica with 8.22% and Ayacucho with 8.05%.

Finally, the cities where inflation varied between 6% and 8% were Abancay, which rose with 7.91%, Trujillo with 7.31% and Ica with 7.27%. They are followed by Iquitos with 6.87%, Cusco with 6.95% and Metropolitan Lima with 6.43%.

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Inflation by sectors

The CPI weights the country’s inflation level by dividing goods and services into 12 sectors. Of these, three were the ones that obtained the greatest increase in 2021.

In first place is the sector of Accommodation, Water, Electricity, Gas and Other Fuels, which increased by 13.80%. Secondly, the Transport sector registered an increase of 10.45%. And the third sector with the greatest variation in its prices at the national level was Food and Non-Alcoholic Beverages, which grew 10.4%.