Construction Input-Price Indices-First Quarter-2025

Abstract

The Kenya National Bureau of Statistics hereby releases Construction Input Price Indices (CIPI) for the first quarter of 2025. The indices are generated from price data collected from a representative sample of outlets that trade in construction materials. The prices are collected quarterly on the 15th day of the mid-month of the quarter for the transactions that occurred. The CIPI and inflation rates are as shown in Tables 1 and 2. Year-over-year inflation dropped from 3.56 per cent in Q1 2024 to 0.18 per cent in Q1 2025. The indices of quarry products, sand, and cement increased by 1.15, 0.61 and 0.92 per cent to 107.44, 104.89 and 117.38, respectively while notable declines were in indices of Steel and Reinforcement bars, Dense Bitumen Macadam, Mix and precoated chippings and Concrete & Asphalts which declined by 2.16, 2.12, 1.78 and 1.48 per cent, to 163.94, 152.60, 125.63 and 144.20, respectively.