The Consumer Price Index (CPI) rose by 3% in March compared to the same month of 2025 in Canary Islands, due to the increase in prices of clothing and footwear (6.5%), restaurants and accommodation (5.2%) and transport (4.3%), according to data published this Tuesday by the National Institute of Statistics.
The archipelago was, along with Asturias and La Rioja, also with a 3% increase, the territory of Spain where the CPI grew the least from March to March, which across the country rose, on average, by 3.4%, with the Community of Madrid presenting the highest rate, of 4.1%, according to INE figures.
The fourth group of the index that increased the most in price on the islands in the third month of 2026 compared to a year ago was that of insurance and financial services (3.4%), followed by alcoholic beverages and tobacco (3.3%), food and non-alcoholic beverages (2.9%), health (2.8%), personal care and others (1.9%) and housing (1.6%).
All sections of the CPI experienced year-on-year increases in March in the Canary Islands, amounting to 1.5% in education services, 1.3% in furniture and home articles and, in the case of the two that rose the least, information and communications and recreational activities, sport and culture, 0.5% in both.