Consumer prices (CPI) during each prime minister's tenure
Every prime minister since 1991, ranked by how consumer prices (CPI) changed from their first day in office. Politare shows what happened during a tenure; it does not claim the office-holder caused it.
| # | Prime minister | In office | Total | Per year | Chart |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | EPRDF Meles Zenawi | 28 May 1991 – 20 Aug 2012 | +511% Apr 1991 → Jul 2012 | +8.9%/yr | |
| 2 | PP Abiy Ahmed | 2 Apr 2018 – now | +406% Mar 2018 → Aug 2026 | +21.3%/yr | |
| 3 | EPRDF Hailemariam Desalegn | 20 Aug 2012 – 2 Apr 2018 | +62.6% Jul 2012 → Mar 2018 | +9.0%/yr |
Sorted by total, highest first. Every row is indexed to the last month complete before the first day in office ("from" marks a start that had to move because that period had no data, or because the period cut it); Levels are per cent changes, rates are differences in %; "per year" compounds levels and divides rates. Tenures with under 12 months, or under three observations, are left out. index, 2010 = 100 · Ethiopian Statistics Service consumer price index via the IMF (CPI, all items, the service's base years spliced into one index by the IMF, 2010 = 100), national · Ethiopia data · as of Oct 2026.