Iraq’s Statistics and Geographic Information Systems Authority reported an overall Consumer Price Index of 110.9 for August 2026. The cover of the official PDF identifies the report as the August CPI release and labels its issue September 2026; it does not provide a precise publication day. The index uses the 2022 base described in the report. August’s reading was 0.7% above July 2026’s 110.1 and 3.3% above August 2025’s 107.4. Those are, respectively, the month-on-month and year-on-year changes, which use different comparison periods and should not be conflated.

The report explains that the inflation measure is built from nationwide price observations and consumption weights. Its methodology section discusses the product sample, expenditure weights, index formula, geographic coverage and definition of core inflation. The 110.9 figure is therefore not a price in dinars or the cost of one household’s shopping basket. It is an index measure of prices across selected consumption groups. The 0.7% monthly change compares with the preceding month, while the 3.3% annual change compares with the same month a year earlier. Keeping those periods separate helps readers distinguish short-term price movement from the change accumulated over a twelve-month comparison.

The report also includes detailed index tables by expenditure group and governorate. Those breakdowns are a reminder that the national headline combines movements across different products and locations. A rise in the overall index does not mean every good and service became more expensive at the same rate: increases in some components can lift the aggregate while declines elsewhere moderate it. Likewise, the national rate does not measure the personal inflation experienced by a particular household or city. Meaningful comparisons require the same index series and base; comparing series with different reference bases without adjustment can mislead.

September is the issue month printed on the report, while the prices measured refer to August 2026. The article therefore uses August as the event and data period. Because the official PDF does not identify a more precise publication day, none has been inferred; the source publication date is recorded only to month precision. The report directly supplies the August headline index and its monthly and annual changes. This account carries those published observations and adds no newly calculated, seasonally adjusted or forecast values. Since the 0.7% and 3.3% rates have different reference periods, it would be incorrect to describe the annual figure as the price movement within August. The series is a basic indicator for monitoring price stability, but it cannot by itself establish what happened to wages, household incomes, budgets or the price of a particular product. Those questions require component tables and additional economic evidence.