Muscat: The general consumer price index in the Sultanate of Oman rose by 1.4 percent in January 2026 compared to the same month in 2025 (base year 2018). According to Yemen News Agency, data released by the National Centre for Statistics and Information (NCSI) on Tuesday showed that the miscellaneous personal goods and services group led the price increases, registering a rise of 13.2 percent. This was followed by the restaurants and hotels group, which saw a 5.9 percent increase; the furniture, furnishings, household equipment, and maintenance group, which rose by 2.6 percent; the education group, which increased by 2.2 percent; the health group, which rose by 1.7 percent; the food and non-alcoholic beverages group, which increased by 0.9 percent; and the clothing and footwear group, which rose by 0.1 percent. Meanwhile, the transport group saw a decrease of 0.3 percent. Prices for the housing, water, electricity, gas and other fuels group, the culture and entertainment group, the tobacco group, and the communications group remained unchanged.