Mauritius' annual average inflation rate rose to 5.8 percent in August from 5.5 percent in the previous month, the statistics office said on Wednesday.
Clothing and footwear as well as household equipment all registered rises in the consumer price index between July and August 2011.
The consumer price index rose to 128.4 from 128.2 points in July and from 120.6 in August 2010, the Central Statistic Office said in a statement