Economy
The World Bank — World Development Indicators (CC BY 4.0) · updated 2025-12-31
New Zealand's inflation rate stands at 2.84% as of 2025-12-31, down from 2.92% in 2024. Historical data runs from 1960 to 2025 (66 observations).
In 2025, New Zealand's inflation rate was 2.84%, down from 2.92% in 2024.
In 2024, New Zealand's inflation rate was 2.92%, down from 5.73% in 2023.
In 2023, New Zealand's inflation rate was 5.73%, down from 7.17% in 2022.
In 2022, New Zealand's inflation rate was 7.17%, up from 3.94% in 2021.
In 2021, New Zealand's inflation rate was 3.94%, up from 1.71% in 2020.
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 2.84% | -0.083% |
| 2024 | 2.92% | -2.81% |
| 2023 | 5.73% | -1.44% |
| 2022 | 7.17% | +3.23% |
| 2021 | 3.94% | +2.23% |
| 2020 | 1.71% | +0.0949% |
| 2019 | 1.62% | +0.0213% |
| 2018 | 1.6% | -0.2525% |
| 2017 | 1.85% | +1.2% |
| 2016 | 0.6462% | +0.3535% |
| 2015 | 0.2927% | -0.9348% |
| 2014 | 1.23% | +0.0931% |
| 2013 | 1.13% | +0.0745% |
| 2012 | 1.06% | -2.97% |
| 2011 | 4.03% | +1.73% |
| 2010 | 2.3% | +0.1864% |
| 2009 | 2.12% | -1.84% |
| 2008 | 3.96% | +1.58% |
| 2007 | 2.38% | -0.9893% |
| 2006 | 3.37% | +0.3284% |
| 2005 | 3.04% | +0.7468% |
| 2004 | 2.29% | +0.5367% |
| 2003 | 1.75% | -0.9235% |
| 2002 | 2.68% | +0.0513% |
| 2001 | 2.63% | +0.0106% |
| 2000 | 2.62% | +2.73% |
| 1999 | -0.1143% | -1.38% |
| 1998 | 1.27% | +0.0781% |
| 1997 | 1.19% | -1.1% |
| 1996 | 2.29% | -1.47% |
| 1995 | 3.75% | +2.01% |
| 1994 | 1.75% | +0.4572% |
| 1993 | 1.29% | +0.2736% |
| 1992 | 1.01% | -1.59% |
| 1991 | 2.6% | -3.5% |
| 1990 | 6.1% | +0.3825% |
| 1989 | 5.72% | -0.6593% |
| 1988 | 6.38% | -9.37% |
| 1987 | 15.74% | +2.53% |
| 1986 | 13.21% | -2.2% |
| 1985 | 15.42% | +9.25% |
| 1984 | 6.17% | -1.17% |
| 1983 | 7.34% | -8.82% |
| 1982 | 16.16% | +0.7935% |
| 1981 | 15.37% | -1.78% |
| 1980 | 17.15% | +3.45% |
| 1979 | 13.7% | +1.74% |
| 1978 | 11.96% | -2.43% |
| 1977 | 14.38% | -2.52% |
| 1976 | 16.91% | +2.22% |
| 1975 | 14.68% | +3.58% |
| 1974 | 11.11% | +2.94% |
| 1973 | 8.17% | +1.23% |
| 1972 | 6.93% | -3.45% |
| 1971 | 10.39% | +3.87% |
| 1970 | 6.52% | +1.59% |
| 1969 | 4.93% | +0.6133% |
| 1968 | 4.31% | -1.74% |
| 1967 | 6.06% | +3.3% |
| 1966 | 2.76% | -0.642% |
| 1965 | 3.4% | -0.0774% |
| 1964 | 3.47% | +1.51% |
| 1963 | 1.97% | -0.7124% |
| 1962 | 2.68% | +0.8831% |
| 1961 | 1.8% | +1.1% |
| 1960 | 0.6979% | — |
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New Zealand's inflation rate is 2.84% as of 2025-12-31, compared with 2.92% in 2024. The World Bank — World Development Indicators (CC BY 4.0)
The highest recorded value is 17.15% (1980); the lowest is -0.1143% (1999), across data from 1960 to 2025.
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