Inflation measured by the GDP deflator in Australia

The GDP deflator for Australia changed by 2.3% in 2025.

Measure: Inflation measured by the GDP deflator Unit: Annual % change Data: 1961 to 2025 Source: World Bank
Australia, 2025 2.3% Annual % change
Change from 2024 −0.3percentage points 2024: 2.6%
World, 2025 3.3% Official aggregate
Median of OECD (38 countries), 2025 3.1% Middle value of 38 countries
Position in 2025 127th of 186 See the full ranking

Inflation measured by the GDP deflator in Australia over time

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Annual % change. Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators. Gaps mean no published value; points are not joined across missing years.

Inflation measured by the GDP deflator (annual % change), 2001 to 2025
Period AustraliaWorld
2025 2.3% 3.3%
2024 2.6% 4.1%
2023 6.5% 5.0%
2022 7.2% 7.3%
2021 3.1% 4.6%
2020 1.9% 2.0%
2019 3.5% 2.4%
2018 1.8% 2.8%
2017 3.6% 3.0%
2016 -0.7% 2.0%
2015 -0.6% 2.3%
2014 1.4% 2.0%
2013 -0.1% 2.3%
2012 1.8% 3.6%
2011 6.2% 5.5%
2010 1.2% 4.2%
2009 5.0% 2.0%
2008 4.6% 7.9%
2007 5.0% 6.0%
2006 5.1% 5.9%
2005 3.8% 5.8%
2004 3.2% 5.6%
2003 3.0% 4.0%
2002 2.8% 3.6%
2001 4.6% 3.9%

A dash means no value was published for that period.

In short

  • That is a change of −0.3 percentage points from 2.6% in 2024.
  • Since 2015, when it was -0.6%, the figure has changed by +2.9 percentage points.
  • Among the 186 countries with data for 2025, Australia has the 127th highest value.
  • The figure for the world in 2025 was 3.3%.

Source and dates

Original producer
World Bank and OECD national accounts data, from national statistical offices
Distributed by
World Bank, World Development Indicators
Dataset or series code
NY.GDP.DEFL.KD.ZG · dataset details · view at source
Observation period
1961 to 2025 for Australia
Provider update
8 October 2026
Retrieved
9 November 2026
Published here
9 November 2026
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (per series metadata)
Attribution
Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators, original data: World Bank and OECD national accounts data, from national statistical offices