Consumer price inflation in New Zealand

Consumer prices in New Zealand changed by 2.8% in 2025.

Measure: Consumer price inflation (World Bank) Unit: Annual % change Data: 1960 to 2025 Source: World Bank
New Zealand, 2025 2.8% Annual % change
Change from 2024 −0.1percentage points 2024: 2.9%
World, 2025 3.0% Official aggregate
Median of OECD (38 countries), 2025 2.8% Middle value of 37 countries
Position in 2025 88th of 169 See the full ranking

Consumer price inflation in New Zealand 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.

Consumer price inflation (World Bank) (annual % change), 2001 to 2025
Period New ZealandWorld
2025 2.8% 3.0%
2024 2.9% 3.0%
2023 5.7% 5.7%
2022 7.2% 8.0%
2021 3.9% 3.5%
2020 1.7% 1.9%
2019 1.6% 2.2%
2018 1.6% 2.5%
2017 1.9% 2.3%
2016 0.6% 1.6%
2015 0.3% 1.4%
2014 1.2% 2.4%
2013 1.1% 2.6%
2012 1.1% 3.7%
2011 4.0% 4.8%
2010 2.3% 3.3%
2009 2.1% 2.9%
2008 4.0% 8.9%
2007 2.4% 4.8%
2006 3.4% 4.3%
2005 3.0% 4.1%
2004 2.3% 3.5%
2003 1.8% 3.0%
2002 2.7% 2.9%
2001 2.6% 3.8%

A dash means no value was published for that period.

In short

  • That is a change of −0.1 percentage points from 2.9% in 2024.
  • Since 2015, when it was 0.3%, the figure has changed by +2.5 percentage points.
  • Among the 169 countries with data for 2025, New Zealand has the 88th highest value.
  • The figure for the world in 2025 was 3.0%.

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Source and dates

Original producer
International Monetary Fund, International Financial Statistics
Distributed by
World Bank, World Development Indicators
Dataset or series code
FP.CPI.TOTL.ZG · dataset details · view at source
Observation period
1960 to 2025 for New Zealand
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: International Monetary Fund, International Financial Statistics