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Australia: Inflation

Percent · 1819–2025 · 207 observations · forecasts to 2031 · infl

2025
2.44%percent
Change on 2024
−0.7 pointsfrom 3.17%
Average, 2016–2025
2.83%10 years
Record high and low
42.6% (1854)low −33.8% (1830)

Inflation

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-40%-20%0%20%40%60%1850190019502000AustraliaAustralia
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Recent values

Percent

YearValue
20312.43Forecast
20302.50Forecast
20292.53Forecast
20282.58Forecast
20273.15Forecast
20262.57Forecast
20252.44
20243.17
20235.64
20226.62
20212.82
20200.89
20191.57
20181.93
20171.99
20161.28

Sources

  • Clio Infra1819–2010
  • Reinhart & Rogoff1819–2014
  • Hutchinson & Ploeckl1852–2020
  • Mitchell1862–2009
  • Jordà-Schularick-Taylor1871–2020
  • Bordo1881–1997
  • Historical Financial Statistics1915–1944
  • Bank for International Settlements1923–2025
  • Ellison, Lee & O'Rourke1926–1936
  • IMF International Financial Statistics1950–2025
  • OECD Key Economic Indicators1950–2025
  • Foster1951–1997
  • World Development Indicators1960–2025
  • OECD Economic Outlook1961–2025
  • World Bank (inflation)1970–2024
  • WDI (archive)1971–1997
  • IMF World Economic Outlook1981–2025
  • Asian Development Bank2000–2025
  • OECD Economic Outlook (forecast)2025–2027
  • IMF WEO (forecast)2025–2031

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Australia documentation (PDF)

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Please cite: Müller, K., Xu, C., Lehbib, M., & Chen, Z. (2025). The Global Macro Database: A New International Macroeconomic Dataset. NBER Working Paper 33714. BibTeX →

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