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New Zealand: Inflation

Percent · 1858–2025 · 168 observations · forecasts to 2031 · infl

2025
2.80%percent
Change on 2024
−0.1 pointsfrom 2.87%
Average, 2016–2025
2.99%10 years
Record high and low
17.2% (1980)low −11.8% (1859)

Inflation

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Recent values

Percent

YearValue
20312.02Forecast
20302.02Forecast
20292.02Forecast
20282.12Forecast
20272.26Forecast
20262.13Forecast
20252.80
20242.87
20235.73
20227.17
20213.94
20201.71
20191.62
20181.60
20171.85
20160.646

Sources

  • Clio Infra1858–2010
  • Reinhart & Rogoff1858–2014
  • NZ Inst. Economic Research1862–2024
  • Mitchell1908–2009
  • Bank for International Settlements1915–2025
  • IMF International Financial Statistics1916–2025
  • OECD Key Economic Indicators1916–2025
  • Historical Financial Statistics1921–1944
  • Ellison, Lee & O'Rourke1926–1936
  • World Development Indicators1960–2025
  • OECD Economic Outlook1966–2025
  • World Bank (inflation)1970–2024
  • WDI (archive)1971–1997
  • Bordo1972–1997
  • IMF World Economic Outlook1981–2025
  • Asian Development Bank2000–2025
  • OECD Economic Outlook (forecast)2025–2027
  • IMF WEO (forecast)2025–2031

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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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