New Zealand - Inflation, consumer prices (annual %)

The value for Inflation, consumer prices (annual %) in New Zealand was 3.94 as of 2021. As the graph below shows, over the past 61 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 17.15 in 1980 and a minimum value of -0.11 in 1999.

Definition: Inflation as measured by the consumer price index reflects the annual percentage change in the cost to the average consumer of acquiring a basket of goods and services that may be fixed or changed at specified intervals, such as yearly. The Laspeyres formula is generally used.

Source: International Monetary Fund, International Financial Statistics and data files.

See also:

Year Value
1960 0.70
1961 1.80
1962 2.68
1963 1.97
1964 3.47
1965 3.40
1966 2.76
1967 6.06
1968 4.31
1969 4.93
1970 6.52
1971 10.39
1972 6.93
1973 8.17
1974 11.11
1975 14.68
1976 16.91
1977 14.38
1978 11.96
1979 13.70
1980 17.15
1981 15.37
1982 16.16
1983 7.34
1984 6.17
1985 15.42
1986 13.21
1987 15.74
1988 6.38
1989 5.72
1990 6.10
1991 2.60
1992 1.01
1993 1.29
1994 1.75
1995 3.75
1996 2.29
1997 1.19
1998 1.27
1999 -0.11
2000 2.62
2001 2.63
2002 2.68
2003 1.75
2004 2.29
2005 3.04
2006 3.37
2007 2.38
2008 3.96
2009 2.12
2010 2.30
2011 4.03
2012 1.06
2013 1.13
2014 1.23
2015 0.29
2016 0.65
2017 1.85
2018 1.60
2019 1.62
2020 1.71
2021 3.94

Aggregation method: Median

Periodicity: Annual

Classification

Topic: Financial Sector Indicators

Sub-Topic: Exchange rates & prices