Samoa - Inflation, consumer prices (annual %)

The value for Inflation, consumer prices (annual %) in Samoa was 3.13 as of 2021. As the graph below shows, over the past 59 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 33.05 in 1980 and a minimum value of -2.90 in 1995.

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
1962 2.65
1963 0.69
1964 5.31
1965 2.11
1966 2.87
1967 -0.52
1968 1.71
1969 4.13
1970 2.74
1971 4.77
1972 7.51
1973 11.76
1974 24.99
1975 8.79
1976 4.90
1977 14.61
1978 2.06
1979 11.12
1980 33.05
1981 20.51
1982 18.30
1983 16.46
1984 11.86
1985 9.09
1986 5.73
1987 4.57
1988 8.51
1989 6.46
1990 15.24
1991 -1.82
1992 9.03
1993 1.72
1994 12.08
1995 -2.90
1996 5.37
1997 6.86
1998 2.22
1999 0.27
2000 0.97
2001 3.84
2002 8.05
2003 0.12
2004 16.31
2005 1.86
2006 3.70
2007 5.58
2008 11.57
2009 6.32
2010 0.78
2011 5.24
2012 2.05
2013 0.61
2014 -0.41
2015 0.72
2016 1.30
2017 1.75
2018 4.20
2019 0.98
2020 -1.57
2021 3.13

Aggregation method: Median

Periodicity: Annual

Classification

Topic: Financial Sector Indicators

Sub-Topic: Exchange rates & prices