Australia - Inflation, consumer prices (annual %)

The value for Inflation, consumer prices (annual %) in Australia was 2.86 as of 2021. As the graph below shows, over the past 61 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 15.42 in 1974 and a minimum value of -0.32 in 1962.

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 3.73
1961 2.29
1962 -0.32
1963 0.64
1964 2.87
1965 3.41
1966 3.29
1967 3.48
1968 2.52
1969 3.28
1970 3.44
1971 6.14
1972 6.02
1973 9.09
1974 15.42
1975 15.16
1976 13.32
1977 12.31
1978 8.00
1979 9.12
1980 10.14
1981 9.49
1982 11.35
1983 10.04
1984 3.96
1985 6.73
1986 9.05
1987 8.53
1988 7.22
1989 7.53
1990 7.33
1991 3.18
1992 1.01
1993 1.75
1994 1.97
1995 4.63
1996 2.62
1997 0.22
1998 0.86
1999 1.48
2000 4.46
2001 4.41
2002 2.98
2003 2.73
2004 2.34
2005 2.69
2006 3.56
2007 2.33
2008 4.35
2009 1.77
2010 2.92
2011 3.30
2012 1.76
2013 2.45
2014 2.49
2015 1.51
2016 1.28
2017 1.95
2018 1.91
2019 1.61
2020 0.85
2021 2.86

Aggregation method: Median

Periodicity: Annual

Classification

Topic: Financial Sector Indicators

Sub-Topic: Exchange rates & prices