Austria — Inflation
Inflation, Consumer Prices (Annual %) for Austria, 1960–2025.
Inflation for Austria was 3.53% in 2025, according to the latest World Bank data. The series covers 66 years, from 1960 to 2025. The highest recorded value was 9.52% in 1974. The lowest was 0.51% in 2009 (about 7.0× the low point). Across that span the compound annual growth rate works out to 0.92% per year.
Austria ranks 81 of 187 economies on this measure (1 = highest), putting it in the top 43%. The median for Europe & Central Asia is 3.75%, so Austria sits below it. It peaked in 1974 and has fallen 63% since. Over the last decade (2015–2025) the figure moved up 293%. Within Europe & Central Asia it ranks 27 of 49 economies; Tajikistan (3.39%) is just below it. Its sharpest one-year move was up 312% in 2000. That is 13% above this series' own ten-year average.
Data highlights
From its 1960 level: doubled by 1962. Doubling roughly every 76 years at that pace.
World ranking. Slipped: 33rd of 63 in 1960 → 45th of 92 in 1970 → 98th of 106 in 1980 → 102nd of 131 in 1990 → 109th of 163 in 2000 → 132nd of 186 in 2010 → 102nd of 178 in 2020 → 71st of 169 in 2025.
Key figures
Full history — 1960 to 2025
| Year | annual % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 3.53% | +0.6 pp |
| 2024 | 2.94% | -4.9 pp |
| 2023 | 7.81% | -0.7 pp |
| 2022 | 8.55% | +5.8 pp |
| 2021 | 2.77% | +1.4 pp |
| 2020 | 1.38% | -0.1 pp |
| 2019 | 1.53% | -0.5 pp |
| 2018 | 2% | -0.1 pp |
| 2017 | 2.08% | +1.2 pp |
| 2016 | 0.89% | -0.0 pp |
| 2015 | 0.9% | -0.7 pp |
| 2014 | 1.61% | -0.4 pp |
| 2013 | 2% | -0.5 pp |
| 2012 | 2.49% | -0.8 pp |
| 2011 | 3.29% | +1.5 pp |
| 2010 | 1.81% | +1.3 pp |
| 2009 | 0.51% | -2.7 pp |
| 2008 | 3.22% | +1.0 pp |
| 2007 | 2.17% | +0.7 pp |
| 2006 | 1.44% | -0.9 pp |
| 2005 | 2.3% | +0.2 pp |
| 2004 | 2.06% | +0.7 pp |
| 2003 | 1.36% | -0.5 pp |
| 2002 | 1.81% | -0.8 pp |
| 2001 | 2.65% | +0.3 pp |
| 2000 | 2.34% | +1.8 pp |
| 1999 | 0.57% | -0.4 pp |
| 1998 | 0.92% | -0.4 pp |
| 1997 | 1.31% | -0.6 pp |
| 1996 | 1.86% | -0.4 pp |
| 1995 | 2.24% | -0.7 pp |
| 1994 | 2.95% | -0.7 pp |
| 1993 | 3.63% | -0.4 pp |
| 1992 | 4.02% | +0.7 pp |
| 1991 | 3.34% | +0.1 pp |
| 1990 | 3.26% | +0.7 pp |
| 1989 | 2.57% | +0.7 pp |
| 1988 | 1.92% | +0.5 pp |
| 1987 | 1.4% | -0.3 pp |
| 1986 | 1.71% | -1.5 pp |
| 1985 | 3.19% | -2.5 pp |
| 1984 | 5.66% | +2.3 pp |
| 1983 | 3.34% | -2.1 pp |
| 1982 | 5.44% | -1.4 pp |
| 1981 | 6.8% | +0.5 pp |
| 1980 | 6.33% | +2.6 pp |
| 1979 | 3.71% | +0.1 pp |
| 1978 | 3.57% | -1.9 pp |
| 1977 | 5.49% | -1.8 pp |
| 1976 | 7.32% | -1.1 pp |
| 1975 | 8.45% | -1.1 pp |
| 1974 | 9.52% | +2.0 pp |
| 1973 | 7.53% | +1.2 pp |
| 1972 | 6.36% | +1.7 pp |
| 1971 | 4.7% | +0.3 pp |
| 1970 | 4.37% | +1.3 pp |
| 1969 | 3.08% | +0.3 pp |
| 1968 | 2.76% | -1.2 pp |
| 1967 | 3.97% | +1.9 pp |
| 1966 | 2.05% | -2.9 pp |
| 1965 | 4.93% | +1.1 pp |
| 1964 | 3.87% | +1.2 pp |
| 1963 | 2.71% | -1.7 pp |
| 1962 | 4.38% | +0.8 pp |
| 1961 | 3.54% | +1.6 pp |
| 1960 | 1.95% | — |
Frequently asked questions
What was Austria’s Inflation in 1961?
3.54% (1961). The full year-by-year table above lists every published year, most recent first.
Are changes in this series measured in percentage points?
Yes. The series is a share expressed in annual %, so year-over-year movements in the Change column are percentage points (pp), not percent.
Is Austria’s Inflation growing or shrinking?
Between 1960 and 2025 the series was growing overall: +81.3% in total — about 0.9% a year compounded.
Where does this data come from?
World Bank Open Data (CC BY-4.0), indicator FP.CPI.TOTL.ZG. Values are reproduced as published; this page only computes summary statistics such as change, CAGR and extremes.
What are the most recent published figures?
The last five published years: 2025: 3.53%; 2024: 2.94%; 2023: 7.81%; 2022: 8.55%; 2021: 2.77%. Earlier years are in the full-history table below.
Related data
FP.CPI.TOTL.ZG — Inflation, Consumer Prices (Annual %). Data licensed under CC BY 4.0. Values are reproduced as published; this page computes the summary statistics (change, CAGR, extremes) from the underlying annual series. View the original dataset on data.worldbank.org.