Dominica — Inflation
Inflation, Consumer Prices (Annual %) for Dominica, 1967–2025.
Inflation for Dominica was 2.53% in 2025, according to the latest World Bank data. The series covers 57 years, from 1967 to 2025. The highest recorded value was 34.38% in 1974. The lowest was -0.84% in 2015 (about -3.0× the low point). Across that span the compound annual growth rate works out to 1.70% per year.
Dominica ranks 107 of 187 economies on this measure (1 = highest), putting it in the top 57%. The median for Latin America & Caribbean is 2.53%, so Dominica sits level with it. It peaked in 1974 and has fallen 93% since. Over the last decade (2015–2025) the figure moved up 400%. Within Latin America & Caribbean it ranks 17 of 33 economies; Sint Maarten (Dutch part) (2.19%) is just below it. Its sharpest one-year move was up 47786% in 2010. That is 48% above this series' own ten-year average.
Data highlights
From its 1967 level: doubled by 1968; grown tenfold by 1970. Doubling roughly every 41 years at that pace.
World ranking. Slipped: 70th of 87 in 1967 → 10th of 92 in 1970 → 105th of 131 in 1990 → 137th of 163 in 2000 → 100th of 186 in 2010 → 107th of 178 in 2020 → 92nd of 169 in 2025.
Key figures
Full history — 1967 to 2025
| Year | annual % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 2.53% | -0.2 pp |
| 2024 | 2.74% | -2.4 pp |
| 2023 | 5.09% | +2.2 pp |
| 2022 | 2.88% | +0.7 pp |
| 2021 | 2.23% | +1.0 pp |
| 2020 | 1.22% | -0.3 pp |
| 2019 | 1.5% | +0.5 pp |
| 2018 | 0.99% | +0.7 pp |
| 2017 | 0.3% | +0.2 pp |
| 2016 | 0.14% | +1.0 pp |
| 2015 | -0.84% | -1.6 pp |
| 2014 | 0.8% | +0.8 pp |
| 2013 | -0.05% | -1.4 pp |
| 2012 | 1.36% | +0.2 pp |
| 2011 | 1.13% | -1.9 pp |
| 2010 | 3% | +3.0 pp |
| 2009 | 0.01% | -6.4 pp |
| 2008 | 6.36% | +2.7 pp |
| 2007 | 3.63% | +1.4 pp |
| 2006 | 2.2% | +0.5 pp |
| 2005 | 1.68% | -0.7 pp |
| 2004 | 2.39% | +0.9 pp |
| 2003 | 1.45% | +1.3 pp |
| 2002 | 0.17% | -1.1 pp |
| 2001 | 1.3% | +0.4 pp |
| 2000 | 0.86% | -0.3 pp |
| 1999 | 1.18% | +0.2 pp |
| 1998 | 1% | -1.4 pp |
| 1997 | 2.44% | +0.8 pp |
| 1996 | 1.68% | +0.4 pp |
| 1995 | 1.32% | +1.3 pp |
| 1994 | 0.02% | -1.6 pp |
| 1993 | 1.57% | -3.9 pp |
| 1992 | 5.47% | -0.1 pp |
| 1991 | 5.56% | +2.4 pp |
| 1990 | 3.19% | -3.0 pp |
| 1989 | 6.22% | +3.3 pp |
| 1988 | 2.92% | -1.1 pp |
| 1987 | 4.02% | +1.3 pp |
| 1986 | 2.77% | -1.0 pp |
| 1985 | 3.74% | +1.5 pp |
| 1984 | 2.22% | -1.9 pp |
| 1983 | 4.15% | -0.2 pp |
| 1982 | 4.39% | -8.9 pp |
| 1981 | 13.27% | +5.6 pp |
| 1978 | 7.71% | -1.8 pp |
| 1977 | 9.5% | -1.4 pp |
| 1976 | 10.9% | -9.0 pp |
| 1975 | 19.9% | -14.5 pp |
| 1974 | 34.38% | +22.3 pp |
| 1973 | 12.1% | +8.4 pp |
| 1972 | 3.69% | +0.1 pp |
| 1971 | 3.64% | -8.8 pp |
| 1970 | 12.39% | +8.2 pp |
| 1969 | 4.22% | -1.2 pp |
| 1968 | 5.37% | +4.4 pp |
| 1967 | 0.95% | — |
Frequently asked questions
What was Dominica’s Inflation in 1968?
5.37% (1968). 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 Dominica’s Inflation growing or shrinking?
Between 1967 and 2025 the series was growing overall: +166.0% in total — about 1.7% 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: 2.53%; 2024: 2.74%; 2023: 5.09%; 2022: 2.88%; 2021: 2.23%. 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.