Samoa — Inflation
Inflation, Consumer Prices (Annual %) for Samoa, 1962–2025.
Inflation for Samoa was 2.21% in 2025, according to the latest World Bank data. The series covers 64 years, from 1962 to 2025. The highest recorded value was 33.05% in 1980. The lowest was -2.90% in 1995 (about -1.3× the latest value). Across that span the compound annual growth rate works out to -0.29% per year.
Samoa ranks 121 of 187 economies on this measure (1 = highest), putting it in the top 65%. The median for East Asia & Pacific is 2.21%, so Samoa sits level with it. It peaked in 1980 and has fallen 93% since. Over the last decade (2015–2025) the figure moved up 205%. Within East Asia & Pacific it ranks 14 of 28 economies; Korea, Rep. (2.12%) is just below it. Its sharpest one-year move was up 13984% in 2004. That is 28% below this series' own ten-year average.
Data highlights
From its 1962 level: doubled by 1972; grown tenfold by 1980.
World ranking. Slipped: 35th of 67 in 1962 → 68th of 92 in 1970 → 11th of 106 in 1980 → 41st of 131 in 1990 → 135th of 163 in 2000 → 171st of 186 in 2010 → 173rd of 178 in 2020 → 106th of 169 in 2025.
Key figures
Full history — 1962 to 2025
| Year | annual % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 2.21% | +0.0 pp |
| 2024 | 2.17% | -5.7 pp |
| 2023 | 7.92% | -3.0 pp |
| 2022 | 10.96% | +7.8 pp |
| 2021 | 3.13% | +4.7 pp |
| 2020 | -1.57% | -2.6 pp |
| 2019 | 0.98% | -3.2 pp |
| 2018 | 4.2% | +2.4 pp |
| 2017 | 1.75% | +0.4 pp |
| 2016 | 1.3% | +0.6 pp |
| 2015 | 0.72% | +1.1 pp |
| 2014 | -0.41% | -1.0 pp |
| 2013 | 0.61% | -1.4 pp |
| 2012 | 2.05% | -3.2 pp |
| 2011 | 5.24% | +4.5 pp |
| 2010 | 0.78% | -5.5 pp |
| 2009 | 6.32% | -5.2 pp |
| 2008 | 11.57% | +6.0 pp |
| 2007 | 5.58% | +1.9 pp |
| 2006 | 3.7% | +1.8 pp |
| 2005 | 1.86% | -14.5 pp |
| 2004 | 16.31% | +16.2 pp |
| 2003 | 0.12% | -7.9 pp |
| 2002 | 8.05% | +4.2 pp |
| 2001 | 3.84% | +2.9 pp |
| 2000 | 0.97% | +0.7 pp |
| 1999 | 0.27% | -2.0 pp |
| 1998 | 2.22% | -4.6 pp |
| 1997 | 6.86% | +1.5 pp |
| 1996 | 5.37% | +8.3 pp |
| 1995 | -2.9% | -15.0 pp |
| 1994 | 12.08% | +10.4 pp |
| 1993 | 1.72% | -7.3 pp |
| 1992 | 9.03% | +10.9 pp |
| 1991 | -1.82% | -17.1 pp |
| 1990 | 15.24% | +8.8 pp |
| 1989 | 6.46% | -2.0 pp |
| 1988 | 8.51% | +3.9 pp |
| 1987 | 4.57% | -1.2 pp |
| 1986 | 5.73% | -3.4 pp |
| 1985 | 9.09% | -2.8 pp |
| 1984 | 11.86% | -4.6 pp |
| 1983 | 16.46% | -1.8 pp |
| 1982 | 18.3% | -2.2 pp |
| 1981 | 20.51% | -12.5 pp |
| 1980 | 33.05% | +21.9 pp |
| 1979 | 11.12% | +9.1 pp |
| 1978 | 2.06% | -12.6 pp |
| 1977 | 14.61% | +9.7 pp |
| 1976 | 4.9% | -3.9 pp |
| 1975 | 8.79% | -16.2 pp |
| 1974 | 24.99% | +13.2 pp |
| 1973 | 11.76% | +4.3 pp |
| 1972 | 7.51% | +2.7 pp |
| 1971 | 4.77% | +2.0 pp |
| 1970 | 2.74% | -1.4 pp |
| 1969 | 4.13% | +2.4 pp |
| 1968 | 1.71% | +2.2 pp |
| 1967 | -0.52% | -3.4 pp |
| 1966 | 2.87% | +0.8 pp |
| 1965 | 2.11% | -3.2 pp |
| 1964 | 5.31% | +4.6 pp |
| 1963 | 0.69% | -2.0 pp |
| 1962 | 2.65% | — |
Frequently asked questions
What was Samoa’s Inflation in 1963?
0.69% (1963). 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 Samoa’s Inflation growing or shrinking?
Between 1962 and 2025 the series was shrinking overall: -16.7% in total — about 0.3% 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: 2.21%; 2024: 2.17%; 2023: 7.92%; 2022: 10.96%; 2021: 3.13%. 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.