Singapore — Inflation
Inflation, Consumer Prices (Annual %) for Singapore, 1961–2025.
Inflation for Singapore was 0.90% in 2025, according to the latest World Bank data. The series covers 65 years, from 1961 to 2025. The highest recorded value was 22.37% in 1974. The lowest was -1.84% in 1976 (about -2.0× the latest value). Across that span the compound annual growth rate works out to 1.28% per year.
Singapore ranks 155 of 187 economies on this measure (1 = highest), putting it in the top 83%. The median for East Asia & Pacific is 2.21%, so Singapore sits below it. It peaked in 1974 and has fallen 96% since. Over the last decade (2015–2025) the figure moved up 273%. Within East Asia & Pacific it ranks 20 of 28 economies; Vanuatu (0.66%) is just below it. Its sharpest one-year move was up 8049% in 2000. That is 41% below this series' own ten-year average.
Data highlights
From its 1961 level: doubled by 1963; grown tenfold by 1973. Doubling roughly every 54 years at that pace.
World ranking. Slipped: 59th of 65 in 1961 → 85th of 92 in 1970 → 89th of 106 in 1980 → 99th of 131 in 1990 → 129th of 163 in 2000 → 105th of 186 in 2010 → 151st of 178 in 2020 → 138th of 169 in 2025.
Key figures
Full history — 1961 to 2025
| Year | annual % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 0.9% | -1.5 pp |
| 2024 | 2.39% | -2.4 pp |
| 2023 | 4.83% | -1.3 pp |
| 2022 | 6.13% | +3.8 pp |
| 2021 | 2.32% | +2.5 pp |
| 2020 | -0.17% | -0.7 pp |
| 2019 | 0.57% | +0.1 pp |
| 2018 | 0.44% | -0.1 pp |
| 2017 | 0.58% | +1.1 pp |
| 2016 | -0.53% | -0.0 pp |
| 2015 | -0.52% | -1.6 pp |
| 2014 | 1.03% | -1.3 pp |
| 2013 | 2.36% | -2.2 pp |
| 2012 | 4.58% | -0.7 pp |
| 2011 | 5.25% | +2.4 pp |
| 2010 | 2.83% | +2.2 pp |
| 2009 | 0.59% | -6.0 pp |
| 2008 | 6.64% | +4.5 pp |
| 2007 | 2.11% | +1.1 pp |
| 2006 | 0.97% | +0.5 pp |
| 2005 | 0.43% | -1.2 pp |
| 2004 | 1.66% | +1.2 pp |
| 2003 | 0.51% | +0.9 pp |
| 2002 | -0.39% | -1.4 pp |
| 2001 | 1% | -0.4 pp |
| 2000 | 1.36% | +1.3 pp |
| 1999 | 0.02% | +0.3 pp |
| 1998 | -0.27% | -2.3 pp |
| 1997 | 2% | +0.6 pp |
| 1996 | 1.38% | -0.3 pp |
| 1995 | 1.72% | -1.4 pp |
| 1994 | 3.1% | +0.8 pp |
| 1993 | 2.29% | +0.0 pp |
| 1992 | 2.26% | -1.2 pp |
| 1991 | 3.43% | -0.0 pp |
| 1990 | 3.46% | +1.1 pp |
| 1989 | 2.35% | +0.8 pp |
| 1988 | 1.52% | +1.0 pp |
| 1987 | 0.52% | +1.9 pp |
| 1986 | -1.39% | -1.9 pp |
| 1985 | 0.48% | -2.1 pp |
| 1984 | 2.6% | +1.4 pp |
| 1983 | 1.2% | -2.7 pp |
| 1982 | 3.92% | -4.3 pp |
| 1981 | 8.18% | -0.3 pp |
| 1980 | 8.53% | +4.5 pp |
| 1979 | 4.08% | -0.8 pp |
| 1978 | 4.87% | +1.7 pp |
| 1977 | 3.16% | +5.0 pp |
| 1976 | -1.84% | -4.4 pp |
| 1975 | 2.54% | -19.8 pp |
| 1974 | 22.37% | +2.7 pp |
| 1973 | 19.64% | +17.6 pp |
| 1972 | 2.08% | +0.3 pp |
| 1971 | 1.76% | +1.3 pp |
| 1970 | 0.46% | +0.7 pp |
| 1969 | -0.27% | -0.9 pp |
| 1968 | 0.66% | -2.7 pp |
| 1967 | 3.34% | +1.3 pp |
| 1966 | 2.01% | +1.8 pp |
| 1965 | 0.18% | -1.5 pp |
| 1964 | 1.73% | -0.5 pp |
| 1963 | 2.21% | +1.8 pp |
| 1962 | 0.42% | +0.0 pp |
| 1961 | 0.4% | — |
Frequently asked questions
What was Singapore’s Inflation in 1962?
0.42% (1962). 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 Singapore’s Inflation growing or shrinking?
Between 1961 and 2025 the series was growing overall: +125.7% in total — about 1.3% 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: 0.9%; 2024: 2.39%; 2023: 4.83%; 2022: 6.13%; 2021: 2.32%. 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.