Solomon Islands — Inflation
Inflation, Consumer Prices (Annual %) for Solomon Islands, 1972–2025.
Inflation for Solomon Islands was 3.36% in 2025, according to the latest World Bank data. The series covers 54 years, from 1972 to 2025. The highest recorded value was 18.85% in 1974. The lowest was -0.57% in 2015 (about -5.9× the low point). Across that span the compound annual growth rate works out to -1.34% per year.
Solomon Islands ranks 85 of 187 economies on this measure (1 = highest), putting it in the top 45%. The median for East Asia & Pacific is 2.21%, so Solomon Islands sits above it. It peaked in 1974 and has fallen 82% since. Over the last decade (2015–2025) the figure moved up 686%. Within East Asia & Pacific it ranks 8 of 28 economies; Viet Nam (3.31%) is just below it. Its sharpest one-year move was up 4880% in 2022. That is 35% above this series' own ten-year average.
Data highlights
From its 1972 level: doubled by 1974.
World ranking. Slipped: 37th of 97 in 1972 → 62nd of 106 in 1980 → 61st of 131 in 1990 → 40th of 163 in 2000 → 163rd of 186 in 2010 → 67th of 178 in 2020 → 75th of 169 in 2025.
Key figures
Full history — 1972 to 2025
| Year | annual % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 3.36% | -1.0 pp |
| 2024 | 4.32% | -1.6 pp |
| 2023 | 5.89% | +0.4 pp |
| 2022 | 5.52% | +5.6 pp |
| 2021 | -0.12% | -3.1 pp |
| 2020 | 2.96% | +1.3 pp |
| 2019 | 1.63% | -1.8 pp |
| 2018 | 3.46% | +3.0 pp |
| 2017 | 0.49% | -0.0 pp |
| 2016 | 0.51% | +1.1 pp |
| 2015 | -0.57% | -5.7 pp |
| 2014 | 5.17% | -0.2 pp |
| 2013 | 5.39% | -0.5 pp |
| 2012 | 5.91% | -1.4 pp |
| 2011 | 7.34% | +6.3 pp |
| 2010 | 1.05% | -6.0 pp |
| 2009 | 7.09% | -10.2 pp |
| 2008 | 17.32% | +9.7 pp |
| 2007 | 7.67% | -3.6 pp |
| 2006 | 11.22% | +3.9 pp |
| 2005 | 7.33% | +0.3 pp |
| 2004 | 6.99% | -1.3 pp |
| 2003 | 8.27% | -2.7 pp |
| 2002 | 10.93% | +4.0 pp |
| 2001 | 6.93% | -1.0 pp |
| 2000 | 7.89% | -0.1 pp |
| 1999 | 8.02% | -4.4 pp |
| 1998 | 12.4% | +4.3 pp |
| 1997 | 8.08% | -3.7 pp |
| 1996 | 11.77% | +2.1 pp |
| 1995 | 9.63% | -3.6 pp |
| 1994 | 13.26% | +4.1 pp |
| 1993 | 9.17% | -1.6 pp |
| 1992 | 10.75% | -4.3 pp |
| 1991 | 15.05% | +6.3 pp |
| 1990 | 8.74% | -6.2 pp |
| 1989 | 14.93% | -1.8 pp |
| 1988 | 16.74% | +5.7 pp |
| 1987 | 10.99% | -2.6 pp |
| 1986 | 13.57% | +4.0 pp |
| 1985 | 9.57% | -1.5 pp |
| 1984 | 11.05% | +4.8 pp |
| 1983 | 6.23% | -6.7 pp |
| 1982 | 12.98% | -3.4 pp |
| 1981 | 16.4% | +3.3 pp |
| 1980 | 13.09% | +5.0 pp |
| 1979 | 8.06% | +1.8 pp |
| 1978 | 6.26% | -2.4 pp |
| 1977 | 8.62% | +4.4 pp |
| 1976 | 4.26% | -5.8 pp |
| 1975 | 10.07% | -8.8 pp |
| 1974 | 18.85% | +15.6 pp |
| 1973 | 3.23% | -3.6 pp |
| 1972 | 6.88% | — |
Frequently asked questions
What was Solomon Islands’s Inflation in 1973?
3.23% (1973). 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 Solomon Islands’s Inflation growing or shrinking?
Between 1972 and 2025 the series was shrinking overall: -51.1% 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: 3.36%; 2024: 4.32%; 2023: 5.89%; 2022: 5.52%; 2021: -0.12%. 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.