Solomon Islands — Inflation
Inflation, Consumer Prices (Annual %) for Solomon Islands, 1972–2025.
Latest value · 2025
3.36%
Inflation, Consumer Prices (Annual %) · annual % · -51.1% since 1972
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 84 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%.
Key figures
Latest (2025)
3.36%
First (1972)
6.88%
Change
-51.1%
Highest
18.85%
in 1974
Lowest
-0.57%
in 2015
Average
8.20%
Annual growth (CAGR)
-1.34%
Years of data
54
Recent years
| Year | annual % |
|---|---|
| 2025 | 3.36% |
| 2024 | 4.32% |
| 2023 | 5.89% |
| 2022 | 5.52% |
| 2021 | -0.12% |
| 2020 | 2.96% |
| 2019 | 1.63% |
| 2018 | 3.46% |
| 2017 | 0.49% |
| 2016 | 0.51% |
| 2015 | -0.57% |
| 2014 | 5.17% |
Reading this correctly. Annual percentage change in the cost to the average consumer of acquiring a basket of goods and services. A negative value means deflation. Figures are in annual %. Comparing this series with a different measure of the same concept (for example a nominal figure against a purchasing-power-parity figure) will give misleading results.
Related data
Source. World Bank Open Data, indicator
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.