Vanuatu — Inflation
Inflation, Consumer Prices (Annual %) for Vanuatu, 1977–2025.
Inflation for Vanuatu was 0.66% in 2025, according to the latest World Bank data. The series covers 49 years, from 1977 to 2025. The highest recorded value was 26.85% in 1981. Across that span the compound annual growth rate works out to -4.42% per year.
Vanuatu ranks 162 of 187 economies on this measure (1 = highest), putting it in the top 87%. The median for East Asia & Pacific is 2.21%, so Vanuatu sits below it. It peaked in 1981 and has fallen 98% since. Over the last decade (2015–2025) the figure moved down 74%. Within East Asia & Pacific it ranks 21 of 28 economies; Timor-Leste (0.43%) is just below it. Its sharpest one-year move was up 347% in 1986. That is 81% below this series' own ten-year average.
Data highlights
From its 1977 level: doubled by 1981.
World ranking. Slipped: 91st of 105 in 1977 → 74th of 106 in 1980 → 90th of 131 in 1990 → 102nd of 163 in 2000 → 109th of 186 in 2010 → 36th of 178 in 2020 → 145th of 169 in 2025.
Key figures
Full history — 1977 to 2025
| Year | annual % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 0.66% | -0.5 pp |
| 2024 | 1.14% | -10.0 pp |
| 2023 | 11.18% | +4.5 pp |
| 2022 | 6.68% | +4.3 pp |
| 2021 | 2.34% | -3.0 pp |
| 2020 | 5.33% | +2.6 pp |
| 2019 | 2.76% | +0.4 pp |
| 2018 | 2.33% | -0.8 pp |
| 2017 | 3.08% | +2.2 pp |
| 2016 | 0.84% | -1.6 pp |
| 2015 | 2.48% | +1.7 pp |
| 2014 | 0.8% | -0.7 pp |
| 2013 | 1.46% | +0.1 pp |
| 2012 | 1.35% | +0.5 pp |
| 2011 | 0.87% | -1.9 pp |
| 2010 | 2.76% | -1.5 pp |
| 2009 | 4.3% | -0.5 pp |
| 2008 | 4.84% | +0.9 pp |
| 2007 | 3.94% | +1.9 pp |
| 2006 | 2.04% | +0.8 pp |
| 2005 | 1.2% | -0.2 pp |
| 2004 | 1.42% | -1.6 pp |
| 2003 | 3.02% | +1.1 pp |
| 2002 | 1.96% | -1.6 pp |
| 2001 | 3.58% | +1.0 pp |
| 2000 | 2.54% | +0.5 pp |
| 1999 | 2% | -1.3 pp |
| 1998 | 3.28% | +0.5 pp |
| 1997 | 2.83% | +1.9 pp |
| 1996 | 0.91% | -1.3 pp |
| 1995 | 2.23% | -0.1 pp |
| 1994 | 2.3% | -1.3 pp |
| 1993 | 3.57% | -0.5 pp |
| 1992 | 4.06% | -2.4 pp |
| 1991 | 6.47% | +1.7 pp |
| 1990 | 4.76% | -3.0 pp |
| 1989 | 7.75% | -1.0 pp |
| 1988 | 8.76% | -7.3 pp |
| 1987 | 16.04% | +11.3 pp |
| 1986 | 4.77% | +3.7 pp |
| 1985 | 1.07% | -4.5 pp |
| 1984 | 5.52% | +3.9 pp |
| 1983 | 1.65% | -5.0 pp |
| 1982 | 6.67% | -20.2 pp |
| 1981 | 26.85% | +15.6 pp |
| 1980 | 11.24% | +7.1 pp |
| 1979 | 4.17% | -2.2 pp |
| 1978 | 6.41% | +0.7 pp |
| 1977 | 5.74% | — |
Frequently asked questions
What was Vanuatu’s Inflation in 1978?
6.41% (1978). 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 Vanuatu’s Inflation growing or shrinking?
Between 1977 and 2025 the series was shrinking overall: -88.6% in total — about 4.4% 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: 0.66%; 2024: 1.14%; 2023: 11.18%; 2022: 6.68%; 2021: 2.34%. 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.