New Zealand Consumer Price Index: 1926 to 2023

Historical CPI for New Zealand

Updated: October 17, 2023

Next update: January 24, 2024

Base year: June 2017 quarter=1000

Year	mar	jun	sep	dec	Annual
2023	1,218.0	1,231.0	1,253.0
2022	1,142.0	1,161.0	1,186.0	1,203.0	1,173.0
2021	1,068.0	1,082.0	1,106.0	1,122.0	1,094.5
2020	1,052.0	1,047.0	1,054.0	1,059.0	1,053.0
2019	1,026.0	1,032.0	1,039.0	1,044.0	1,035.3
2018	1,011.0	1,015.0	1,024.0	1,025.0	1,018.8
2017	1,000.0	1,000.0	1,004.9	1,006.0	1,002.7
2016	978.8	982.9	986.1	990.2	984.5
2015	974.7	978.8	982.1	977.2	978.2
2014	972.3	974.7	978.0	976.3	975.3
2013	957.6	959.2	968.2	969.0	963.5
2012	949.4	952.7	955.1	953.5	952.7
2011	934.7	943.7	947.8	944.5	942.7
2010	894.8	896.4	906.2	927.4	906.2
2009	876.8	881.7	893.1	891.5	885.8
2008	851.6	865.4	878.5	874.4	867.5
2007	823.8	832.0	836.1	845.8	834.4
2006	803.4	815.7	821.4	819.7	815.1
2005	777.7	784.4	793.3	798.7	788.5
2004	756.6	762.7	767.5	774.3	765.3
2003	745.1	745.1	748.5	753.9	748.1
2002	726.8	734.2	737.6	742.4	735.2
2001	708.4	714.6	718.6	722.7	716.1
2000	687.4	692.2	701.7	709.8	697.8
1999	677.3	678.6	681.3	682.7	680.0
1998	678.0	681.1	684.8	679.2	680.8
1997	669.3	669.9	673.0	676.7	672.2
1996	657.6	662.5	666.2	671.2	664.4
1995	643.3	649.5	650.8	654.5	649.5
1994	618.6	621.1	628.5	635.9	626.0
1993	610.6	614.3	617.5	618.6	615.3
1992	604.8	606.4	608.5	610.1	607.4
1991	600.0	600.5	602.7	602.1	601.3
1990	574.0	584.1	589.9	596.3	586.1
1989	536.4	542.7	561.8	568.7	552.4
1988	515.6	519.7	524.3	530.5	522.5
1987	473.2	488.7	496.4	506.6	491.2
1986	400.0	410.8	424.5	462.3	424.4
1985	354.1	372.1	382.3	391.0	374.9
1984	312.2	319.1	328.7	339.2	324.8
1983	301.8	304.7	307.1	310.1	305.9
1982	267.9	281.3	291.4	299.3	285.0
1981	231.3	240.5	249.9	259.6	245.3
1980	200.7	209.0	216.5	224.4	212.7
1979	169.5	177.2	186.1	193.2	181.5
1978	153.6	157.7	161.6	165.8	159.6
1977	134.0	140.4	145.4	150.6	142.6
1976	117.9	123.2	127.1	130.6	124.7
1975	100.6	104.6	108.4	112.9	106.6
1974	88.9	91.0	94.4	97.6	93.0
1973	80.6	82.8	84.7	86.7	83.7
1972	76.0	77.0	77.8	78.7	77.4
1971	70.1	71.6	73.0	74.6	72.4
1970	63.5	64.5	65.7	68.4	65.5
1969	60.7	61.3	61.9	62.2	61.5
1968	57.5	58.3	59.0	59.8	58.6
1967	54.8	56.3	56.9	56.9	56.2
1966	52.6	52.9	53.2	53.4	53.0
1965	51.1	51.2	51.9	52.2	51.6
1964	49.0	49.4	50.2	51.0	49.9
1963	47.8	48.0	48.3	48.8	48.2
1962	46.9	47.1	47.4	47.7	47.3
1961	45.6	45.6	46.3	46.8	46.1
1960	44.9	45.0	45.3	45.8	45.2
1959	44.6	44.8	45.2	45.1	44.9
1958	41.9	42.3	44.3	44.6	43.3
1957	40.8	41.4	41.7	41.9	41.4
1956	39.7	40.3	41.1	41.1	40.5
1955	38.9	39.2	39.3	39.3	39.2
1954	37.7	38.4	38.4	38.3	38.2
1953	35.8	36.2	36.6	37.4	36.5
1952	34.3	34.8	35.2	35.5	35.0
1951	30.7	32.0	33.1	33.9	32.4
1950	28.0	28.8	29.8	30.3	29.2
1949	27.4	27.5	27.8	27.9	27.6
1948	26.8	27.2	27.3	27.4	27.2
1947	24.4	24.6	25.0	27.0	25.2
1946	24.3	24.3	24.5	24.5	24.4
1945	24.1	24.1	24.2	24.5	24.2
1944	23.7	23.8	24.0	24.2	23.9
1943	23.2	23.3	23.6	23.9	23.5
1942	22.4	22.7	23.1	23.5	22.9
1941	21.9	22.1	22.2	22.6	22.2
1940	21.0	21.3	21.6	21.8	21.4
1939	20.1	20.3	20.6	21.2	20.6
1938	19.5	19.7	19.7	19.7	19.7
1937	18.6	19.0	19.2	19.6	19.1
1936	17.4	17.7	18.0	18.3	17.8
1935	17.1	17.3	17.3	17.7	17.4
1934	16.6	16.8	16.7	16.8	16.7
1933	16.5	16.5	16.5	16.6	16.5
1932	18.1	17.4	17.0	16.7	17.3
1931	19.3	18.9	18.4	18.4	18.8
1930	20.6	20.5	20.3	19.9	20.3
1929	20.7	20.7	20.8	20.8	20.7
1928	20.7	20.9	20.8	20.9	20.8
1927	20.9	20.8	20.7	20.7	20.8
1926	20.9	21.0	21.0	20.9	21.0

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