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Inflation rate in Papua New Guinea

Latest: 4.4%
Previous: 0.6%
Change: +3.82 (+634.0%)
Reference period: Dec 31, 2025
Frequency: Annual
Unit: Percent

Inflation rate over time

Annual, Percent, Not seasonally adjusted

Source: World Bank Projection Dashed values are International Monetary Fund, World Economic Outlook database projections, not observed data.

Observations for Inflation rate in Papua New Guinea
Date	Value
Dec 31, 1966	—
Dec 31, 1967	—
Dec 31, 1968	—
Dec 31, 1969	—
Dec 31, 1970	—
Dec 31, 1971	—
Dec 31, 1972	6.1%
Dec 31, 1973	8.3%
Dec 31, 1974	23.2%
Dec 31, 1975	10.5%
Dec 31, 1976	7.7%
Dec 31, 1977	4.5%
Dec 31, 1978	5.8%
Dec 31, 1979	5.8%
Dec 31, 1980	12.1%
Dec 31, 1981	8.1%
Dec 31, 1982	5.5%
Dec 31, 1983	7.9%
Dec 31, 1984	7.4%
Dec 31, 1985	3.7%
Dec 31, 1986	5.5%
Dec 31, 1987	3.3%
Dec 31, 1988	5.4%
Dec 31, 1989	4.5%
Dec 31, 1990	7.0%
Dec 31, 1991	7.0%
Dec 31, 1992	4.3%
Dec 31, 1993	5.0%
Dec 31, 1994	2.9%
Dec 31, 1995	17.3%
Dec 31, 1996	11.6%
Dec 31, 1997	4.0%
Dec 31, 1998	13.6%
Dec 31, 1999	14.9%
Dec 31, 2000	15.6%
Dec 31, 2001	9.3%
Dec 31, 2002	11.8%
Dec 31, 2003	14.7%
Dec 31, 2004	2.2%
Dec 31, 2005	1.8%
Dec 31, 2006	2.4%
Dec 31, 2007	0.9%
Dec 31, 2008	10.8%
Dec 31, 2009	6.9%
Dec 31, 2010	6.0%
Dec 31, 2011	4.4%
Dec 31, 2012	4.5%
Dec 31, 2013	5.0%
Dec 31, 2014	5.2%
Dec 31, 2015	6.0%
Dec 31, 2016	6.7%
Dec 31, 2017	5.4%
Dec 31, 2018	4.4%
Dec 31, 2019	3.9%
Dec 31, 2020	4.9%
Dec 31, 2021	4.5%
Dec 31, 2022	5.3%
Dec 31, 2023	2.3%
Dec 31, 2024	0.6%
Dec 31, 2025	4.4%

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