Countries in Oceania by inflation
How much consumer prices rose over the year, from the consumer price index. Below zero, prices fell. 11 countries in Oceania, highest first. World Bank, mostly 2025
Median country
+2.8%
half above, half below| # | Country | % a year | Year | Region |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  Tonga | +5.6% | 2025 | Polynesia |
| 2 |  Micronesia | +5.4% | 2022 | Micronesia |
| 3 |  Papua New Guinea | +4.4% | 2025 | Melanesia |
| 4 |  Solomon Islands | +3.4% | 2025 | Melanesia |
| 5 |  Australia | +2.9% | 2025 | Australia and New Zealand |
| 6 |  New Zealand | +2.8% | 2025 | Australia and New Zealand |
| 7 |  Kiribati | +2.5% | 2024 | Micronesia |
| 8 |  Samoa | +2.2% | 2025 | Polynesia |
| 9 |  Vanuatu | +0.7% | 2025 | Melanesia |
| 10 |  Palau | −0.4% | 2025 | Micronesia |
| 11 |  Fiji | −1.4% | 2025 | Melanesia |
No World Bank figure for 2 countries: Marshall Islands, Nauru.
Questions
- Which country in Oceania has the highest inflation?
- Tonga has the highest inflation in Oceania: +5.6% a year (2025). Next come Micronesia (+5.4% a year) and Papua New Guinea (+4.4% a year).
- Which country in Oceania has the lowest inflation?
- Fiji, with −1.4% a year (2025).
- What is the typical inflation of a country in Oceania?
- The median of the 11 countries in Oceania is +2.8% a year: half are above it, half below. The median, not the average, because a few countries at the top would drag an average far above almost everyone.
- Where do the figures come from?
- How much consumer prices rose over the year, from the consumer price index. Below zero, prices fell. Source: World Bank, mostly 2025. Only independent states are ranked; territories are listed separately. A country’s continent follows Natural Earth; the handful of island states it files under the open ocean are placed by their UN subregion.
Source: World Bank (CC BY 4.0). Figures more than 5 years older than the newest are left out rather than shown beside current ones. Countries sharing a value share a rank. All sources.