Samoa
Inflation in Samoa
Inflation in Samoa: 33.1% a year in 1980 and 1.8% a year in 2025, by IMF estimates.
- Latest, 2025
- 1.8% a year
- Since 1980
- −31.2 percentage points
- Rank, 2025
- 121 of 179
- counting from the highest
- Projected, 2031
- 3% a year
- IMF projection (World Economic Outlook, October 2026)
% a year · IMF
What the numbers say
- The IMF projection (World Economic Outlook, October 2026) puts it at 3% a year in 2031.
- The highest was 33.1% a year in 1980, the lowest -3% a year in 2021.
Every year
% a year · IMF
| Year | Samoa |
|---|---|
| 2025 | 1.8 |
| 2024 | 3.6 |
| 2023 | 12 |
| 2022 | 8.7 |
| 2021 | -3 |
| 2020 | 1.5 |
| 2019 | 2.2 |
| 2018 | 3.7 |
| 2017 | 1.3 |
| 2016 | 0.1 |
| 2015 | 1.9 |
| 2014 | -1.2 |
| 2013 | -0.2 |
| 2012 | 6.2 |
| 2011 | 2.9 |
| 2010 | -0.2 |
| 2009 | 14.6 |
| 2008 | 6.3 |
| 2007 | 4.5 |
| 2006 | 3.2 |
| 2005 | 7.8 |
| 2004 | 7.8 |
| 2003 | 4.4 |
| 2002 | 7.4 |
| 2001 | 1.9 |
| 2000 | -0.2 |
| 1999 | 0.4 |
| 1998 | 5.4 |
| 1997 | 6.9 |
| 1996 | 5.4 |
| 1995 | -2.9 |
| 1994 | 12.1 |
| 1993 | 1.7 |
| 1992 | 9 |
| 1991 | -1.8 |
| 1990 | 8.5 |
| 1989 | 12.3 |
| 1988 | 3.2 |
| 1987 | 11.2 |
| 1986 | 2.7 |
| 1985 | 9.1 |
| 1984 | 11.9 |
| 1983 | 16.5 |
| 1982 | 18.3 |
| 1981 | 20.5 |
| 1980 | 33.1 |
IMF projection (World Economic Outlook, October 2026) · 2026–2031
| Year | Samoa |
|---|---|
| 2026 | 1.4 |
| 2027 | 5.7 |
| 2028 | 3.8 |
| 2029 | 3 |
| 2030 | 3 |
| 2031 | 3 |
Good to know
- How much consumer prices rose in a year, on average.
- Source: IMF, World Economic Outlook, October 2026.
- The dashed line is the IMF projection (World Economic Outlook, October 2026), a scenario rather than a forecast.
- Ranks count the 179 countries with a value in 2025, highest first.
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