Australia: economic history
Annual GDP growth is unavailable for 2026. Annual CPI inflation is unavailable for 2026. Missing observations are not zero or forecasts.
Latest national CPI readout
4.3% · 2026-09 · CPI year-on-year
All groups CPI, weighted average of eight capital cities, original · release 2026-10-28
Original headline annual movement, rather than seasonally adjusted or trimmed-mean inflation. Coverage is the weighted average of eight capital cities. Australia's full monthly CPI began in October 2025; earlier monthly indicator observations have methodological differences. The latest-release URL will change over time.
Australian Bureau of Statistics: Consumer Price Index, Australia, September 2026
Annual history
| Year | Real GDP growth | Consumer-price inflation |
|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 2.16434780647852% | 1.50836803138463% |
| 2016 | 2.75564065529868% | 1.27699365720306% |
| 2017 | 2.29331030192918% | 1.94864309065653% |
| 2018 | 2.87417039499501% | 1.91140002818579% |
| 2019 | 2.19401703622717% | 1.610770929127% |
| 2020 | -0.133531904304775% | 0.846900734607273% |
| 2021 | 2.00694844335034% | 2.86391284709318% |
| 2022 | 4.25304559238732% | 6.59409658717841% |
| 2023 | 3.58382100798981% | 5.59701792296707% |
| 2024 | 1.37340773365975% | 3.16656665428797% |
| 2025 | 1.35039785076631% | 2.87403791660173% |
| 2026 | Not reported | Not reported |
Definitions and source records
- World Bank · GDP growth (annual %)
- World Bank · Inflation, consumer prices (annual %)