% per year - Source frequency: monthly · Methodology · Corrections
Australia's inflation rate (cpi) was 4.0% as of May 2026. The annual percentage change in the Consumer Price Index (CPI) — how much more expensive goods and services are compared to a year ago. High inflation erodes purchasing power and savings. Very low or negative inflation can signal weak economic activity. Data is sourced from ABS CPI (Cat. 6401.0) and updated monthly.
The annual percentage change in the Consumer Price Index (CPI) — how much more expensive goods and services are compared to a year ago.
High inflation erodes purchasing power and savings. Very low or negative inflation can signal weak economic activity.
This data is sourced programmatically from official statistical APIs and data feeds (ABS CPI (Cat. 6401.0)), updated monthly. The source link above points to the human-readable publication page, which presents the same underlying data in a different format (e.g. Excel workbook, PDF release). Our pipeline fetches the machine-readable version automatically and converts it to the standardised format shown here.
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