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Australia · 1948 → 2025

Value of the Australian dollar by year

What $100 from each year since 1948 is worth in 2025 money, with that year's inflation rate. Pick a year for the full breakdown.

Every year

The 2020s
Year $100 then is now Inflation that year
2020 $122 +0.8%
2021 $119 +2.9%
2022 $112 +6.6%
2023 $106 +5.6%
2024 $102 +3.2%
The 2010s
Year $100 then is now Inflation that year
2010 $148 +2.9%
2011 $143 +3.3%
2012 $141 +1.8%
2013 $137 +2.4%
2014 $134 +2.5%
2015 $132 +1.5%
2016 $130 +1.3%
2017 $128 +1.9%
2018 $125 +1.9%
2019 $123 +1.6%
The 2000s
Year $100 then is now Inflation that year
2000 $199 +4.5%
2001 $190 +4.4%
2002 $185 +3.0%
2003 $180 +2.7%
2004 $176 +2.3%
2005 $171 +2.7%
2006 $165 +3.6%
2007 $162 +2.3%
2008 $155 +4.4%
2009 $152 +1.8%
The 1990s
Year $100 then is now Inflation that year
1990 $247 +7.3%
1991 $240 +3.2%
1992 $237 +1.0%
1993 $233 +1.8%
1994 $229 +2.0%
1995 $218 +4.6%
1996 $213 +2.6%
1997 $212 +0.2%
1998 $211 +0.9%
1999 $208 +1.5%
The 1980s
Year $100 then is now Inflation that year
1980 $539 +10.1%
1981 $492 +9.5%
1982 $442 +11.4%
1983 $402 +10.0%
1984 $386 +4.0%
1985 $362 +6.7%
1986 $332 +9.1%
1987 $306 +8.5%
1988 $285 +7.2%
1989 $265 +7.5%
The 1970s
Year $100 then is now Inflation that year
1970 $1,453 +3.4%
1971 $1,369 +6.1%
1972 $1,291 +6.0%
1973 $1,183 +9.1%
1974 $1,025 +15.4%
1975 $890 +15.2%
1976 $786 +13.3%
1977 $700 +12.3%
1978 $648 +8.0%
1979 $594 +9.1%
The 1960s
Year $100 then is now Inflation that year
1960 $1,856 +3.7%
1961 $1,815 +2.3%
1962 $1,821 −0.3%
1963 $1,809 +0.6%
1964 $1,759 +2.9%
1965 $1,701 +3.4%
1966 $1,646 +3.3%
1967 $1,591 +3.5%
1968 $1,552 +2.5%
1969 $1,503 +3.3%
The 1950s
Year $100 then is now Inflation that year
1950 $3,246 +8.7%
1951 $2,718 +19.4%
1952 $2,318 +17.2%
1953 $2,219 +4.5%
1954 $2,185 +1.6%
1955 $2,152 +1.5%
1956 $2,036 +5.7%
1957 $1,979 +2.9%
1958 $1,965 +0.7%
1959 $1,925 +2.1%
The 1940s
Year $100 then is now Inflation that year
1948 $3,787 —
1949 $3,528 +7.3%

Australian Bureau of Statistics — CPI, all groups, weighted average of eight capital cities, 2011-12 = 100. Retrieved 2026-08-06. 2025 values use the the first three quarters average so far.

Australian inflation across 77 years

$100 in 1948 is worth about $3,787 in 2025. That is the whole story of the Australian dollar told in one number, but it hides how unevenly it happened. The five highest years in this series were 1951 (19.4%), 1952 (17.2%), 1974 (15.4%), 1975 (15.2%), and 1976 (13.3%) , and prices actually fell in 1 of the 76 years recorded.

Every figure here comes from one series — the CPI, all groups, weighted average of eight capital cities, from the Australian Bureau of Statistics — so each year is compared like for like. The rate for a year is the change in the index's annual average from the year before, the basis statistics agencies use for long-run comparison. For two years of your own choosing, use the inflation calculator; to see the rate charted year by year, the inflation rate page draws the whole record.

Common questions

How much is $100 from 1948 worth today?

About $3,787 in 2025 money — the furthest back this country's price index reaches. Every other year since then has its own page, linked from the table above, with values for amounts from $1 to $10,000.

Which years had the highest inflation in Australia?

In this series: 1951 (19.4%), 1952 (17.2%), 1974 (15.4%), 1975 (15.2%), 1976 (13.3%). Prices fell in 1 years, most recently 1962.