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New Zealand · 1950 → 2025

Value of the New Zealand dollar by year

What $100 from each year since 1950 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 $125 +1.7%
2021 $120 +3.9%
2022 $112 +7.2%
2023 $106 +5.7%
2024 $103 +2.9%
The 2010s
Year $100 then is now Inflation that year
2010 $145 +2.3%
2011 $139 +4.0%
2012 $138 +1.1%
2013 $136 +1.1%
2014 $135 +1.2%
2015 $134 +0.3%
2016 $133 +0.6%
2017 $131 +1.9%
2018 $129 +1.6%
2019 $127 +1.6%
The 2000s
Year $100 then is now Inflation that year
2000 $188 +2.6%
2001 $183 +2.6%
2002 $179 +2.7%
2003 $175 +1.8%
2004 $172 +2.3%
2005 $166 +3.0%
2006 $161 +3.4%
2007 $157 +2.4%
2008 $151 +4.0%
2009 $148 +2.1%
The 1990s
Year $100 then is now Inflation that year
1990 $224 +6.1%
1991 $218 +2.6%
1992 $216 +1.0%
1993 $213 +1.3%
1994 $210 +1.7%
1995 $202 +3.8%
1996 $198 +2.3%
1997 $195 +1.2%
1998 $193 +1.3%
1999 $193 −0.1%
The 1980s
Year $100 then is now Inflation that year
1980 $617 +17.1%
1981 $535 +15.4%
1982 $461 +16.2%
1983 $429 +7.3%
1984 $404 +6.2%
1985 $350 +15.4%
1986 $309 +13.2%
1987 $267 +15.7%
1988 $251 +6.4%
1989 $238 +5.7%
The 1970s
Year $100 then is now Inflation that year
1970 $2,003 +6.5%
1971 $1,814 +10.4%
1972 $1,697 +6.9%
1973 $1,569 +8.2%
1974 $1,412 +11.1%
1975 $1,231 +14.7%
1976 $1,053 +16.9%
1977 $921 +14.4%
1978 $822 +12.0%
1979 $723 +13.7%
The 1960s
Year $100 then is now Inflation that year
1960 $2,902 +0.7%
1961 $2,851 +1.8%
1962 $2,776 +2.7%
1963 $2,723 +2.0%
1964 $2,631 +3.5%
1965 $2,545 +3.4%
1966 $2,477 +2.7%
1967 $2,335 +6.1%
1968 $2,239 +4.3%
1969 $2,133 +4.9%
The 1950s
Year $100 then is now Inflation that year
1950 $4,493 —
1951 $4,047 +11.0%
1952 $3,756 +7.8%
1953 $3,593 +4.5%
1954 $3,435 +4.6%
1955 $3,351 +2.5%
1956 $3,238 +3.5%
1957 $3,169 +2.2%
1958 $3,034 +4.4%
1959 $2,922 +3.8%

OECD, from Stats NZ — Consumers Price Index, all groups, 2015 = 100. Retrieved 2026-08-06.

New Zealand inflation across 75 years

$100 in 1950 is worth about $4,493 in 2025. That is the whole story of the New Zealand dollar told in one number, but it hides how unevenly it happened. The five highest years in this series were 1980 (17.1%), 1976 (16.9%), 1982 (16.2%), 1987 (15.7%), and 1985 (15.4%) , and prices actually fell in 1 of the 75 years recorded.

Every figure here comes from one series — the Consumers Price Index, all groups, from the OECD, from Stats NZ — 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 1950 worth today?

About $4,493 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 New Zealand?

In this series: 1980 (17.1%), 1976 (16.9%), 1982 (16.2%), 1987 (15.7%), 1985 (15.4%). Prices fell in 1 years, most recently 1999.