$100 in 1968 is worth $2,239 today
What New Zealand dollars from 1968 are worth in 2025 money, adjusted for inflation with the official price index from the OECD, from Stats NZ.
1968 money in 2025 money
- Prices since
- +2138.6%
- Per year
- +5.60% compounded
- Multiplier
- ×22.386
| In 1968 | Worth in 2025 |
|---|---|
| $1 | $22.39 |
| $5 | $112 |
| $10 | $224 |
| $20 | $448 |
| $50 | $1,119 |
| $100 | $2,239 |
| $1,000 | $22,386 |
| $10,000 | $223,858 |
OECD, from Stats NZ — Consumers Price Index, all groups, 2015 = 100. Retrieved 2026-08-06. Open in the calculator to compare any two years.
Inflation in 1968
Prices in New Zealand rose 4.3% during 1968 — close to the middle of the range in this series, 31st highest of 75. Across the 1960s, prices rose an average of 3.2% a year, peaking at 6.1% in 1967.
| Year | Rate | Bar |
|---|---|---|
| 1960 | +0.7% | |
| 1961 | +1.8% | |
| 1962 | +2.7% | |
| 1963 | +2.0% | |
| 1964 | +3.5% | |
| 1965 | +3.4% | |
| 1966 | +2.7% | |
| 1967 | +6.1% | |
| 1968 | +4.3% | |
| 1969 | +4.9% |
How far the New Zealand dollar has fallen since 1968
A New Zealand dollar in 2025 buys about 4.5% of what one bought in 1968, a loss of 95.5% of its buying power. Prices had doubled from their 1968 level by 1976, 8 years later. Read the other way, here is what today's money would have been in 1968:
| In 2025 | Same as, in 1968 |
|---|---|
| $10 | $0.45 |
| $20 | $0.89 |
| $50 | $2.23 |
| $100 | $4.47 |
| $1,000 | $44.67 |
| $10,000 | $447 |
What these numbers can and cannot tell you
The figures compare the price index in 1968 with 2025: the cost of the same broad basket of goods and services, averaged across each year. That is the right measure for "what would this amount be in today's money" — a wage, a price, an inheritance. It is not a measure of what any particular thing cost: housing, education, and healthcare have mostly risen faster than the average, while electronics and clothing have risen far slower or fallen. And it says nothing about exchange rates, so it cannot turn 1968 New Zealand dollars into another currency.
Common questions
How much is $100 from 1968 worth today?
$100 in 1968 is worth about $2,239 in 2025 money, adjusted with the official price index published by the OECD, from Stats NZ. Prices have risen 2,138.6% over that span, an average of 5.60% a year compounded.
What was the inflation rate in 1968?
Prices in New Zealand rose 4.3% during 1968 — close to the middle of the range in this series, 31st highest of 75. That is the change in the annual average of the index from 1967 to 1968, which is the basis statistics agencies use for long-run comparison; a news headline quoting a twelve-month change at a particular point in 1968 may differ.
How much buying power has the New Zealand dollar lost since 1968?
About 95.5%. Put the other way round, $100 in 2025 would have bought what $4.47 bought in 1968. Prices had doubled from their 1968 level by 1976, 8 years later.
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