$100 in 1999 is worth $193 today
What New Zealand dollars from 1999 are worth in 2025 money, adjusted for inflation with the official price index from the OECD, from Stats NZ.
1999 money in 2025 money
- Prices since
- +93.1%
- Per year
- +2.56% compounded
- Multiplier
- ×1.931
| In 1999 | Worth in 2025 |
|---|---|
| $1 | $1.93 |
| $5 | $9.65 |
| $10 | $19.31 |
| $20 | $38.61 |
| $50 | $96.53 |
| $100 | $193 |
| $1,000 | $1,931 |
| $10,000 | $19,306 |
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 1999
Prices in New Zealand fell 0.1% during 1999 — deflation, which this series records in 1 of its 75 years. Across the 1990s, prices rose an average of 2.1% a year, peaking at 6.1% in 1990.
| Year | Rate | Bar |
|---|---|---|
| 1990 | +6.1% | |
| 1991 | +2.6% | |
| 1992 | +1.0% | |
| 1993 | +1.3% | |
| 1994 | +1.7% | |
| 1995 | +3.8% | |
| 1996 | +2.3% | |
| 1997 | +1.2% | |
| 1998 | +1.3% | |
| 1999 | −0.1% |
How far the New Zealand dollar has fallen since 1999
A New Zealand dollar in 2025 buys about 51.8% of what one bought in 1999, a loss of 48.2% of its buying power. Prices have not yet doubled from their 1999 level — they are 93.1% higher in 2025. Read the other way, here is what today's money would have been in 1999:
| In 2025 | Same as, in 1999 |
|---|---|
| $10 | $5.18 |
| $20 | $10.36 |
| $50 | $25.90 |
| $100 | $51.80 |
| $1,000 | $518 |
| $10,000 | $5,180 |
What these numbers can and cannot tell you
The figures compare the price index in 1999 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 1999 New Zealand dollars into another currency.
Common questions
How much is $100 from 1999 worth today?
$100 in 1999 is worth about $193 in 2025 money, adjusted with the official price index published by the OECD, from Stats NZ. Prices have risen 93.1% over that span, an average of 2.56% a year compounded.
What was the inflation rate in 1999?
Prices in New Zealand fell 0.1% during 1999 — deflation, which this series records in 1 of its 75 years. That is the change in the annual average of the index from 1998 to 1999, which is the basis statistics agencies use for long-run comparison; a news headline quoting a twelve-month change at a particular point in 1999 may differ.
How much buying power has the New Zealand dollar lost since 1999?
About 48.2%. Put the other way round, $100 in 2025 would have bought what $51.80 bought in 1999. Prices have not yet doubled from their 1999 level — they are 93.1% higher in 2025.
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