Government of Vanuatu

Vanuatu Bureau of Statistics

    Consumer Price Index (CPI)

    Tracking the Cost of Daily Life: Your Guide to Inflation

    VANUATU CONSUMER PRICE INDEX STATISTICS

    The Consumer Price Index (CPI) is used to measure the changes in the prices of goods and services purchased by households in Port Vila, Luganville and Lenakel over a period of time. The separate indices for these three major commercial centres are then combined to create the Vanuatu CPI. This change in prices is sometimes called inflation. Retail stores, supermarkets, liquor outlets, transport operators, service stations and other providers of goods and services help supply the Vanuatu Bureau of Statistics with the information to calculate the CPI. Prices are collected for the same goods and services each quarter. This ensures that changes in the cost of goods and services over time are not due to changes in the quantity or quality of the goods and services purchased.

    Quarterly Movement

    The Consumer Price Index (CPI) for the 4th quarter of 2025, showed a decrease of (-1.9%). Port Vila decreased by (-2.2%), and Lenakel (-2.1%) compared to the previous quarter. The most significant contributors to the overall decrease in the CPI were the expenditure groups: Food (-4.2%), Household Supplies (-1.8%), Drinks and Tobacco (-0.4%), Recreation (-0.3%), Transportation (-0.2%), Communication (-0.1%). On the other hand, expenditure groups that showed increase were Clothing & Footwear (+5.7%), Health (+8.5%), Miscellaneous (+2.5%), while Education remain constant.

    The decrease in expenditure groups was primarily driven by price changes in the following categories: fruits and vegetables, furniture and furnishings, imported beer, and motor vehicle repairs & servicing.

    CPI Annual Movement

    When compared to the December quarter of 2024, the Vanuatu index increased by (+0.8%). Port Vila Index increased by (+0.4%), Luganville and Lenakel index increased by (+2.6%) and (+2.3%) respectively. At national level, increases in the expenditure groups were: Food (+0.5%), Clothing & Footwear (+8.7%), Communication (+9.3%), Health (+3.8%), Miscellaneous (+2.1%), Transportation (+0.7%), Housing & Utilities (+0.1%), and Education (+0.2%). The increases were driven by the price movement of fruits and vegetables, women and children’s clothing, new mobile phones, Private health consultation fees, Toiletries and personal care products.

    ‘Underlying inflation’ is a measure derived from the CPI excluding items which typically have unstable or volatile prices; because of things like seasonal variation or policy decisions. In 4th , quarter of 2025, underlying inflation increased by (+0.4%) over the previous quarter and increased by (+2.7%) over the same quarter of 2024.

    Consumer Price Index - Vanuatu
    Table 1 / Tableau 1
    Consumer Price Index / Indice des prix à la consommation
    Base: 1st Quarter 2000 = 100 / Base: 1er Trimestre 2000 = 100
    Year
    Année
    Quarter
    Trim.
    Consumer Price Indices / Indice des prix à la consommation Underlying
    Index
    sous-jacente
    Rate of Change (%) / Variation par rapport Rate of Change (%) / Variation Trim.
    Total Port Vila Luganville Lenakel Over Previous Year/Quarter Over Same Qtr Previous Year
    Total Vila Lugan. Lenak. Total Vila Lugan. Lenak.
    ANNUAL DATA / DONNÉES ANNUELLES
    2018154.8157.0144.1135.22.32.9-0.41.92.30.2
    2019159.0162.0145.4136.32.83.20.93.54.10.6
    2020167.5172.7143.1135.85.36.6-1.66.68.1-1.5
    2021171.4177.7141.6134.42.32.9-1.00.71.0-0.9
    2022182.9191.0144.3137.16.77.51.911.212.53.0
    2023203.3214.2152.7106.2149.611.212.15.87.07.15.7
    2024205.7215.3157.1109.9154.41.10.52.9-0.7-1.41.6
    2025207.0215.8160.3114.0155.50.70.22.00.80.42.6
    QUARTERLY DATA / DONNÉES TRIMESTRIELLES
    20201st161.8165.5144.5137.10.50.7-0.53.13.6-0.20.01er
    2nd166.9172.2141.9135.33.24.0-1.85.67.0-2.10.02ème
    3rd169.7175.4142.8135.21.71.90.66.17.7-2.70.03ème
    4th171.6177.7143.0135.41.11.30.16.68.1-1.50.04ème
    20211st170.7176.6142.8134.8-0.5-0.6-0.15.56.7-1.20.01er
    2nd170.9177.2140.9133.80.10.3-1.32.42.9-0.70.02ème
    3rd171.3177.7141.1134.20.20.30.10.91.3-1.20.03ème
    4th172.8179.4141.7134.80.91.00.40.71.0-0.90.04ème
    20221st175.5182.5142.2135.01.61.70.42.83.3-0.40.01er
    2nd177.3184.5143.3135.11.01.10.83.74.11.70.02ème
    3rd186.5195.1145.6135.75.25.71.68.99.83.20.03ème
    4th192.2201.9146.0100.0142.73.13.50.311.212.53.00.04ème
    20231st195.8205.8148.3101.8145.01.91.91.6na11.612.84.30.01er
    2nd202.9213.6153.3103.4147.73.63.83.41.614.415.87.00.02ème
    3rd209.0221.0154.8105.8150.93.03.51.02.312.113.36.30.03ème
    4th205.6216.3154.3107.8154.7-1.6-2.1-0.31.97.07.15.70.04ème
    20241st206.2216.7155.9107.7155.80.30.21.0-0.15.35.35.15.81er
    2nd207.3217.5157.3109.5154.80.50.40.91.72.21.82.65.92ème
    3rd205.0213.9158.6111.2154.3-1.1-1.70.81.6-1.9-3.22.55.13ème
    4th204.1213.2156.7111.1152.8-0.4-0.3-1.2-0.1-0.7-1.41.63.14ème
    20251st205.0213.9158.3111.9153.60.40.31.00.7-0.6-1.31.53.91er
    2nd207.5216.3160.9114.1155.01.21.11.62.00.1-0.62.34.22ème
    3rd209.7218.8161.0116.1156.31.11.20.11.82.32.31.54.43ème
    4th205.8214.0160.8113.7156.9-1.9-2.2-0.1-2.10.80.42.62.34ème
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    CPI Table 2: Consumer Price Indices by Expenditure Group

    Table 2 Consumer Price Indices by Expenditure Group

    Tableau 2 Indice des prix à la consommation par poste de dépense

    Base: 1st Quarter 2000 = 100 Base: 1er Trimestre 2000 = 100
    Year
    Année
    Quarter
    Trim.
    Food
    Produits alimentaires
    Alcohol & Tobacco
    Boisson alcoolisée et tabac
    Clothing & Footwear
    Habillement
    Housing & Utilities
    Loyer, eau, et énergie etc.
    Household Supplies
    Mobilier et équipement ménager etc.
    Health
    Santé
    Transport
    Transport
    Communication
    Communication
    Recreation
    Loisir
    Education
    Éducation
    Miscellaneous
    Autres
    All Groups
    Indice Global
    Vanuatu
    20201st193.3188.3113.4135.6114.1103.8172.995.9135.2111.3111.8161.8
    2nd206.5188.0116.7135.2113.5107.9171.995.9135.5111.3112.7166.9
    3rd213.1192.0115.8135.9114.1109.1171.495.9136.0111.3113.1169.7
    4th217.8195.5112.0136.0113.7107.2174.395.9137.6111.3113.1171.6
    20211st215.0195.4111.2133.9113.1107.2175.595.8137.7111.6113.1170.7
    2nd215.2195.6111.6134.3113.0107.2176.694.7137.9111.6113.1170.9
    3rd215.8196.2111.8134.2112.5105.4177.494.7138.3111.6112.4171.3
    4th220.2197.4111.0135.1113.0105.8178.694.9138.8111.6116.8172.8
    20221st225.6211.8111.2136.1112.3103.7181.294.9139.2114.4117.5175.5
    2nd227.4213.6110.8138.1112.6103.5183.094.9141.3114.6117.8177.3
    3rd247.3211.8114.0141.9111.8113.6195.294.9147.3114.6118.2186.5
    4th254.7212.8121.3144.5115.6118.4204.394.9151.8114.6123.4192.2
    20231st263.1215.3126.3144.2116.4121.1204.394.9152.1117.2124.3195.8
    2nd283.9217.0126.2144.3117.9124.7201.591.8153.5119.1126.0202.9
    3rd299.4223.3126.3143.9122.7125.1201.891.8154.5119.5128.0209.0
    4th290.7224.1134.4129.5141.1127.2204.391.1159.4119.5135.5205.6
    20241st289.6223.2134.5130.9145.7129.2204.090.2160.7125.2138.0206.2
    2nd293.4224.7138.6127.0146.0131.4205.189.1164.9127.3138.1207.3
    3rd287.5223.1139.3126.5146.3133.4205.288.9161.8128.2138.7205.0
    4th285.1222.8136.3125.2145.9135.7204.682.5161.0128.4141.1204.1
    20251st290.9225.2129.6123.9143.0134.5204.086.0160.0122.9139.1205.0
    2nd295.6234.4134.1123.9145.3138.9207.585.6158.6128.4139.5207.5
    3rd300.1233.6140.2125.2148.0129.9209.490.3154.4128.6140.5209.7
    4th287.6222.7148.2126.3146.4140.9209.990.2154.0128.6144.0205.8
    Port Vila
    20201st205.2195.4113.4130.9112.5103.2174.994.7139.2115.1114.1165.5
    2nd223.2195.4117.5131.0112.9103.0173.094.7138.9115.1115.1172.2
    3rd231.1200.5116.4131.0112.4103.4172.394.7139.3115.1115.1175.4
    4th237.0205.1111.7131.0112.4103.0175.495.7140.8115.1115.5177.7
    20211st234.5205.1111.1129.3112.3107.2176.094.6140.9115.5115.1176.6
    2nd234.7205.1111.7131.2112.2107.2170.794.6141.1115.5115.1177.2
    3rd235.3205.7111.8132.2111.5105.1178.694.6141.6115.5114.7177.7
    4th239.3205.1110.9131.6112.1105.3180.794.6141.6115.5119.7179.4
    20221st245.8214.7111.6132.9112.5103.7182.294.6141.6120.2120.7182.5
    2nd247.9221.4111.0135.4112.8103.3184.594.6143.5120.4120.7184.5
    3rd271.9224.0114.8141.5112.2116.3204.094.6152.0120.4121.5195.1
    4th281.4225.5123.9141.5114.5123.1213.694.6157.5120.4130.0201.9
    20231st290.4228.7130.5141.5115.7127.1213.694.6157.7123.8140.2205.8
    2nd315.0230.1129.4141.5117.8131.5213.691.1157.6126.2141.5213.6
    3rd335.1237.2129.7142.2123.6131.8213.691.1157.6126.7139.8221.0
    4th322.3238.0139.9126.7144.0132.5211.390.1160.0126.7141.6216.3
    20241st320.8239.2139.2127.2150.7132.9200.090.1165.6133.6141.7216.7
    2nd323.4239.1141.1123.4149.7132.2212.688.5172.7135.1141.8217.5
    3rd313.3233.1139.1122.7149.3135.4210.688.5169.4136.3141.8213.9
    4th312.9233.4137.3121.2150.0139.4209.085.0165.5137.3146.6213.2
    20251st319.9233.8128.2119.9142.6141.0203.585.0165.7130.2144.1213.9
    2nd324.4237.6133.6119.8144.2145.5212.485.6163.6136.2143.9216.3
    3rd330.1237.4142.9121.1147.4134.2210.490.6157.3136.2143.4218.8
    4th313.7225.7153.0121.2146.1147.8212.990.6157.4136.2144.8214.0
    Luganville
    20201st148.3157.4114.0164.4121.2105.6162.7103.4119.494.097.6144.5
    2nd142.4155.3114.0160.0120.4105.6164.0103.4119.493.797.6141.9
    3rd144.3155.1114.0165.9120.9105.6163.5103.4119.493.797.6142.8
    4th144.4155.1114.0165.9120.3105.6164.2103.4119.493.797.6143.0
    20211st145.2153.6111.8162.0120.3105.6164.5103.4119.493.797.6142.8
    2nd141.5157.0111.6156.7122.7105.6164.794.9119.493.797.6140.9
    3rd145.1154.2112.2150.7123.4105.6165.494.9119.493.797.6141.1
    4th147.1154.4111.6153.0122.6105.6161.195.7119.493.797.6141.7
    20221st148.0155.1110.1153.3122.3105.6159.395.7119.493.797.6142.2
    2nd149.2156.6110.6154.8122.5105.6159.595.7119.493.797.6143.3
    3rd152.9162.2111.2153.4122.3110.1165.595.7119.493.797.9145.6
    4th152.7162.2111.3157.4122.5110.1170.695.7119.493.797.9146.0
    20231st158.0162.2110.7157.0125.0111.5170.795.7119.693.797.1148.3
    2nd168.2165.1113.5158.0127.7109.3165.394.2123.994.5100.5153.3
    3rd170.2169.3113.3149.0132.0110.3171.397.2127.594.5104.8154.8
    4th169.8169.3114.7144.2133.0110.3172.197.2127.494.5104.8154.3
    20241st170.4170.6113.3152.6135.4110.6175.283.1129.3103.599.8155.9
    2nd175.6171.5117.5148.6132.4111.0175.483.1129.0103.596.2157.3
    3rd179.6163.0120.3149.4133.6108.4177.383.1122.1103.599.7158.6
    4th174.2163.3122.5149.5129.0108.4180.383.3122.799.7102.3156.7
    20251st175.2172.9116.3149.5133.5105.6179.488.2127.499.4101.6158.3
    2nd179.0172.8113.0149.5143.8112.9182.587.4127.3106.1101.6160.9
    3rd178.5169.2114.7150.1142.9110.2182.786.7126.3107.1112.5161.0
    4th179.8171.1118.4150.5137.9110.3171.386.1125.0107.1124.0160.8
    Lenakel
    20224thnanananananananananana100.0
    20231st103.3101.2105.099.7102.9101.199.7100.0100.4100.0101.0101.8
    2nd107.6101.7105.899.8103.5101.499.1100.0102.2100.0102.6103.4
    3rd111.1104.7105.5100.1105.1102.499.895.2104.299.5102.6105.8
    4th115.6115.5113.590.9112.4102.499.695.2101.899.5102.6107.8
    20241st114.4104.2115.392.6119.9102.499.895.2101.899.7101.8107.7
    2nd119.2102.5122.086.1121.693.899.996.297.099.7112.1109.5
    3rd121.8102.3127.885.1121.993.8101.796.2100.799.6115.0111.2
    4th123.5102.9134.885.1134.893.8101.182.2112.299.6116.0111.1
    20251st119.8103.3136.784.8143.393.8101.086.2101.199.0116.4111.9
    2nd124.1104.1157.186.3148.993.8101.186.2102.999.0118.2114.1
    3rd127.1104.5159.787.9147.093.7103.096.2106.399.0117.7116.1
    4th120.7104.5157.588.1146.793.7104.296.5106.299.0120.4113.7
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