Consumer Price Index

The CPI is a statistical estimate constructed using the prices of a sample of representative items whose prices are collected periodically.

TCSD produces a CPI report every quarter (March, June, September and December) as well as an yearly overall report.

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SUMMARY

  • The quarterly inflation rate for the first quarter of 2025 was 3.7 percent compared to -0.5 percent for the fourth quarter of 2024.
  • The annual inflation rate was 1.2 percent for the first quarter of 2025 compared to -1.5 percent for the fourth quarter of the previous year.
  • The average annual inflation for March 2025 is 0.2 percent.
Table – Inflation rates
Year Quarter Annual Inflation Quarterly Inflation
2022 Mar-22 8.7 2.4
2022 Jun-22 11.9 6.5
2022 Sep-22 14.2 2.4
2022 Dec-22 13.7 1.9
2023 Mar-23 12.2 1.1
2023 Jun-23 6.0 0.5
2023 Sep-23 6.2 2.6
2023 Dec-23 4.5 0.2
2024 Mar-24 3.9 0.5
2024 Jun-24 3.2 -0.1
2024 Sep-24 -0.8 -1.4
2024 Dec-24 -1.5 -0.5
2025 Mar-25 1.2 3.7
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QUARTERLY CHANGES

The Food group index has the biggest quarterly increase of 8.2 percent, influenced by:

  • The Fish index which increased by 17.5 percent

The Clothing & Textiles group index increased by 2.8 percent, influenced by:

  • The Clothing index which increased by 3.1 percent

The Transport group increased slightly by 0.6 percent, influenced by:

  • Private Transport index which increased by 0.7 percent.
Table – Quarterly Changes by Groups
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ANNUAL CHANGES

The Clothing & Textiles group items had the highest annual contribution to CPI which increased
by 10.4 percent, influenced by;

  • Clothing index increased by 11.1 percent.

The Housing group increased by 1.8 percent, influenced by:

  • House Maintenance index increased by 16.4 percent.

The Alcohol & Tobacco group increased by 1.1 percent, influenced by:

  • Alcohol’s index increased 1.7 percent.
Table – Annual Changes by Group
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2023 Q2 Updates

CSD has completed the Consumer Price Index reports for the first and the second quarter of 2023. Click the links below to download the CPI reports. 2023 Q1 CPI Report 2023 Q2 CPI Report CSD also completed compiling the IMTS Release Tables for the first quarter of 2023...

Q4 2020 CPI Report

The Tuvalu Central Statistics Division (CSD) has released a report on Consumer Price Index detailing indices, inflation, and more. The report encompasses CPI statistics for years prior to 2020 with emphasis on statistics for the 4th quarter for the year 2020. 2020 CPI...

CPI 2018 Yearly Report

When compared to the June quarter of 2018, the index increased by (+2.3%), main city index increased by (+2.7%) while second city index slightly increased by (+0.6%). At national level, the expenditure groups that contributed to the increase over the same quarter of...