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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