Inflation in Australia

Consumer price inflation on a year before, monthly: the EU harmonised index (HICP) for EU countries, the national CPI elsewhere. All figures for Australia

Latest inflation in Australia
Measure	Latest	Period	Rank	vs median	Among countries with data
Inflation	+3.5%	Jul 2026	22nd highest of 50	+0.1 pp	Lowest −0.5%Highest +33.5%

Where Australia stands

Every country with data, highest first

Inflation (% y/y) · 22nd highest of 50

Argentina+33.5
Türkiye+30.9
Russia+16.7
Romania+6.3
Colombia+6.2
Lithuania+5.6
Mexico+5.6
Cyprus+5.2
Bulgaria+5.0
Spain+4.6
India+4.6
Iceland+4.5
Brazil+4.2
Belgium+4.2
Luxembourg+4.0
Chile+3.9
Croatia+3.7
Greece+3.7
Portugal+3.6
Poland+3.5
Costa Rica+3.5
Australia+3.5
Ireland+3.4
Slovenia+3.4
United States+3.4
United Kingdom+3.3
Italy+3.2
Indonesia+3.2
Norway+3.2
Slovakia+3.1
South Korea+3.1
South Africa+3.1
Canada+3.0
Latvia+3.0
Austria+2.9
Germany+2.9
Netherlands+2.8
France+2.6
Finland+2.4
Saudi Arabia+2.1
Denmark+2.0
Malta+2.0
Hungary+1.8
Israel+1.5
Czechia+1.5
Estonia+1.3
China+0.8
Sweden+0.3
Switzerland+0.1
Japan−0.5

Inflation

All 16 values: Inflation

Period	% y/y
Jul 2026	+3.5
Jun 2026	+3.8
May 2026	+4.0
Apr 2026	+4.2
Mar 2026	+4.6
Feb 2026	+3.7
Jan 2026	+3.8
Dec 2025	+3.8
Nov 2025	+3.4
Oct 2025	+3.8
Sep 2025	+3.6
Aug 2025	+3.2
Jul 2025	+3.0
Jun 2025	+1.9
May 2025	+2.1
Apr 2025	+2.4

Cite this figure

allfigures, “Inflation, Australia, Jul 2026: +3.5%”. Source: Eurostat, OECD (CC BY 4.0). https://allfigures.xyz/data/inflation/australia, retrieved 23 Sep 2026.

Sources: OECD, licence CC BY 4.0 · Eurostat, licence CC BY 4.0. Compiled 23 Sep 2026.