Year-on-year change in the cost of living for beneficiary households in New Zealand
2015 Q4–2025 Q4, % change from same quarter previous year
| Quarter | % change from same quarter previous year |
|---|---|
| 2015 Q4 | 0.499001996008% |
| 2016 Q1 | 0.5958291956306% |
| 2016 Q2 | 0.5928853754941% |
| 2016 Q3 | 0.7905138339921% |
| 2016 Q4 | 1.390268123138% |
| 2017 Q1 | 2.171767028628% |
| 2017 Q2 | 1.96463654224% |
| 2017 Q3 | 2.254901960784% |
| 2017 Q4 | 2.350636630754% |
| 2018 Q1 | 1.932367149758% |
| 2018 Q2 | 2.119460500963% |
| 2018 Q3 | 2.396931927133% |
| 2018 Q4 | 2.200956937799% |
| 2019 Q1 | 1.800947867299% |
| 2019 Q2 | 2.075471698113% |
| 2019 Q3 | 1.966292134831% |
| 2019 Q4 | 2.340823970037% |
| 2020 Q1 | 3.16573556797% |
| 2020 Q2 | 2.033271719039% |
| 2020 Q3 | 2.020202020202% |
| 2020 Q4 | 1.92131747484% |
| 2021 Q1 | 1.624548736462% |
| 2021 Q2 | 2.989130434783% |
| 2021 Q3 | 3.870387038704% |
| 2021 Q4 | 4.847396768402% |
| 2022 Q1 | 6.039076376554% |
| 2022 Q2 | 6.50835532102% |
| 2022 Q3 | 6.585788561525% |
| 2022 Q4 | 6.934931506849% |
| 2023 Q1 | 6.700167504188% |
| 2023 Q2 | 6.523534269199% |
| 2023 Q3 | 6.747967479675% |
| 2023 Q4 | 6.244995996797% |
| 2024 Q1 | 5.259026687598% |
| 2024 Q2 | 4.496124031008% |
| 2024 Q3 | 3.808073115004% |
| 2024 Q4 | 3.315749811605% |
| 2025 Q1 | 3.504847129008% |
| 2025 Q2 | 3.635014836795% |
| 2025 Q3 | 3.374908290536% |
| 2025 Q4 | 3.063457330416% |
Definitions
All households: All private New Zealand-resident households. This is the target population for the Household Economic Survey (HES).
Beneficiary: Households where the highest-income recipient receives a benefit payment, classified as a ‘main benefit’ in the Household Economic Survey.
Equivalisation: A technique that adjusts expenditure/income information to help compare economic standard of living across households.
Expenditure (quintiles): Equivalised household expenditure. Five groups from low to high.
Income (quintiles): Equivalised household disposable income. Five groups from low to high.
Māori: Households where at least one member has reported Māori ethnicity (as one of their ethnicities).
Superannuitant: Households where the highest-income recipient received a New Zealand government pension.
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Dataset name
Household Living-cost Price Indexes: All groups for New Zealand, percentage change (Qtrly-Mar/Jun/Sep/Dec) December 2025
Webpage:
https://infoshare.stats.govt.nz/
How to find the data
At URL provided, select 'Economic Indicators' > 'Household living-costs price Indexes - HPI' > 'HLPI All groups (Qrtly-Mar/Jun/Sep/Dec)'. All variables were selected to generate this dataset. Figure.NZ has calculated the quarter-on-quarter percentage changes and the year-on-year percentage changes based on the index provided by Stats NZ.
Import & extraction details
File as imported: Household Living-cost Price Indexes: All groups for New Zealand, percentage change (Qtrly-Mar/Jun/Sep/Dec) December 2025
From the dataset Household Living-cost Price Indexes: All groups for New Zealand, percentage change (Qtrly-Mar/Jun/Sep/Dec) December 2025, this data was extracted:
- Sheet: HPI512201_20260210_121512
- Range:
B4:AS74 - Provided: 2,912 data points
This data forms the table Prices - Change in cost of living by household group 2008 Q2–2025 Q4.
Dataset originally released on:
February 02, 2026
About this dataset
The household living-costs price index (HLPI) provides insights into the inflation experienced by 13 different household groups: beneficiaries, Māori, income quintiles (five groups), expenditure quintiles (five groups), and superannuitants. An all-households HLPI is published for comparison.
Purpose of collection
This series was created to better reflect the inflation experienced by different demographic groups, according to their respective consumption of goods and services.