Consumer Price Index

The Consumer Price Index (CPI) is a measure which provides information on the cost of living for the FSM, including each of the four states which make up the FSM.  It achieves this by producing an index, which indicates the cost of living at a particular time point, which in turn can be compared to other time points to determine if the cost of living is increasing or decreasing.

The index is produced by collecting prices for a “basket” of goods each quarter, which reflects the spending patterns of a typical household in FSM (nb: the “basket” changes slightly between the states, due to the different spending patterns of each of the four states).  These prices are then monitored over time to determine if the cost for each item has increased or decreased.

Starting from 2019, the FSM Division of Statistics will switch to calculating and publishing its quarterly Consumer Price Index (CPI) series based on an updated set of weights and basket of representative goods and services. Concurrent with the update of weights, the classification used for publication will change to the COICOP classification to facilitate international comparisons of inflation in FSM to other countries in the world, and the Pacific in particular.

Click here for the FSM CPI rebase methodology

Period ALL GROUPS Domestic items Imported items
Q4-2018 2.47% 2.97% 2.23%
Q4-2019 1.33% 4.66% -0.30%
Q4-2020 -0.30% 1.38% -1.17%
Q4-2021 5.39% 6.14% 5.00%
Q4-2022 6.53% 6.75% 6.41%
Q4-2023 4.75% 4.41% 4.93%
Source: FSM Statistics
Notes: 1. Base 2017 qtr 1 = 100
             2. 2023 is still preliminary
Period FSM-All groups Kosrae-All groups Pohnpei-All groups Chuuk-All groups Yap-All groups
Q4-2018 2.47% 0.02% 1.06% 1.30% 0.09%
Q4-2019 1.33% 0.00% 1.06% 0.50% -0.23%
Q4-2020 -0.30% 0.01% -0.91% 0.31% 0.28%
Q4-2021 5.39% 0.37% 3.20% 1.03% 0.79%
Q4-2022 6.53% 0.72% 4.70% 0.61% 0.50%
Q4-2023 4.75% 0.57% 1.89% 1.69% 0.60%
Source: FSM Statistics
Notes: 1 Base 2017 qtr 1 = 100
2. 2023 is Preliminary
Period FSM-All groups Kosrae-All groups Pohnpei-All groups Chuuk-All groups Yap-All groups
Weights
100% 8.9% 47.0% 29.1% 15.0%
Annual
2020 104.9 99.8 104.8 107.6 103.3
2021 108.3 101.8 110.1 107.7 107.4
2022 114.0 107.8 117.3 112.1 111.2
2023 120.6 119.8 122.6 119.6 116.6
Quarter
Q4-2020 104.4 99.8 103.9 107.1 103.5
Q4-2021 110.1 104.2 111.1 110.8 108.9
Q4-2022 117.2 113.0 122.1 113.1 112.6
Q4-2023 122.8 120.5 126.8 119.9 117.3
Source: FSM Statistics
Notes: 1. Base 2017 qtr 1 = 100
             2. 2023 is Preliminary

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