Algeria | Consumer price index (2010 = 100)
Consumer price index reflects changes in the cost to the average consumer of acquiring a basket of goods and services that may be fixed or changed at specified intervals, such as yearly. The Laspeyres formula is generally used. Data are period averages. Development relevance: A general and continuing increase in an economy’s price level is called inflation. The increase in the average prices of goods and services in the economy should be distinguished from a change in the relative prices of individual goods and services. Generally accompanying an overall increase in the price level is a change in the structure of relative prices, but it is only the average increase, not the relative price changes, that constitutes inflation. A commonly used measure of inflation is the consumer price index, which measures the prices of a representative basket of goods and services purchased by a typical household. The consumer price index is usually calculated on the basis of periodic surveys of consumer prices. Other price indices are derived implicitly from indexes of current and constant price series. Limitations and exceptions: Consumer price indexes should be interpreted with caution. The definition of a household, the basket of goods, and the geographic (urban or rural) and income group coverage of consumer price surveys can vary widely by country. In addition, weights are derived from household expenditure surveys, which, for budgetary reasons, tend to be conducted infrequently in developing countries, impairing comparability over time. Although useful for measuring consumer price inflation within a country, consumer price indexes are of less value in comparing countries. Statistical concept and methodology: Consumer price indexes are constructed explicitly, using surveys of the cost of a defined basket of consumer goods and services.
Publisher
The World Bank
Origin
People's Democratic Republic of Algeria
Records
63
Source
Algeria | Consumer price index (2010 = 100)
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1967
1968
1969 2.56902453
1970 2.73858015
1971 2.81051284
1972 2.91327382
1973 3.09310554
1974 3.23846951
1975 3.50500581
1976 3.83555363
1977 4.29540902
1978 5.04813321
1979 5.62102568
1980 6.15602504
1981 7.05818082
1982 7.51996298
1983 7.9686915
1984 8.61546221
1985 9.51855969
1986 10.6961587
1987 11.49208777
1988 12.17144771
1989 13.30392317
1990 15.51936355
1991 19.53676605
1992 25.72399381
1993 31.00778603
1994 40.01482109
1995 51.93108535
1996 61.63133217
1997 65.16497863
1998 68.3907504
1999 70.20003532
2000 70.438128
2001 73.41483508
2002 74.4560791
2003 77.63457483
2004 80.71030165
2005 81.82607845
2006 83.71748758
2007 86.79745039
2008 91.01458318
2009 96.23614476
2010 100
2011 104.52421151
2012 113.81793046
2013 117.52183807
2014 120.9498642
2015 126.73664636
2016 134.8448702
2017 142.38420319
2018 148.46399471
2019 151.36166777
2020 155.01725024
2021 166.21889452
2022 181.61993198
Algeria | Consumer price index (2010 = 100)
Consumer price index reflects changes in the cost to the average consumer of acquiring a basket of goods and services that may be fixed or changed at specified intervals, such as yearly. The Laspeyres formula is generally used. Data are period averages. Development relevance: A general and continuing increase in an economy’s price level is called inflation. The increase in the average prices of goods and services in the economy should be distinguished from a change in the relative prices of individual goods and services. Generally accompanying an overall increase in the price level is a change in the structure of relative prices, but it is only the average increase, not the relative price changes, that constitutes inflation. A commonly used measure of inflation is the consumer price index, which measures the prices of a representative basket of goods and services purchased by a typical household. The consumer price index is usually calculated on the basis of periodic surveys of consumer prices. Other price indices are derived implicitly from indexes of current and constant price series. Limitations and exceptions: Consumer price indexes should be interpreted with caution. The definition of a household, the basket of goods, and the geographic (urban or rural) and income group coverage of consumer price surveys can vary widely by country. In addition, weights are derived from household expenditure surveys, which, for budgetary reasons, tend to be conducted infrequently in developing countries, impairing comparability over time. Although useful for measuring consumer price inflation within a country, consumer price indexes are of less value in comparing countries. Statistical concept and methodology: Consumer price indexes are constructed explicitly, using surveys of the cost of a defined basket of consumer goods and services.
Publisher
The World Bank
Origin
People's Democratic Republic of Algeria
Records
63
Source