Australia | 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
Commonwealth of Australia
Records
63
Source
Australia | Consumer price index (2010 = 100)
7.96045786 1960
8.14255983 1961
8.11654527 1962
8.1685744 1963
8.40270552 1964
8.68886576 1965
8.97502601 1966
9.28720083 1967
9.52133195 1968
9.83350676 1969
10.17169615 1970
10.79604579 1971
11.44640999 1972
12.48699272 1973
14.41207076 1974
16.59729448 1975
18.80853278 1976
21.12382934 1977
22.81477627 1978
24.89594173 1979
27.41935484 1980
30.02081165 1981
33.42872008 1982
36.78459938 1983
38.24141519 1984
40.81685744 1985
44.51092612 1986
48.30905307 1987
51.7950052 1988
55.69719043 1989
59.78147763 1990
61.6805411 1991
62.30489074 1992
63.3975026 1993
64.64620187 1994
67.63787721 1995
69.40686785 1996
69.56295525 1997
70.16129032 1998
71.20187305 1999
74.37565036 2000
77.65348595 2001
79.96878252 2002
82.15400624 2003
84.07908429 2004
86.34235172 2005
89.41207076 2006
91.49323621 2007
95.47346514 2008
97.16441207 2009
100 2010
103.30385016 2011
105.12486993 2012
107.70031217 2013
110.3798127 2014
112.04474506 2015
113.47554631 2016
115.6867846 2017
117.89802289 2018
119.79708637 2019
120.81165453 2020
124.27159209 2021
132.46618106 2022
Australia | 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
Commonwealth of Australia
Records
63
Source