Burundi | 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
Republic of Burundi
Records
63
Source
Burundi | Consumer price index (2010 = 100)
1960
1961
1962
1963
1964
1.46845115 1965
1.53360428 1966
1.51689835 1967
1.60878096 1968
1.67351643 1969
1.67017525 1970
1.73449307 1971
1.80089914 1972
1.90907003 1973
2.20921989 1974
2.55628556 1975
2.7315586 1976
2.91824736 1977
3.61558067 1978
4.93674122 1979
5.06008666 1980
5.67576736 1981
6.00882686 1982
6.49862024 1983
7.42901924 1984
7.71164044 1985
7.84086252 1986
8.3986017 1987
8.77542997 1988
9.7987855 1989
10.48491308 1990
11.42823428 1991
11.63660909 1992
12.76295681 1993
14.65861517 1994
17.48234139 1995
22.10410981 1996
28.98104978 1997
32.60380005 1998
33.70757701 1999
41.94302039 2000
45.8421223 2001
45.21606558 2002
50.03043014 2003
54.12113292 2004
61.2933033 2005
62.97606191 2006
68.27364782 2007
84.93716361 2008
93.90265116 2009
100 2010
109.59216606 2011
129.49524899 2012
139.77452756 2013
145.93208799 2014
154.02356829 2015
162.58372015 2016
188.68252922 2017
183.3716857 2018
182.11233999 2019
195.44497824 2020
211.87122658 2021
251.70487882 2022
Burundi | 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
Republic of Burundi
Records
63
Source