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

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