Dominican Republic | 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
Dominican Republic
Records
63
Source
Dominican Republic | Consumer price index (2010 = 100)
0.45458067 1960
0.43685202 1961
0.47685512 1962
0.51776738 1963
0.52867732 1964
0.51867655 1965
0.52004029 1966
0.52648018 1967
0.52666959 1968
0.53170786 1969
0.55200137 1970
0.57176318 1971
0.62116771 1972
0.71483691 1973
0.80877196 1974
0.92605785 1975
0.99797134 1976
1.12624586 1977
1.16541501 1978
1.27232791 1979
1.48548273 1980
1.59711139 1981
1.71923041 1982
1.81599942 1983
2.18195377 1984
3.17116816 1985
3.41341283 1986
3.87595498 1987
5.57609737 1988
7.84322237 1989
11.80110682 1990
17.35696848 1991
18.09620635 1992
19.04631849 1993
20.61969067 1994
23.20456674 1995
24.45744948 1996
26.4865783 1997
27.76632119 1998
29.56295262 1999
31.84643519 2000
34.67537584 2001
36.48659822 2002
46.50206462 2003
70.43242691 2004
73.3836883 2005
78.94089209 2006
83.79067833 2007
92.70987855 2008
94.04689529 2009
100 2010
105.79676809 2011
109.7054266 2012
115.00524197 2013
118.45383775 2014
119.44499591 2015
121.37303651 2016
125.35353436 2017
129.82167869 2018
132.1722349 2019
137.16970913 2020
148.47661303 2021
161.55902414 2022
Dominican Republic | 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
Dominican Republic
Records
63
Source