Gabon | 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
Gabonese Republic
Records
63
Source
Gabon | Consumer price index (2010 = 100)
1960
1961
9.31764012 1962
9.98462786 1963
10.31695702 1964
10.5685333 1965
10.95366243 1966
11.17029756 1967
11.43119148 1968
11.77128535 1969
12.22008501 1970
12.69217878 1971
13.13476669 1972
13.9500602 1973
15.63422365 1974
20.08262033 1975
24.13359904 1976
27.47672252 1977
30.4343634 1978
32.85471657 1979
36.90910663 1980
40.12259879 1981
46.81737412 1982
51.81369468 1983
54.8484968 1984
58.88256303 1985
62.58354122 1986
61.99138471 1987
56.55094677 1988
60.36295431 1989
65.02618683 1990
57.42715335 1991
51.9469299 1992
52.22419485 1993
71.08561337 1994
77.94290913 1995
78.48047621 1996
81.59885875 1997
82.78101287 1998
81.17787248 1999
81.58775582 2000
83.33179244 2001
83.36236094 2002
85.22580409 2003
85.57370035 2004
88.7470584 2005
87.49625615 2006
91.89759681 2007
96.73536333 2008
98.55950938 2009
100 2010
101.26331708 2011
103.94924382 2012
104.47464598 2013
109.37498486 2014
109.00442768 2015
111.30083173 2016
114.25244723 2017
119.67837195 2018
122.62792629 2019
124.28678918 2020
125.63767157 2021
130.95371301 2022
Gabon | 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
Gabonese Republic
Records
63
Source