Germany | 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
Federal Republic of Germany
Records
63
Source
Germany | Consumer price index (2010 = 100)
24.64607047 1960
25.21137616 1961
25.9282037 1962
26.69748307 1963
27.32106575 1964
28.20690192 1965
29.20346879 1966
29.72797766 1967
30.16506494 1968
30.74202565 1969
31.8027022 1970
33.4694737 1971
35.30525195 1972
37.78792574 1973
40.42795313 1974
42.81738111 1975
44.6356773 1976
46.30244598 1977
47.56126917 1978
49.48446619 1979
52.17694447 1980
55.48717651 1981
58.39528444 1982
60.31848334 1983
61.76962143 1984
63.04592574 1985
62.96433589 1986
63.12168761 1987
63.92593299 1988
65.70343802 1989
67.47511036 1990
70.20585007 1991
73.75614444 1992
77.05641956 1993
79.13159239 1994
80.4817043 1995
81.64846931 1996
83.23193685 1997
83.99033256 1998
84.48203974 1999
85.69880785 2000
87.39894991 2001
88.64071957 2002
89.55746156 2003
91.04925331 2004
92.45770436 2005
93.91615662 2006
96.07467298 2007
98.59988029 2008
98.90824058 2009
100 2010
102.07517284 2011
104.1253413 2012
105.69213957 2013
106.65054956 2014
107.19918786 2015
107.72633666 2016
109.35246016 2017
111.24662936 2018
112.85487712 2019
113.01837893 2020
116.48427588 2021
124.48974439 2022

Germany | 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
Federal Republic of Germany
Records
63
Source