Guatemala | 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 Guatemala
Records
63
Source
Guatemala | Consumer price index (2010 = 100)
1960 1.75525896
1961 1.7455465
1962 1.78137471
1963 1.78407262
1964 1.7806193
1965 1.76637435
1966 1.77846097
1967 1.78709428
1968 1.82151959
1969 1.85972196
1970 1.90332016
1971 1.89468685
1972 1.90472307
1973 2.16749931
1974 2.52502608
1975 2.85730044
1976 3.16374591
1977 3.55366429
1978 3.84819115
1979 4.28470632
1980 4.74847621
1981 5.29137272
1982 5.30763764
1983 5.54853423
1984 5.73755893
1985 6.80972459
1986 9.32463224
1987 10.47372655
1988 11.60831433
1989 12.93016842
1990 18.26022527
1991 24.31648863
1992 26.75930314
1993 29.92216986
1994 33.1703175
1995 35.96040993
1996 39.93652244
1997 43.6238228
1998 46.50886718
1999 48.93365841
2000 51.85870569
2001 55.63706547
2002 60.16182245
2003 63.53297618
2004 68.34790059
2005 74.57347154
2006 79.46612726
2007 84.88700253
2008 94.52656777
2009 96.28391359
2010 100
2011 106.21412393
2012 110.23093769
2013 115.01867661
2014 118.950431
2015 121.79182412
2016 127.20966278
2017 132.8381008
2018 137.82200285
2019 142.92139488
2020 147.51551825
2021 153.80123013
2022 164.39064204

Guatemala | 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 Guatemala
Records
63
Source