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