Hong Kong SAR, China | 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.
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The World Bank
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Hong Kong Special Administrative Region of the People's Republic of China
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Hong Kong SAR, China | Consumer price index (2010 = 100)
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1981 28.98909258
1982 32.16933059
1983 35.34956859
1984 38.40748975
1985 39.75297506
1986 41.09846037
1987 43.42248045
1988 46.84735215
1989 51.61770915
1990 56.99965039
1991 63.3601264
1992 69.47596872
1993 75.59181103
1994 82.19692074
1995 89.65824836
1996 95.28482329
1997 100.78908138
1998 103.72468569
1999 99.56591292
2000 95.89640753
2001 94.30628852
2002 91.49300106
2003 89.04666413
2004 88.80203044
2005 89.53593152
2006 91.32687542
2007 93.18540212
2008 97.19531426
2009 97.75850417
2010 100
2011 105.30524893
2012 109.57422843
2013 114.32755125
2014 119.38499662
2015 122.95562064
2016 125.91799955
2017 127.79905384
2018 130.87407074
2019 134.64744312
2020 134.98535706
2021 137.10295112
2022 139.68236089
Hong Kong SAR, China | 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
Hong Kong Special Administrative Region of the People's Republic of China
Records
64
Source