Hungary | 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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Hungary
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63
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Hungary | Consumer price index (2010 = 100)
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1971
1972 2.23564486
1973 2.31138802
1974 2.35292459
1975 2.44332771
1976 2.57107462
1977 2.67157524
1978 2.79679579
1979 3.04784771
1980 3.33086651
1981 3.48613198
1982 3.72443717
1983 3.99557231
1984 4.33391158
1985 4.63478667
1986 4.8800439
1987 5.30335424
1988 6.13722975
1989 7.18971261
1990 9.22940529
1991 12.44285744
1992 15.38630505
1993 18.84272071
1994 22.39797939
1995 28.73783236
1996 35.48232291
1997 41.97738853
1998 47.9187798
1999 52.70957678
2000 57.87701821
2001 63.15355548
2002 66.47887324
2003 69.57746479
2004 74.27001031
2005 76.91514943
2006 79.93816558
2007 86.30024047
2008 91.51494332
2009 95.3692889
2010 100
2011 103.92992099
2012 109.804191
2013 111.70731707
2014 111.4531089
2015 111.38440398
2016 111.82411542
2017 114.45001718
2018 117.71212642
2019 121.64204741
2020 125.68876675
2021 132.11267606
2022 151.41188595
Hungary | 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
Hungary
Records
63
Source