Iceland | 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 Iceland
Records
63
Source
Iceland | Consumer price index (2010 = 100)
1960 0.04152889
1961 0.04348557
1962 0.04827607
1963 0.05451721
1964 0.06500908
1965 0.06976584
1966 0.07722146
1967 0.07978539
1968 0.09193813
1969 0.1119469
1970 0.12691697
1971 0.13546087
1972 0.14875137
1973 0.18051712
1974 0.25726611
1975 0.3842561
1976 0.50735297
1977 0.66116586
1978 0.95042591
1979 1.37283753
1980 2.17633773
1981 3.3035336
1982 4.96333546
1983 9.13005787
1984 11.94689958
1985 15.76926578
1986 19.25875217
1987 22.78267401
1988 28.64363288
1989 34.58953405
1990 39.95462052
1991 42.67504228
1992 44.35972995
1993 46.15312858
1994 46.86972803
1995 47.64365574
1996 48.72060198
1997 49.6050908
1998 50.42815916
1999 52.05791285
2000 54.73185256
2001 58.23747452
2002 61.26408906
2003 62.52347245
2004 64.49808453
2005 67.06965401
2006 71.5546548
2007 75.16927924
2008 84.71156392
2009 94.87960293
2010 100
2011 104.00102664
2012 109.39441577
2013 113.63047302
2014 115.9537785
2015 117.84736815
2016 119.84715269
2017 121.95696066
2018 125.22896552
2019 129.00333121
2020 132.67724806
2021 138.573743
2022 150.08749596
Iceland | 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 Iceland
Records
63
Source