India | 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 India
Records
63
Source
India | Consumer price index (2010 = 100)
1960 2.52748669
1961 2.57033297
1962 2.66369299
1963 2.74216968
1964 3.1083936
1965 3.4029064
1966 3.77048318
1967 4.26299133
1968 4.40100194
1969 4.37529408
1970 4.5980955
1971 4.73971402
1972 5.04505102
1973 5.89972383
1974 7.58697016
1975 8.02310185
1976 7.41062245
1977 8.0262577
1978 8.22876409
1979 8.74517527
1980 9.73740928
1981 11.01423164
1982 11.88333633
1983 13.29366035
1984 14.39954761
1985 15.19964756
1986 16.52653434
1987 17.98105542
1988 19.6683027
1989 21.05969351
1990 22.94900758
1991 26.13209143
1992 29.21249455
1993 31.06073709
1994 34.24382141
1995 37.74521317
1996 41.13365846
1997 44.08057745
1998 49.91280767
1999 52.24364614
2000 54.33832165
2001 56.3919261
2002 58.8151729
2003 61.05359545
2004 63.35363809
2005 66.04385126
2006 69.87209853
2007 74.32496447
2008 80.53055424
2009 89.29417338
2010 100
2011 108.91179336
2012 119.2355389
2013 131.18041028
2014 139.92444611
2015 146.79050152
2016 154.05401311
2017 159.18119775
2018 165.4510689
2019 171.621576
2020 182.98882258
2021 192.3787247
2022 205.26624115
India | 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 India
Records
63
Source