Iraq | 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 Iraq
Records
63
Source
Iraq | Consumer price index (2010 = 100)
1960 59.05985099
1961 59.60099304
1962 60.37125372
1963 62.75891111
1964 62.70234241
1965 62.41668254
1966 63.65454199
1967 65.74938107
1968 67.19355043
1969 71.04995874
1970 74.14460738
1971 76.8107662
1972 80.79413445
1973 84.74576271
1974 91.27118644
1975 99.95762712
1976 112.77542373
1977 123.11440678
1978 128.79237288
1979
1980
1981
1982
1983
1984
1985
1986
1987
1988
1989
1990 0.03056755
1991 0.08588026
1992 0.15768975
1993 0.48519922
1994 2.66131775
1995 12.96889007
1996 10.87865181
1997 13.387617
1998 15.36480384
1999 17.29735235
2000 18.15858097
2001 21.13188182
2002 25.21386289
2003 33.68980815
2004 42.77322283
2005 58.58198395
2006 89.76573811
2007 80.72857909
2008 90.95112024
2009 97.20275052
2010 100
2011 105.80145537
2012 112.243808
2013 114.35342813
2014 116.91034114
2015 118.53928834
2016 119.19898484
2017 119.41838118
2018 119.85717386
2019 119.61869958
2020 120.30550551
2021 127.57420161
2022 133.94623441
Iraq | 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 Iraq
Records
63
Source