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

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