Ireland | 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 Ireland
Records
63
Source
Ireland | Consumer price index (2010 = 100)
1960 5.07326538
1961 5.21313527
1962 5.43540914
1963 5.56877345
1964 5.9428441
1965 6.2392805
1966 6.42984676
1967 6.63452904
1968 6.94508147
1969 7.46031617
1970 8.0725985
1971 8.79604449
1972 9.55301602
1973 10.64347851
1974 12.45032897
1975 15.04944101
1976 17.7561877
1977 20.14834131
1978 21.70200835
1979 24.58738888
1980 29.05109246
1981 34.96982343
1982 40.96613899
1983 45.24612943
1984 49.16042359
1985 51.81287292
1986 53.79577194
1987 55.49539967
1988 56.67998869
1989 58.99765765
1990 60.95479951
1991 62.91194659
1992 64.84334174
1993 65.79616335
1994 67.31552753
1995 69.01515526
1996 70.22549622
1997 71.29686005
1998 73.01904845
1999 74.21066365
2000 78.35957206
2001 82.17795947
2002 85.97025311
2003 88.97103592
2004 90.92806819
2005 93.13734018
2006 96.799165
2007 101.53953205
2008 105.6623467
2009 100.93067757
2010 100
2011 102.55718883
2012 104.29677307
2013 104.82734626
2014 105.01870053
2015 104.71427329
2016 104.72297121
2017 105.07958598
2018 105.59276333
2019 106.58432635
2020 106.22771158
2021 108.73271288
2022 117.22188397
Ireland | 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 Ireland
Records
63
Source