Italy | 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
Italian Republic
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63
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Italy | Consumer price index (2010 = 100)
1960 4.14783562
1961 4.23289517
1962 4.43146636
1963 4.76181969
1964 5.04335383
1965 5.27127652
1966 5.39497171
1967 5.59638426
1968 5.66786762
1969 5.81847719
1970 6.10755775
1971 6.40021142
1972 6.76819183
1973 7.49906297
1974 8.93586616
1975 10.45054038
1976 12.18681055
1977 14.27441715
1978 16.00076713
1979 18.36865243
1980 22.23785629
1981 26.23384312
1982 30.55728924
1983 35.03288603
1984 38.81450952
1985 42.38776994
1986 44.85624161
1987 46.9856952
1988 49.36234794
1989 52.45234769
1990 55.83899072
1991 59.32892725
1992 62.45591175
1993 65.34558108
1994 67.9932809
1995 71.55301648
1996 74.42012917
1997 75.94061263
1998 77.42531659
1999 78.71325573
2000 80.71075046
2001 82.95867838
2002 85.00387792
2003 87.27565376
2004 89.20159756
2005 90.97251062
2006 92.87460382
2007 94.57396864
2008 97.74014678
2009 98.49740629
2010 100
2011 102.78063273
2012 105.90656521
2013 107.19861834
2014 107.45701785
2015 107.49870086
2016 107.39763417
2017 108.71490177
2018 109.95152034
2019 110.62359565
2020 110.47125858
2021 112.54125053
2022 121.77108475

Italy | 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
Italian Republic
Records
63
Source