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