Jamaica | Inflation, consumer prices (annual %)
Inflation as measured by the consumer price index reflects the annual percentage change 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.
| year | value |
|---|---|
| 1960 | 3.27424914 |
| 1961 | 6.69845054 |
| 1962 | 1.4075067 |
| 1963 | 1.76250275 |
| 1964 | 2.01342282 |
| 1965 | 2.63157895 |
| 1966 | 1.90239868 |
| 1967 | 3.02353896 |
| 1968 | 5.92869805 |
| 1969 | 6.30345853 |
| 1970 | 14.7280042 |
| 1971 | 5.3361793 |
| 1972 | 5.427703 |
| 1973 | 17.68259198 |
| 1974 | 27.15818946 |
| 1975 | 17.37614679 |
| 1976 | 9.79365328 |
| 1977 | 11.19100164 |
| 1978 | 34.89980152 |
| 1979 | 29.07925961 |
| 1980 | 27.30815899 |
| 1981 | 12.73971811 |
| 1982 | 6.54540797 |
| 1983 | 11.58211108 |
| 1984 | 27.81476932 |
| 1985 | 25.67310124 |
| 1986 | 15.10537542 |
| 1987 | 6.65244805 |
| 1988 | 8.26676574 |
| 1989 | 14.32953903 |
| 1990 | 21.96017512 |
| 1991 | 51.07109773 |
| 1992 | 77.29659296 |
| 1993 | 22.06994942 |
| 1994 | 35.06339425 |
| 1995 | 19.90874884 |
| 1996 | 26.40665661 |
| 1997 | 9.65755261 |
| 1998 | 8.63189613 |
| 1999 | 5.95423949 |
| 2000 | 8.17108356 |
| 2001 | 6.80190931 |
| 2002 | 7.07635009 |
| 2003 | 10.08695652 |
| 2004 | 13.55450237 |
| 2005 | 15.05286589 |
| 2006 | 8.56106409 |
| 2007 | 9.24482067 |
| 2008 | 22.0228385 |
| 2009 | 9.59224599 |
| 2010 | 12.610552 |
| 2011 | 7.55585647 |
| 2012 | 6.87397709 |
| 2013 | 9.34150077 |
| 2014 | 8.27407886 |
| 2015 | 3.69154229 |
| 2016 | 2.35102197 |
| 2017 | 4.37839865 |
| 2018 | 3.73663882 |
| 2019 | 3.90510001 |
| 2020 | 5.22677779 |
| 2021 | 5.86278243 |
| 2022 | 10.34956884 |
Jamaica | Inflation, consumer prices (annual %)
Inflation as measured by the consumer price index reflects the annual percentage change 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.