Korea, Rep. | 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 Korea
Records
63
Source
Korea, Rep. | Consumer price index (2010 = 100)
1.47695384 1960
1.59799985 1961
1.70376045 1962
2.05629655 1963
2.66213974 1964
3.02281161 1965
3.36322206 1966
3.72922269 1967
4.1309279 1968
4.64273188 1969
5.38326351 1970
6.11063405 1971
6.82490526 1972
7.04473744 1973
8.75690448 1974
10.96795775 1975
12.64905178 1976
13.92618421 1977
15.93995014 1978
18.86070632 1979
24.273278 1980
29.456021 1981
31.5741583 1982
32.65418844 1983
33.39673045 1984
34.21799238 1985
35.15898066 1986
36.2312103 1987
38.820328 1988
41.03315092 1989
44.55103466 1990
48.70888939 1991
51.73530978 1992
54.21912025 1993
57.61641414 1994
60.19805648 1995
63.16253599 1996
65.96627791 1997
70.92270703 1998
71.49927832 1999
73.11456556 2000
76.08782485 2001
78.18957 2002
80.93783527 2003
83.84404017 2004
86.15293033 2005
88.08477219 2006
90.31734577 2007
94.53868508 2008
97.14464067 2009
100 2010
104.025965 2011
106.30108676 2012
107.68443335 2013
109.057167 2014
109.82747243 2015
110.89465031 2016
113.05081083 2017
114.71925918 2018
115.15863429 2019
115.77736784 2020
118.66987241 2021
124.70766215 2022
Korea, Rep. | 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 Korea
Records
63
Source