Libya | 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
State of Libya
Records
63
Source
Libya | Consumer price index (2010 = 100)
1960
1961
1962
1963
1964 10.78198571
1965 12.01382757
1966 13.48467012
1967 14.46852632
1968 14.52513175
1969 15.94655686
1970 15.10196798
1971 14.63322564
1972 14.59649285
1973 15.75996405
1974 16.93541333
1975 18.4797876
1976 19.49233494
1977 20.7164951
1978 26.80295872
1979 25.18432033
1980 27.63583481
1981 30.73097165
1982 33.88360329
1983 37.47702841
1984 42.1532723
1985 46.00542403
1986 47.51945382
1987 49.58926669
1988 52.60774379
1989 53.40308855
1990 57.9164305
1991 64.80622427
1992 70.87192588
1993 78.71996635
1994 82.74460248
1995 88.73364435
1996 92.30790454
1997 95.58510825
1998 99.13062104
1999 101.756217
2000 98.8052867
2001 90.09665046
2002 81.26929864
2003 79.48856484
2004 77.74174978
2005 79.80206612
2006 80.96659274
2007 86.0278046
2008 94.94091221
2009 97.27636395
2010 100
2011 115.51848153
2012 122.51867501
2013 125.71128873
2014 128.76977073
2015 142.16478004
2016 178.91988345
2017 225.08768756
2018 254.73219486
2019 249.22442926
2020 252.83079789
2021 260.08282022
2022 271.81333954

Libya | 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
State of Libya
Records
63
Source