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