Myanmar | 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 the Union of Myanmar
Records
63
Source
Myanmar | Consumer price index (2010 = 100)
1960 0.15543806
1961 0.15521048
1962 0.15270708
1963 0.14861062
1964 0.14792787
1965 0.17409973
1966 0.21847809
1967 0.22029874
1968 0.22553311
1969 0.21574711
1970 0.20709902
1971 0.21142307
1972 0.22758134
1973 0.28493184
1974 0.35676789
1975 0.46970513
1976 0.57484582
1977 0.56819665
1978 0.53385083
1979 0.56413242
1980 0.56756321
1981 0.56937059
1982 0.59957422
1983 0.63345066
1984 0.66414966
1985 0.70936209
1986 0.77551338
1987 0.96753049
1988 1.12274949
1989 1.42812081
1990 1.67985245
1991 2.22197508
1992 2.70888115
1993 3.57116155
1994 4.43176813
1995 5.54833937
1996 6.45135361
1997 8.36722709
1998 12.6753073
1999 15.0076961
2000 14.99131287
2001 18.15467558
2002 28.51636793
2003 38.95042641
2004 40.716522
2005 44.53109747
2006 53.43575273
2007 72.15140982
2008 91.48765373
2009 92.8346659
2010 100
2011 105.02146015
2012 106.56273748
2013 112.57611414
2014 118.15234588
2015 129.32267176
2016 138.28321371
2017 144.6062642
2018 154.54408193
2019 168.18270066
2020
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Myanmar | 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 the Union of Myanmar
Records
63
Source