St. Vincent and the Grenadines | 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
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
Records
63
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St. Vincent and the Grenadines | Consumer price index (2010 = 100)
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19.62398185 1974
20.9579626 1975
23.32390335 1976
25.69988914 1977
27.86626852 1978
32.215769 1979
37.7592894 1980
42.56818285 1981
45.64512035 1982
48.13660811 1983
49.43723791 1984
50.49503913 1985
51.01396048 1986
52.70045487 1987
52.82020595 1988
54.31709446 1989
58.44850675 1990
61.658501 1991
63.79406195 1992
66.53170471 1993
67.20297605 1994
68.37121437 1995
71.38494991 1996
71.70162499 1997
73.23776525 1998
73.98006694 1999
74.10411645 2000
74.77168967 2001
76.15908136 2002
76.31595513 2003
78.57493752 2004
81.50847716 2005
83.74235975 2006
89.80208001 2007
98.84177455 2008
99.2584313 2009
100 2010
103.18603112 2011
105.8672625 2012
106.71962926 2013
106.9265144 2014
105.07282357 2015
104.91559086 2016
107.17477656 2017
109.66567362 2018
110.66699768 2019
109.97186362 2020
111.70142337 2021
118.02383317 2022
St. Vincent and the Grenadines | 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
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
Records
63
Source