Tonga | 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
Kingdom of Tonga
Records
63
Source
Tonga | Consumer price index (2010 = 100)
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6.87729496 1975
7.36624146 1976
8.65812835 1977
9.4879562 1978
10.00600008 1979
12.24668259 1980
14.07134622 1981
15.59638048 1982
17.12693956 1983
17.14517147 1984
20.01955946 1985
24.35857373 1986
25.50001352 1987
28.03064083 1988
29.17250925 1989
32.00512018 1990
35.39620649 1991
38.20559637 1992
38.57271565 1993
38.96343877 1994
39.53230743 1995
40.71641082 1996
41.58152516 1997
42.94308955 1998
44.86022138 1999
47.69881268 2000
51.65317933 2001
57.00396358 2002
63.6384394 2003
70.62174333 2004
76.74160624 2005
81.46053667 2006
86.21966386 2007
95.22702138 2008
96.58577739 2009
100 2010
106.27075303 2011
107.49025087 2012
108.32397678 2013
111.04385787 2014
109.87345748 2015
112.70616568 2016
121.17835898 2017
127.27617145 2018
128.77744906 2019
128.32706578 2020
135.56536856 2021
150.43874035 2022

Tonga | 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
Kingdom of Tonga
Records
63
Source