United States | Inflation, consumer prices (annual %)
Inflation as measured by the consumer price index reflects the annual percentage change 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.
| year | value |
|---|---|
| 1960 | 1.45797599 |
| 1961 | 1.07072415 |
| 1962 | 1.19877335 |
| 1963 | 1.23966942 |
| 1964 | 1.27891156 |
| 1965 | 1.58516926 |
| 1966 | 3.01507538 |
| 1967 | 2.77278562 |
| 1968 | 4.27179615 |
| 1969 | 5.4623862 |
| 1970 | 5.83825534 |
| 1971 | 4.29276669 |
| 1972 | 3.27227825 |
| 1973 | 6.17776006 |
| 1974 | 11.0548048 |
| 1975 | 9.14314686 |
| 1976 | 5.74481264 |
| 1977 | 6.50168399 |
| 1978 | 7.63096384 |
| 1979 | 11.25447113 |
| 1980 | 13.54920197 |
| 1981 | 10.33471534 |
| 1982 | 6.131427 |
| 1983 | 3.21243523 |
| 1984 | 4.30053548 |
| 1985 | 3.54564415 |
| 1986 | 1.89804772 |
| 1987 | 3.66456322 |
| 1988 | 4.07774111 |
| 1989 | 4.82700303 |
| 1990 | 5.39795644 |
| 1991 | 4.23496396 |
| 1992 | 3.02881968 |
| 1993 | 2.95165697 |
| 1994 | 2.60744159 |
| 1995 | 2.80541969 |
| 1996 | 2.9312042 |
| 1997 | 2.33768994 |
| 1998 | 1.5522791 |
| 1999 | 2.1880272 |
| 2000 | 3.37685727 |
| 2001 | 2.82617112 |
| 2002 | 1.58603163 |
| 2003 | 2.27009497 |
| 2004 | 2.67723669 |
| 2005 | 3.39274685 |
| 2006 | 3.2259441 |
| 2007 | 2.85267248 |
| 2008 | 3.8391003 |
| 2009 | -0.35554627 |
| 2010 | 1.64004344 |
| 2011 | 3.15684157 |
| 2012 | 2.06933727 |
| 2013 | 1.46483266 |
| 2014 | 1.62222298 |
| 2015 | 0.11862714 |
| 2016 | 1.26158321 |
| 2017 | 2.13011 |
| 2018 | 2.4425833 |
| 2019 | 1.81221008 |
| 2020 | 1.2335844 |
| 2021 | 4.69785886 |
| 2022 | 8.00279982 |
United States | Inflation, consumer prices (annual %)
Inflation as measured by the consumer price index reflects the annual percentage change 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.