Vanuatu | 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 Vanuatu
Records
63
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Vanuatu | Consumer price index (2010 = 100)
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1976 19.5740989
1977 20.69696894
1978 22.02442971
1979 22.94270902
1980 25.52150377
1981 32.37291417
1982 34.53301162
1983 35.10396249
1984 37.04043751
1985 37.4353452
1986 39.21956666
1987 45.51014787
1988 49.49694167
1989 53.33198899
1990 55.87029369
1991 59.48461886
1992 61.89876736
1993 64.10598884
1994 65.5820682
1995 67.04435243
1996 67.65200517
1997 69.56703199
1998 71.8503332
1999 73.28660332
2000 75.14638898
2001 77.83479201
2002 79.36313073
2003 81.75691425
2004 82.91697858
2005 83.91131942
2006 85.62379533
2007 88.99350599
2008 93.30231633
2009 97.31157819
2010 100
2011 100.8737931
2012 102.23297025
2013 103.72448153
2014 104.5530989
2015 107.14943334
2016 108.05170559
2017 111.38458881
2018 113.98092325
2019 117.12966927
2020 123.37192015
2021 126.2628741
2022 135.23035547
Vanuatu | 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 Vanuatu
Records
63
Source