Inflation Calculator (Buying Power)

Buying power over time

Choose a country, enter an amount and two years, and see what the same buying power equals before or after inflation using official annual CPI or HICP data.

Country

Amount (US dollars)

In year

Equivalent buying power in year

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Cumulative inflation —

Average annual inflation —

Uses US Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers (CPI-U) annual averages (BLS, base 1982–84 = 100). Equivalent amount = Amount × CPI_to ÷ CPI_from.