The Consumer Price Index (CPI) measures the changes in price over time for a select bundle of consumer goods. Changes in CPI is how inflation is generally measured. The Statistics departments of many governments chart such information.
Below you’ll find the CPI year by year for the United States, Canada, and Australia from 1960 on. The data goes back even farther for those countries and you’ll find links after the table if you want to research the earlier dates. The Japanese data is only available from 1970 and the UK from 1988. You’ll also find links to websites that list CPI for many other countries as well. The most accessible data is from Rateinflation.com which I used to create the table below.
Year | United States | Canada | Australia | Japan | United Kingdom | |||||
CPI | % Change | CPI | % Change | CPI | % Change | CPI | % Change | CPI | % Change | |
1960 | 29.6 | 1.50% | 15.5 | 1.30% | 7.7 | 4.1% | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a |
1961 | 29.9 | 1.10% | 15.7 | 1.30% | 7.8 | 1.3% | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a |
1962 | 30.3 | 1.20% | 15.9 | 1.30% | 7.8 | 0.0% | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a |
1963 | 30.6 | 1.20% | 16.1 | 1.30% | 7.9 | 1.3% | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a |
1964 | 31.0 | 1.30% | 16.4 | 1.90% | 8.1 | 2.5% | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a |
1965 | 31.5 | 1.60% | 16.8 | 2.40% | 8.4 | 3.7% | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a |
1966 | 32.5 | 3.00% | 17.5 | 4.20% | 8.6 | 2.4% | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a |
1967 | 33.4 | 2.80% | 18.1 | 3.40% | 8.9 | 3.5% | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a |
1968 | 34.8 | 4.30% | 18.8 | 3.90% | 9.2 | 3.4% | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a |
1969 | 36.7 | 5.50% | 19.7 | 4.80% | 9.5 | 3.3% | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a |
1970 | 38.8 | 5.80% | 20.3 | 3.00% | 9.8 | 3.2% | 32.7 | n/a | n/a | n/a |
1971 | 40.5 | 4.30% | 20.9 | 3.00% | 10.4 | 6.1% | 34.8 | 6.4% | n/a | n/a |
1972 | 41.8 | 3.30% | 21.9 | 4.80% | 11 | 5.8% | 36.4 | 4.6% | n/a | n/a |
1973 | 44.4 | 6.20% | 23.6 | 7.80% | 12 | 9.1% | 40.7 | 11.8% | n/a | n/a |
1974 | 49.3 | 11.10% | 26.2 | 11.00% | 13.9 | 15.8% | 50.1 | 23.1% | n/a | n/a |
1975 | 53.8 | 9.10% | 29 | 10.70% | 16 | 15.1% | 56 | 11.8% | n/a | n/a |
1976 | 56.9 | 5.70% | 31.1 | 7.20% | 18.1 | 13.1% | 61.3 | 9.5% | n/a | n/a |
1977 | 60.6 | 6.50% | 33.6 | 8.00% | 20.3 | 12.2% | 66.2 | 8.0% | n/a | n/a |
1978 | 65.2 | 7.60% | 36.6 | 8.90% | 21.9 | 7.9% | 69 | 4.2% | n/a | n/a |
1979 | 72.6 | 11.30% | 40 | 9.30% | 23.9 | 9.1% | 71.6 | 3.8% | n/a | n/a |
1980 | 82.4 | 13.50% | 44 | 10.00% | 26.4 | 10.5% | 77.2 | 7.8% | n/a | n/a |
1981 | 90.9 | 10.30% | 49.5 | 12.50% | 28.9 | 9.5% | 81 | 4.9% | n/a | n/a |
1982 | 96.5 | 6.10% | 54.9 | 10.90% | 32.1 | 11.1% | 83.2 | 2.7% | n/a | n/a |
1983 | 99.6 | 3.20% | 58.1 | 5.80% | 35.4 | 10.3% | 84.7 | 1.8% | n/a | n/a |
1984 | 103.9 | 4.30% | 60.6 | 4.30% | 36.8 | 4.0% | 86.7 | 2.4% | n/a | n/a |
1985 | 107.6 | 3.50% | 63 | 4.00% | 39.2 | 6.5% | 88.4 | 2.0% | n/a | n/a |
1986 | 109.6 | 1.90% | 65.6 | 4.10% | 42.8 | 9.2% | 89 | 0.7% | n/a | n/a |
1987 | 113.6 | 3.70% | 68.5 | 4.40% | 46.4 | 8.4% | 89.1 | 0.1% | n/a | n/a |
1988 | 118.3 | 4.10% | 71.2 | 3.90% | 49.8 | 7.3% | 89.7 | 0.7% | 49.6 | n/a |
1989 | 124.0 | 4.80% | 74.8 | 5.10% | 53.5 | 7.4% | 91.7 | 2.2% | 52.1 | 5.0% |
1990 | 130.7 | 5.40% | 78.4 | 4.80% | 57.5 | 7.5% | 94.5 | 3.1% | 55.8 | 7.1% |
1991 | 136.2 | 4.20% | 82.8 | 5.60% | 59.3 | 3.1% | 97.6 | 3.3% | 60.0 | 7.5% |
1992 | 140.3 | 3.00% | 84 | 1.40% | 59.9 | 1.0% | 99.3 | 1.7% | 62.5 | 4.2% |
1993 | 144.5 | 3.00% | 85.6 | 1.00% | 60.9 | 1.7% | 100.5 | 1.2% | 64.1 | 2.6% |
1994 | 148.2 | 2.60% | 85.7 | 0.10% | 62.1 | 2.0% | 101.2 | 0.7% | 65.4 | 2.0% |
1995 | 152.4 | 2.80% | 87.6 | 2.20% | 65 | 4.7% | 101.1 | -0.1% | 67.1 | 2.6% |
1996 | 156.9 | 2.90% | 88.9 | 1.50% | 66.7 | 2.6% | 101.2 | 0.1% | 68.8 | 2.5% |
1997 | 160.5 | 2.30% | 90.4 | 1.70% | 66.9 | 0.3% | 103 | 1.8% | 70.0 | 1.7% |
1998 | 163.0 | 1.60% | 91.3 | 1.00% | 67.4 | 0.7% | 103.7 | 0.7% | 71.1 | 1.6% |
1999 | 166.6 | 2.20% | 92.9 | 1.80% | 68.4 | 1.5% | 103.4 | -0.3% | 72.1 | 1.4% |
2000 | 172.2 | 3.40% | 95.4 | 2.70% | 71.5 | 4.5% | 102.7 | -0.7% | 72.6 | 0.7% |
2001 | 177.1 | 2.80% | 97.8 | 2.50% | 74.6 | 4.3% | 101.9 | -0.8% | 73.5 | 1.2% |
2002 | 179.9 | 1.60% | 100 | 2.20% | 76.9 | 3.1% | 101 | -0.9% | 74.5 | 1.4% |
2003 | 184.0 | 2.30% | 102.8 | 2.80% | 79 | 2.7% | 100.7 | -0.3% | 75.5 | 1.3% |
2004 | 188.9 | 2.70% | 104.7 | 1.80% | 80.8 | 2.3% | 100.7 | 0.0% | 76.5 | 1.3% |
2005 | 195.3 | 3.40% | 107 | 2.20% | 83 | 2.7% | 100.4 | -0.3% | 78.1 | 2.1% |
2006 | 201.6 | 3.20% | 109.1 | 2.00% | 85.9 | 3.5% | 100.7 | 0.3% | 79.9 | 2.3% |
2007 | 207.3 | 2.90% | 111.5 | 2.20% | 87.9 | 2.3% | 100.7 | 0.0% | 81.7 | 2.3% |
2008 | 215.3 | 3.80% | 114.1 | 2.30% | 91.8 | 4.4% | 102.1 | 1.4% | 84.7 | 3.7% |
2009 | 214.5 | -0.40% | 114.4 | 0.30% | 93.4 | 1.7% | 100.7 | -1.4% | 86.5 | 2.1% |
2010 | 218.1 | 1.60% | 116.5 | 1.80% | 96.1 | 2.9% | 100 | -0.7% | 89.4 | 3.4% |
2011 | 224.9 | 3.20% | 119.9 | 2.90% | 99.3 | 3.3% | 99.7 | -0.3% | 93.4 | 4.5% |
2012 | 229.6 | 2.10% | 121.7 | 1.50% | 101 | 1.7% | 99.7 | 0.0% | 96.0 | 2.8% |
2013 | 233.0 | 1.50% | 122.8 | 0.90% | 103.5 | 2.5% | 100 | 0.3% | 98.5 | 2.6% |
2014 | 236.7 | 1.59% | 125.1 | 1.87% | 106.0 | 2.4% | 102.7 | 2.7% | 99.9 | 1.4% |
2015 | 237.0 | 0.13% | 126.5 | 1.12% | 107.6 | 1.5% | 103.6 | 1.1% | 100.0 | 0.1% |
Sources: US Bureau of Labor Statistics, Statistics Canada, Rate Inflation
More specifically: United States, Canada, Australia, Japan, United Kingdom
Note: The UK data was recalibrated at the end of 2015 with the CPI at the end of 2015 set at 100
Links of Interest
- global-rates.com – A website covering interest rates and economic statistics from many different countries. Available in seven different languages.
- InflationData.com – An extensive resource on
inflation in the United States. The website’s - International Page has links to official
government statistics from around the world. - Inflation.eu – This site has inflation
statistics from around the world (not just Europe
despite its .eu url ending) - Measuring Worth – this is an interesting site on comparing relative values over time using a
number of factors, not just CPI. Such as Labor Value, Historic Standard of Living, Historic
Opportunity Cost and more. The link is to an essay explaining the various concepts they use. The site covers stats for the US and the UK. - OECD StatExtracts – The statistics website for the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and
Development. - Rate Inflation – Here you’ll find CPI and inflation statistics from 13 different countries –
Argentina, Australia, Canada, Germany, the Euro Zone, France, Italy, Japan, New Zealand, Russia, Switzerland, United Kingdom and the United States. - Statistics Canada – StatsCan has statistics on many aspects of Canadian life including
economics. - Trading Economics – A website covering a wide range of economic statistics including GDP,
Unemployment, Debt/GDP and more for many different countries. - US Bureau of Labor Statistics – This bureau of the US Government has extensive economic statistics.
- World Bank – possibly the most extensive international coverage of economic statistics on the Internet. The table linked to covers inflation from 2010-2014 for 213 different countries, though there are a few blank spots. But if you want to find out the inflation rate in such obscure countries as Azerbaijan, Bhutan, the Kyrgyz Republic and Vanuatu, this is the place!