This is a line chart showing the average annual percentage change in the All-items Consumer Price Index (CPI) from 1922 to 2012.
From 1922 to 1933, the average annual percentage change in the All-items CPI tended to be below zero, varying from a high of 1.1% in 1925, 1926 and 1929 to a low of minus 9.9% in 1931.
From 1933 to 1991, change in the All-items CPI remained mostly above zero, varying widely between peaks of 14.6% in 1948 and 12.5% in 1981 and a low of minus 1.4% in 1953. From 1992 to 2012, the average annual percentage change in the All-items Consumer Price was relatively stable, varying between a high of 2.9% in 2011 and a low 0.1% in 1994.
The index’s lowest percentage change was minus 9.9% in 1931 and the highest percentage change was is 14.6% in 1948.
Year | Average annual percentage change |
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1922 | -8.0 |
1923 | 0.0 |
1924 | -2.2 |
1925 | 1.1 |
1926 | 1.1 |
1927 | -1.1 |
1928 | 0.0 |
1929 | 1.1 |
1930 | -1.1 |
1931 | -9.9 |
1932 | -8.5 |
1933 | -5.3 |
1934 | 1.4 |
1935 | 1.4 |
1936 | 1.4 |
1937 | 4.1 |
1938 | 0.0 |
1939 | 0.0 |
1940 | 3.9 |
1941 | 6.3 |
1942 | 3.5 |
1943 | 2.3 |
1944 | 1.1 |
1945 | 1.1 |
1946 | 2.2 |
1947 | 9.6 |
1948 | 14.6 |
1949 | 3.4 |
1950 | 2.5 |
1951 | 10.4 |
1952 | 2.9 |
1953 | -1.4 |
1954 | 0.7 |
1955 | 0.0 |
1956 | 1.4 |
1957 | 3.5 |
1958 | 2.7 |
1959 | 0.7 |
1960 | 1.3 |
1961 | 1.3 |
1962 | 1.3 |
1963 | 1.3 |
1964 | 1.9 |
1965 | 2.4 |
1966 | 4.2 |
1967 | 3.4 |
1968 | 3.9 |
1969 | 4.8 |
1970 | 3.0 |
1971 | 3.0 |
1972 | 4.8 |
1973 | 7.8 |
1974 | 11.0 |
1975 | 10.7 |
1976 | 7.2 |
1977 | 8.0 |
1978 | 8.9 |
1979 | 9.3 |
1980 | 10.0 |
1981 | 12.5 |
1982 | 10.9 |
1983 | 5.8 |
1984 | 4.3 |
1985 | 4.0 |
1986 | 4.1 |
1987 | 4.4 |
1988 | 3.9 |
1989 | 5.1 |
1990 | 4.8 |
1991 | 5.6 |
1992 | 1.4 |
1993 | 1.9 |
1994 | 0.1 |
1995 | 2.2 |
1996 | 1.5 |
1997 | 1.7 |
1998 | 1.0 |
1999 | 1.8 |
2000 | 2.7 |
2001 | 2.5 |
2002 | 2.2 |
2003 | 2.8 |
2004 | 1.8 |
2005 | 2.2 |
2006 | 2.0 |
2007 | 2.2 |
2008 | 2.3 |
2009 | 0.3 |
2010 | 1.8 |
2011 | 2.9 |
2012 | 1.5 |