This is a line chart showing the All-items Consumer Price Index from 1922 to 2012. The base year is 2002 so that 2002 equals 100.
The All-items Consumer Price Index was relatively stable from 1922 to the early 1970s, increasing from 9.2 in 1922 to 21.9 in 1972. It then rises more sharply, reaching 54.9 in 1982, 84.0 in 1992, 100.0 in 2002 and 121.7 in 2012.
The index’s lowest value is 7.1 in 1933 and its highest value is 121.7 in 2012.
| index (2002=100) | |
|---|---|
| 1922 | 9.2 |
| 1923 | 9.2 |
| 1924 | 9 |
| 1925 | 9.1 |
| 1926 | 9.2 |
| 1927 | 9.1 |
| 1928 | 9.1 |
| 1929 | 9.2 |
| 1930 | 9.1 |
| 1931 | 8.2 |
| 1932 | 7.5 |
| 1933 | 7.1 |
| 1934 | 7.2 |
| 1935 | 7.3 |
| 1936 | 7.4 |
| 1937 | 7.7 |
| 1938 | 7.7 |
| 1939 | 7.7 |
| 1940 | 8 |
| 1941 | 8.5 |
| 1942 | 8.8 |
| 1943 | 9 |
| 1944 | 9.1 |
| 1945 | 9.2 |
| 1946 | 9.4 |
| 1947 | 10.3 |
| 1948 | 11.8 |
| 1949 | 12.2 |
| 1950 | 12.5 |
| 1951 | 13.8 |
| 1952 | 14.2 |
| 1953 | 14 |
| 1954 | 14.1 |
| 1955 | 14.1 |
| 1956 | 14.3 |
| 1957 | 14.8 |
| 1958 | 15.2 |
| 1959 | 15.3 |
| 1960 | 15.5 |
| 1961 | 15.7 |
| 1962 | 15.9 |
| 1963 | 16.1 |
| 1964 | 16.4 |
| 1965 | 16.8 |
| 1966 | 17.5 |
| 1967 | 18.1 |
| 1968 | 18.8 |
| 1969 | 19.7 |
| 1970 | 20.3 |
| 1971 | 20.9 |
| 1972 | 21.9 |
| 1973 | 23.6 |
| 1974 | 26.2 |
| 1975 | 29 |
| 1976 | 31.1 |
| 1977 | 33.6 |
| 1978 | 36.6 |
| 1979 | 40 |
| 1980 | 44 |
| 1981 | 49.5 |
| 1982 | 54.9 |
| 1983 | 58.1 |
| 1984 | 60.6 |
| 1985 | 63 |
| 1986 | 65.6 |
| 1987 | 68.5 |
| 1988 | 71.2 |
| 1989 | 74.8 |
| 1990 | 78.4 |
| 1991 | 82.8 |
| 1992 | 84 |
| 1993 | 85.6 |
| 1994 | 85.7 |
| 1995 | 87.6 |
| 1996 | 88.9 |
| 1997 | 90.4 |
| 1998 | 91.3 |
| 1999 | 92.9 |
| 2000 | 95.4 |
| 2001 | 97.8 |
| 2002 | 100 |
| 2003 | 102.8 |
| 2004 | 104.7 |
| 2005 | 107 |
| 2006 | 109.1 |
| 2007 | 111.5 |
| 2008 | 114.1 |
| 2009 | 114.4 |
| 2010 | 116.5 |
| 2011 | 119.9 |
| 2012 | 121.7 |