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Inflation by year, 1913–2026
$100 from 1913 buys what $3,356 buys in 2026, and every year in between has its own conversion below. Pick a starting year to see what its dollars are worth in 2026: inflation rate, purchasing power chart, and full statistics.
1910s
Prices rose an average of 10.0% a year in the 1910s; the highest inflation came in 1918 (18.0%) and the lowest in 1915 (1.0%).
- 1913 $100 → $3,356 n/a that year 1913 events →
- 1914 $100 → $3,322 1.0% that year 1914 events →
- 1915 $100 → $3,290 1.0% that year 1915 events →
- 1916 $100 → $3,048 7.9% that year 1916 events →
- 1917 $100 → $2,596 17.4% that year 1917 events →
- 1918 $100 → $2,200 18.0% that year 1918 events →
- 1919 $100 → $1,920 14.6% that year 1919 events →
1920s
Prices rose an average of 0.1% a year in the 1920s; the highest inflation came in 1920 (15.6%) and the lowest in 1921 (-10.5%).
- 1920 $100 → $1,661 15.6% that year 1920 events →
- 1921 $100 → $1,856 -10.5% that year 1921 events →
- 1922 $100 → $1,978 -6.1% that year 1922 events →
- 1923 $100 → $1,943 1.8% that year 1923 events →
- 1924 $100 → $1,943 0.0% that year 1924 events →
- 1925 $100 → $1,899 2.3% that year 1925 events →
- 1926 $100 → $1,877 1.1% that year 1926 events →
- 1927 $100 → $1,909 -1.7% that year 1927 events →
- 1928 $100 → $1,943 -1.7% that year 1928 events →
- 1929 $100 → $1,943 0.0% that year 1929 events →
1930s
Prices fell an average of 1.9% a year in the 1930s; the highest inflation came in 1937 (3.6%) and the lowest in 1932 (-9.9%).
- 1930 $100 → $1,989 -2.3% that year 1930 events →
- 1931 $100 → $2,186 -9.0% that year 1931 events →
- 1932 $100 → $2,425 -9.9% that year 1932 events →
- 1933 $100 → $2,556 -5.1% that year 1933 events →
- 1934 $100 → $2,479 3.1% that year 1934 events →
- 1935 $100 → $2,425 2.2% that year 1935 events →
- 1936 $100 → $2,390 1.5% that year 1936 events →
- 1937 $100 → $2,307 3.6% that year 1937 events →
- 1938 $100 → $2,356 -2.1% that year 1938 events →
- 1939 $100 → $2,390 -1.4% that year 1939 events →
1940s
Prices rose an average of 5.6% a year in the 1940s; the highest inflation came in 1947 (14.4%) and the lowest in 1949 (-1.2%).
- 1940 $100 → $2,373 0.7% that year 1940 events →
- 1941 $100 → $2,260 5.0% that year 1941 events →
- 1942 $100 → $2,038 10.9% that year 1942 events →
- 1943 $100 → $1,920 6.1% that year 1943 events →
- 1944 $100 → $1,888 1.7% that year 1944 events →
- 1945 $100 → $1,846 2.3% that year 1945 events →
- 1946 $100 → $1,704 8.3% that year 1946 events →
- 1947 $100 → $1,490 14.4% that year 1947 events →
- 1948 $100 → $1,379 8.1% that year 1948 events →
- 1949 $100 → $1,396 -1.2% that year 1949 events →
1950s
Prices rose an average of 2.1% a year in the 1950s; the highest inflation came in 1951 (7.9%) and the lowest in 1955 (-0.4%).
- 1950 $100 → $1,379 1.3% that year 1950 events →
- 1951 $100 → $1,278 7.9% that year 1951 events →
- 1952 $100 → $1,254 1.9% that year 1952 events →
- 1953 $100 → $1,244 0.8% that year 1953 events →
- 1954 $100 → $1,235 0.7% that year 1954 events →
- 1955 $100 → $1,240 -0.4% that year 1955 events →
- 1956 $100 → $1,221 1.5% that year 1956 events →
- 1957 $100 → $1,182 3.3% that year 1957 events →
- 1958 $100 → $1,150 2.8% that year 1958 events →
- 1959 $100 → $1,142 0.7% that year 1959 events →
1960s
Prices rose an average of 2.4% a year in the 1960s; the highest inflation came in 1969 (5.5%) and the lowest in 1962 (1.0%).
- 1960 $100 → $1,122 1.7% that year 1960 events →
- 1961 $100 → $1,111 1.0% that year 1961 events →
- 1962 $100 → $1,100 1.0% that year 1962 events →
- 1963 $100 → $1,086 1.3% that year 1963 events →
- 1964 $100 → $1,072 1.3% that year 1964 events →
- 1965 $100 → $1,055 1.6% that year 1965 events →
- 1966 $100 → $1,025 2.9% that year 1966 events →
- 1967 $100 → $995 3.1% that year 1967 events →
- 1968 $100 → $955 4.2% that year 1968 events →
- 1969 $100 → $905 5.5% that year 1969 events →
1970s
Prices rose an average of 7.1% a year in the 1970s; the highest inflation came in 1979 (11.3%) and the lowest in 1972 (3.2%).
- 1970 $100 → $856 5.7% that year 1970 events →
- 1971 $100 → $820 4.4% that year 1971 events →
- 1972 $100 → $795 3.2% that year 1972 events →
- 1973 $100 → $748 6.2% that year 1973 events →
- 1974 $100 → $674 11.0% that year 1974 events →
- 1975 $100 → $618 9.1% that year 1975 events →
- 1976 $100 → $584 5.8% that year 1976 events →
- 1977 $100 → $548 6.5% that year 1977 events →
- 1978 $100 → $510 7.6% that year 1978 events →
- 1979 $100 → $458 11.3% that year 1979 events →
1980s
Prices rose an average of 5.6% a year in the 1980s; the highest inflation came in 1980 (13.5%) and the lowest in 1986 (1.9%).
- 1980 $100 → $403 13.5% that year 1980 events →
- 1981 $100 → $366 10.3% that year 1981 events →
- 1982 $100 → $344 6.2% that year 1982 events →
- 1983 $100 → $334 3.2% that year 1983 events →
- 1984 $100 → $320 4.3% that year 1984 events →
- 1985 $100 → $309 3.6% that year 1985 events →
- 1986 $100 → $303 1.9% that year 1986 events →
- 1987 $100 → $292 3.6% that year 1987 events →
- 1988 $100 → $281 4.1% that year 1988 events →
- 1989 $100 → $268 4.8% that year 1989 events →
1990s
Prices rose an average of 3.0% a year in the 1990s; the highest inflation came in 1990 (5.4%) and the lowest in 1998 (1.6%).
- 1990 $100 → $254 5.4% that year 1990 events →
- 1991 $100 → $244 4.2% that year 1991 events →
- 1992 $100 → $237 3.0% that year 1992 events →
- 1993 $100 → $230 3.0% that year 1993 events →
- 1994 $100 → $224 2.6% that year 1994 events →
- 1995 $100 → $218 2.8% that year 1995 events →
- 1996 $100 → $212 3.0% that year 1996 events →
- 1997 $100 → $207 2.3% that year 1997 events →
- 1998 $100 → $204 1.6% that year 1998 events →
- 1999 $100 → $199 2.2% that year 1999 events →
2000s
Prices rose an average of 2.6% a year in the 2000s; the highest inflation came in 2008 (3.8%) and the lowest in 2009 (-0.4%).
- 2000 $100 → $193 3.4% that year 2000 events →
- 2001 $100 → $188 2.8% that year 2001 events →
- 2002 $100 → $185 1.6% that year 2002 events →
- 2003 $100 → $181 2.3% that year 2003 events →
- 2004 $100 → $176 2.7% that year 2004 events →
- 2005 $100 → $170 3.4% that year 2005 events →
- 2006 $100 → $165 3.2% that year 2006 events →
- 2007 $100 → $160 2.8% that year 2007 events →
- 2008 $100 → $154 3.8% that year 2008 events →
- 2009 $100 → $155 -0.4% that year 2009 events →
2010s
Prices rose an average of 1.8% a year in the 2010s; the highest inflation came in 2011 (3.2%) and the lowest in 2015 (0.1%).
- 2010 $100 → $152 1.6% that year 2010 events →
- 2011 $100 → $148 3.2% that year 2011 events →
- 2012 $100 → $145 2.1% that year 2012 events →
- 2013 $100 → $143 1.5% that year 2013 events →
- 2014 $100 → $140 1.6% that year 2014 events →
- 2015 $100 → $140 0.1% that year 2015 events →
- 2016 $100 → $138 1.3% that year 2016 events →
- 2017 $100 → $136 2.1% that year 2017 events →
- 2018 $100 → $132 2.4% that year 2018 events →
- 2019 $100 → $130 1.8% that year 2019 events →
2020s
Prices rose an average of 3.9% a year in the 2020s; the highest inflation came in 2022 (8.0%) and the lowest in 2020 (1.2%).