What is $100 in 1919 worth in 1920?

$100 in 1919 has the purchasing power of about $116 in 1920, based on the Consumer Price Index (CPI-U).

What was the average inflation rate between 1919 and 1920?

Prices rose 15.6% in total between 1919 and 1920, an average of 15.61% per year.

How much is $1 in 1919 worth today?

$1 in 1919 is equivalent to about $1.16 in 1920. Equivalently, a 1920 dollar buys what $0.87 bought in 1919.

U.S. inflation · 1919–1920

Value of $100 in 1919, adjusted to 1920

Amount From year To year

$100 in 1919 has the same buying power as

$116

in 1920

Detailed inflation statistics
Cumulative price change	15.6%
Average inflation rate	15.61% per year
Converted amount ($100 base)	$116
Price difference ($100 base)	$15.61
CPI in 1919	17.3
CPI in 1920	20
Inflation in 1919	14.57%
Inflation in 1920	15.61%
$100 in 1919 → 1920	$116
$100 in 1920 → 1919	$86.50

What happened to prices between 1919 and 1920

Between 1919 and 1920, the Consumer Price Index went from 17.3 to 20. Cumulatively, prices increased 15.6%, which works out to an average of 15.61% per year. Put differently, a dollar in 1919 bought what $0.87 buys in 1920.

Common amounts: 1919 dollars in 1920

Amount in 1919	Value in 1920
$1.00	$1.16
$5.00	$5.78
$10.00	$11.56
$20.00	$23.12
$50.00	$57.80
$100	$116
$500	$578
$1,000	$1,156
$5,000	$5,780
$10,000	$11,561
$100,000	$115,607
$1,000,000	$1,156,069

Inflation by spending category, 1919–1920

The headline number is an average. Individual categories moved very differently over this period. Here is what $100 of 1919 spending costs in 1920, by category:

Category	Avg. yearly inflation	$100 in 1919 →
All items (CPI-U)	15.61%	$116
Apparel	19.06%	$119
Food	12.90%	$113

Not shown because the BLS began these indexes after 1919: core (all items less food & energy) (1957–), energy (1957–), housing (1967–), medical care (1935–), transportation (1935–), recreation (1993–), education & communication (1993–).

Year by year: CPI and the value of $100 from 1919

Year	CPI	Inflation rate	$100 from 1919
1919	17.3	14.6%	$100
1920	20	15.6%	$116

Cite this page

MLA: “Inflation from 1919 to 1920: $100 is worth $116 today.” InflationCalculator.com, U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics CPI-U data, https://inflationcalculator.com/inflation/1919-to-1920/

APA: InflationCalculator.com. Inflation from 1919 to 1920. Based on U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics CPI-U data. Retrieved from https://inflationcalculator.com/inflation/1919-to-1920/

Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, CPI-U annual averages (series CUUR0000SA0; category indexes listed on the data sources page). See how these numbers are calculated.