What is $100 in 1959 worth in 1963?

$100 in 1959 has the purchasing power of about $105 in 1963, based on the Consumer Price Index (CPI-U).

What was the average inflation rate between 1959 and 1963?

Prices rose 5.2% in total between 1959 and 1963, an average of 1.26% per year.

How much is $1 in 1959 worth today?

$1 in 1959 is equivalent to about $1.05 in 1963. Equivalently, a 1963 dollar buys what $0.95 bought in 1959.

U.S. inflation · 1959–1963

Value of $100 in 1959, adjusted to 1963

Amount From year To year

$100 in 1959 has the same buying power as

$105

in 1963

Detailed inflation statistics
Cumulative price change	5.2%
Average inflation rate	1.26% per year
Converted amount ($100 base)	$105
Price difference ($100 base)	$5.15
CPI in 1959	29.1
CPI in 1963	30.6
Inflation in 1959	0.69%
Inflation in 1963	1.32%
$100 in 1959 → 1963	$105
$100 in 1963 → 1959	$95.10

What happened to prices between 1959 and 1963

Between 1959 and 1963, the Consumer Price Index went from 29.1 to 30.6. Cumulatively, prices increased 5.2%, which works out to an average of 1.26% per year. Put differently, a dollar in 1959 bought what $0.95 buys in 1963.

Common amounts: 1959 dollars in 1963

Amount in 1959	Value in 1963
$1.00	$1.05
$5.00	$5.26
$10.00	$10.52
$20.00	$21.03
$50.00	$52.58
$100	$105
$500	$526
$1,000	$1,052
$5,000	$5,258
$10,000	$10,515
$100,000	$105,155
$1,000,000	$1,051,546

Inflation by spending category, 1959–1963

The headline number is an average. Individual categories moved very differently over this period. Here is what $100 of 1959 spending costs in 1963, by category:

Category	Avg. yearly inflation	$100 in 1959 →
All items (CPI-U)	1.26%	$105
Medical care	2.90%	$112
Core (all items less food & energy)	1.30%	$105
Food	1.16%	$105
Apparel	1.04%	$104
Transportation	0.91%	$104
Energy	0.79%	$103

Not shown because the BLS began these indexes after 1959: housing (1967–), recreation (1993–), education & communication (1993–).

Year by year: CPI and the value of $100 from 1959

Year	CPI	Inflation rate	$100 from 1959
1959	29.1	0.7%	$100
1960	29.6	1.7%	$102
1961	29.9	1.0%	$103
1962	30.2	1.0%	$104
1963	30.6	1.3%	$105

Cite this page

MLA: “Inflation from 1959 to 1963: $100 is worth $105 today.” InflationCalculator.com, U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics CPI-U data, https://inflationcalculator.com/inflation/1959-to-1963/

APA: InflationCalculator.com. Inflation from 1959 to 1963. Based on U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics CPI-U data. Retrieved from https://inflationcalculator.com/inflation/1959-to-1963/

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.