What is $100 in 1965 worth in 1969?

$100 in 1965 has the purchasing power of about $117 in 1969, based on the Consumer Price Index (CPI-U).

What was the average inflation rate between 1965 and 1969?

Prices rose 16.5% in total between 1965 and 1969, an average of 3.89% per year.

How much is $1 in 1965 worth today?

$1 in 1965 is equivalent to about $1.17 in 1969. Equivalently, a 1969 dollar buys what $0.86 bought in 1965.

U.S. inflation · 1965–1969

Value of $100 in 1965, adjusted to 1969

Amount From year To year

$100 in 1965 has the same buying power as

$117

in 1969

Detailed inflation statistics
Cumulative price change	16.5%
Average inflation rate	3.89% per year
Converted amount ($100 base)	$117
Price difference ($100 base)	$16.51
CPI in 1965	31.5
CPI in 1969	36.7
Inflation in 1965	1.61%
Inflation in 1969	5.46%
$100 in 1965 → 1969	$117
$100 in 1969 → 1965	$85.83

What happened to prices between 1965 and 1969

Between 1965 and 1969, the Consumer Price Index went from 31.5 to 36.7. Cumulatively, prices increased 16.5%, which works out to an average of 3.89% per year. Put differently, a dollar in 1965 bought what $0.86 buys in 1969.

Common amounts: 1965 dollars in 1969

Amount in 1965	Value in 1969
$1.00	$1.17
$5.00	$5.83
$10.00	$11.65
$20.00	$23.30
$50.00	$58.25
$100	$117
$500	$583
$1,000	$1,165
$5,000	$5,825
$10,000	$11,651
$100,000	$116,508
$1,000,000	$1,165,079

Inflation by spending category, 1965–1969

The headline number is an average. Individual categories moved very differently over this period. Here is what $100 of 1965 spending costs in 1969, by category:

Category	Avg. yearly inflation	$100 in 1965 →
All items (CPI-U)	3.89%	$117
Medical care	6.07%	$127
Apparel	4.41%	$119
Core (all items less food & energy)	4.10%	$117
Food	3.60%	$115
Transportation	2.85%	$112
Energy	2.01%	$108

Not shown because the BLS began these indexes after 1965: housing (1967–), recreation (1993–), education & communication (1993–).

Year by year: CPI and the value of $100 from 1965

Year	CPI	Inflation rate	$100 from 1965
1965	31.5	1.6%	$100
1966	32.4	2.9%	$103
1967	33.4	3.1%	$106
1968	34.8	4.2%	$110
1969	36.7	5.5%	$117

Cite this page

MLA: “Inflation from 1965 to 1969: $100 is worth $117 today.” InflationCalculator.com, U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics CPI-U data, https://inflationcalculator.com/inflation/1965-to-1969/

APA: InflationCalculator.com. Inflation from 1965 to 1969. Based on U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics CPI-U data. Retrieved from https://inflationcalculator.com/inflation/1965-to-1969/

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.