$100 in 1995 is worth $192 in 2022,
because prices increased 92.0% over that period, an average of
2.45% a year.
$100 in 1995 has
the same buying power as
$192
in 2022
Detailed inflation statistics
Cumulative price change
92.0%
Average inflation rate
2.45% per year
Converted amount ($100 base)
$192
Price difference ($100 base)
$92.03
CPI in 1995
152.4
CPI in 2022
292.655
Inflation in 1995
2.83%
Inflation in 2022
8.00%
$100 in 1995 → 2022
$192
$100 in 2022 → 1995
$52.07
What happened to prices between 1995 and 2022
Between 1995 and 2022, the Consumer Price Index went from 152.4 to 292.655.
Cumulatively, prices increased 92.0%, which works out to an average of
2.45% per year. Put differently, a dollar in 1995 bought what
$0.52 buys in 2022: the 1995 dollar
lost 47.9% of its purchasing power over
these 27 years.
In 1995, gas averaged $1.15 a gallon, a new home cost roughly $133,900, and the median household
earned about $34,100. Inflation ran at 2.8% for the year, little changed from 1994, as the
Federal Reserve shifted from raising rates to cutting them. Having lifted its policy rate six
times the year before, the Fed judged by July that the economy had cooled enough on its own, and
trimmed rates instead, an outcome economists would later point to as a rare soft landing. The
year opened with a currency crisis: Mexico’s peso lost roughly half its value against the dollar
in a matter of weeks, and the U.S. Treasury and the IMF assembled a $50 billion rescue package,
controversial in Congress, to stabilize it and keep the crisis from spreading to other emerging
markets. Closer to home, a budget standoff between President Clinton and the Republican Congress
shut down federal agencies twice, first for five days in November and then for 21 days spanning
December into January 1996, the longest shutdown up to that point. The Postal Service raised the
cost of a first-class stamp to 32 cents in January. Low, steady inflation was about the only calm
part of 1995’s economic story.
Every 1995 amount converts to 2022 at the same ratio, 1.92: $1,000 becomes
$1,920, and $10,000 becomes $19,203.
Amount in 1995
Value in 2022
$1.00
$1.92
$5.00
$9.60
$10.00
$19.20
$20.00
$38.41
$50.00
$96.02
$100
$192
$500
$960
$1,000
$1,920
$5,000
$9,602
$10,000
$19,203
$100,000
$192,031
$1,000,000
$1,920,308
Inflation by spending category, 1995–2022
Between 1995 and 2022, energy rose the most, up 183.5%, while apparel fell 3.7%, against 92.0% for all items. The headline number is an average; here is what $100 of 1995
spending costs in 2022, by category:
Category
Avg. yearly inflation
$100 in 1995 →
All items (CPI-U)
2.45%
$192
Energy
3.94%
$284
Medical care
3.42%
$248
Food
2.71%
$206
Housing
2.65%
$203
Transportation
2.43%
$191
Core (all items less food & energy)
2.25%
$183
Education & communication
1.66%
$156
Recreation
1.21%
$138
Apparel
-0.14%
$96.27
Decade by decade: 1995 to 2022
Prices climbed fastest in the 2020s, averaging 6.34% a year, and slowest in the 2010s (1.73% a year). Each step below chains into the full 1995–2022 change:
Years
Avg. yearly inflation
Price change
$100 from 1995, at end
1995–2000
2.47%
13.0%
$113
2000–2010
2.39%
26.6%
$143
2010–2020
1.73%
18.7%
$170
2020–2022
6.34%
13.1%
$192
Year by year: CPI and the value of $100 from 1995
$100 from 1995 had already become $141 by
2008, on its way to $192 in 2022; each row shows the CPI, that
year's inflation rate, and the running value.
Within the span, inflation peaked at 8.0% in 2022, and prices fell 0.4% in 2009, the deepest deflation of the period.
In 2022, prices rose 8.0% and $100 from 1995 had the buying
power of $192; the year's average CPI of 292.655 is the level
behind every 2022 figure on this page.
2022 was the year inflation returned. Consumer prices rose 8.0% on average,
the worst since 1981, driven by pandemic-era supply chains, stimulus-fueled
demand, and an energy shock from the war in Ukraine. Gas briefly topped $5 a
gallon nationally for the first time ever, and “inflation” became the
top-ranked economic concern in nearly every poll of American households.
MLA: “Inflation from 1995 to 2022: $100 is worth $192 today.” InflationCalculator.com, U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics CPI-U data, https://inflationcalculator.com/inflation/1995-to-2022/
APA: InflationCalculator.com. Inflation from 1995 to 2022. Based on U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics CPI-U data. Retrieved from https://inflationcalculator.com/inflation/1995-to-2022/