$100 in 2000 is worth $138 in 2015,
because prices increased 37.6% over that period, an average of
2.15% a year.
$100 in 2000 has
the same buying power as
$138
in 2015
Detailed inflation statistics
Cumulative price change
37.6%
Average inflation rate
2.15% per year
Converted amount ($100 base)
$138
Price difference ($100 base)
$37.64
CPI in 2000
172.2
CPI in 2015
237.017
Inflation in 2000
3.36%
Inflation in 2015
0.12%
$100 in 2000 → 2015
$138
$100 in 2015 → 2000
$72.65
What happened to prices between 2000 and 2015
Between 2000 and 2015, the Consumer Price Index went from 172.2 to 237.017.
Cumulatively, prices increased 37.6%, which works out to an average of
2.15% per year. Put differently, a dollar in 2000 bought what
$0.73 buys in 2015: the 2000 dollar
lost 27.3% of its purchasing power over
these 15 years.
Inflation ran at 3.4% in 2000, the highest annual rate since 1991, as an economy growing
above 4% and a rise in oil prices pushed the CPI up. The median household earned about
$42,100, gas averaged $1.51 a gallon, and a new home cost roughly $169,000. The Federal
Reserve had raised interest rates six times since mid-1999 and stopped at 6.5% in May. By
then the stock market had already turned: the Nasdaq hit its record of 5,048 on March 10 and
lost about 39% of its value by December. Consumer prices did not reflect the slowdown yet,
which is why the Fed held rates high through the year even as technology companies began to
fail. In October, Congress granted China permanent normal trade relations, a decision that
would help hold down the price of manufactured goods for years. A first-class stamp cost 33
cents and the federal minimum wage was $5.15. The recession of 2001 brought inflation back
down.
Every 2000 amount converts to 2015 at the same ratio, 1.38: $1,000 becomes
$1,376, and $10,000 becomes $13,764.
Amount in 2000
Value in 2015
$1.00
$1.38
$5.00
$6.88
$10.00
$13.76
$20.00
$27.53
$50.00
$68.82
$100
$138
$500
$688
$1,000
$1,376
$5,000
$6,882
$10,000
$13,764
$100,000
$137,641
$1,000,000
$1,376,405
Inflation by spending category, 2000–2015
Between 2000 and 2015, medical care rose the most, up 71.3%, while apparel fell 2.9%, against 37.6% for all items. The headline number is an average; here is what $100 of 2000
spending costs in 2015, by category:
Category
Avg. yearly inflation
$100 in 2000 →
All items (CPI-U)
2.15%
$138
Medical care
3.65%
$171
Energy
3.30%
$163
Food
2.62%
$147
Housing
2.29%
$140
Education & communication
2.01%
$135
Core (all items less food & energy)
1.95%
$134
Transportation
1.76%
$130
Recreation
0.77%
$112
Apparel
-0.19%
$97.15
Decade by decade: 2000 to 2015
Prices climbed fastest in the 2000s, averaging 2.39% a year, and slowest in the 2010s (1.68% a year). Each step below chains into the full 2000–2015 change:
Years
Avg. yearly inflation
Price change
$100 from 2000, at end
2000–2010
2.39%
26.6%
$127
2010–2015
1.68%
8.7%
$138
Year by year: CPI and the value of $100 from 2000
$100 from 2000 had already become $120 by
2007, on its way to $138 in 2015; each row shows the CPI, that
year's inflation rate, and the running value.
Within the span, inflation peaked at 3.8% in 2008, and prices fell 0.4% in 2009, the deepest deflation of the period.
In 2015, prices rose 0.1% and $100 from 2000 had the buying
power of $138; the year's average CPI of 237.017 is the level
behind every 2015 figure on this page.
2015 was almost a year with no inflation at all. Consumer prices rose 0.1%,
the smallest increase since the 2009 decline, because energy prices kept
falling. Gasoline averaged $2.45 a gallon, down from $3.37 in 2014, and a
strong dollar made imported goods cheaper. The picture was different outside
food and energy: core prices rose about 1.8% as rents and medical costs
climbed.
Incomes finally showed real progress. Median household income reached $56,516,
a large jump from $53,657, and the median new home sold for about $296,400. The
federal minimum wage stayed at $7.25, and a first-class stamp stayed at 49
cents.
The Federal Reserve chose December to end its zero-rate policy, raising the
target range to 0.25–0.50% for the first time since 2006. It moved even
though headline inflation was far under 2%, arguing that the drag from
energy was temporary. Earlier, a currency shift in China in August had shaken
global markets and pushed oil below $40 a barrel. Prices in 2015 ended
the year barely above their 2014 level.
MLA: “Inflation from 2000 to 2015: $100 is worth $138 today.” InflationCalculator.com, U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics CPI-U data, https://inflationcalculator.com/inflation/2000-to-2015/
APA: InflationCalculator.com. Inflation from 2000 to 2015. Based on U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics CPI-U data. Retrieved from https://inflationcalculator.com/inflation/2000-to-2015/