$100 in 2000 is worth $170 in 2022,
because prices increased 70.0% over that period, an average of
2.44% a year.
$100 in 2000 has
the same buying power as
$170
in 2022
Detailed inflation statistics
Cumulative price change
70.0%
Average inflation rate
2.44% per year
Converted amount ($100 base)
$170
Price difference ($100 base)
$69.95
CPI in 2000
172.2
CPI in 2022
292.655
Inflation in 2000
3.36%
Inflation in 2022
8.00%
$100 in 2000 → 2022
$170
$100 in 2022 → 2000
$58.84
What happened to prices between 2000 and 2022
Between 2000 and 2022, the Consumer Price Index went from 172.2 to 292.655.
Cumulatively, prices increased 70.0%, which works out to an average of
2.44% per year. Put differently, a dollar in 2000 bought what
$0.59 buys in 2022: the 2000 dollar
lost 41.2% of its purchasing power over
these 22 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 2022 at the same ratio, 1.70: $1,000 becomes
$1,700, and $10,000 becomes $16,995.
Amount in 2000
Value in 2022
$1.00
$1.70
$5.00
$8.50
$10.00
$17.00
$20.00
$33.99
$50.00
$84.98
$100
$170
$500
$850
$1,000
$1,700
$5,000
$8,498
$10,000
$16,995
$100,000
$169,951
$1,000,000
$1,699,506
Inflation by spending category, 2000–2022
Between 2000 and 2022, energy rose the most, up 139.4%, while apparel fell 1.9%, against 70.0% for all items. The headline number is an average; here is what $100 of 2000
spending costs in 2022, by category:
Category
Avg. yearly inflation
$100 in 2000 →
All items (CPI-U)
2.44%
$170
Energy
4.05%
$239
Medical care
3.42%
$210
Food
2.76%
$182
Housing
2.64%
$177
Transportation
2.54%
$174
Core (all items less food & energy)
2.23%
$162
Education & communication
1.55%
$140
Recreation
1.08%
$127
Apparel
-0.09%
$98.06
Decade by decade: 2000 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 2000–2022 change:
Years
Avg. yearly inflation
Price change
$100 from 2000, at end
2000–2010
2.39%
26.6%
$127
2010–2020
1.73%
18.7%
$150
2020–2022
6.34%
13.1%
$170
Year by year: CPI and the value of $100 from 2000
$100 from 2000 had already become $131 by
2011, on its way to $170 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 2000 had the buying
power of $170; 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 2000 to 2022: $100 is worth $170 today.” InflationCalculator.com, U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics CPI-U data, https://inflationcalculator.com/inflation/2000-to-2022/
APA: InflationCalculator.com. Inflation from 2000 to 2022. Based on U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics CPI-U data. Retrieved from https://inflationcalculator.com/inflation/2000-to-2022/