$100 in 2000 is worth $182 in 2024,
because prices increased 82.2% over that period, an average of
2.53% a year.
$100 in 2000 has
the same buying power as
$182
in 2024
Detailed inflation statistics
Cumulative price change
82.2%
Average inflation rate
2.53% per year
Converted amount ($100 base)
$182
Price difference ($100 base)
$82.17
CPI in 2000
172.2
CPI in 2024
313.689
Inflation in 2000
3.36%
Inflation in 2024
2.95%
$100 in 2000 → 2024
$182
$100 in 2024 → 2000
$54.90
What happened to prices between 2000 and 2024
Between 2000 and 2024, the Consumer Price Index went from 172.2 to 313.689.
Cumulatively, prices increased 82.2%, which works out to an average of
2.53% per year. Put differently, a dollar in 2000 bought what
$0.55 buys in 2024: the 2000 dollar
lost 45.1% of its purchasing power over
these 24 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 2024 at the same ratio, 1.82: $1,000 becomes
$1,822, and $10,000 becomes $18,217.
Amount in 2000
Value in 2024
$1.00
$1.82
$5.00
$9.11
$10.00
$18.22
$20.00
$36.43
$50.00
$91.08
$100
$182
$500
$911
$1,000
$1,822
$5,000
$9,108
$10,000
$18,217
$100,000
$182,166
$1,000,000
$1,821,655
Inflation by spending category, 2000–2024
Between 2000 and 2024, energy rose the most, up 124.4%, while apparel rose the least, up 1.5%, against 82.2% for all items. The headline number is an average; here is what $100 of 2000
spending costs in 2024, by category:
Category
Avg. yearly inflation
$100 in 2000 →
All items (CPI-U)
2.53%
$182
Energy
3.42%
$224
Medical care
3.26%
$216
Housing
2.87%
$197
Food
2.86%
$197
Transportation
2.40%
$177
Core (all items less food & energy)
2.38%
$176
Education & communication
1.49%
$143
Recreation
1.22%
$134
Apparel
0.06%
$101
Decade by decade: 2000 to 2024
Prices climbed fastest in the 2020s, averaging 4.93% a year, and slowest in the 2010s (1.73% a year). Each step below chains into the full 2000–2024 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
2020–2024
4.93%
21.2%
$182
Year by year: CPI and the value of $100 from 2000
$100 from 2000 had already become $133 by
2012, on its way to $182 in 2024; 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 2024, prices rose 2.9% and $100 from 2000 had the buying
power of $182; the year's average CPI of 313.689 is the level
behind every 2024 figure on this page.
2024 brought inflation close to normal without fully reaching it. Consumer
prices rose 2.9% on average, the smallest yearly increase since 2020, and the
December-to-December rate was also 2.9%. Gasoline averaged $3.30 a gallon,
below 2023’s $3.52. Shelter stayed the biggest driver of the index, so the
pace of price growth in categories that households can’t easily avoid, such as
rent and insurance, lagged the drop in goods and energy costs.
The Federal Reserve declared progress in September, cutting its policy rate
by half a point, the first reduction since the pandemic emergency, and then
by a quarter point in November and again in December. Mortgage rates near 7%
kept the housing market frozen for many would-be buyers.
Median household income was $83,730, the federal minimum wage stayed at $7.25,
and a first-class stamp rose to 73 cents in July. After the November election,
attention turned to how announced tariffs and tax policy might affect prices
in 2025.
MLA: “Inflation from 2000 to 2024: $100 is worth $182 today.” InflationCalculator.com, U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics CPI-U data, https://inflationcalculator.com/inflation/2000-to-2024/
APA: InflationCalculator.com. Inflation from 2000 to 2024. Based on U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics CPI-U data. Retrieved from https://inflationcalculator.com/inflation/2000-to-2024/