$100 in 2000 is worth $187 in 2025,
because prices increased 87.0% over that period, an average of
2.53% a year.
$100 in 2000 has
the same buying power as
$187
in 2025
Detailed inflation statistics
Cumulative price change
87.0%
Average inflation rate
2.53% per year
Converted amount ($100 base)
$187
Price difference ($100 base)
$86.96
CPI in 2000
172.2
CPI in 2025
321.943
Inflation in 2000
3.36%
Inflation in 2025
2.63%
$100 in 2000 → 2025
$187
$100 in 2025 → 2000
$53.49
What happened to prices between 2000 and 2025
Between 2000 and 2025, the Consumer Price Index went from 172.2 to 321.943.
Cumulatively, prices increased 87.0%, which works out to an average of
2.53% per year. Put differently, a dollar in 2000 bought what
$0.53 buys in 2025: the 2000 dollar
lost 46.5% of its purchasing power over
these 25 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 2025 at the same ratio, 1.87: $1,000 becomes
$1,870, and $10,000 becomes $18,696.
Amount in 2000
Value in 2025
$1.00
$1.87
$5.00
$9.35
$10.00
$18.70
$20.00
$37.39
$50.00
$93.48
$100
$187
$500
$935
$1,000
$1,870
$5,000
$9,348
$10,000
$18,696
$100,000
$186,959
$1,000,000
$1,869,588
Inflation by spending category, 2000–2025
Between 2000 and 2025, energy rose the most, up 124.2%, while apparel rose the least, up 1.3%, against 87.0% for all items. The headline number is an average; here is what $100 of 2000
spending costs in 2025, by category:
Category
Avg. yearly inflation
$100 in 2000 →
All items (CPI-U)
2.53%
$187
Energy
3.28%
$224
Medical care
3.25%
$222
Housing
2.90%
$204
Food
2.86%
$202
Core (all items less food & energy)
2.40%
$181
Transportation
2.32%
$178
Education & communication
1.45%
$143
Recreation
1.25%
$137
Apparel
0.05%
$101
Decade by decade: 2000 to 2025
Prices climbed fastest in the 2020s, averaging 4.46% a year, and slowest in the 2010s (1.73% a year). Each step below chains into the full 2000–2025 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
2020–2025
4.46%
24.4%
$187
Year by year: CPI and the value of $100 from 2000
$100 from 2000 had already become $133 by
2012, on its way to $187 in 2025; 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 2025, prices rose 2.6% and $100 from 2000 had the buying
power of $187; the year's average CPI of 321.943 is the level
behind every 2025 figure on this page.
2025 was a year of trade policy and data disruptions rather than an
inflation surge. Consumer prices rose 2.6% on average, a step down from
2024’s 2.9% and well below the 8.0% of 2022. Tariffs announced in April
pushed up prices for some imported goods, including furniture, apparel, and
auto parts, but the effect on the overall index was smaller than many
forecasters feared at the start of the year, in part because retailers
absorbed some of the cost and demand for services stayed steady.
The Federal Reserve held its policy rate steady through the first half of the
year, then began cutting again in September, lowering it in three quarter-point
steps to 3.50–3.75% by December.
The federal government shutdown that began October 1 lasted 43 days, and the
Bureau of Labor Statistics did not publish a CPI for October 2025 because the
survey data could not be collected. The federal minimum wage stayed at $7.25,
and a first-class stamp rose to 78 cents in July.
MLA: “Inflation from 2000 to 2025: $100 is worth $187 today.” InflationCalculator.com, U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics CPI-U data, https://inflationcalculator.com/inflation/2000-to-2025/
APA: InflationCalculator.com. Inflation from 2000 to 2025. Based on U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics CPI-U data. Retrieved from https://inflationcalculator.com/inflation/2000-to-2025/