What is $100 in 2001 worth in 2002?

$100 in 2001 has the purchasing power of about $102 in 2002, based on the Consumer Price Index (CPI-U).

What was the average inflation rate between 2001 and 2002?

Prices rose 1.6% in total between 2001 and 2002, an average of 1.58% per year.

How much is $1 in 2001 worth today?

$1 in 2001 is equivalent to about $1.02 in 2002. Equivalently, a 2002 dollar buys what $0.98 bought in 2001.

U.S. inflation · 2001–2002

Value of $100 in 2001, adjusted to 2002

Amount From year To year

$100 in 2001 has the same buying power as

$102

in 2002

Detailed inflation statistics
Cumulative price change	1.6%
Average inflation rate	1.58% per year
Converted amount ($100 base)	$102
Price difference ($100 base)	$1.58
CPI in 2001	177.1
CPI in 2002	179.9
Inflation in 2001	2.85%
Inflation in 2002	1.58%
$100 in 2001 → 2002	$102
$100 in 2002 → 2001	$98.44

What happened to prices between 2001 and 2002

Between 2001 and 2002, the Consumer Price Index went from 177.1 to 179.9. Cumulatively, prices increased 1.6%, which works out to an average of 1.58% per year. Put differently, a dollar in 2001 bought what $0.98 buys in 2002.

Common amounts: 2001 dollars in 2002

Amount in 2001	Value in 2002
$1.00	$1.02
$5.00	$5.08
$10.00	$10.16
$20.00	$20.32
$50.00	$50.79
$100	$102
$500	$508
$1,000	$1,016
$5,000	$5,079
$10,000	$10,158
$100,000	$101,581
$1,000,000	$1,015,810

Inflation by spending category, 2001–2002

The headline number is an average. Individual categories moved very differently over this period. Here is what $100 of 2001 spending costs in 2002, by category:

Category	Avg. yearly inflation	$100 in 2001 →
All items (CPI-U)	1.58%	$102
Medical care	4.69%	$105
Education & communication	2.57%	$103
Core (all items less food & energy)	2.36%	$102
Housing	2.21%	$102
Food	1.79%	$102
Recreation	1.24%	$101
Transportation	-0.91%	$99.09
Apparel	-2.59%	$97.41
Energy	-5.88%	$94.12

Year by year: CPI and the value of $100 from 2001

Year	CPI	Inflation rate	$100 from 2001
2001	177.1	2.8%	$100
2002	179.9	1.6%	$102

Cite this page

MLA: “Inflation from 2001 to 2002: $100 is worth $102 today.” InflationCalculator.com, U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics CPI-U data, https://inflationcalculator.com/inflation/2001-to-2002/

APA: InflationCalculator.com. Inflation from 2001 to 2002. Based on U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics CPI-U data. Retrieved from https://inflationcalculator.com/inflation/2001-to-2002/

Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, CPI-U annual averages (series CUUR0000SA0; category indexes listed on the data sources page). See how these numbers are calculated.