$100 in 2001 is worth $182 in 2025,
because prices increased 81.8% over that period, an average of
2.52% a year.
$100 in 2001 has
the same buying power as
$182
in 2025
Detailed inflation statistics
Cumulative price change
81.8%
Average inflation rate
2.52% per year
Converted amount ($100 base)
$182
Price difference ($100 base)
$81.79
CPI in 2001
177.1
CPI in 2025
321.943
Inflation in 2001
2.85%
Inflation in 2025
2.63%
$100 in 2001 → 2025
$182
$100 in 2025 → 2001
$55.01
What happened to prices between 2001 and 2025
Between 2001 and 2025, the Consumer Price Index went from 177.1 to 321.943.
Cumulatively, prices increased 81.8%, which works out to an average of
2.52% per year. Put differently, a dollar in 2001 bought what
$0.55 buys in 2025: the 2001 dollar
lost 45.0% of its purchasing power over
these 24 years.
Inflation fell to 2.8% in 2001 from 3.4% the year before, as a recession that began in March
cut demand and gasoline slid to an average of $1.46 a gallon. The median household earned about
$42,200, roughly flat from 2000, and a new home cost about $175,200. The Federal Reserve cut its
policy rate 11 times over the year, from 6.5% to 1.75%, the lowest since 1961. After the
September 11 attacks, U.S. stock markets closed for four trading days, and air travel dropped
sharply until the following year. Congress had already passed a $1.35 trillion tax cut in June,
which included rebate checks of up to $600. The National Bureau of Economic Research dates the
recession’s end at November, but unemployment kept rising into 2003. A first-class stamp went to
34 cents in January, and the federal minimum wage stayed at $5.15. The Fed’s cuts were the
first step in a long period of very cheap borrowing that would fuel the housing boom.
Every 2001 amount converts to 2025 at the same ratio, 1.82: $1,000 becomes
$1,818, and $10,000 becomes $18,179.
Amount in 2001
Value in 2025
$1.00
$1.82
$5.00
$9.09
$10.00
$18.18
$20.00
$36.36
$50.00
$90.89
$100
$182
$500
$909
$1,000
$1,818
$5,000
$9,089
$10,000
$18,179
$100,000
$181,786
$1,000,000
$1,817,860
Inflation by spending category, 2001–2025
Between 2001 and 2025, energy rose the most, up 116.1%, while apparel rose the least, up 3.2%, against 81.8% for all items. The headline number is an average; here is what $100 of 2001
spending costs in 2025, by category:
Category
Avg. yearly inflation
$100 in 2001 →
All items (CPI-U)
2.52%
$182
Energy
3.26%
$216
Medical care
3.19%
$213
Housing
2.86%
$197
Food
2.85%
$196
Transportation
2.39%
$176
Core (all items less food & energy)
2.39%
$176
Education & communication
1.40%
$139
Recreation
1.24%
$134
Apparel
0.13%
$103
Decade by decade: 2001 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 2001–2025 change:
Years
Avg. yearly inflation
Price change
$100 from 2001, at end
2001–2010
2.34%
23.1%
$123
2010–2020
1.73%
18.7%
$146
2020–2025
4.46%
24.4%
$182
Year by year: CPI and the value of $100 from 2001
$100 from 2001 had already become $132 by
2013, on its way to $182 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 2001 had the buying
power of $182; 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 2001 to 2025: $100 is worth $182 today.” InflationCalculator.com, U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics CPI-U data, https://inflationcalculator.com/inflation/2001-to-2025/
APA: InflationCalculator.com. Inflation from 2001 to 2025. Based on U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics CPI-U data. Retrieved from https://inflationcalculator.com/inflation/2001-to-2025/