$100 in 2009 is worth $136 in 2022,
because prices increased 36.4% over that period, an average of
2.42% a year.
$100 in 2009 has
the same buying power as
$136
in 2022
Detailed inflation statistics
Cumulative price change
36.4%
Average inflation rate
2.42% per year
Converted amount ($100 base)
$136
Price difference ($100 base)
$36.41
CPI in 2009
214.537
CPI in 2022
292.655
Inflation in 2009
-0.36%
Inflation in 2022
8.00%
$100 in 2009 → 2022
$136
$100 in 2022 → 2009
$73.31
What happened to prices between 2009 and 2022
Between 2009 and 2022, the Consumer Price Index went from 214.537 to 292.655.
Cumulatively, prices increased 36.4%, which works out to an average of
2.42% per year. Put differently, a dollar in 2009 bought what
$0.73 buys in 2022: the 2009 dollar
lost 26.7% of its purchasing power over
these 13 years.
2009 is the rarest kind of year in the modern price data: one where the cost
of living went down. The CPI fell 0.4%, the first full-year deflation
since 1955, as the Great Recession hollowed out demand and oil unwound from
its $147 spike the summer before. Gasoline that had cost over $4 a gallon in
July 2008 averaged $2.35 in 2009, and that energy collapse dragged the
12-month inflation rate to −2.1% by July, the deepest reading since 1950.
Policymakers treated falling prices not as relief but as a warning: deflation
raises the real weight of debt precisely when households are drowning in it,
which is why the Federal Reserve pinned interest rates near zero, began buying
bonds by the hundreds of billions, and Washington passed a $787 billion
stimulus. The medicine took: prices stabilized within a year, and 2009 remains
the textbook case of why central banks fear deflation more than moderate
inflation.
Every 2009 amount converts to 2022 at the same ratio, 1.36: $1,000 becomes
$1,364, and $10,000 becomes $13,641.
Amount in 2009
Value in 2022
$1.00
$1.36
$5.00
$6.82
$10.00
$13.64
$20.00
$27.28
$50.00
$68.21
$100
$136
$500
$682
$1,000
$1,364
$5,000
$6,821
$10,000
$13,641
$100,000
$136,412
$1,000,000
$1,364,124
Inflation by spending category, 2009–2022
Between 2009 and 2022, energy rose the most, up 54.4%, while apparel rose the least, up 5.8%, against 36.4% for all items. The headline number is an average; here is what $100 of 2009
spending costs in 2022, by category:
Category
Avg. yearly inflation
$100 in 2009 →
All items (CPI-U)
2.42%
$136
Energy
3.40%
$154
Transportation
3.09%
$149
Medical care
2.93%
$146
Food
2.63%
$140
Housing
2.54%
$139
Core (all items less food & energy)
2.29%
$134
Recreation
1.05%
$115
Education & communication
0.94%
$113
Apparel
0.44%
$106
Decade by decade: 2009 to 2022
Prices climbed fastest in the 2020s, averaging 6.34% a year, and slowest in the 2000s (1.64% a year). Each step below chains into the full 2009–2022 change:
Years
Avg. yearly inflation
Price change
$100 from 2009, at end
2009–2010
1.64%
1.6%
$102
2010–2020
1.73%
18.7%
$121
2020–2022
6.34%
13.1%
$136
Year by year: CPI and the value of $100 from 2009
$100 from 2009 had already become $110 by
2015, on its way to $136 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 the smallest rise was 0.1% in 2015.
In 2022, prices rose 8.0% and $100 from 2009 had the buying
power of $136; 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 2009 to 2022: $100 is worth $136 today.” InflationCalculator.com, U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics CPI-U data, https://inflationcalculator.com/inflation/2009-to-2022/
APA: InflationCalculator.com. Inflation from 2009 to 2022. Based on U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics CPI-U data. Retrieved from https://inflationcalculator.com/inflation/2009-to-2022/