$100 in 2011 is worth $143 in 2025,
because prices increased 43.1% over that period, an average of
2.59% a year.
$100 in 2011 has
the same buying power as
$143
in 2025
Detailed inflation statistics
Cumulative price change
43.1%
Average inflation rate
2.59% per year
Converted amount ($100 base)
$143
Price difference ($100 base)
$43.12
CPI in 2011
224.939
CPI in 2025
321.943
Inflation in 2011
3.16%
Inflation in 2025
2.63%
$100 in 2011 → 2025
$143
$100 in 2025 → 2011
$69.87
What happened to prices between 2011 and 2025
Between 2011 and 2025, the Consumer Price Index went from 224.939 to 321.943.
Cumulatively, prices increased 43.1%, which works out to an average of
2.59% per year. Put differently, a dollar in 2011 bought what
$0.70 buys in 2025: the 2011 dollar
lost 30.1% of its purchasing power over
these 14 years.
2011 brought the fastest inflation of the post-recession recovery. Consumer
prices rose 3.2%, roughly double the 2010 pace, and the cause was mostly at the
pump and the grocery store. Unrest across the Middle East and North Africa,
including the war in Libya, pushed gasoline to an annual average of $3.52 a
gallon, the highest yearly figure recorded to that point. Food prices also
rose faster than the overall index.
Household budgets did not keep up. The median household income was $50,054,
barely above the year before, and the median new home sold for about $227,200.
The federal minimum wage stayed at $7.25 and a first-class stamp at 44 cents.
Policy stayed loose. The Federal Reserve kept its policy rate near zero and
launched Operation Twist in September to lower long-term rates. Washington
spent the summer in a debt-ceiling fight that ended in S&P’s August downgrade
of the U.S. credit rating. The inflation spike proved temporary: the
2011 rate was the high point of the early 2010s, and prices grew more slowly
in every year that followed until 2017.
Every 2011 amount converts to 2025 at the same ratio, 1.43: $1,000 becomes
$1,431, and $10,000 becomes $14,312.
Amount in 2011
Value in 2025
$1.00
$1.43
$5.00
$7.16
$10.00
$14.31
$20.00
$28.62
$50.00
$71.56
$100
$143
$500
$716
$1,000
$1,431
$5,000
$7,156
$10,000
$14,312
$100,000
$143,125
$1,000,000
$1,431,246
Inflation by spending category, 2011–2025
Between 2011 and 2025, housing rose the most, up 58.2%, while apparel rose the least, up 7.5%, against 43.1% for all items. The headline number is an average; here is what $100 of 2011
spending costs in 2025, by category:
Category
Avg. yearly inflation
$100 in 2011 →
All items (CPI-U)
2.59%
$143
Housing
3.33%
$158
Food
2.89%
$149
Core (all items less food & energy)
2.73%
$146
Medical care
2.69%
$145
Transportation
1.79%
$128
Recreation
1.58%
$124
Energy
0.97%
$115
Education & communication
0.79%
$112
Apparel
0.52%
$108
Decade by decade: 2011 to 2025
Prices climbed fastest in the 2020s, averaging 4.46% a year, and slowest in the 2010s (1.57% a year). Each step below chains into the full 2011–2025 change:
Years
Avg. yearly inflation
Price change
$100 from 2011, at end
2011–2020
1.57%
15.1%
$115
2020–2025
4.46%
24.4%
$143
Year by year: CPI and the value of $100 from 2011
$100 from 2011 had already become $112 by
2018, on its way to $143 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 the smallest rise was 0.1% in 2015.
In 2025, prices rose 2.6% and $100 from 2011 had the buying
power of $143; 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 2011 to 2025: $100 is worth $143 today.” InflationCalculator.com, U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics CPI-U data, https://inflationcalculator.com/inflation/2011-to-2025/
APA: InflationCalculator.com. Inflation from 2011 to 2025. Based on U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics CPI-U data. Retrieved from https://inflationcalculator.com/inflation/2011-to-2025/