$100 in 2012 is worth $140 in 2025,
because prices increased 40.2% over that period, an average of
2.63% a year.
$100 in 2012 has
the same buying power as
$140
in 2025
Detailed inflation statistics
Cumulative price change
40.2%
Average inflation rate
2.63% per year
Converted amount ($100 base)
$140
Price difference ($100 base)
$40.22
CPI in 2012
229.594
CPI in 2025
321.943
Inflation in 2012
2.07%
Inflation in 2025
2.63%
$100 in 2012 → 2025
$140
$100 in 2025 → 2012
$71.32
What happened to prices between 2012 and 2025
Between 2012 and 2025, the Consumer Price Index went from 229.594 to 321.943.
Cumulatively, prices increased 40.2%, which works out to an average of
2.63% per year. Put differently, a dollar in 2012 bought what
$0.71 buys in 2025: the 2012 dollar
lost 28.7% of its purchasing power over
these 13 years.
2012 put a number on what the Federal Reserve was aiming for. In January the
Fed announced a 2% inflation target, and consumer prices rose 2.1% for the
year, almost exactly on it. Gasoline averaged $3.62 a gallon, another annual
high, but the pace of increase cooled from 2011’s 3.2% as food and core prices
grew more slowly.
The bigger story was housing and jobs. Home prices began to recover, and the
median new home sold for about $245,200, up from $227,200 the year before.
Median household income was $51,017. The federal minimum wage held at $7.25,
and a first-class stamp rose to 45 cents.
In September the Fed started a third round of asset purchases, this one with
no fixed end date, aimed at lowering unemployment. Overseas, the European
Central Bank’s July pledge to do “whatever it takes” to save the euro calmed
bond markets. A summer drought across the Midwest drove corn and soybean
prices to records, a shock that reached grocery shelves only partly, because
most of what shoppers pay for food covers processing and transport rather than
raw crops.
Every 2012 amount converts to 2025 at the same ratio, 1.40: $1,000 becomes
$1,402, and $10,000 becomes $14,022.
Amount in 2012
Value in 2025
$1.00
$1.40
$5.00
$7.01
$10.00
$14.02
$20.00
$28.04
$50.00
$70.11
$100
$140
$500
$701
$1,000
$1,402
$5,000
$7,011
$10,000
$14,022
$100,000
$140,223
$1,000,000
$1,402,227
Inflation by spending category, 2012–2025
Between 2012 and 2025, housing rose the most, up 55.7%, while apparel rose the least, up 4.0%, against 40.2% for all items. The headline number is an average; here is what $100 of 2012
spending costs in 2025, by category:
Category
Avg. yearly inflation
$100 in 2012 →
All items (CPI-U)
2.63%
$140
Housing
3.46%
$156
Food
2.91%
$145
Core (all items less food & energy)
2.78%
$143
Medical care
2.61%
$140
Transportation
1.74%
$125
Recreation
1.61%
$123
Energy
0.98%
$114
Education & communication
0.71%
$110
Apparel
0.30%
$104
Decade by decade: 2012 to 2025
Prices climbed fastest in the 2020s, averaging 4.46% a year, and slowest in the 2010s (1.51% a year). Each step below chains into the full 2012–2025 change:
Years
Avg. yearly inflation
Price change
$100 from 2012, at end
2012–2020
1.51%
12.7%
$113
2020–2025
4.46%
24.4%
$140
Year by year: CPI and the value of $100 from 2012
$100 from 2012 had already become $109 by
2018, on its way to $140 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 2012 had the buying
power of $140; 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 2012 to 2025: $100 is worth $140 today.” InflationCalculator.com, U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics CPI-U data, https://inflationcalculator.com/inflation/2012-to-2025/
APA: InflationCalculator.com. Inflation from 2012 to 2025. Based on U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics CPI-U data. Retrieved from https://inflationcalculator.com/inflation/2012-to-2025/