Inflation in the United States
Inflation in the United States was 3.7% in September 2026, according to U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.
So far this year (January–September 2026), prices are 3.4% higher than in the same months of 2025. For 2025 as a whole, inflation was 2.6%.
Over the ten years from 2015 to 2025, prices rose by 35.8% in total, an average of 3.1% a year.
Inflation in the United States by year
Annual inflation is the change in the average price level from the year before. The last column shows what $100 in each year is worth in 2025.
| Year | Inflation | $100 is worth in 2025 |
|---|---|---|
| 2026 (Jan–Sept) | 3.4% | – |
| 2025 | 2.6% | $100 |
| 2024 | 3.0% | $103 |
| 2023 | 4.1% | $106 |
| 2022 | 8.0% | $110 |
| 2021 | 4.7% | $119 |
| 2020 | 1.2% | $124 |
| 2019 | 1.8% | $126 |
| 2018 | 2.4% | $128 |
| 2017 | 2.1% | $131 |
| 2016 | 1.3% | $134 |
| 2015 | 0.1% | $136 |
| 2014 | 1.6% | $136 |
| 2013 | 1.5% | $138 |
| 2012 | 2.1% | $140 |
| 2011 | 3.1% | $143 |
| 2010 | 1.7% | $148 |
| 2009 | -0.4% | $150 |
| 2008 | 3.9% | $150 |
| 2007 | 2.8% | $155 |
| 2006 | 3.2% | $160 |
Show every year back to 1914
| 2005 | 3.4% | $165 |
| 2004 | 2.7% | $170 |
| 2003 | 2.3% | $175 |
| 2002 | 1.6% | $179 |
| 2001 | 2.8% | $182 |
| 2000 | 3.4% | $187 |
| 1999 | 2.2% | $193 |
| 1998 | 1.6% | $197 |
| 1997 | 2.3% | $201 |
| 1996 | 3.0% | $205 |
| 1995 | 2.8% | $211 |
| 1994 | 2.6% | $217 |
| 1993 | 3.0% | $223 |
| 1992 | 3.0% | $229 |
| 1991 | 4.2% | $236 |
| 1990 | 5.4% | $246 |
| 1989 | 4.8% | $260 |
| 1988 | 4.1% | $272 |
| 1987 | 3.6% | $283 |
| 1986 | 1.9% | $294 |
| 1985 | 3.6% | $299 |
| 1984 | 4.3% | $310 |
| 1983 | 3.2% | $323 |
| 1982 | 6.2% | $334 |
| 1981 | 10.3% | $354 |
| 1980 | 13.5% | $391 |
| 1979 | 11.3% | $443 |
| 1978 | 7.6% | $494 |
| 1977 | 6.5% | $531 |
| 1976 | 5.8% | $566 |
| 1975 | 9.1% | $598 |
| 1974 | 11.0% | $653 |
| 1973 | 6.2% | $725 |
| 1972 | 3.2% | $770 |
| 1971 | 4.4% | $795 |
| 1970 | 5.7% | $830 |
| 1969 | 5.5% | $877 |
| 1968 | 4.2% | $925 |
| 1967 | 3.1% | $964 |
| 1966 | 2.9% | $994 |
| 1965 | 1.6% | $1,022 |
| 1964 | 1.3% | $1,038 |
| 1963 | 1.3% | $1,052 |
| 1962 | 1.0% | $1,066 |
| 1961 | 1.0% | $1,077 |
| 1960 | 1.7% | $1,087 |
| 1959 | 0.7% | $1,106 |
| 1958 | 2.8% | $1,114 |
| 1957 | 3.3% | $1,146 |
| 1956 | 1.5% | $1,183 |
| 1955 | -0.4% | $1,201 |
| 1954 | 0.7% | $1,197 |
| 1953 | 0.8% | $1,206 |
| 1952 | 1.9% | $1,215 |
| 1951 | 7.9% | $1,238 |
| 1950 | 1.3% | $1,336 |
| 1949 | -1.2% | $1,353 |
| 1948 | 8.1% | $1,336 |
| 1947 | 14.4% | $1,443 |
| 1946 | 8.3% | $1,651 |
| 1945 | 2.3% | $1,788 |
| 1944 | 1.7% | $1,829 |
| 1943 | 6.1% | $1,861 |
| 1942 | 10.9% | $1,975 |
| 1941 | 5.0% | $2,190 |
| 1940 | 0.7% | $2,299 |
| 1939 | -1.4% | $2,316 |
| 1938 | -2.1% | $2,283 |
| 1937 | 3.6% | $2,235 |
| 1936 | 1.5% | $2,316 |
| 1935 | 2.2% | $2,350 |
| 1934 | 3.1% | $2,402 |
| 1933 | -5.1% | $2,476 |
| 1932 | -9.9% | $2,350 |
| 1931 | -9.0% | $2,118 |
| 1930 | -2.3% | $1,928 |
| 1929 | 0.0% | $1,882 |
| 1928 | -1.7% | $1,882 |
| 1927 | -1.7% | $1,850 |
| 1926 | 1.1% | $1,819 |
| 1925 | 2.3% | $1,839 |
| 1924 | 0.0% | $1,882 |
| 1923 | 1.8% | $1,882 |
| 1922 | -6.1% | $1,916 |
| 1921 | -10.5% | $1,798 |
| 1920 | 15.6% | $1,610 |
| 1919 | 14.6% | $1,861 |
| 1918 | 18.0% | $2,132 |
| 1917 | 17.4% | $2,515 |
| 1916 | 7.9% | $2,953 |
| 1915 | 1.0% | $3,187 |
| 1914 | 1.0% | $3,219 |
Highest and lowest inflation
The highest annual inflation since 1914 was 18.0% in 1918. The largest fall in prices was 10.5% in 1921. Prices last fell in 2009, by 0.4%.
About the figures
The consumer price index for all urban consumers (CPI-U), from 1913. The figures are annual averages of the consumer price index from U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, and are updated automatically when new figures are published.
Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics
Inflation in other countries
| Country | Latest month | This year so far | Latest year | 10-year average |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3.6% (Sept 2026) | 3.1% | 3.5% (2025) | 3.3% | |
| 5.3% (Oct 2026) | 3.3% | 2.5% (2025) | 3.0% | |
| 2.2% (Sept 2026) | 1.5% | 1.9% (2025) | 1.9% | |
| 3.8% (Sept 2026) | 2.8% | 2.1% (2025) | 2.6% | |
| 3.4% (Oct 2026) | 2.0% | 0.9% (2025) | 1.9% | |
| 3.3% (Sept 2026) | 2.6% | 2.2% (2025) | 2.6% | |
| 4.1% (Sept 2026) | 3.4% | 2.2% (2025) | 2.2% | |
| 5.4% (Oct 2026) | 2.9% | 1.5% (2025) | 2.1% | |
| 3.4% (Sept 2026) | 3.0% | 3.3% (2025) | 3.0% | |
| 3.4% (Sept 2026) | 3.2% | 3.0% (2025) | 3.3% | |
| 4.0% (Sept 2026) | 2.9% | 3.6% (2025) | 4.6% | |
| 4.9% (Sept 2026) | 3.4% | 2.7% (2025) | 2.4% | |
| 1.1% (Sept 2026) | 0.5% | 0.7% (2025) | 2.9% | |
| 3.4% (Sept 2026) | 3.0% | 3.4% (2025) | 3.3% |