Consumer Price Indexes, 16 countries, 1950-2007 Table A. Annual indexes: 1982-84 = 100 Table B. Average annual percent change These indexes and percent changes are based upon national consumer price indexes as published by each country. They have not been adjusted for comparability. National differences exist, for example, in population coverage, frequency of market basket weight changes, and treatment of homeowner costs. The data in these tables are not available in this form from the foreign statistical agencies. The indexes in table A for the 1982-84 base are calculated by rebasing the official indexes of each country to the official U.S. base year. Because of the change in base year, the indexes may differ from the official indexes published by national statistical agencies. Percent change in table B is computed using the compound rate method. The figures may differ from official percent changes published by national statistical agencies because of rounding. In Sweden and Switzerland, the national statistical agencies calculate the official percent changes from more precise index values than those that they publish. In the tables, columns labeled "I" refer to an all households index and columns labeled "II" refer to a workers' households index. See endnotes for country-specific definitions. Prepared by: U.S. Department of Labor, Bureau of Labor Statistics, Division of Foreign Labor Statistics, June 27, 2008. Table A. Consumer Price Indexes, 16 countries, 1950-2007 1 Annual indexes: 1982-84 = 100 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- United Canada Japan Australia Austria Belgium Denmark France Germany Years States I(1) I(2) I(3) I(4) I(5) I(6) I(7) I(8) I(9) ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1950 24.1 21.6 14.7 12.6 24.0 12.2 11.2 1951 26.0 23.8 17.2 15.1 26.3 13.6 13.1 1952 26.5 24.5 18.0 17.7 26.5 13.9 14.7 1953 26.7 24.2 19.2 18.4 26.4 13.8 14.5 1954 26.9 24.4 20.4 18.6 26.9 14.1 14.4 1955 26.8 24.4 20.2 19.0 26.7 15.0 14.6 1956 27.2 24.7 20.3 20.1 27.4 15.8 14.9 1957 28.1 25.6 20.9 20.6 28.2 16.0 15.3 1958 28.9 26.3 20.8 20.9 31.6 28.6 16.2 17.6 1959 29.1 26.4 21.0 21.3 32.0 29.0 16.5 18.7 1960 29.6 26.8 21.8 22.1 32.6 29.0 16.9 19.4 1961 29.9 27.1 23.0 22.6 33.8 29.3 17.6 20.0 1962 30.2 27.5 24.5 22.6 35.3 29.8 18.8 21.0 43.1 1963 30.6 27.8 26.4 22.7 36.2 30.4 19.7 22.0 44.4 1964 31.0 28.3 27.4 23.2 37.6 31.7 20.5 22.7 45.5 1965 31.5 29.0 29.5 24.1 39.5 32.9 21.8 23.3 46.9 1966 32.4 30.2 31.0 24.9 40.3 34.3 23.3 23.9 48.5 1967 33.4 31.3 32.2 25.7 41.9 35.3 25.0 24.6 49.4 1968 34.8 32.5 33.9 26.4 43.1 36.3 27.0 25.7 50.2 1969 36.7 34.0 35.7 27.2 44.4 37.6 27.9 27.3 51.1 1970 38.8 35.1 38.4 28.2 46.4 39.1 29.7 28.8 52.9 1971 40.5 36.1 40.9 29.8 48.5 40.8 31.5 30.3 55.7 1972 41.8 37.8 42.9 31.7 51.6 43.0 33.6 32.2 58.7 1973 44.4 40.8 47.9 34.6 55.5 46.0 36.7 34.6 62.8 1974 49.3 45.3 59.0 39.9 60.8 51.8 42.3 39.3 67.2 1975 53.8 50.1 65.9 45.9 65.9 58.5 46.4 43.9 71.2 1976 56.9 53.7 72.2 52.0 70.8 63.8 50.5 48.2 74.2 1977 60.6 58.1 78.1 58.5 74.6 68.4 56.2 52.7 77.0 1978 65.2 63.2 81.4 63.1 77.3 71.4 61.8 57.5 79.1 1979 72.6 69.1 84.3 68.8 80.2 74.6 67.7 63.6 82.3 1980 82.4 76.0 91.0 75.8 85.2 79.6 76.1 72.3 86.8 1981 90.9 85.5 95.3 83.1 91.0 85.6 85.0 82.0 92.2 1982 96.5 94.9 98.1 92.5 96.0 93.1 93.6 91.6 97.1 1983 99.6 100.4 99.8 101.8 99.2 100.3 100.0 100.5 100.2 1984 103.9 104.7 102.1 105.8 104.8 106.6 106.4 107.9 102.7 1985 107.6 108.9 104.2 112.9 108.2 111.8 111.3 114.2 104.8 1986 109.6 113.4 104.8 123.2 110.0 113.3 115.5 117.2 104.7 1987 113.6 118.4 104.9 133.6 111.6 115.0 120.1 120.9 104.9 1988 118.3 123.0 105.6 143.3 113.7 116.4 125.5 124.2 106.2 1989 124.0 129.3 108.0 154.1 116.6 120.0 131.5 128.6 109.2 1990 130.7 135.5 111.3 165.3 120.4 124.1 135.0 133.0 112.1 1991 136.2 143.1 115.1 170.7 124.4 128.1 138.2 137.3 116.3 1992 140.3 145.2 117.0 172.4 129.4 131.2 141.1 140.5 122.3 1993 144.5 147.9 118.5 175.5 134.1 134.8 142.9 143.5 127.6 1994 148.2 148.1 119.2 178.8 138.1 138.0 145.7 145.8 131.2 1995 152.4 151.4 119.1 187.1 141.2 140.1 148.8 148.4 133.4 1996 156.9 153.6 119.2 192.0 143.8 142.9 151.9 151.3 135.3 1997 160.5 156.2 121.5 192.5 145.7 145.3 155.3 153.2 137.9 1998 163.0 157.8 122.2 194.1 147.0 146.6 158.2 154.3 139.3 1999 166.6 160.5 121.8 197.0 147.9 148.3 162.1 155.0 140.0 2000 172.2 164.9 120.9 205.8 151.4 152.1 166.8 157.7 142.0 2001 177.1 169.0 120.1 214.8 155.4 155.8 170.7 160.3 144.8 2002 179.9 172.8 119.0 221.2 158.2 158.4 174.9 163.4 146.9 2003 184.0 177.6 118.7 227.4 160.3 160.9 178.5 166.8 148.5 2004 188.9 180.9 118.7 232.7 163.6 164.3 180.6 170.3 150.9 2005 195.3 184.9 118.3 238.9 167.4 168.8 183.9 173.4 153.2 2006 201.6 188.5 118.7 247.4 169.9 171.9 187.3 176.2 155.7 2007 207.3 192.7 118.7 253.1 173.6 175.0 190.6 178.9 159.2 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- See notes at end of tables. Table A. Consumer Price Indexes, 16 countries, 1950-2007 2 Annual indexes: 1982-84 = 100 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Italy Netherlands Norway Spain Sweden Switzer- United Years land Kingdom I II I II(10) I(11) I(12) I I(13) I ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1950 8.3 21.6 13.5 5.5 13.4 33.2 9.8 1951 9.1 23.8 15.7 6.0 15.7 34.8 10.7 1952 9.5 24.0 17.1 5.9 16.8 35.7 11.7 1953 10.3 9.6 24.0 17.5 6.0 16.9 35.4 12.1 1954 10.6 9.9 25.0 18.2 6.1 17.0 35.7 12.3 1955 10.9 10.2 25.5 18.4 6.3 17.5 36.0 12.8 1956 11.2 10.7 25.7 19.1 6.7 18.4 36.6 13.5 1957 11.4 10.9 27.4 19.7 7.4 19.2 37.3 14.0 1958 11.7 11.4 27.8 20.6 8.4 20.0 38.0 14.4 1959 11.7 11.4 28.1 21.2 9.0 20.2 37.7 14.5 1960 11.9 11.7 28.6 21.2 9.1 21.0 38.2 14.6 1961 12.2 12.0 28.9 21.7 9.2 21.5 39.0 15.1 1962 12.7 12.6 29.6 22.8 9.7 22.5 40.6 15.8 1963 13.7 13.6 30.5 23.3 10.6 23.2 42.0 16.1 1964 14.5 14.4 32.3 24.6 11.3 23.9 43.3 16.6 1965 15.2 15.0 33.6 25.7 12.8 25.2 44.8 17.4 1966 15.5 15.3 35.5 26.6 13.6 26.8 46.9 18.1 1967 16.1 15.6 36.8 27.7 14.5 27.9 48.8 18.6 1968 16.3 15.8 38.1 28.8 15.2 28.5 50.0 19.4 1969 16.7 16.3 40.6 41.0 29.5 15.5 29.2 51.3 20.5 1970 17.5 17.1 42.1 42.5 32.6 16.4 31.3 53.1 21.8 1971 18.4 17.9 45.3 45.6 34.8 17.7 33.6 56.6 23.8 1972 19.4 18.9 48.9 49.2 37.2 19.2 35.6 60.4 25.5 1973 21.6 20.9 52.9 53.1 40.1 21.4 38.0 65.7 27.8 1974 25.7 25.0 58.1 58.3 43.8 24.8 41.7 72.1 32.3 1975 30.0 29.3 63.8 64.2 48.9 29.0 45.8 76.9 40.1 1976 35.1 34.1 69.6 69.9 53.4 34.1 50.6 78.2 46.8 1977 41.0 40.3 74.1 74.4 58.4 42.4 56.3 79.2 54.2 1978 46.0 45.3 77.2 77.4 63.1 50.8 62.0 80.1 58.7 1979 52.8 52.4 80.5 80.6 66.0 58.8 66.4 83.0 66.6 1980 64.0 63.5 86.1 85.9 73.3 67.9 75.5 86.3 78.5 1981 75.4 75.4 91.9 91.7 83.2 77.8 84.6 91.9 87.9 1982 87.8 87.7 97.2 97.1 92.6 89.0 91.9 97.1 95.4 1983 100.7 100.8 99.8 99.8 100.5 99.9 100.0 100.0 99.8 1984 111.5 111.5 103.0 103.1 106.9 111.1 108.1 102.9 104.8 1985 121.8 121.1 105.3 105.4 112.9 120.9 116.1 106.4 111.1 1986 129.0 128.5 105.6 105.5 120.9 131.6 121.0 107.2 114.9 1987 135.1 134.4 105.1 104.8 131.5 138.5 126.0 108.7 119.7 1988 141.9 141.1 106.1 105.5 140.2 145.2 133.4 110.7 125.6 1989 150.8 150.4 107.1 106.7 146.6 155.0 142.0 114.2 135.4 1990 160.5 159.6 109.9 109.3 152.6 165.4 156.7 120.5 148.2 1991 170.6 169.8 113.3 112.7 157.9 175.2 171.5 127.5 156.9 1992 179.6 179.0 116.9 116.2 161.6 185.6 175.6 132.6 162.7 1993 187.8 186.8 120.0 119.2 165.2 194.1 183.8 137.0 165.3 1994 195.5 194.3 123.3 122.4 167.6 203.3 187.8 138.3 169.3 1995 205.8 204.9 125.7 124.6 171.8 212.8 192.4 140.7 175.2 1996 214.0 212.9 128.2 127.0 173.8 220.3 193.5 141.8 179.4 1997 218.3 216.8 131.0 129.7 178.4 224.7 194.7 142.5 185.1 1998 222.6 220.7 133.6 132.2 182.4 228.8 194.2 142.5 191.4 1999 226.3 224.4 136.5 135.1 186.6 234.1 195.1 143.8 194.3 2000 232.1 229.9 139.7 138.4 192.4 242.1 196.9 145.9 200.1 2001 238.5 236.3 145.5 144.1 198.2 250.8 201.6 147.4 203.6 2002 244.5 241.8 150.3 148.7 200.8 259.7 206.0 148.4 207.0 2003 251.0 247.9 153.5 151.7 205.7 267.6 209.9 149.3 213.0 2004 256.6 253.5 155.4 153.5 206.6 275.7 210.7 150.5 219.4 2005 261.6 258.2 158.0 156.0 209.9 285.0 211.7 152.2 225.6 2006 267.1 263.7 159.8 157.6 214.7 295.0 214.5 153.9 232.8 2007 272.0 268.2 162.4 160.0 216.3 303.3 219.3 155.0 242.7 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- See notes at end of tables. Table B. Consumer Price Indexes, 16 countries, 1950-2007 3 Average annual percent change --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- United Canada Japan Australia Austria Belgium Denmark France Germany Years States I(1) I(2) I(3) I(4) I(5) I(6) I(7) I(8) I(9) --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1950-2007 3.8 3.9 3.7 5.4 3.5 4.9 5.0 1960-2007 4.2 4.3 3.7 5.3 3.6 3.9 5.3 4.8 1970-2007 4.6 4.7 3.1 6.1 3.6 4.1 5.1 5.1 3.0 1980-2007 3.5 3.5 1.0 4.6 2.7 3.0 3.5 3.4 2.3 1990-2007 2.8 2.1 0.4 2.5 2.2 2.0 2.0 1.8 2.1 2000-2007 2.7 2.3 -0.3 3.0 2.0 2.0 1.9 1.8 1.6 1950-1955 2.1 2.4 6.5 8.6 2.2 4.3 5.4 1955-1960 2.0 1.9 1.5 3.1 1.7 2.3 5.8 1960-1965 1.3 1.6 6.2 1.8 3.9 2.5 5.3 3.7 1965-1970 4.3 3.9 5.5 3.2 3.3 3.5 6.4 4.3 2.4 1970-1975 6.8 7.4 11.4 10.3 7.3 8.4 9.3 8.8 6.1 1975-1980 8.9 8.7 6.7 10.6 5.3 6.4 10.4 10.5 4.0 1980-1985 5.5 7.4 2.8 8.3 4.9 7.0 7.9 9.6 3.8 1985-1990 4.0 4.5 1.3 7.9 2.2 2.1 3.9 3.1 1.4 1990-1995 3.1 2.2 1.4 2.5 3.2 2.4 2.0 2.2 3.5 1995-2000 2.5 1.7 0.3 1.9 1.4 1.7 2.3 1.2 1.3 2000-2005 2.5 2.3 -0.4 3.0 2.0 2.1 2.0 1.9 1.5 1991-1992 3.0 1.4 1.6 1.0 4.0 2.4 2.1 2.4 5.1 1992-1993 3.0 1.9 1.3 1.8 3.6 2.8 1.3 2.1 4.4 1993-1994 2.6 0.1 0.6 1.9 2.9 2.4 2.0 1.6 2.8 1994-1995 2.8 2.2 -0.1 4.6 2.2 1.5 2.1 1.8 1.8 1995-1996 3.0 1.5 0.1 2.6 1.9 2.1 2.1 2.0 1.4 1996-1997 2.3 1.7 1.9 0.3 1.3 1.6 2.2 1.2 1.9 1997-1998 1.6 1.0 0.6 0.9 0.9 0.9 1.9 0.7 1.0 1998-1999 2.2 1.8 -0.3 1.5 0.6 1.1 2.5 0.5 0.6 1999-2000 3.4 2.7 -0.8 4.5 2.3 2.5 2.9 1.7 1.4 2000-2001 2.8 2.5 -0.7 4.4 2.7 2.5 2.3 1.7 1.9 2001-2002 1.6 2.2 -0.9 3.0 1.8 1.6 2.4 1.9 1.5 2002-2003 2.3 2.8 -0.3 2.8 1.4 1.6 2.1 2.1 1.0 2003-2004 2.7 1.8 0.0 2.3 2.1 2.1 1.2 2.1 1.7 2004-2005 3.4 2.2 -0.3 2.7 2.3 2.8 1.8 1.8 1.5 2005-2006 3.2 2.0 0.3 3.5 1.5 1.8 1.9 1.6 1.6 2006-2007 2.8 2.2 0.0 2.3 2.2 1.8 1.7 1.5 2.3 --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- See notes at end of tables. Table B. Consumer Price Indexes, 16 countries, 1950-2007 4 Average annual percent change --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Italy Netherlands Norway Spain Sweden Switzer- United Years land Kingdom I II I II(10) I(11) I(12) I I(13) I --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1950-2007 6.3 3.6 5.0 7.3 5.0 2.7 5.8 1960-2007 6.9 6.9 3.7 5.1 7.7 5.1 3.0 6.2 1970-2007 7.7 7.7 3.7 3.7 5.2 8.2 5.4 2.9 6.7 1980-2007 5.5 5.5 2.4 2.3 4.1 5.7 4.0 2.2 4.3 1990-2007 3.2 3.1 2.3 2.3 2.1 3.6 2.0 1.5 2.9 2000-2007 2.3 2.2 2.2 2.1 1.7 3.3 1.6 0.9 2.8 1950-1955 4.2 3.3 6.4 2.8 5.4 1.6 5.5 1955-1960 1.9 2.8 2.3 2.8 7.6 3.7 1.2 2.6 1960-1965 4.9 5.2 3.3 4.0 7.0 3.7 3.2 3.5 1965-1970 3.0 2.6 4.8 4.9 5.1 4.4 3.5 4.6 1970-1975 11.3 11.4 8.7 8.6 8.4 12.1 8.0 7.7 13.0 1975-1980 16.3 16.8 6.2 6.0 8.4 18.6 10.5 2.3 14.4 1980-1985 13.7 13.8 4.1 4.2 9.0 12.2 9.0 4.3 7.2 1985-1990 5.7 5.7 0.8 0.7 6.2 6.5 6.2 2.5 5.9 1990-1995 5.1 5.1 2.7 2.7 2.4 5.2 4.2 3.1 3.4 1995-2000 2.4 2.3 2.1 2.1 2.3 2.6 0.5 0.7 2.7 2000-2005 2.4 2.3 2.5 2.4 1.8 3.3 1.5 0.8 2.4 1991-1992 5.3 5.4 3.2 3.1 2.3 5.9 2.4 4.0 3.7 1992-1993 4.6 4.4 2.6 2.5 2.3 4.6 4.7 3.3 1.6 1993-1994 4.1 4.0 2.7 2.8 1.4 4.7 2.2 0.9 2.4 1994-1995 5.3 5.4 2.0 1.8 2.5 4.7 2.5 1.8 3.5 1995-1996 4.0 3.9 2.0 1.9 1.2 3.6 0.5 0.8 2.4 1996-1997 2.0 1.8 2.2 2.2 2.6 2.0 0.7 0.5 3.1 1997-1998 2.0 1.8 2.0 1.9 2.2 1.8 -0.3 0.0 3.4 1998-1999 1.7 1.7 2.2 2.2 2.3 2.3 0.5 0.9 1.5 1999-2000 2.5 2.5 2.3 2.5 3.1 3.4 0.9 1.5 3.0 2000-2001 2.7 2.8 4.2 4.1 3.0 3.6 2.4 1.0 1.8 2001-2002 2.5 2.3 3.3 3.2 1.3 3.5 2.2 0.6 1.7 2002-2003 2.7 2.5 2.1 2.0 2.5 3.0 1.9 0.6 2.9 2003-2004 2.2 2.2 1.2 1.2 0.4 3.0 0.4 0.8 3.0 2004-2005 2.0 1.9 1.7 1.6 1.6 3.4 0.5 1.1 2.8 2005-2006 2.1 2.1 1.2 1.0 2.3 3.5 1.4 1.1 3.2 2006-2007 1.8 1.7 1.6 1.6 0.8 2.8 2.2 0.7 4.3 --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- See notes at end of tables. Consumer Price Indexes, 16 countries, 1950-2007 5 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Endnotes (1) Urban wage earners and clerical workers prior to 1978 and all urban consumers from 1978 onward. (2) All households from January 1995, all urban households from September 1978 to December 1994, and middle-income urban households prior to September 1978. (3) Excluding imputed rent for owner-occupied housing prior to 1970. (4) Urban worker households prior to September 1998. (5) Worker households prior to 1966. (6) Excluding rent and several other services prior to 1976. (7) Excluding rent prior to 1964. (8) All households from 1991, urban worker households prior to 1991, worker households in Paris only prior to 1962. (9) Data for years before 1991 pertain to the former West Germany. (10) Employee households from 2001, low-income employee households prior to 2001. (11) Urban worker households prior to 1960. (12) All family households from 1993, middle-income family households prior to 1993. (13) Urban worker households prior to May 1993.