Annual percent changes in selected Consumer

Price Indexes, 1974 through 2023

Consumer Price Index item 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979
All food 14.3 8.5 3.0 6.3 9.9 11.0
Food away from home 12.7 9.4 6.8 7.6 9.1 11.1
Food at home 14.9 8.2 2.1 5.9 10.5 10.8
Meats, poultry, and fish 2.2 8.5 0.9 -0.6 16.7 14.9
Meats 1.8 8.5 0.2 -2.3 18.6 17.0
Beef and veal 2.9 1.0 -3.2 -0.7 22.9 27.4
Pork -0.5 22.4 1.3 -5.4 12.9 1.6
Other meats 3.1 5.9 5.9 -0.6 17.7 14.7
Poultry -5.1 10.5 -4.1 0.7 10.4 4.9
Fish and seafood 15.3 8.5 11.7 10.8 9.4 9.7
Eggs 0.4 -1.8 9.2 -3.2 -5.4 9.5
Dairy products 18.6 3.1 8.1 2.7 6.8 11.6
Fats and oils 41.9 10.7 -12.5 10.1 9.6 7.9
Fruits and vegetables 16.5 3.1 2.6 9.2 11.1 8.0
Fresh fruits and vegetables 7.8 2.3 2.4 13.6 12.9 7.6
Fresh fruits 8.7 6.8 -0.2 14.9 19.5 12.4
Fresh vegetables 7.3 -1.1 4.3 12.6 8.0 3.0
Processed fruits and vegetables N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A
Sugar and sweets 52.4 26.1 -11.3 5.0 12.3 7.8
Cereals and bakery products 29.9 11.3 -2.2 1.6 9.0 10.0
Nonalcoholic beverages 19.3 15.0 19.6 50.6 5.8 5.0
Other foods 21.4 12.8 4.1 3.4 8.0 10.1
N/A = Not Available.
Contact: Megan Sweitzer, [email protected]
Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics Consumer Price
Index.
1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992
8.6 7.8 4.1 2.1 3.8 2.3 3.2 4.1 4.1 5.8 5.8 2.9 1.2
9.9 9.0 5.4 4.4 4.2 3.9 3.9 4.0 4.1 4.6 4.7 3.4 2.0
8.1 7.2 3.5 1.0 3.7 1.5 2.9 4.3 4.2 6.5 6.5 2.6 0.7
3.7 4.1 4.1 -0.7 1.7 -0.4 4.4 6.5 3.5 5.0 7.3 2.3 -0.8
2.9 3.6 4.9 -1.2 0.3 -0.9 3.1 7.5 2.4 4.0 10.1 3.1 -1.4
5.7 0.8 1.4 -1.5 1.2 -2.1 0.6 7.6 5.5 6.4 8.0 2.8 -0.1
-3.3 9.3 12.8 -0.9 -1.3 0.3 8.2 8.2 -3.0 0.6 14.7 3.3 -4.7
3.8 4.3 3.0 -0.4 0.4 0.7 2.6 6.3 2.6 2.8 9.3 3.7 0.2
5.2 4.1 -1.7 1.3 10.6 -1.0 7.5 -1.4 7.2 9.9 -0.2 -0.8 -0.1
9.2 8.3 3.6 1.1 3.2 4.9 9.2 10.6 5.8 4.5 2.2 1.1 2.3
-1.8 8.2 -2.7 4.7 11.7 -16.6 6.8 -5.9 2.3 26.6 4.7 -2.3 -10.6
9.8 7.2 1.4 1.2 1.3 1.9 0.1 2.5 2.4 6.6 9.4 -1.1 2.7
6.7 10.6 -2.7 1.4 9.4 2.2 -2.2 1.5 4.6 7.2 4.2 4.3 -1.4
7.2 12.1 5.4 0.3 8.6 2.6 0.9 8.9 7.6 7.7 8.0 4.6 -0.3
7.5 12.0 5.6 -0.3 10.9 2.6 3.0 12.2 7.3 8.5 9.0 8.1 -1.8
6.3 5.4 11.1 -4.2 11.0 10.1 2.1 11.2 8.3 6.6 12.1 13.5 -5.0
8.8 18.6 0.5 3.6 10.9 -4.3 4.1 12.9 6.3 10.7 5.6 2.2 2.3
N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A
23.0 8.0 -0.2 1.8 3.9 2.5 3.0 1.8 2.7 4.7 4.4 3.7 2.9
12.0 10.0 4.6 3.2 4.3 3.8 2.8 3.5 6.4 8.4 5.7 4.1 3.9
10.7 4.3 2.7 1.9 2.5 2.0 5.8 -2.6 0.0 3.5 2.0 0.5 0.2
10.9 10.3 5.2 3.1 3.0 3.3 2.6 4.2 3.7 6.4 4.5 4.5 2.2
1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005
2.2 2.4 2.8 3.3 2.6 2.2 2.1 2.3 3.2 1.8 2.2 3.4 2.4
1.8 1.7 2.3 2.5 2.8 2.6 2.5 2.4 2.9 2.5 2.1 3.0 3.1
2.4 2.9 3.3 3.7 2.5 1.9 1.9 2.3 3.3 1.3 2.2 3.8 1.9
3.3 1.5 0.9 3.5 2.9 -0.8 0.7 4.5 4.4 0.5 4.0 7.4 2.4
3.0 0.6 0.1 3.5 3.0 -1.9 0.5 5.9 5.7 0.6 5.4 8.4 2.3
3.6 -0.8 -0.8 -0.3 1.7 -0.2 2.0 6.4 8.4 0.1 9.0 11.5 2.6
3.1 1.7 0.7 9.9 5.2 -4.7 -1.8 7.3 3.8 -0.4 1.9 5.6 2.0
1.6 2.4 1.5 3.6 2.8 -0.9 1.0 2.6 2.9 3.5 2.5 4.5 2.4
4.2 3.4 1.4 6.2 2.8 0.3 0.5 1.2 3.2 1.3 1.3 7.5 2.0
3.2 4.5 4.8 0.9 2.3 2.6 2.0 2.8 0.4 -1.6 1.0 2.3 3.0
8.1 -2.4 5.4 17.9 -1.5 -3.3 -5.4 3.0 3.4 1.3 13.8 6.2 -13.7
0.7 1.8 0.8 7.0 2.4 3.6 5.8 0.7 4.0 0.6 -0.1 7.3 1.2
0.2 2.7 2.8 2.3 0.9 3.7 1.0 -0.6 5.6 -0.2 1.3 6.6 -0.1
2.3 3.8 7.7 3.5 2.0 5.7 2.5 0.7 3.7 4.1 2.3 3.0 3.7
4.4 4.5 10.3 2.8 1.7 7.3 2.6 0.7 3.8 4.2 2.7 3.5 3.9
2.5 6.6 8.8 7.0 0.8 4.3 8.0 -3.0 2.6 1.9 3.3 2.8 3.7
6.6 2.3 12.1 -2.0 2.9 10.9 -3.0 4.8 5.1 6.4 2.1 4.3 4.0
N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A 2.3 1.1 3.2 3.8 0.9 1.2 3.3
0.2 1.3 1.7 4.5 2.9 1.6 1.4 1.1 1.1 2.1 1.9 0.7 1.2
3.4 4.1 2.8 3.9 2.1 2.0 2.2 1.8 2.9 2.2 2.4 1.6 1.5
0.3 7.5 6.9 -2.4 3.7 -0.3 1.0 2.6 1.0 0.0 0.4 0.4 2.8
2.6 2.6 2.4 3.4 3.2 2.7 2.1 2.0 2.2 0.6 1.0 0.5 1.6
2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018
2.4 4.0 5.5 1.8 0.8 3.7 2.6 1.4 2.4 1.9 0.3 0.9 1.4
3.1 3.6 4.4 3.5 1.3 2.3 2.8 2.1 2.4 2.9 2.6 2.3 2.6
1.7 4.2 6.4 0.5 0.3 4.8 2.5 0.9 2.4 1.2 -1.3 -0.2 0.4
0.8 3.8 4.2 0.5 1.9 7.4 3.6 2.1 7.2 1.9 -3.5 -0.1 0.7
0.7 3.3 3.5 -0.6 2.8 8.8 3.4 1.2 9.2 3.0 -4.4 -0.6 0.4
0.8 4.4 4.5 -1.0 2.9 10.2 6.4 2.0 12.1 7.2 -6.3 -1.2 1.4
-0.2 2.0 2.3 -2.0 4.7 8.5 0.3 0.9 9.1 -3.9 -4.1 0.6 -0.4
1.8 2.3 3.1 2.3 -0.1 6.4 1.7 -0.1 3.9 4.1 -0.9 -0.9 -0.4
-1.8 5.1 5.0 1.7 -0.1 2.9 5.5 4.7 2.0 0.4 -2.7 0.2 0.3
4.7 4.6 5.9 3.6 1.1 7.1 2.4 2.5 5.8 -0.9 -0.7 1.2 2.1
4.9 29.2 14.0 -14.7 1.5 9.2 3.2 3.3 8.4 17.8 -21.1 -9.5 10.8
-0.5 7.4 8.0 -6.4 1.1 6.8 2.1 0.1 3.6 -1.3 -2.3 0.1 -0.5
0.2 2.9 13.8 2.3 -0.3 9.3 6.1 -1.4 0.1 -1.0 -0.6 0.8 0.1
4.8 3.8 6.2 -2.1 0.2 4.1 -0.6 2.5 1.5 -0.2 0.8 -0.2 0.7
5.3 3.9 5.2 -4.8 0.7 4.5 -2.0 3.3 1.9 -0.5 1.2 0.2 1.1
6.0 4.5 4.8 -6.1 -0.6 3.3 1.0 2.0 4.8 -2.2 2.2 0.5 1.0
4.6 3.2 5.6 -3.4 2.0 5.6 -5.1 4.7 -1.3 1.6 0.0 -0.1 1.1
2.9 3.6 9.5 6.6 -1.3 2.9 3.8 0.3 0.1 0.7 -0.3 -1.6 -0.6
3.8 3.1 5.5 5.6 2.2 3.3 3.3 -1.7 -0.8 3.2 -0.4 -0.1 0.4
1.8 4.4 10.2 3.2 -0.8 3.9 2.8 1.0 0.2 1.1 -0.3 -0.5 0.4
2.1 4.1 4.3 1.9 -0.9 3.2 1.1 -1.0 -0.5 1.1 -0.4 0.2 0.0
1.4 1.8 5.2 3.7 -0.5 2.3 3.5 0.5 1.0 1.6 0.3 0.1 0.1
2019 2020 2021 2022 2023
1.9 3.4 3.9 9.9 5.8
3.1 3.4 4.5 7.7 7.1
0.9 3.5 3.5 11.4 5.0
1.0 6.3 6.8 9.6 2.0
1.3 7.4 7.7 8.2 2.1
1.6 9.6 9.3 5.3 3.6
1.2 6.3 8.6 8.7 -1.2
0.9 4.4 2.9 14.2 4.5
-0.3 5.6 5.1 14.6 3.1
1.6 3.3 5.4 9.1 0.3
-10.0 4.3 4.5 32.2 1.4
1.0 4.4 1.4 12.0 4.0
-0.7 1.3 4.6 18.5 9.0
1.0 1.4 3.2 8.5 2.5
1.0 0.8 3.3 7.5 0.8
-1.4 -0.8 5.5 7.9 0.7
3.8 2.6 1.1 7.0 0.9
1.1 3.5 2.9 12.0 8.0
2.0 3.3 3.0 10.4 8.7
1.4 2.2 2.3 13.0 8.4
1.9 3.6 2.8 11.0 7.0
0.3 3.1 2.2 12.7 6.6