France - Consumer price index (2010 = 100)

The value for Consumer price index (2010 = 100) in France was 112.39 as of 2021. As the graph below shows, over the past 61 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 112.39 in 2021 and a minimum value of 10.43 in 1960.

Definition: Consumer price index reflects changes in the cost to the average consumer of acquiring a basket of goods and services that may be fixed or changed at specified intervals, such as yearly. The Laspeyres formula is generally used. Data are period averages.

Source: International Monetary Fund, International Financial Statistics and data files.

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Year Value
1960 10.43
1961 10.68
1962 11.25
1963 11.82
1964 12.20
1965 12.53
1966 12.85
1967 13.21
1968 13.81
1969 14.65
1970 15.42
1971 16.25
1972 17.24
1973 18.51
1974 21.04
1975 23.50
1976 25.76
1977 28.20
1978 30.81
1979 34.09
1980 38.72
1981 43.87
1982 49.13
1983 53.78
1984 57.90
1985 61.28
1986 62.83
1987 64.90
1988 66.65
1989 68.98
1990 71.19
1991 73.48
1992 75.21
1993 76.80
1994 78.07
1995 79.47
1996 81.04
1997 82.02
1998 82.55
1999 83.00
2000 84.39
2001 85.77
2002 87.42
2003 89.25
2004 91.16
2005 92.76
2006 94.31
2007 95.71
2008 98.41
2009 98.49
2010 100.00
2011 102.11
2012 104.11
2013 105.01
2014 105.54
2015 105.58
2016 105.77
2017 106.86
2018 108.84
2019 110.05
2020 110.57
2021 112.39

Development Relevance: A general and continuing increase in an economy’s price level is called inflation. The increase in the average prices of goods and services in the economy should be distinguished from a change in the relative prices of individual goods and services. Generally accompanying an overall increase in the price level is a change in the structure of relative prices, but it is only the average increase, not the relative price changes, that constitutes inflation. A commonly used measure of inflation is the consumer price index, which measures the prices of a representative basket of goods and services purchased by a typical household. The consumer price index is usually calculated on the basis of periodic surveys of consumer prices. Other price indices are derived implicitly from indexes of current and constant price series.

Limitations and Exceptions: Consumer price indexes should be interpreted with caution. The definition of a household, the basket of goods, and the geographic (urban or rural) and income group coverage of consumer price surveys can vary widely by country. In addition, weights are derived from household expenditure surveys, which, for budgetary reasons, tend to be conducted infrequently in developing countries, impairing comparability over time. Although useful for measuring consumer price inflation within a country, consumer price indexes are of less value in comparing countries.

Statistical Concept and Methodology: Consumer price indexes are constructed explicitly, using surveys of the cost of a defined basket of consumer goods and services.

Base Period: 2010

Periodicity: Annual

Classification

Topic: Financial Sector Indicators

Sub-Topic: Exchange rates & prices