India - Inflation, consumer prices (annual %)
The value for Inflation, consumer prices (annual %) in India was 6.62 as of 2020. As the graph below shows, over the past 60 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 28.60 in 1974 and a minimum value of -7.63 in 1976.
Definition: Inflation as measured by the consumer price index reflects the annual percentage change 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.
Source: International Monetary Fund, International Financial Statistics and data files.
See also:
| Year | Value |
|---|---|
| 1960 | 1.78 |
| 1961 | 1.70 |
| 1962 | 3.63 |
| 1963 | 2.95 |
| 1964 | 13.36 |
| 1965 | 9.47 |
| 1966 | 10.80 |
| 1967 | 13.06 |
| 1968 | 3.24 |
| 1969 | -0.58 |
| 1970 | 5.09 |
| 1971 | 3.08 |
| 1972 | 6.44 |
| 1973 | 16.94 |
| 1974 | 28.60 |
| 1975 | 5.75 |
| 1976 | -7.63 |
| 1977 | 8.31 |
| 1978 | 2.52 |
| 1979 | 6.28 |
| 1980 | 11.35 |
| 1981 | 13.11 |
| 1982 | 7.89 |
| 1983 | 11.87 |
| 1984 | 8.32 |
| 1985 | 5.56 |
| 1986 | 8.73 |
| 1987 | 8.80 |
| 1988 | 9.38 |
| 1989 | 7.07 |
| 1990 | 8.97 |
| 1991 | 13.87 |
| 1992 | 11.79 |
| 1993 | 6.33 |
| 1994 | 10.25 |
| 1995 | 10.22 |
| 1996 | 8.98 |
| 1997 | 7.16 |
| 1998 | 13.23 |
| 1999 | 4.67 |
| 2000 | 4.01 |
| 2001 | 3.78 |
| 2002 | 4.30 |
| 2003 | 3.81 |
| 2004 | 3.77 |
| 2005 | 4.25 |
| 2006 | 5.80 |
| 2007 | 6.37 |
| 2008 | 8.35 |
| 2009 | 10.88 |
| 2010 | 11.99 |
| 2011 | 8.86 |
| 2012 | 9.31 |
| 2013 | 11.06 |
| 2014 | 6.65 |
| 2015 | 4.91 |
| 2016 | 4.95 |
| 2017 | 3.33 |
| 2018 | 3.95 |
| 2019 | 3.72 |
| 2020 | 6.62 |
Aggregation method: Median
Periodicity: Annual
Classification
Topic: Financial Sector Indicators
Sub-Topic: Exchange rates & prices
