Ireland - Inflation, consumer prices (annual %)

The value for Inflation, consumer prices (annual %) in Ireland was 2.36 as of 2021. As the graph below shows, over the past 61 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 20.88 in 1975 and a minimum value of -4.48 in 2009.

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 0.45
1961 2.76
1962 4.26
1963 2.45
1964 6.72
1965 4.99
1966 3.05
1967 3.18
1968 4.68
1969 7.42
1970 8.21
1971 8.96
1972 8.61
1973 11.41
1974 16.98
1975 20.88
1976 17.99
1977 13.47
1978 7.71
1979 13.30
1980 18.15
1981 20.37
1982 17.15
1983 10.45
1984 8.65
1985 5.40
1986 3.83
1987 3.16
1988 2.13
1989 4.09
1990 3.32
1991 3.21
1992 3.07
1993 1.47
1994 2.31
1995 2.52
1996 1.75
1997 1.53
1998 2.42
1999 1.63
2000 5.59
2001 4.87
2002 4.61
2003 3.49
2004 2.20
2005 2.43
2006 3.93
2007 4.90
2008 4.06
2009 -4.48
2010 -0.92
2011 2.56
2012 1.70
2013 0.51
2014 0.18
2015 -0.29
2016 0.01
2017 0.34
2018 0.49
2019 0.94
2020 -0.33
2021 2.36

Aggregation method: Median

Periodicity: Annual

Classification

Topic: Financial Sector Indicators

Sub-Topic: Exchange rates & prices