Thailand - Consumer price index (2010 = 100)

The value for Consumer price index (2010 = 100) in Thailand was 113.69 as of 2021. As the graph below shows, over the past 61 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 113.69 in 2021 and a minimum value of 10.21 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 10.21
1961 10.97
1962 11.37
1963 11.37
1964 11.28
1965 11.30
1966 11.76
1967 12.26
1968 12.48
1969 12.79
1970 12.78
1971 12.84
1972 13.46
1973 15.55
1974 19.33
1975 20.36
1976 21.20
1977 22.81
1978 24.62
1979 27.06
1980 32.39
1981 36.49
1982 38.41
1983 39.84
1984 40.19
1985 41.16
1986 41.92
1987 42.95
1988 44.61
1989 47.00
1990 49.76
1991 52.60
1992 54.78
1993 56.59
1994 59.45
1995 62.91
1996 66.56
1997 70.30
1998 75.92
1999 76.14
2000 77.35
2001 78.61
2002 79.16
2003 80.59
2004 82.81
2005 86.57
2006 90.59
2007 92.62
2008 97.68
2009 96.85
2010 100.00
2011 103.81
2012 106.94
2013 109.28
2014 111.35
2015 110.34
2016 110.55
2017 111.29
2018 112.47
2019 113.27
2020 112.31
2021 113.69

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