# Inflation, annual average in United States

Inflation, annual average in United States was 2.6% in 2025. Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.

- Indicator id: `inflation_annual_average`
- Place id: `us`
- Unit: %
- Definition: Annual average change in the consumer price index, percent.
- Note: United States: percent change between the annual average CPI-U (all items, US city average) of the year and of the previous year, rounded to one decimal as the Bureau of Labor Statistics publishes it; both averages are shown with each value. A whole-year figure: it differs from the December 12-month change in cpi_annual_change. Other countries and the World: World Bank, from IMF International Financial Statistics and national sources; the World value is the median of country rates, not a weighted average.
- Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers (CPI-U): all items, US city average, percent change of the annual average index (CUUR0000SA0, period M13) (https://download.bls.gov/pub/time.series/cu/cu.data.1.AllItems)
- Retrieved: 2026-10-09
- License: Public domain (US federal government work, citation requested)
- Citation: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers (CPI-U): all items, US city average, percent change of the annual average index (CUUR0000SA0, period M13). https://download.bls.gov/pub/time.series/cu/cu.data.1.AllItems. Retrieved 2026-10-09.
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| Period | % |
|---|---:|
| 2025 | 2.6 |
| 2024 | 2.9 |
| 2023 | 4.1 |
| 2022 | 8 |
| 2021 | 4.7 |
| 2020 | 1.2 |
| 2019 | 1.8 |
| 2018 | 2.4 |
| 2017 | 2.1 |
| 2016 | 1.3 |
| 2015 | 0.1 |
| 2014 | 1.6 |
| 2013 | 1.5 |
| 2012 | 2.1 |
| 2011 | 3.2 |
| 2010 | 1.6 |
| 2009 | -0.4 |
| 2008 | 3.8 |
| 2007 | 2.8 |
| 2006 | 3.2 |
| 2005 | 3.4 |
| 2004 | 2.7 |
| 2003 | 2.3 |
| 2002 | 1.6 |
| 2001 | 2.8 |
| 2000 | 3.4 |
| 1999 | 2.2 |
| 1998 | 1.6 |
| 1997 | 2.3 |
| 1996 | 3 |
| 1995 | 2.8 |
| 1994 | 2.6 |
| 1993 | 3 |
| 1992 | 3 |
| 1991 | 4.2 |
| 1990 | 5.4 |
| 1989 | 4.8 |
| 1988 | 4.1 |
| 1987 | 3.6 |
| 1986 | 1.9 |
| 1985 | 3.6 |
| 1984 | 4.3 |
| 1983 | 3.2 |
| 1982 | 6.2 |
| 1981 | 10.3 |
| 1980 | 13.5 |
| 1979 | 11.3 |
| 1978 | 7.6 |
| 1977 | 6.5 |
| 1976 | 5.8 |
| 1975 | 9.1 |
| 1974 | 11 |
| 1973 | 6.2 |
| 1972 | 3.2 |
| 1971 | 4.4 |
| 1970 | 5.7 |
| 1969 | 5.5 |
| 1968 | 4.2 |
| 1967 | 3.1 |
| 1966 | 2.9 |
| 1965 | 1.6 |
| 1964 | 1.3 |
| 1963 | 1.3 |
| 1962 | 1 |
| 1961 | 1 |
| 1960 | 1.7 |
| 1959 | 0.7 |
| 1958 | 2.8 |
| 1957 | 3.3 |
| 1956 | 1.5 |
| 1955 | -0.4 |
| 1954 | 0.7 |
| 1953 | 0.8 |
| 1952 | 1.9 |
| 1951 | 7.9 |
| 1950 | 1.3 |
| 1949 | -1.2 |
| 1948 | 8.1 |
| 1947 | 14.4 |
| 1946 | 8.3 |
| 1945 | 2.3 |
| 1944 | 1.7 |
| 1943 | 6.1 |
| 1942 | 10.9 |
| 1941 | 5 |
| 1940 | 0.7 |
| 1939 | -1.4 |
| 1938 | -2.1 |
| 1937 | 3.6 |
| 1936 | 1.5 |
| 1935 | 2.2 |
| 1934 | 3.1 |
| 1933 | -5.1 |
| 1932 | -9.9 |
| 1931 | -9 |
| 1930 | -2.3 |
| 1929 | 0 |
| 1928 | -1.7 |
| 1927 | -1.7 |
| 1926 | 1.1 |
| 1925 | 2.3 |
| 1924 | 0 |
| 1923 | 1.8 |
| 1922 | -6.1 |
| 1921 | -10.5 |
| 1920 | 15.6 |
| 1919 | 14.6 |
| 1918 | 18 |
| 1917 | 17.4 |
| 1916 | 7.9 |
| 1915 | 1 |
| 1914 | 1 |