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What is S$100 in 1971 worth today?

Money from 1971 in today’s dollars, by Singapore’s Consumer Price Index to Sep 2026. Try any amount or year.

S$100.00 in 1971 is worthS$436.92in Sep 2026: prices went up 336.9%, 2.71% a year on average.

What cost S$100.00 in 1971 cost about S$436.92 in Sep 2026; S$100.00 in Sep 2026 buys what S$22.89 did in 1971. By the Consumer Price Index, All Items: 23.700 in 1971 and 103.551 in Sep 2026 (2024 = 100).

By what you spend on 1971 to Sep 2026

CategoryChangeS$100.00 becomes
Transport+624.1%S$724.14
Education+592.3%S$692.34
Healthcare+500.2%S$600.18
Food+389.8%S$489.75
Other goods and services+364.7%S$464.73
Housing and utilities+288.6%S$388.61
Recreation and culture+243.0%S$343.00
Household goods and services+200.3%S$300.32
Clothing and shoes+65.2%S$165.18
Phone, internet and computers−39.7%S$60.33
Eating out (hawkers, food courts, restaurants)not priced in 1971

How much the prices in each part of SingStat’s basket moved. Eating out is part of food; it’s priced from 1990.

Questions

How much is S$100 in 1971 worth today?

About S$436.92 in Sep 2026, by Singapore’s Consumer Price Index: prices have gone up 336.9% since 1971, 2.71% a year on average. S$1,000 then is S$4,369.24, and S$10,000 S$43,692.41.

What was Singapore’s inflation rate in 1971?

1.9%: the average Consumer Price Index in 1971 was 1.9% higher than in 1970. In 1972 it was 2.1%.

Which prices have risen the most since 1971?

Transport, up 624.1%, then education, 592.3%. Phone, internet and computers fell 39.7%.

What did S$100 today cost in 1971?

What S$100 buys in Sep 2026 cost about S$22.89 in 1971.

Other years

1961 S$494.21 · 1970 S$445.13 · 1972 S$427.76 · 1981 S$221.44 · Every year since 1961

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