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What is S$100 in 1980 worth today?

Money from 1980 in today’s dollars, by Singapore’s Consumer Price Index to Sep 2026. Try any amount or year.

S$100.00 in 1980 is worthS$239.57in Sep 2026: prices went up 139.6%, 1.91% a year on average.

What cost S$100.00 in 1980 cost about S$239.57 in Sep 2026; S$100.00 in Sep 2026 buys what S$41.74 did in 1980. By the Consumer Price Index, All Items: 43.223 in 1980 and 103.551 in Sep 2026 (2024 = 100).

By what you spend on 1980 to Sep 2026

CategoryChangeS$100.00 becomes
Education+411.7%S$511.68
Healthcare+291.2%S$391.23
Transport+256.0%S$355.97
Other goods and services+179.7%S$279.73
Food+147.2%S$247.16
Recreation and culture+146.9%S$246.94
Housing and utilities+134.9%S$234.86
Household goods and services+64.4%S$164.42
Clothing and shoes+16.7%S$116.69
Phone, internet and computers−44.7%S$55.26
Eating out (hawkers, food courts, restaurants)not priced in 1980

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 1980 worth today?

About S$239.57 in Sep 2026, by Singapore’s Consumer Price Index: prices have gone up 139.6% since 1980, 1.91% a year on average. S$1,000 then is S$2,395.74, and S$10,000 S$23,957.38.

What was Singapore’s inflation rate in 1980?

8.5%: the average Consumer Price Index in 1980 was 8.5% higher than in 1979. In 1981 it was 8.2%.

Which prices have risen the most since 1980?

Education, up 411.7%, then healthcare, 291.2%. Phone, internet and computers fell 44.7%.

What did S$100 today cost in 1980?

What S$100 buys in Sep 2026 cost about S$41.74 in 1980.

Other years

1970 S$445.13 · 1979 S$260.03 · 1981 S$221.44 · 1990 S$192.12 · Every year since 1961

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