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What is S$100 in 1990 worth today?

Money from 1990 in today’s dollars, by Singapore’s Consumer Price Index to Sep 2026. Try any amount or year.

S$100.00 in 1990 is worthS$192.12in Sep 2026: prices went up 92.1%, 1.82% a year on average.

What cost S$100.00 in 1990 cost about S$192.12 in Sep 2026; S$100.00 in Sep 2026 buys what S$52.05 did in 1990. By the Consumer Price Index, All Items: 53.898 in 1990 and 103.551 in Sep 2026 (2024 = 100).

By what you spend on 1990 to Sep 2026

CategoryChangeS$100.00 becomes
Education+215.0%S$314.97
Healthcare+153.3%S$253.29
Transport+149.7%S$249.68
Eating out (hawkers, food courts, restaurants)+112.1%S$212.10
Food+109.9%S$209.94
Other goods and services+91.2%S$191.18
Housing and utilities+89.7%S$189.68
Recreation and culture+75.5%S$175.48
Household goods and services+40.9%S$140.86
Clothing and shoes+12.9%S$112.91
Phone, internet and computers−34.1%S$65.89

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 1990 worth today?

About S$192.12 in Sep 2026, by Singapore’s Consumer Price Index: prices have gone up 92.1% since 1990, 1.82% a year on average. S$1,000 then is S$1,921.24, and S$10,000 S$19,212.40.

What was Singapore’s inflation rate in 1990?

3.5%: the average Consumer Price Index in 1990 was 3.5% higher than in 1989. In 1991 it was 3.4%.

Which prices have risen the most since 1990?

Education, up 215.0%, then healthcare, 153.3%. Phone, internet and computers fell 34.1%.

What did S$100 today cost in 1990?

What S$100 buys in Sep 2026 cost about S$52.05 in 1990.

Other years

1980 S$239.57 · 1989 S$198.75 · 1991 S$185.74 · 2000 S$161.95 · Every year since 1961

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