Singapore inflation calculator 1961

S$100.00 in 2000 is worthS$161.95in Sep 2026: prices went up 61.9%, 1.86% a year on average.

What cost S$100.00 in 2000 cost about S$161.95 in Sep 2026; S$100.00 in Sep 2026 buys what S$61.75 did in 2000. By the Consumer Price Index, All Items: 63.942 in 2000 and 103.551 in Sep 2026 (2024 = 100).

By what you spend on 2000 to Sep 2026

Category	Change	S$100.00 becomes
Education	+98.3%	S$198.30
Transport	+95.0%	S$195.03
Healthcare	+89.6%	S$189.65
Food	+80.4%	S$180.42
Eating out (hawkers, food courts, restaurants)	+75.5%	S$175.52
Housing and utilities	+57.5%	S$157.52
Recreation and culture	+54.4%	S$154.40
Other goods and services	+46.3%	S$146.34
Household goods and services	+26.6%	S$126.63
Clothing and shoes	+6.0%	S$105.98
Phone, internet and computers	−23.4%	S$76.58

Category

Change

S$100.00 becomes

Education

+98.3%

S$198.30

Transport

+95.0%

S$195.03

Healthcare

+89.6%

S$189.65

Food

+80.4%

S$180.42

Eating out (hawkers, food courts, restaurants)

+75.5%

S$175.52

Housing and utilities

+57.5%

S$157.52

Recreation and culture

+54.4%

S$154.40

Other goods and services

+46.3%

S$146.34

Household goods and services

+26.6%

S$126.63

Clothing and shoes

+6.0%

S$105.98

Phone, internet and computers

−23.4%

S$76.58

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

The calculator needs JavaScript on. Without it, every year since 1961 is in the table below, each with its own page, and the index is in one CSV.

Inflation each year since 1961

Each year’s average Consumer Price Index against the year before’s. The oil shocks of 1973 and 1974 stand out; prices fell in a few years, most in 1976 and 1986.

Year	Inflation	S$100 then is now
2025	0.9%	S$102.62
2024	2.4%	S$103.55
2023	4.8%	S$106.03
2022	6.1%	S$111.15
2021	2.3%	S$117.97
2020	−0.2%	S$120.70
2019	0.6%	S$120.49
2018	0.4%	S$121.17
2017	0.6%	S$121.70
2016	−0.5%	S$122.41
2015	−0.5%	S$121.76
2014	1.0%	S$121.12
2013	2.4%	S$122.37
2012	4.6%	S$125.27
2011	5.3%	S$131.01
2010	2.8%	S$137.89
2009	0.6%	S$141.79
2008	6.6%	S$142.62
2007	2.1%	S$152.08
2006	1.0%	S$155.29
2005	0.5%	S$156.79
2004	1.7%	S$157.54
2003	0.5%	S$160.17
2002	−0.4%	S$160.95
2001	1.0%	S$160.32
2000	1.3%	S$161.95
1999	0.0%	S$164.13
1998	−0.3%	S$164.17
1997	2.0%	S$163.72
1996	1.4%	S$167.03
1995	1.7%	S$169.34
1994	3.1%	S$172.26
1993	2.3%	S$177.59
1992	2.2%	S$181.66
1991	3.4%	S$185.74
1990	3.5%	S$192.12
1989	2.3%	S$198.75
1988	1.5%	S$203.31
1987	0.5%	S$206.41
1986	−1.4%	S$207.41
1985	0.5%	S$204.54
1984	2.6%	S$205.55
1983	1.0%	S$210.90
1982	3.9%	S$213.09
1981	8.2%	S$221.44
1980	8.5%	S$239.57
1979	4.0%	S$260.03
1978	4.1%	S$270.45
1977	3.2%	S$281.44
1976	−1.9%	S$290.41
1975	2.6%	S$284.90
1974	22.4%	S$292.24
1973	19.6%	S$357.60
1972	2.1%	S$427.76
1971	1.9%	S$436.92
1970	0.3%	S$445.13
1969	−0.1%	S$446.42
1968	0.7%	S$445.90
1967	3.2%	S$449.11
1966	2.0%	S$463.42
1965	0.2%	S$472.79
1964	1.6%	S$473.96
1963	2.1%	S$481.77
1962	0.4%	S$492.02
1961	—	S$494.21

Where the numbers come from

The Department of Statistics (SingStat) prices a basket of what households buy each month, weighted by what they spend, as the Consumer Price Index: 100 is 2024’s average. It goes back to 1961, by year and by month, with each part of the basket, all in one CSV.

A year is that year’s average index; the latest month is the newest SingStat has put out, around the 23rd of the month after.

Worth is the amount times the later index over the earlier one: what it would take to buy the same basket.

A year’s inflation is its average index against the year before’s; this month’s is the month against the same month a year before.

MAS core inflation leaves out accommodation and private transport, which swing with rents, COE premiums and petrol.

Housing in the CPI is rent and what owners would pay to rent their own home, not what homes sell for.

Your amount is worked out on this page only: it never goes in the link or anywhere else. The years are kept in the link so you can share it.

Questions

What is Singapore’s inflation rate now?

2.2% in September 2026: All Items prices were 2.2% higher than in September 2025. MAS core inflation, without accommodation and private transport, was 2.0%.

What was Singapore’s inflation in 2025?

0.9%, down from 2.4% in 2024, 4.8% in 2023 and 6.1% in 2022, the highest since 2008’s 6.6%.

How much is S$100 in 1990 worth today?

About S$192.12 in September 2026: prices have almost doubled. S$100 in 2000 is worth S$161.95, and S$100 in 2010 is worth S$137.89.

Which prices have risen the most since 2000?

Education, up 98.3%, then transport, 95.0%, and healthcare, 89.6%. Phone, internet and computers fell 23.4%, and clothing and shoes rose only 6.0%. Pick any two years above for theirs.

When was inflation highest in Singapore?

In 1974, 22.4%, and 1973, 19.6%, with the oil crisis. Prices fell in eight years, most in 1976, by 1.9%, and 1986, by 1.4%; the latest was 2020.

What’s the average inflation rate in Singapore?

2.5% a year from 1961 to 2025: a dollar in 1961 buys what about S$4.94 does today.

Does inflation include HDB and condo prices?

No. The CPI counts housing as rent, and owners at what they’d pay to rent their home, never what homes sell for. HDB resale prices and HDB rents are on their own pages.

What is money from back then worth now?

By what you spend on 2000 to Sep 2026

Inflation now

Inflation each year since 1961

Where the numbers come from

Questions