Finance & accounting
Inflation Calculator
Future cost, today's value and buying power lost to inflation.
Preparing tool
How to use Inflation Calculator
- Enter an amount, the yearly inflation rate and the number of years.
- See what it will cost in that many years, what that amount will then be worth in today's money, how much buying power is lost and when prices double, with a year-by-year table.
- Know an old and a new price? Enter both and the years between to find the inflation rate.
What are the limits of Inflation Calculator?
Uses a steady average rate; real inflation changes every year and differs for food, rent, school fees and medical costs. Not financial advice.