Beverage materials including coffee and tea price inflation, 1997→2024

Beverage Materials Including Coffee And Tea Inflation Calculator

Prices for Beverage Materials Including Coffee And Tea, 1997-2024 ($20)

According to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, prices for beverage materials including coffee and tea are 42.24% higher in 2024 versus 1997 (a $8.45 difference in value).

Between 1997 and 2024: Beverage materials including coffee and tea experienced an average inflation rate of 1.31% per year. In other words, beverage materials including coffee and tea costing $20 in the year 1997 would cost $28.45 in 2024 for an equivalent purchase. Compared to the overall inflation rate of 2.51% during this same period, inflation for beverage materials including coffee and tea was lower.

Price Inflation for Beverage materials including coffee and tea since 1997

Consumer Price Index, U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics

Years with the largest changes in pricing: 2022 (11.88%), 2011 (7.45%), and 2023 (5.21%).

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Buying power of $20.00 since 1997

Below are calculations of equivalent buying power for Beverage materials including coffee and tea, over time, for $20 beginning in 1997. Each of the amounts below is equivalent in terms of what it could buy at the time:

Year	USD Value	Inflation Rate
1997	$20.00	-
1998	$19.73	-1.36%
1999	$19.35	-1.90%
2000	$19.59	1.21%
2001	$19.40	-0.97%
2002	$19.26	-0.70%
2003	$19.47	1.09%
2004	$19.51	0.20%
2005	$20.48	4.99%
2006	$20.82	1.61%
2007	$21.64	3.98%
2008	$22.56	4.21%
2009	$22.65	0.42%
2010	$22.79	0.63%
2011	$24.49	7.45%
2012	$24.73	0.98%
2013	$23.96	-3.12%
2014	$23.77	-0.79%
2015	$24.07	1.28%
2016	$23.67	-1.68%
2017	$23.66	-0.05%
2018	$23.34	-1.34%
2019	$23.31	-0.12%
2020	$23.55	1.02%
2021	$24.10	2.32%
2022	$26.96	11.88%
2023	$28.37	5.21%
2024	$28.45	0.29%*

* Not final. See inflation summary for latest details.
** Extended periods of 0% inflation usually indicate incomplete underlying data. This can manifest as a sharp increase in inflation later on.

Raw Consumer Price Index data from U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics for Beverage materials including coffee and tea:

Year	1997	1998	1999	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006	2007	2008	2009	2010	2011	2012	2013	2014	2015	2016	2017	2018	2019	2020	2021	2022	2023	2024
CPI	100.000	98.638	96.769	97.938	96.992	96.315	97.362	97.554	102.423	104.077	108.221	112.780	113.254	113.967	122.458	123.663	119.803	118.856	120.371	118.348	118.292	116.709	116.563	117.751	120.484	134.797	141.826	142.238

Adjust beverage materials including coffee and tea prices for inflation

Start with the inflation rate formula:

CPI in 2024 / CPI in 1997 * 1997 USD value = 2024 USD value

Then plug in historical CPI values from above. The CPI for Beverage materials including coffee and tea was 100.000 in the year 1997 and 142.238 in 2024:

142.238 / 100.000 * $20 = $28.45

Therefore, according to U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, $20 in 1997 has the same "purchasing power" as $28.45 in 2024 (in the CPI category of Beverage materials including coffee and tea).

Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics began tracking the Consumer Price Index for Beverage materials including coffee and tea in 1997. In addition to beverage materials including coffee and tea, the index produces monthly data on changes in prices paid by urban consumers for a variety of goods and services.