Result: €0.25 in 1999 → €0.44 in 2024
Value of €0.25 from 1999 to 2024
Updated: February 12, 2025€0.25 in 1999 is equivalent in purchasing power to about €0.44 today, an increase of €0.19 over 25 years. The euro had an average inflation rate of 2.30% per year between 1999 and today, producing a cumulative price increase of 76.67%.
This means that today's prices are 1.77 times as high as average prices since 1999, according to the OECD and the World Bank consumer price index for Belgium. A euro today only buys 56.818% of what it could buy back then.
The inflation rate in 1999 was 1.12%. The current inflation rate compared to the end of last year is now 1.69%. If this number holds, the rate of inflation is so negligible that €0.25 today will roughly maintain its value.
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| Cumulative price change | 76.67% |
| Average inflation rate | 2.30% |
| Converted amount €0.25 base | €0.44 |
| Price difference €0.25 base | €0.19 |
| CPI in 1999 | 73.094 |
| CPI in 2024 | 129.137 |
| Inflation in 1999 | 1.12% |
| Inflation in 2024 | 1.69% |
| €0.25 in 1999 | €0.44 in 2024 |
Buying power of €0.25 in 1999
This chart shows a calculation of buying power equivalence for €0.25 in 1999 (price index tracking began in 1955).
For example, if you started with €0.25, you would need to end with €0.44 in order to "adjust" for inflation (sometimes refered to as "beating inflation").
When €0.25 is equivalent to €0.44 over time, that means that the "real value" of a single Belgian euro decreases over time. In other words, a euro will pay for fewer items at the store.
This effect explains how inflation erodes the value of a euro over time. By calculating the value in 1999 dollars, the chart below shows how €0.25 is worth less over 25 years.
According to the OECD and the World Bank, each of these EUR amounts below is equal in terms of what it could buy at the time:
This conversion table shows various other 1999 amounts in today's euro, based on the 76.67% change in prices:
| Initial value | Equivalent value |
|---|---|
| €1 euro in 1999 | €1.77 euro today |
| €5 euro in 1999 | €8.83 euro today |
| €10 euro in 1999 | €17.67 euro today |
| €50 euro in 1999 | €88.34 euro today |
| €100 euro in 1999 | €176.67 euro today |
| €500 euro in 1999 | €883.37 euro today |
| €1,000 euro in 1999 | €1,766.74 euro today |
| €5,000 euro in 1999 | €8,833.69 euro today |
| €10,000 euro in 1999 | €17,667.39 euro today |
| €50,000 euro in 1999 | €88,336.93 euro today |
| €100,000 euro in 1999 | €176,673.86 euro today |
| €500,000 euro in 1999 | €883,369.32 euro today |
| €1,000,000 euro in 1999 | €1,766,738.64 euro today |
How to calculate inflation rate for €0.25 since 1999
Our calculations use the following inflation rate formula to calculate the change in value between 1999 and today:
CPI today CPI in 1999
×
1999 EUR value
=
Today's value
Then plug in historical CPI values. The Belgian CPI was 73.09367 in the year 1999 and 129.13741113530358 in 2024:
129.1374111353035873.09367
×
€0.25
=
€0.44
€0.25 in 1999 has the same "purchasing power" or "buying power" as €0.44 in 2024.
To get the total inflation rate for the 25 years between 1999 and 2024, we use the following formula:
CPI in 2024 - CPI in 1999CPI in 1999
×
100
=
Cumulative inflation rate (25 years)
Plugging in the values to this equation, we get:
129.13741113530358 - 73.0936773.09367
×
100
=
77%
Data source & citation
You may use the following MLA citation for this page: “€0.25 in 1999 → 2024 | Belgium Inflation Calculator.” Official Inflation Data, Alioth Finance, 5 Mar. 2025, https://www.officialdata.org/belgium/inflation/1999?amount=0.25.
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| Cumulative price change | 76.67% |
| Average inflation rate | 2.30% |
| Converted amount €0.25 base | €0.44 |
| Price difference €0.25 base | €0.19 |
| CPI in 1999 | 73.094 |
| CPI in 2024 | 129.137 |
| Inflation in 1999 | 1.12% |
| Inflation in 2024 | 1.69% |
| €0.25 in 1999 | €0.44 in 2024 |