Result: €100 in 2003 → €162.83 in 2024
Value of €100 from 2003 to 2024
Updated: January 15, 2025€100 in 2003 is equivalent in purchasing power to about €162.83 today, an increase of €62.83 over 21 years. The euro had an average inflation rate of 2.35% per year between 2003 and today, producing a cumulative price increase of 62.83%.
This means that today's prices are 1.63 times as high as average prices since 2003, according to the OECD and the World Bank consumer price index for Belgium. A euro today only buys 61.414% of what it could buy back then.
The inflation rate in 2003 was 1.59%. The current inflation rate compared to the end of last year is now 1.69%. If this number holds, €100 today will be equivalent in buying power to €101.69 next year.
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| Cumulative price change | 62.83% |
| Average inflation rate | 2.35% |
| Converted amount €100 base | €162.83 |
| Price difference €100 base | €62.83 |
| CPI in 2003 | 79.308 |
| CPI in 2024 | 129.137 |
| Inflation in 2003 | 1.59% |
| Inflation in 2024 | 1.69% |
| €100 in 2003 | €162.83 in 2024 |
Buying power of €100 in 2003
This chart shows a calculation of buying power equivalence for €100 in 2003 (price index tracking began in 1955).
For example, if you started with €100, you would need to end with €162.83 in order to "adjust" for inflation (sometimes refered to as "beating inflation").
When €100 is equivalent to €162.83 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 2003 dollars, the chart below shows how €100 is worth less over 21 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 2003 amounts in today's euro, based on the 62.83% change in prices:
| Initial value | Equivalent value |
|---|---|
| €1 euro in 2003 | €1.63 euro today |
| €5 euro in 2003 | €8.14 euro today |
| €10 euro in 2003 | €16.28 euro today |
| €50 euro in 2003 | €81.41 euro today |
| €100 euro in 2003 | €162.83 euro today |
| €500 euro in 2003 | €814.15 euro today |
| €1,000 euro in 2003 | €1,628.29 euro today |
| €5,000 euro in 2003 | €8,141.47 euro today |
| €10,000 euro in 2003 | €16,282.94 euro today |
| €50,000 euro in 2003 | €81,414.70 euro today |
| €100,000 euro in 2003 | €162,829.40 euro today |
| €500,000 euro in 2003 | €814,147.02 euro today |
| €1,000,000 euro in 2003 | €1,628,294.04 euro today |
How to calculate inflation rate for €100 since 2003
Our calculations use the following inflation rate formula to calculate the change in value between 2003 and today:
CPI today CPI in 2003
×
2003 EUR value
=
Today's value
Then plug in historical CPI values. The Belgian CPI was 79.30841 in the year 2003 and 129.13741113530358 in 2024:
129.1374111353035879.30841
×
€100
=
€162.83
€100 in 2003 has the same "purchasing power" or "buying power" as €162.83 in 2024.
To get the total inflation rate for the 21 years between 2003 and 2024, we use the following formula:
CPI in 2024 - CPI in 2003CPI in 2003
×
100
=
Cumulative inflation rate (21 years)
Plugging in the values to this equation, we get:
129.13741113530358 - 79.3084179.30841
×
100
=
63%
Data source & citation
You may use the following MLA citation for this page: “€100 in 2003 → 2024 | Belgium Inflation Calculator.” Official Inflation Data, Alioth Finance, 27 Jan. 2025, https://www.officialdata.org/belgium/inflation/2003?amount=100.
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| Cumulative price change | 62.83% |
| Average inflation rate | 2.35% |
| Converted amount €100 base | €162.83 |
| Price difference €100 base | €62.83 |
| CPI in 2003 | 79.308 |
| CPI in 2024 | 129.137 |
| Inflation in 2003 | 1.59% |
| Inflation in 2024 | 1.69% |
| €100 in 2003 | €162.83 in 2024 |