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Result: kr100 in 1956 → kr483,376.95 in 2024

The Icelandic Krona has lost 99.979% of its value since 1956

Updated: December 11, 2024

kr100 in 1956 is equivalent in purchasing power to about kr483,376.95 today, an increase of kr483,276.95 over 68 years. The krona had an average inflation rate of 13.29% per year between 1956 and today, producing a cumulative price increase of 483,276.95%.

This means that today's prices are 4,833.77 times as high as average prices since 1956, according to the OECD and the World Bank consumer price index for Iceland. A krona today only buys 0.021% of what it could buy back then.

The inflation rate in 1956 was 10.06%. The current inflation rate compared to the end of last year is now 7.65%. If this number holds, kr100 today will be equivalent in buying power to kr107.65 next year.

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Inflation from 1956 to 2024
Cumulative price change483,276.95%
Average inflation rate13.29%
Converted amount
kr100 base		kr483,376.95
Price difference
kr100 base		kr483,276.95
CPI in 19560.031
CPI in 2024149.860
Inflation in 195610.06%
Inflation in 20247.65%
kr100 in 1956kr483,376.95 in 2024
ISK inflation since 1956
Annual Rate, the OECD and the World Bank CPI
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Buying power of kr100 in 1956

This chart shows a calculation of buying power equivalence for kr100 in 1956 (price index tracking began in 1955).

For example, if you started with kr100, you would need to end with kr483,376.95 in order to "adjust" for inflation (sometimes refered to as "beating inflation").

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When kr100 is equivalent to kr483,376.95 over time, that means that the "real value" of a single Icelandic krona decreases over time. In other words, a krona will pay for fewer items at the store.

This effect explains how inflation erodes the value of a krona over time. By calculating the value in 1956 dollars, the chart below shows how kr100 is worth less over 68 years.

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According to the OECD and the World Bank, each of these ISK amounts below is equal in terms of what it could buy at the time:

Krona inflation: 1956-2024
YearKrona ValueInflation Rate
1956kr100.0010.06%
1957kr104.254.25%
1958kr110.345.85%
1959kr111.451.00%
1960kr113.671.99%
1961kr119.024.71%
1962kr132.1311.02%
1963kr149.2212.93%
1964kr177.9319.25%
1965kr190.957.32%
1966kr211.3610.69%
1967kr218.373.32%
1968kr251.6415.23%
1969kr306.4021.76%
1970kr347.3813.37%
1971kr370.766.73%
1972kr407.149.81%
1973kr494.0821.36%
1974kr704.1442.52%
1975kr1,051.7249.36%
1976kr1,388.6432.04%
1977kr1,809.6330.32%
1978kr2,601.3443.75%
1979kr3,757.4944.44%
1980kr5,956.7058.53%
1981kr9,041.8651.79%
1982kr13,584.7950.24%
1983kr24,989.2283.95%
1984kr32,698.9830.85%
1985kr43,160.9131.99%
1986kr52,711.7222.13%
1987kr62,356.8218.30%
1988kr78,398.4025.73%
1989kr94,672.5120.76%
1990kr109,356.9015.51%
1991kr116,802.776.81%
1992kr121,413.813.95%
1993kr126,322.404.04%
1994kr128,283.741.55%
1995kr130,402.001.65%
1996kr133,349.632.26%
1997kr135,770.511.82%
1998kr138,023.281.66%
1999kr142,483.943.23%
2000kr149,802.605.14%
2001kr159,397.576.41%
2002kr167,681.505.20%
2003kr171,128.482.06%
2004kr176,533.063.16%
2005kr183,571.483.99%
2006kr195,847.056.69%
2007kr205,740.425.05%
2008kr231,857.9312.69%
2009kr259,688.0912.00%
2010kr273,702.765.40%
2011kr284,653.684.00%
2012kr299,415.545.19%
2013kr311,009.723.87%
2014kr317,368.692.04%
2015kr322,551.511.63%
2016kr328,024.891.70%
2017kr333,799.531.76%
2018kr342,755.172.68%
2019kr353,085.853.01%
2020kr363,141.392.85%
2021kr379,280.264.44%
2022kr410,793.548.31%
2023kr450,512.219.67%
2024kr483,376.957.29%*
* Compared to previous annual rate. Not final. See inflation summary for latest 12-month trailing value.
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This conversion table shows various other 1956 amounts in today's kronur, based on the 483,276.95% change in prices:

Conversion: 1956 kronur today
Initial valueEquivalent value
kr1 krona in 1956kr4,833.77 kronur today
kr5 kronur in 1956kr24,168.85 kronur today
kr10 kronur in 1956kr48,337.70 kronur today
kr50 kronur in 1956kr241,688.48 kronur today
kr100 kronur in 1956kr483,376.95 kronur today
kr500 kronur in 1956kr2,416,884.76 kronur today
kr1,000 kronur in 1956kr4,833,769.53 kronur today
kr5,000 kronur in 1956kr24,168,847.63 kronur today
kr10,000 kronur in 1956kr48,337,695.27 kronur today
kr50,000 kronur in 1956kr241,688,476.34 kronur today
kr100,000 kronur in 1956kr483,376,952.69 kronur today
kr500,000 kronur in 1956kr2,416,884,763.43 kronur today
kr1,000,000 kronur in 1956kr4,833,769,526.85 kronur today

How to calculate inflation rate for kr100 since 1956

Our calculations use the following inflation rate formula to calculate the change in value between 1956 and today:

CPI today CPI in 1956
×
1956 ISK value
=
Today's value

Then plug in historical CPI values. The Icelandic CPI was 0.0310028 in the year 1956 and 149.86038988712764 in 2024:

149.860389887127640.0310028
×
kr100
=
kr483,376.95

kr100 in 1956 has the same "purchasing power" or "buying power" as kr483,376.95 in 2024.

To get the total inflation rate for the 68 years between 1956 and 2024, we use the following formula:

CPI in 2024 - CPI in 1956CPI in 1956
×
100
=
Cumulative inflation rate (68 years)

Plugging in the values to this equation, we get:

149.86038988712764 - 0.03100280.0310028
×
100
=
483,277%

Data source & citation

You may use the following MLA citation for this page: “Iceland Inflation Calculator: World Bank data, 1956-2024 (ISK).” Official Inflation Data, Alioth Finance, 20 Dec. 2024, https://www.officialdata.org/iceland/inflation.

Special thanks to QuickChart for their chart image API, which is used for chart downloads.

Ian Webster

About the author

Ian Webster is an engineer and data expert based in San Mateo, California. He has worked for Google, NASA, and consulted for governments around the world on data pipelines and data analysis. Disappointed by the lack of clear resources on the impacts of inflation on economic indicators, Ian believes this website serves as a valuable public tool. Ian earned his degree in Computer Science from Dartmouth College.

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Inflation from 1956 to 2024
Cumulative price change483,276.95%
Average inflation rate13.29%
Converted amount
kr100 base		kr483,376.95
Price difference
kr100 base		kr483,276.95
CPI in 19560.031
CPI in 2024149.860
Inflation in 195610.06%
Inflation in 20247.65%
kr100 in 1956kr483,376.95 in 2024