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Consumer price index

What is the current inflation rate and how are different population groups affected? The consumer price index follows the evolution of consumer prices for typical goods and services. The annual change in the consumer price index is used as a measure of inflation and is a key economic figure.

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Consumer price index

The table shows the monthly consumer price index for the last 10 years. The index reference period is 2015. The table is updated on the 10th – or the next working day – for the last completed month.

Consumer price index
  Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec
2024 117.8 118.4                    
2023 116.4 117.5 117.3 117.6 116.0 116.4 118.5 117.7 117.4 117.7 117.3 116.7
2022 108.1 109.2 109.9 111.7 112.7 113.6 114.9 114.9 116.4 117.6 116.6 115.9
2021 103.6 104.2 104.3 104.7 104.9 105.0 105.7 105.5 105.8 106.8 107.1 106.6
2020 103.0 103.6 103.3 103.2 103.1 103.2 104.0 103.6 103.5 103.7 103.6 103.4
2019 102.3 102.8 102.9 103.2 103.1 102.9 103.5 103.1 102.9 103.3 103.1 102.9
2018 101.0 101.7 101.7 102.2 102.4 102.3 103.1 102.7 102.4 102.7 102.4 102.1
2017 100.3 101.1 101.2 101.4 101.3 101.2 102.0 101.7 101.8 101.9 101.6 101.3
2016 99.4 100.1 100.2 100.3 100.5 100.6 100.5 100.2 100.2 100.4 100.3 100.3
2015 98.8 99.8 100.2 100.3 100.4 100.3 100.2 100.0 100.2 100.1 99.9 99.8
2014   99.5 99.6 99.8 99.7 99.7 99.5 99.4 99.7 99.8 99.6 99.4

Inflation

The graph shows the percentage change in the consumer price index compared to the same month of the previous year and goes back 20 years.
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Last update
11.3.2024
Next update
10.4.2024
Source data

The consumer price index is calculated on the basis of 23,000 prices collected from approx. 1,600 shops, companies and institutions throughout Denmark. The prices are collected by questionnaires or by means of price collectors who visit the individual shops. Prices on food and beverages and household articles are to a large extent covered by the use of scanner data from supermarket chains. Prices are also obtained via the internet. Most prices are by far collected monthly. For goods and services, where prices typically change less frequently, prices are collected more rarely, for instance quarterly or biannually. The index weights for the detailed indices (elementary aggregate indices) are calculated on the basis of data from the national accounts on final consumption expenditure of households in Denmark, supplemented by detailed information from the Household Budget Survey.

Core inflation

The graph shows the monthly core inflation, which is the consumer price index excl. energy and unprocessed food.
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Last update
11.3.2024
Next update
10.4.2024
Source data

The consumer price index is calculated on the basis of 23,000 prices collected from approx. 1,600 shops, companies and institutions throughout Denmark. The prices are collected by questionnaires or by means of price collectors who visit the individual shops. Prices on food and beverages and household articles are to a large extent covered by the use of scanner data from supermarket chains. Prices are also obtained via the internet. Most prices are by far collected monthly. For goods and services, where prices typically change less frequently, prices are collected more rarely, for instance quarterly or biannually. The index weights for the detailed indices (elementary aggregate indices) are calculated on the basis of data from the national accounts on final consumption expenditure of households in Denmark, supplemented by detailed information from the Household Budget Survey.

How are different groups affected by inflation?

The graph shows how inflation is distributed across different employment groups.
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Last update
18.3.2024
Next update
17.9.2024
Source data

The consumer price index is calculated on the basis of 23,000 prices collected from approx. 1,600 shops, companies and institutions throughout Denmark. The prices are collected by questionnaires or by means of price collectors who visit the individual shops. Prices on food and beverages and household articles are to a large extent covered by the use of scanner data from supermarket chains. Prices are also obtained via the internet. Most prices are by far collected monthly. For goods and services, where prices typically change less frequently, prices are collected more rarely, for instance quarterly or biannually. The index weights for the detailed indices (elementary aggregate indices) are calculated on the basis of data from the national accounts on final consumption expenditure of households in Denmark, supplemented by detailed information from the Household Budget Survey.

Price calculator

Use the calculator to adjust a price for inflation. To use the calculator type a price and select base and end years. Since the calculator is based on the yearly average, you can only choose completed years.

How much have prices changed?

Enter an amount and choose the two years that you want to compare.
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Calculation: (amount * new index) / old index = new amount

WHAT TO DO: Enter a number and select which years to calculate the price change between.

Formula: (price * new index) / old index = new price 

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Consumer Price Index

The purpose of the consumer price index is to measure the development of the prices charged to consumers for goods and services bought by private households in Denmark. The consumer price index has been calculated since 1914, but there are estimated figures for the development in consumer prices back to 1872. From January 1967 the index has been calculated on a monthly basis.

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