According to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, prices for apparel are 343.96% higher in 2024 versus 1918 (a $636,326,959,954.88 difference in value).
Between 1918 and 2024: Apparel experienced an average inflation rate of 1.42% per year. In other words, apparel costing $185,000,000,000 in the year 1918 would cost $821,326,959,954.88 in 2024 for an equivalent purchase. Compared to the overall inflation rate of 2.90% during this same period, inflation for apparel was lower.
In the year 1918: Pricing changed by 39.39%, which is significantly above the average yearly change for apparel during the 1918-2024 time period. Compared to inflation for all items in 1918 (17.34%), inflation for apparel was much higher.
Below are calculations of equivalent buying power for Apparel, over time, for $185,000,000,000 beginning in 1918. Each of the amounts below is equivalent in terms of what it could buy at the time:
Year | USD Value | Inflation Rate |
---|---|---|
1918 | $185,000,000,000.00 | 39.39% |
1919 | $236,232,374,506.49 | 27.69% |
1920 | $267,952,622,673.43 | 13.43% |
1921 | $197,990,693,739.42 | -26.11% |
1922 | $168,159,052,453.47 | -15.07% |
1923 | $169,661,590,524.53 | 0.89% |
1924 | $167,532,994,923.86 | -1.25% |
1925 | $164,653,130,287.65 | -1.72% |
1926 | $161,731,528,482.80 | -1.77% |
1927 | $158,183,869,148.34 | -2.19% |
1928 | $156,305,696,559.50 | -1.19% |
1929 | $154,427,523,970.67 | -1.20% |
1930 | $150,671,178,793.01 | -2.43% |
1931 | $135,228,426,395.94 | -10.25% |
1932 | $120,203,045,685.28 | -11.11% |
1933 | $119,368,302,312.46 | -0.69% |
1934 | $129,385,222,786.24 | 8.39% |
1935 | $130,219,966,159.05 | 0.65% |
1936 | $131,680,767,061.48 | 1.12% |
1937 | $138,609,137,055.84 | 5.26% |
1938 | $136,856,175,972.93 | -1.26% |
1939 | $135,353,637,901.86 | -1.10% |
1940 | $136,569,978,245.11 | 0.90% |
1941 | $142,837,433,294.29 | 4.59% |
1942 | $167,157,360,406.09 | 17.03% |
1943 | $174,381,101,132.37 | 4.32% |
1944 | $186,613,302,095.54 | 7.01% |
1945 | $196,244,956,397.24 | 5.16% |
1946 | $215,315,631,914.62 | 9.72% |
1947 | $249,556,162,957.18 | 15.90% |
1948 | $266,122,608,356.11 | 6.64% |
1949 | $255,624,105,167.25 | -3.94% |
1950 | $252,204,867,890.15 | -1.34% |
1951 | $274,983,730,313.68 | 9.03% |
1952 | $272,046,075,751.66 | -1.07% |
1953 | $270,264,219,705.84 | -0.65% |
1954 | $269,349,212,547.18 | -0.34% |
1955 | $268,482,363,660.03 | -0.32% |
1956 | $273,876,090,068.98 | 2.01% |
1957 | $278,595,600,676.82 | 1.72% |
1958 | $279,655,082,650.01 | 0.38% |
1959 | $281,870,363,139.40 | 0.79% |
1960 | $286,108,291,032.15 | 1.50% |
1961 | $288,371,729,793.05 | 0.79% |
1962 | $289,960,952,752.83 | 0.55% |
1963 | $293,524,664,844.46 | 1.23% |
1964 | $296,028,894,962.91 | 0.85% |
1965 | $298,870,232,981.91 | 0.96% |
1966 | $306,864,506,052.32 | 2.67% |
1967 | $319,385,656,644.54 | 4.08% |
1968 | $336,433,684,758.56 | 5.34% |
1969 | $355,793,309,904.99 | 5.75% |
1970 | $370,481,582,715.09 | 4.13% |
1971 | $382,472,992,320.71 | 3.24% |
1972 | $390,370,948,848.11 | 2.06% |
1973 | $404,673,955,486.14 | 3.66% |
1974 | $434,676,558,635.95 | 7.41% |
1975 | $454,036,183,782.38 | 4.45% |
1976 | $471,036,053,624.89 | 3.74% |
1977 | $492,129,376,545.62 | 4.48% |
1978 | $509,418,196,017.18 | 3.51% |
1979 | $531,715,475,725.63 | 4.38% |
1980 | $569,327,085,773.79 | 7.07% |
1981 | $596,488,350,904.59 | 4.77% |
1982 | $612,139,789,144.87 | 2.62% |
1983 | $627,261,486,398.54 | 2.47% |
1984 | $638,819,471,560.59 | 1.84% |
1985 | $657,504,880,905.90 | 2.92% |
1986 | $663,091,240,400.89 | 0.85% |
1987 | $692,275,152,935.05 | 4.40% |
1988 | $722,325,914,356.37 | 4.34% |
1989 | $742,407,913,575.43 | 2.78% |
1990 | $776,841,077,704.02 | 4.64% |
1991 | $805,784,198,880.65 | 3.73% |
1992 | $825,625,406,742.16 | 2.46% |
1993 | $836,798,125,732.14 | 1.35% |
1994 | $835,160,744,500.85 | -0.20% |
1995 | $826,155,147,728.75 | -1.08% |
1996 | $824,517,766,497.46 | -0.20% |
1997 | $831,741,507,223.74 | 0.88% |
1998 | $832,800,989,196.93 | 0.13% |
1999 | $821,965,378,107.51 | -1.30% |
2000 | $811,226,083,561.11 | -1.31% |
2001 | $796,778,602,108.55 | -1.78% |
2002 | $776,455,811,531.95 | -2.55% |
2003 | $756,759,078,484.97 | -2.54% |
2004 | $753,965,898,737.47 | -0.37% |
2005 | $748,379,539,242.48 | -0.74% |
2006 | $747,849,798,255.89 | -0.07% |
2007 | $744,997,383,834.44 | -0.38% |
2008 | $744,425,745,151.63 | -0.08% |
2009 | $751,758,323,571.52 | 0.98% |
2010 | $748,158,011,193.54 | -0.48% |
2011 | $764,483,183,652.22 | 2.18% |
2012 | $790,489,131,849.54 | 3.40% |
2013 | $797,668,085,383.31 | 0.91% |
2014 | $798,312,443,056.10 | 0.08% |
2015 | $788,222,322,009.63 | -1.26% |
2016 | $789,116,139,528.83 | 0.11% |
2017 | $786,403,384,094.75 | -0.34% |
2018 | $786,668,736,170.77 | 0.03% |
2019 | $776,634,960,301.97 | -1.28% |
2020 | $739,240,544,058.31 | -4.81% |
2021 | $757,483,860,471.17 | 2.47% |
2022 | $795,598,724,456.59 | 5.03% |
2023 | $817,497,735,259.66 | 2.75% |
2024 | $821,326,959,954.88 | 0.47%* |
* 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 Apparel:
Year | 1913 | 1914 | 1915 | 1916 | 1917 | 1918 | 1919 | 1920 | 1921 | 1922 | 1923 | 1924 | 1925 | 1926 | 1927 | 1928 | 1929 | 1930 | 1931 | 1932 | 1933 | 1934 | 1935 | 1936 | 1937 | 1938 | 1939 | 1940 | 1941 | 1942 | 1943 | 1944 | 1945 | 1946 | 1947 | 1948 | 1949 | 1950 | 1951 | 1952 | 1953 | 1954 | 1955 | 1956 | 1957 | 1958 | 1959 | 1960 | 1961 | 1962 | 1963 | 1964 | 1965 | 1966 | 1967 | 1968 | 1969 | 1970 | 1971 | 1972 | 1973 | 1974 | 1975 | 1976 | 1977 | 1978 | 1979 | 1980 | 1981 | 1982 | 1983 | 1984 | 1985 | 1986 | 1987 | 1988 | 1989 | 1990 | 1991 | 1992 | 1993 | 1994 | 1995 | 1996 | 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 | 14.900 | 15.000 | 15.450 | 17.350 | 21.200 | 29.550 | 37.733 | 42.800 | 31.625 | 26.860 | 27.100 | 26.760 | 26.300 | 25.833 | 25.267 | 24.967 | 24.667 | 24.067 | 21.600 | 19.200 | 19.067 | 20.667 | 20.800 | 21.033 | 22.140 | 21.860 | 21.620 | 21.814 | 22.815 | 26.700 | 27.854 | 29.808 | 31.346 | 34.392 | 39.862 | 42.508 | 40.831 | 40.285 | 43.923 | 43.454 | 43.169 | 43.023 | 42.885 | 43.746 | 44.500 | 44.669 | 45.023 | 45.700 | 46.062 | 46.315 | 46.885 | 47.285 | 47.738 | 49.015 | 51.015 | 53.738 | 56.831 | 59.177 | 61.092 | 62.354 | 64.638 | 69.431 | 72.523 | 75.238 | 78.608 | 81.369 | 84.931 | 90.938 | 95.277 | 97.777 | 100.192 | 102.038 | 105.023 | 105.915 | 110.577 | 115.377 | 118.585 | 124.085 | 128.708 | 131.877 | 133.662 | 133.400 | 131.962 | 131.700 | 132.854 | 133.023 | 131.292 | 129.577 | 127.269 | 124.023 | 120.877 | 120.431 | 119.538 | 119.454 | 118.998 | 118.907 | 120.078 | 119.503 | 122.111 | 126.265 | 127.411 | 127.514 | 125.903 | 126.045 | 125.612 | 125.654 | 124.052 | 118.079 | 120.993 | 127.081 | 130.579 | 131.190 |