According to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, prices for bacon, breakfast sausage, and related products are 84.10% higher in 2024 versus 2000 (a $16.82 difference in value).
Between 2000 and 2024: Bacon, breakfast sausage, and related products experienced an average inflation rate of 2.58% per year. This rate of change indicates significant inflation. In other words, bacon, breakfast sausage, and related products costing $20 in the year 2000 would cost $36.82 in 2024 for an equivalent purchase. Compared to the overall inflation rate of 2.52% during this same period, inflation for bacon, breakfast sausage, and related products was higher.
In the year 2000: Pricing changed by 12.28%, which is significantly above the average yearly change for bacon, breakfast sausage, and related products during the 2000-2024 time period. Compared to inflation for all items in 2000 (3.38%), inflation for bacon, breakfast sausage, and related products was much higher.
Below are calculations of equivalent buying power for Bacon, breakfast sausage, and related products, over time, for $20 beginning in 2000. Each of the amounts below is equivalent in terms of what it could buy at the time:
Year | USD Value | Inflation Rate |
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2000 | $20.00 | 12.28% |
2001 | $20.72 | 3.58% |
2002 | $20.87 | 0.76% |
2003 | $21.46 | 2.83% |
2004 | $22.75 | 6.01% |
2005 | $22.69 | -0.29% |
2006 | $22.76 | 0.31% |
2007 | $23.56 | 3.55% |
2008 | $23.68 | 0.47% |
2009 | $23.61 | -0.26% |
2010 | $24.68 | 4.54% |
2011 | $27.20 | 10.20% |
2012 | $27.39 | 0.70% |
2013 | $28.35 | 3.47% |
2014 | $30.53 | 7.72% |
2015 | $28.96 | -5.15% |
2016 | $28.56 | -1.39% |
2017 | $29.59 | 3.61% |
2018 | $29.31 | -0.95% |
2019 | $29.70 | 1.33% |
2020 | $30.81 | 3.76% |
2021 | $33.92 | 10.08% |
2022 | $37.50 | 10.55% |
2023 | $36.50 | -2.67% |
2024 | $36.82 | 0.89%* |
* 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 Bacon, breakfast sausage, and related products:
Year | 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 | 100.000 | 96.577 | 96.331 | 108.162 | 112.038 | 112.885 | 116.077 | 123.054 | 122.692 | 123.069 | 127.438 | 128.039 | 127.702 | 133.498 | 147.120 | 148.154 | 153.299 | 165.127 | 156.629 | 154.445 | 160.015 | 158.501 | 160.603 | 166.643 | 183.445 | 202.794 | 197.375 | 199.129 |