Fresh fruits and vegetables price history from 2000 through 2019

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Prices for Fresh Fruits And Vegetables, 2000-2019 ($20)

According to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, prices for fresh fruits and vegetables were 46.89% higher in 2019 versus 2000 (a $9.38 difference in value).

Between 2000 and 2019: Fresh fruits and vegetables experienced an average inflation rate of 2.04% per year. This rate of change indicates significant inflation. In other words, fresh fruits and vegetables costing $20 in the year 2000 would cost $29.38 in 2019 for an equivalent purchase. Compared to the overall inflation rate of 2.10% during this same period, inflation for fresh fruits and vegetables was lower.

In the year 2000: Pricing changed by 0.65%, which is below the average yearly change for fresh fruits and vegetables during the 2000-2019 time period. Compared to inflation for all items in 2000 (3.38%), inflation for fresh fruits and vegetables was lower.

Price Inflation for Fresh fruits and vegetables since 1947

Consumer Price Index, U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics

Years with the largest changes in pricing: 1973 (17.47%), 1952 (16.19%), and 1977 (13.42%).

Raw Consumer Price Index data from U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics for Fresh fruits and vegetables:

Year	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
CPI	19.542	20.558	21.192	19.967	21.667	25.175	23.683	23.292	23.683	25.025	25.258	27.042	25.842	27.408	26.933	27.683	29.333	31.075	31.650	32.300	32.383	35.442	35.992	37.625	39.167	41.542	48.800	52.633	53.808	55.183	62.592	70.683	76.117	81.892	91.700	96.650	96.425	106.958	109.692	112.725	126.808	136.200	147.892	160.942	173.867	170.967	178.300	186.733	205.933	211.608	215.400	231.275	237.250	238.792	247.867	258.342	265.292	274.583	285.300	300.542	312.180	328.422	312.657	314.820	328.825	322.157	332.725	339.186	337.623	341.645	342.401	346.084	350.749

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Buying power of $20 since 2000

Below are calculations of equivalent buying power for Fresh fruits and vegetables, 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
2000	$20.00	0.65%
2001	$20.76	3.80%
2002	$21.64	4.23%
2003	$22.22	2.69%
2004	$23.00	3.50%
2005	$23.90	3.90%
2006	$25.17	5.34%
2007	$26.15	3.87%
2008	$27.51	5.20%
2009	$26.19	-4.80%
2010	$26.37	0.69%
2011	$27.54	4.45%
2012	$26.98	-2.03%
2013	$27.87	3.28%
2014	$28.41	1.94%
2015	$28.28	-0.46%
2016	$28.61	1.19%
2017	$28.68	0.22%
2018	$28.99	1.08%
2019	$29.38	1.35%*

* Not final. See inflation summary for latest details.

How to calculate the inflation rate for fresh fruits and vegetables, 2000-2019

Start with the inflation rate formula:

CPI in 2019 / CPI in 2000 * 2000 USD value = 2019 USD value

Then plug in historical CPI values from above. The CPI for Fresh fruits and vegetables was 238.792 in the year 2000 and 350.749 in 2019:

350.749 / 238.792 * $20 = $29.38

Therefore, according to U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, $20 in 2000 has the same "purchasing power" as $29.38 in 2019 (in the CPI category of Fresh fruits and vegetables).

Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics began tracking the Consumer Price Index for Fresh fruits and vegetables in 1947. In addition to fresh fruits and vegetables, the index produces monthly data on changes in prices paid by urban consumers for a variety of goods and services.