Meats, poultry, fish, and eggs priced at $20 in 2015 $26.43 in 2025

Meats, Poultry, Fish, And Eggs Inflation Calculator

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Prices for Meats, Poultry, Fish, And Eggs, 2015-2025 ($20)

According to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, prices for meats, poultry, fish, and eggs are 32.17% higher in 2025 versus 2015 (a $6.43 difference in value).

Between 2015 and 2025: Meats, poultry, fish, and eggs experienced an average inflation rate of 2.83% per year. This rate of change indicates significant inflation. In other words, meats, poultry, fish, and eggs costing $20 in the year 2015 would cost $26.43 in 2025 for an equivalent purchase. Compared to the overall inflation rate of 3.01% during this same period, inflation for meats, poultry, fish, and eggs was lower.

In the year 2015: Pricing changed by 2.88%, which is above the average yearly change for meats, poultry, fish, and eggs during the 2015-2025 time period. Compared to inflation for all items in 2015 (0.12%), inflation for meats, poultry, fish, and eggs was higher.

Price Inflation for Meats, poultry, fish, and eggs since 1967

Consumer Price Index, U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics
Years with the largest changes in pricing: 1973 (26.93%), 1978 (15.15%), and 1979 (14.66%).

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Buying power of $20.00 since 2015

Below are calculations of equivalent buying power for Meats, poultry, fish, and eggs, over time, for $20 beginning in 2015. Each of the amounts below is equivalent in terms of what it could buy at the time:

YearUSD ValueInflation Rate
2015$20.002.88%
2016$19.03-4.86%
2017$18.89-0.73%
2018$19.121.24%
2019$19.190.36%
2020$20.386.18%
2021$21.736.64%
2022$24.1010.90%
2023$24.541.82%
2024$25.072.16%
2025$26.435.45%*

* 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 Meats, poultry, fish, and eggs:

Year19671968196919701971197219731974197519761977197819791980198119821983198419851986198719881989199019911992199319941995199619971998199920002001200220032004200520062007200820092010201120122013201420152016201720182019202020212022202320242025
CPI38.00839.05442.60844.57744.13848.02360.95462.20067.03167.97767.40877.62389.00092.01596.03199.56299.154101.285100.069104.523110.477114.292121.308130.000132.585130.862135.454137.185138.785144.785148.538147.300147.938154.500161.338162.131169.300181.738184.738186.554195.616204.653203.805207.694223.161231.042235.961253.014260.307247.653245.840248.899249.804265.233282.833313.658319.370326.254344.043

Adjust meats, poultry, fish, and eggs prices for inflation

Start with the inflation rate formula:

CPI in 2025 / CPI in 2015 * 2015 USD value = 2025 USD value

Then plug in historical CPI values from above. The CPI for Meats, poultry, fish, and eggs was 260.307 in the year 2015 and 344.043 in 2025:

344.043 / 260.307 * $20 = $26.43

Therefore, according to U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, $20 in 2015 has the same "purchasing power" as $26.43 in 2025 (in the CPI category of Meats, poultry, fish, and eggs).


Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics began tracking the Consumer Price Index for Meats, poultry, fish, and eggs in 1967. In addition to meats, poultry, fish, and eggs, the index produces monthly data on changes in prices paid by urban consumers for a variety of goods and services.

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