Sugar and sugar substitutes priced at $20 in 2024 $20.21 in 2025

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Prices for Sugar And Sugar Substitutes, 2024-2025 ($20)

According to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, prices for sugar and sugar substitutes are 1.03% higher in 2025 versus 2024 (a $0.21 difference in value).

Between 2024 and 2025: Sugar and sugar substitutes experienced an average inflation rate of 1.03% per year. In other words, sugar and sugar substitutes costing $20 in the year 2024 would cost $20.21 in 2025 for an equivalent purchase. Compared to the overall inflation rate of 1.65% during this same period, inflation for sugar and sugar substitutes was lower.

In the year 2024: Pricing changed by 4.58%, which is significantly above the average yearly change for sugar and sugar substitutes during the 2024-2025 time period. Compared to inflation for all items in 2024 (2.95%), inflation for sugar and sugar substitutes was higher.

Price Inflation for Sugar and sugar substitutes since 1977

Consumer Price Index, U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics
Years with the largest changes in pricing: 1980 (55.94%), 2022 (11.30%), and 2023 (10.32%).

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Buying power of $20.00 since 2024

Below are calculations of equivalent buying power for Sugar and sugar substitutes, over time, for $20 beginning in 2024. Each of the amounts below is equivalent in terms of what it could buy at the time:

YearUSD ValueInflation Rate
2024$20.004.58%
2025$20.211.03%*

* 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 Sugar and sugar substitutes:

Year1977197819791980198119821983198419851986198719881989199019911992199319941995199619971998199920002001200220032004200520062007200820092010201120122013201420152016201720182019202020212022202320242025
CPI59.60065.48568.823107.323106.86297.108100.608102.285101.754101.815102.562105.562113.777118.438119.931120.392121.715123.862126.808132.585134.800135.577137.200137.123140.262143.215145.738146.885149.100163.931167.072170.491178.269187.621197.554201.211190.218181.686189.906188.325187.596187.142188.177201.155209.418233.076257.123268.904271.686

Adjust sugar and sugar substitutes prices for inflation

Start with the inflation rate formula:

CPI in 2025 / CPI in 2024 * 2024 USD value = 2025 USD value

Then plug in historical CPI values from above. The CPI for Sugar and sugar substitutes was 268.904 in the year 2024 and 271.686 in 2025:

271.686 / 268.904 * $20 = $20.21

Therefore, according to U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, $20 in 2024 has the same "purchasing power" as $20.21 in 2025 (in the CPI category of Sugar and sugar substitutes).


Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics began tracking the Consumer Price Index for Sugar and sugar substitutes in 1977. In addition to sugar and sugar substitutes, the index produces monthly data on changes in prices paid by urban consumers for a variety of goods and services.

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