According to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, prices for women's underwear, nightwear, swimwear, and accessories are 14.22% higher in 2024 versus 2020 (a $2.84 difference in value).
Between 2020 and 2024: Women's underwear, nightwear, swimwear, and accessories experienced an average inflation rate of 3.38% per year. This rate of change indicates significant inflation. In other words, women's underwear, nightwear, swimwear, and accessories costing $20 in the year 2020 would cost $22.84 in 2024 for an equivalent purchase. Compared to the overall inflation rate of 4.91% during this same period, inflation for women's underwear, nightwear, swimwear, and accessories was lower.
In the year 2020: Pricing changed by -3.47%, which is significantly below the average yearly change for women's underwear, nightwear, swimwear, and accessories during the 2020-2024 time period. Compared to inflation for all items in 2020 (1.23%), inflation for women's underwear, nightwear, swimwear, and accessories was much lower.
Below are calculations of equivalent buying power for Women's underwear, nightwear, swimwear, and accessories, over time, for $20 beginning in 2020. Each of the amounts below is equivalent in terms of what it could buy at the time:
| Year | USD Value | Inflation Rate |
|---|---|---|
| 2020 | $20.00 | -3.47% |
| 2021 | $20.21 | 1.04% |
| 2022 | $21.35 | 5.65% |
| 2023 | $22.28 | 4.35% |
| 2024 | $22.84 | 2.54%* |
* 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 Women's underwear, nightwear, swimwear, and accessories:
| 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 | 102.954 | 102.192 | 101.792 | 101.454 | 97.092 | 95.854 | 94.192 | 95.438 | 94.385 | 91.805 | 90.378 | 93.116 | 95.952 | 98.564 | 101.749 | 103.161 | 106.286 | 105.219 | 106.391 | 107.052 | 105.557 | 104.153 | 100.543 | 101.586 | 107.328 | 111.995 | 114.838 |