Result: $100 in 2018 → $138.71 in 2024
The Chilean Peso has lost 28% its value since 2018
Updated: September 11, 2025$100 in 2018 is equivalent in purchasing power to about $138.71 today, an increase of $38.71 over 6 years. The peso had an average inflation rate of 5.60% per year between 2018 and today, producing a cumulative price increase of 38.71%.
This means that today's prices are 1.39 times as high as average prices since 2018, according to the OECD and the World Bank consumer price index for Chile. A peso today only buys 72.093% of what it could buy back then.
The inflation rate in 2018 was 2.43%. The current inflation rate compared to the end of last year is now 4.61%. If this number holds, $100 today will be equivalent in buying power to $104.61 next year.
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| Cumulative price change | 38.71% |
| Average inflation rate | 5.60% |
| Converted amount $100 base | $138.71 |
| Price difference $100 base | $38.71 |
| CPI in 2018 | 108.634 |
| CPI in 2024 | 150.685 |
| Inflation in 2018 | 2.43% |
| Inflation in 2024 | 4.61% |
| $100 in 2018 | $138.71 in 2024 |
Buying power of $100 in 2018
This chart shows a calculation of buying power equivalence for $100 in 2018 (price index tracking began in 1970).
For example, if you started with $100, you would need to end with $138.71 in order to "adjust" for inflation (sometimes refered to as "beating inflation").
When $100 is equivalent to $138.71 over time, that means that the "real value" of a single Chilean peso decreases over time. In other words, a peso will pay for fewer items at the store.
This effect explains how inflation erodes the value of a peso over time. By calculating the value in 2018 dollars, the chart below shows how $100 is worth less over 6 years.
According to the OECD and the World Bank, each of these CLP amounts below is equal in terms of what it could buy at the time:
This conversion table shows various other 2018 amounts in today's peso, based on the 38.71% change in prices:
| Initial value | Equivalent value |
|---|---|
| $1 peso in 2018 | $1.39 peso today |
| $5 peso in 2018 | $6.94 peso today |
| $10 peso in 2018 | $13.87 peso today |
| $50 peso in 2018 | $69.35 peso today |
| $100 peso in 2018 | $138.71 peso today |
| $500 peso in 2018 | $693.54 peso today |
| $1,000 peso in 2018 | $1,387.09 peso today |
| $5,000 peso in 2018 | $6,935.44 peso today |
| $10,000 peso in 2018 | $13,870.89 peso today |
| $50,000 peso in 2018 | $69,354.43 peso today |
| $100,000 peso in 2018 | $138,708.86 peso today |
| $500,000 peso in 2018 | $693,544.29 peso today |
| $1,000,000 peso in 2018 | $1,387,088.58 peso today |
How to calculate inflation rate for $100 since 2018
Our calculations use the following inflation rate formula to calculate the change in value between 2018 and today:
CPI today CPI in 2018
×
2018 CLP value
=
Today's value
Then plug in historical CPI values. The Chilean CPI was 108.6338 in the year 2018 and 150.68470304238338 in 2024:
150.68470304238338108.6338
×
$100
=
$138.71
$100 in 2018 has the same "purchasing power" or "buying power" as $138.71 in 2024.
To get the total inflation rate for the 6 years between 2018 and 2024, we use the following formula:
CPI in 2024 - CPI in 2018CPI in 2018
×
100
=
Cumulative inflation rate (6 years)
Plugging in the values to this equation, we get:
150.68470304238338 - 108.6338108.6338
×
100
=
39%
Data source & citation
You may use the following MLA citation for this page: “Value of 2018 Chilean Pesos today | Chile Inflation Calculator.” Official Inflation Data, Alioth Finance, 13 Dec. 2025, https://www.officialdata.org/chile/inflation/2018.
Special thanks to QuickChart for their chart image API, which is used for chart downloads.
in2013dollars.com is a reference website maintained by the Official Data Foundation.
| Cumulative price change | 38.71% |
| Average inflation rate | 5.60% |
| Converted amount $100 base | $138.71 |
| Price difference $100 base | $38.71 |
| CPI in 2018 | 108.634 |
| CPI in 2024 | 150.685 |
| Inflation in 2018 | 2.43% |
| Inflation in 2024 | 4.61% |
| $100 in 2018 | $138.71 in 2024 |