€100 in 1996 is worth €179.10 today

Value of €100 from 1996 to 2024

€100 in 1996 is equivalent in purchasing power to about €179.10 today, an increase of €79.10 over 28 years. The euro had an average inflation rate of 2.10% per year between 1996 and today, producing a cumulative price increase of 79.10%.

This means that today's prices are 1.79 times as high as average prices since 1996, according to the European Central Bank consumer price index. A euro today only buys 55.835% of what it could buy back then.

The inflation rate in 1996 was NaN%. The current inflation rate compared to the end of last year is now 0.76%. If this number holds, €100 today will be equivalent in buying power to €100.76 next year.


Inflation from 1996 to 2024
Cumulative price change79.10%
Average inflation rate2.10%
Converted amount
€100 base
€179.10
Price difference
€100 base
€79.10
CPI in 199671.339
CPI in 2024127.770
Inflation in 19960.00%
Inflation in 20240.76%
€100 in 1996€179.10 in 2024

EUR inflation since 1996
Annual Rate, the European Central Bank CPI
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Buying power of €100 in 1996

This chart shows a calculation of buying power equivalence for €100 in 1996 (price index tracking began in 1996).

For example, if you started with €100, you would need to end with €179.10 in order to "adjust" for inflation (sometimes refered to as "beating inflation").

When €100 is equivalent to €179.10 over time, that means that the "real value" of a single Euro euro decreases over time. In other words, a euro will pay for fewer items at the store.

This effect explains how inflation erodes the value of a euro over time. By calculating the value in 1996 dollars, the chart below shows how €100 is worth less over 28 years.

According to the European Central Bank, each of these EUR amounts below is equal in terms of what it could buy at the time:

Euro inflation: 1996-2024
YearEuro ValueInflation Rate
1996€100.00-
1997€101.701.70%
1998€102.951.23%
1999€104.161.17%
2000€106.432.18%
2001€109.002.41%
2002€111.482.27%
2003€113.842.12%
2004€116.322.18%
2005€118.872.20%
2006€121.492.21%
2007€124.122.17%
2008€128.273.34%
2009€128.680.32%
2010€130.761.61%
2011€134.322.72%
2012€137.672.50%
2013€139.531.35%
2014€140.130.43%
2015€140.180.03%
2016€140.520.25%
2017€142.931.71%
2018€145.631.89%
2019€147.771.47%
2020€148.870.74%
2021€153.182.90%
2022€167.269.19%
2023€177.766.28%
2024€179.100.76%*
* Compared to previous annual rate. Not final. See inflation summary for latest 12-month trailing value.
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This conversion table shows various other 1996 amounts in today's euros, based on the 79.10% change in prices:

Conversion: 1996 euros today
Initial valueEquivalent value
€1 euro in 1996€1.79 euros today
€5 euros in 1996€8.96 euros today
€10 euros in 1996€17.91 euros today
€50 euros in 1996€89.55 euros today
€100 euros in 1996€179.10 euros today
€500 euros in 1996€895.51 euros today
€1,000 euros in 1996€1,791.02 euros today
€5,000 euros in 1996€8,955.11 euros today
€10,000 euros in 1996€17,910.22 euros today
€50,000 euros in 1996€89,551.09 euros today
€100,000 euros in 1996€179,102.18 euros today
€500,000 euros in 1996€895,510.88 euros today
€1,000,000 euros in 1996€1,791,021.76 euros today

How to calculate inflation rate for €100 since 1996

Our calculations use the following inflation rate formula to calculate the change in value between 1996 and today:

CPI today CPI in 1996
×
1996 EUR value
=
Today's value

Then plug in historical CPI values. The Euro CPI was 71.33916667 in the year 1996 and 127.77 in 2024:

127.7771.33916667
×
€100
=
€179.10

€100 in 1996 has the same "purchasing power" or "buying power" as €179.10 in 2024.

To get the total inflation rate for the 28 years between 1996 and 2024, we use the following formula:

CPI in 2024 - CPI in 1996CPI in 1996
×
100
=
Cumulative inflation rate (28 years)

Plugging in the values to this equation, we get:

127.77 - 71.3391666771.33916667
×
100
=
79%

Data source & citation

Raw data for these calculations comes from the European Commission and the European Central Bank's Harmonized Index of Consumer prices (HICP), which is computed based on the reported consumer price indices in member countries of the European Union.

You may use the following MLA citation for this page: “€100 in 1996 → 2024 | Euro Inflation Calculator.” Official Inflation Data, Alioth Finance, 20 Nov. 2024, https://www.officialdata.org/europe/inflation/1996?amount=100.

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.


Ian Webster

About the author

Ian Webster is an engineer and data expert based in San Mateo, California. He has worked for Google, NASA, and consulted for governments around the world on data pipelines and data analysis. Disappointed by the lack of clear resources on the impacts of inflation on economic indicators, Ian believes this website serves as a valuable public tool. Ian earned his degree in Computer Science from Dartmouth College.

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Inflation from 1996 to 2024
Cumulative price change79.10%
Average inflation rate2.10%
Converted amount
€100 base
€179.10
Price difference
€100 base
€79.10
CPI in 199671.339
CPI in 2024127.770
Inflation in 19960.00%
Inflation in 20240.76%
€100 in 1996€179.10 in 2024