€100 in 2015 is worth €127.77 today

The Euro has lost 22% of its value since 2015

Updated: September 11, 2024

€100 in 2015 is equivalent in purchasing power to about €127.77 today, an increase of €27.77 over 9 years. The euro had an average inflation rate of 2.76% per year between 2015 and today, producing a cumulative price increase of 27.77%.

This means that today's prices are 1.28 times as high as average prices since 2015, according to the European Central Bank consumer price index. A euro today only buys 78.266% of what it could buy back then.

The inflation rate in 2015 was 0.03%. 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 2015 to 2024
Cumulative price change27.77%
Average inflation rate2.76%
Converted amount
€100 base
€127.77
Price difference
€100 base
€27.77
CPI in 2015100.000
CPI in 2024127.770
Inflation in 20150.03%
Inflation in 20240.76%
€100 in 2015€127.77 in 2024

EUR inflation since 2015
Annual Rate, the European Central Bank CPI
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Buying power of €100 in 2015

This chart shows a calculation of buying power equivalence for €100 in 2015 (price index tracking began in 1996).

For example, if you started with €100, you would need to end with €127.77 in order to "adjust" for inflation (sometimes refered to as "beating inflation").

When €100 is equivalent to €127.77 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 2015 dollars, the chart below shows how €100 is worth less over 9 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: 2015-2024
YearEuro ValueInflation Rate
2015€100.000.03%
2016€100.250.25%
2017€101.961.71%
2018€103.891.89%
2019€105.421.47%
2020€106.200.74%
2021€109.282.90%
2022€119.329.19%
2023€126.816.28%
2024€127.770.76%*
* 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 2015 amounts in today's euros, based on the 27.77% change in prices:

Conversion: 2015 euros today
Initial valueEquivalent value
€1 euro in 2015€1.28 euros today
€5 euros in 2015€6.39 euros today
€10 euros in 2015€12.78 euros today
€50 euros in 2015€63.89 euros today
€100 euros in 2015€127.77 euros today
€500 euros in 2015€638.85 euros today
€1,000 euros in 2015€1,277.70 euros today
€5,000 euros in 2015€6,388.50 euros today
€10,000 euros in 2015€12,777.00 euros today
€50,000 euros in 2015€63,885.00 euros today
€100,000 euros in 2015€127,770.00 euros today
€500,000 euros in 2015€638,850.00 euros today
€1,000,000 euros in 2015€1,277,700.00 euros today

How to calculate inflation rate for €100 since 2015

Our calculations use the following inflation rate formula to calculate the change in value between 2015 and today:

CPI today CPI in 2015
×
2015 EUR value
=
Today's value

Then plug in historical CPI values. The Euro CPI was 100 in the year 2015 and 127.77 in 2024:

127.77100
×
€100
=
€127.77

€100 in 2015 has the same "purchasing power" or "buying power" as €127.77 in 2024.

To get the total inflation rate for the 9 years between 2015 and 2024, we use the following formula:

CPI in 2024 - CPI in 2015CPI in 2015
×
100
=
Cumulative inflation rate (9 years)

Plugging in the values to this equation, we get:

127.77 - 100100
×
100
=
28%

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: “Value of 2015 Euros today | Euro Inflation Calculator.” Official Inflation Data, Alioth Finance, 12 Sep. 2024, https://www.officialdata.org/europe/inflation/2015.

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 2015 to 2024
Cumulative price change27.77%
Average inflation rate2.76%
Converted amount
€100 base
€127.77
Price difference
€100 base
€27.77
CPI in 2015100.000
CPI in 2024127.770
Inflation in 20150.03%
Inflation in 20240.76%
€100 in 2015€127.77 in 2024