United States - Consumer price index 143.86
World Bank WDI · updated 2026-10-15 · 192 economies tracked
Latest value
143.86 (2024)
Global rank
#n/a of 192 economies
Ranking Race — Consumer price index
1 = global #1 · higher value ranks higher
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Real annual global ranks, 1960 - 2025. United States climbed from #14 to #111 (overtook Kosovo). Gaps in a lane = missing data that year.
Key events for United States ↓Key Events — United States
Auto-detected from rank data + curated milestones
1971Nixon shock: end of gold convertibility curatedUS suspends dollar-gold convertibility, Bretton Woods system ends.
1987Black Monday stock crash curatedDow falls 22.6% in a single day, triggering global market turbulence.
2008Global financial crisis curatedLehman Brothers collapse sets off the worst recession since the 1930s.
2009Fell 35 places in global rank auto
2010Fell 131 places in global rank auto
2011Climbed 36 places in global rank auto
2020Overtook Kosovo in global rank auto
2020COVID-19 recession curatedSharpest quarterly GDP contraction on record as the pandemic hits.
Consumer price index, 1960-2024
World Bank WDI · index (2010 = 100) · linear scale · ranking in the race above
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