Inflation calculator: what is money from the past worth today?
In Australia, A$100 in 1990 buys about as much as A$248 in 2025. Consumer prices are 2.48 times what they were.
A$100 in 1990 ≈ A$248 in 2025
What past money is worth in Australia
How this is calculated
- Value in the later year = amount × (consumer price index in the later year ÷ index in the earlier year). Uses OECD annual average consumer price indexes.
- This shows changes in the general price level only. Prices of individual items (housing, food, wages) moved differently, and it is not an exchange-rate conversion.
- The latest year for Australia is 2025. For the U.S. and Japan, years after the latest OECD annual average are extended with the national consumer price index (BLS, Statistics Bureau of Japan).
Sources
- Source: OECD, accessed 2025 — OECD Data Explorer