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Consumer Price Index (CPI)

Consumer Price Index (CPI). By comsumer groups Catalonia. 2016
Index (annual average) Variation (annual average) (1) % Variation year-over-year (december value) (2) %
General index 93.0 0.1 1.9
Food and non-alcoholic beverages 91.0 1.7 1.5
Alcoholic beverages and tobacco 95.0 0.4 1.0
Clothing and footwear 95.5 0.7 0.9
Housing 90.3 -3.6 0.6
Household goods 97.0 1.0 0.9
Medicine 96.3 0.2 0.2
Transport 88.7 -2.0 4.9
Communications 100.4 2.5 3.3
Leisure and culture 98.8 -0.6 1.6
Education 100.2 1.1 1.1
Hotels, cafés and restaurants 92.8 1.3 1.8
Other goods and services 92.8 2.0 2.3
Units: Base 2021 = 100.
Source: INE.
Note: To update the incomes we use the year-over-year variation rate for the two years we wish to compare, which can be viewed in the CPI Consumer Price Index.
(1) Calculation based on the average prices during the year.
(2) Calculation between the index value for December and that of December the previous year.
Consumer Price Index (CPI). By comsumer groups Spain. 2016
Index (annual average) Variation (annual average) (1) % Variation year-over-year (december value) (2) %
General index 93.2 -0.2 1.6
Food and non-alcoholic beverages 92.3 1.4 0.8
Alcoholic beverages and tobacco 95.1 0.5 0.9
Clothing and footwear 95.8 0.6 0.9
Housing 89.0 -4.2 0.8
Household goods 98.4 0.2 0.0
Medicine 97.2 -0.2 -0.1
Transport 88.8 -2.1 4.7
Communications 100.0 2.6 3.3
Leisure and culture 100.0 -1.0 0.5
Education 96.6 0.6 0.9
Hotels, cafés and restaurants 92.6 1.1 1.4
Other goods and services 94.6 1.6 1.9
Units: Base 2021 = 100.
Source: INE.
Note: To update the incomes we use the year-over-year variation rate for the two years we wish to compare, which can be viewed in the CPI Consumer Price Index.
(1) Calculation based on the average prices during the year.
(2) Calculation between the index value for December and that of December the previous year.

Last update: January 13, 2017. Revised series on February 15, 2022.

Monthly data

IPC

These statistics have a specific section with all the information available: Consumer Price Index (IPC).

Methodological note

The Consumer Price Index (CPI) measures the change over time in the prices of consumer goods and services purchased by people living in households in Spain. Consumer expenditure means the monetary flow paid for the acquisition of goods and services classified as such in a nomenclature expressly drawn up by the INE. Expenditure which could be classified as investment, such as buying a house or flat, is excluded.

The CPI is calculated based on the Laspeyres formula, which is a weighted arithmetic mean of the price indexes of the various consumer items covered. Since January 2021 a new consumer price index system, CPI base 2021, has been used which is designed to provide more representative coverage and greater precision in measuring change in this indicator by expanding the sample of towns, increasing the number of prices gathered, changes in the make-up of the basket of consumer articles and more updated weightings.

The base 2021 sample is made up of 177 towns, and the total number of prices collected are 210.000, which means that the monthly calculation of the CPI is carried out using 177 towns.

The most noticeable changes in the configuration of the base 2021 basket of goods are the incorporation of hygienic masks and subscription to online newspapers.

The number of items that make up the basket of goods is 462.

The weighting structure for base 2021 has been drawn up based on the Survey of Family Budgets (SFB). Furthermore, information from other sources has been used to determine the final structure:

  • change in private consumer spending from National Accounting
  • change in CPI prices
  • other sources about supply in the various sectors

Consumer expenditure has been classified in accordance with a nomenclature drawn up by the INE based on the ECOICOP (European Classification Of Individual Consumption by Purpose), a harmonized European Union nomenclature. Consumer items that are going to remain on the market and are regularly consumed by the public are chosen.