Annual Consumer Price Index (CPI)
| Files | Size | Format | Created | Updated | License | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 254 kB | csv | over 8 years ago | Open Data Commons Public Domain Dedication and License v1.0 | The World Bank |
Annual Consumer Price Index (CPI) for most countries in the world. Reference year is 2005.
Data Files
| File | Description | Size | Last modified | Download |
|---|---|---|---|---|
cpi | 254 kB | over 8 years ago | cpi |
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cpi
Schema
| name | type | description |
|---|---|---|
| Country Name | string | |
| Country Code | string | |
| Year | year | |
| CPI | number | CPI (where 2005=100) |
Annual Consumer Price Index (CPI) for most countries in the world when it has been measured. The reference year is 2005 (meaning the value of CPI for all countries is 100 and all other CPI values are relative to that year).
Data
The data comes from The World Bank and is collected from 1960 to 2011. There are some values missing from data so users of the data will have to guess what should be in the empty slots.
The actual download happens via The World Bank's API (with csv as the requested format).
Preparation
It is parsed via the script cpi2datapackage.py, located in scripts.
usage: cpi2datapackage.py [-h] [-o filename] [source]
convert WorldBank CPI data to a data package resource
positional arguments:
source source file to generate output from
optional arguments:
-h, --help show this help message and exit
-o filename, --output filename
define output filename
License
This Data Package is made available under the Public Domain Dedication and License v1.0 whose full text can be found at: http://www.opendatacommons.org/licenses/pddl/1.0/