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Digest of Education Statistics: 2016
Digest of Education Statistics: 2016

NCES 2017-094
February 2018


Table 106.70. Gross domestic product price index, Consumer Price Index, education price indexes, and federal budget composite deflator: Selected years, 1919 through 2016
Calendar year School year Federal fiscal year
Year Gross domestic product price index Consumer Price Index1 Year Consumer Price Index2 Higher Education Price Index3 Research and Development Index Academic Library Operations Index Year Federal budget composite deflator
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
1919 17.3 1919-20 19.1 1919
1929 9.900 17.1 1929-30 17.1 1929
1939 8.049 13.9 1939-40 14.0 1939
1949 13.622 23.8 1949-50 23.7 1949 0.0958
1950 13.746 24.1 1950-51 25.1 1950 0.1005
                   
1956 16.101 27.2 1956-57 27.7 1956 0.1202
1957 16.663 28.1 1957-58 28.6 1957 0.1261
1958 17.050 28.9 1958-59 29.0 1958 0.1335
1959 17.277 29.1 1959-60 29.4 1959 0.1391
1960 17.516 29.6 1960-61 29.8 25.6 26.7 1960 0.1411
                   
1961 17.709 29.9 1961-62 30.1 26.5 27.5 1961 0.1443
1962 17.927 30.2 1962-63 30.4 27.6 28.5 1962 0.1445
1963 18.129 30.6 1963-64 30.8 28.6 29.5 1963 0.1507
1964 18.407 31.0 1964-65 31.2 29.8 30.7 1964 0.1531
1965 18.744 31.5 1965-66 31.9 31.3 32.0 1965 0.1553
                   
1966 19.271 32.4 1966-67 32.9 32.9 33.8 1966 0.1596
1967 19.831 33.4 1967-68 34.0 34.9 35.7 1967 0.1632
1968 20.674 34.8 1968-69 35.7 37.1 38.0 1968 0.1691
1969 21.691 36.7 1969-70 37.8 39.5 40.3 1969 0.1798
1970 22.836 38.8 1970-71 39.7 42.1 42.7 1970 0.1899
                   
1971 23.996 40.5 1971-72 41.2 44.3 45.0 1971 0.2030
1972 25.035 41.8 1972-73 42.8 46.7 47.1 1972 0.2165
1973 26.396 44.4 1973-74 46.6 49.9 50.1 1973 0.2266
1974 28.760 49.3 1974-75 51.8 54.3 54.8 1974 0.2454
1975 31.431 53.8 1975-76 55.5 57.8 59.0 57.3 1975 0.2695
                   
1976 33.157 56.9 1976-77 58.7 61.5 62.7 61.6 1976 0.2888
1977 35.209 60.6 1977-78 62.6 65.7 66.8 65.8 1977 0.3098
1978 37.680 65.2 1978-79 68.5 70.5 71.7 71.4 1978 0.3292
1979 40.790 72.6 1979-80 77.6 77.5 78.3 78.5 1979 0.3576
1980 44.480 82.4 1980-81 86.6 85.8 86.6 86.1 1980 0.3951
                   
1981 48.658 90.9 1981-82 94.1 93.9 94.0 94.0 1981 0.4391
1982 51.624 96.5 1982-83 98.2 100.0 100.0 100.0 1982 0.4721
1983 53.658 99.6 1983-84 101.8 104.8 104.3 105.1 1983 0.4957
1984 55.564 103.9 1984-85 105.8 110.8 109.8 111.2 1984 0.5184
1985 57.341 107.6 1985-86 108.8 116.3 115.2 117.6 1985 0.5372
                   
1986 58.504 109.6 1986-87 111.2 120.9 120.0 124.2 1986 0.5486
1987 59.935 113.6 1987-88 115.8 126.2 126.8 130.0 1987 0.5643
1988 62.036 118.3 1988-89 121.2 132.8 132.1 138.6 1988 0.5835
1989 64.448 124.0 1989-90 127.0 140.8 139.0 147.4 1989 0.6058
1990 66.841 130.7 1990-91 133.9 148.2 145.8 155.7 1990 0.6237
                   
1991 69.057 136.2 1991-92 138.2 153.5 150.6 163.3 1991 0.6526
1992 70.632 140.3 1992-93 142.5 157.9 155.2 169.8 1992 0.6771
1993 72.315 144.5 1993-94 146.2 163.3 160.1 176.7 1993 0.6972
1994 73.851 148.2 1994-95 150.4 168.1 165.4 183.9 1994 0.7100
1995 75.393 152.4 1995-96 154.5 173.0 170.8 192.6 1995 0.7306
                   
1996 76.767 156.9 1996-97 158.9 178.4 1996 0.7459
1997 78.088 160.5 1997-98 161.7 184.7 1997 0.7612
1998 78.935 163.0 1998-99 164.5 189.1 1998 0.7679
1999 80.065 166.6 1999-2000 169.3 196.9 1999 0.7777
2000 81.890 172.2 2000-01 175.1 208.7 2000 0.7970
                   
2001 83.755 177.1 2001-02 178.2 212.7 2001 0.8183
2002 85.040 179.9 2002-03 182.1 223.5 2002 0.8319
2003 86.735 184.0 2003-04 186.1 231.7 2003 0.8554
2004 89.118 188.9 2004-05 191.7 240.8 2004 0.8778
2005 91.985 195.3 2005-06 199.0 253.1 2005 0.9081
                   
2006 94.812 201.6 2006-07 204.1 260.3 2006 0.9395
2007 97.340 207.3 2007-08 211.7 273.2 2007 0.9643
2008 99.218 215.3 2008-09 214.7 279.3 2008 0.9980
2009 100.000 214.5 2009-10 216.7 281.8 2009 1.0000
2010 101.226 218.1 2010-11 221.1 288.4 2010 1.0157
                   
2011 103.315 224.9 2011-12 227.6 293.2 2011 1.0395
2012 105.220 229.6 2012-13 231.4 297.8 2012 1.0603
2013 106.917 233.0 2013-14 235.0 306.7 2013 1.0740
2014 108.838 236.7 2014-15 236.7 313.3 2014 1.0906
2015 109.999 237.0 2015-16 238.3 2015 1.0976
2016 111.451 240.0 2016-17 2016 1.1066
—Not available.
1 Index for urban wage earners and clerical workers through 1977; 1978 and later figures are for all urban consumers.
2 Consumer Price Index adjusted to a school-year basis (July through June).
3 Beginning in 2001-02, components of index were weighted through a regression methodology.
NOTE: Some data have been revised from previously published figures.
SOURCE: U.S. Department of Commerce, Bureau of Economic Analysis, National Income and Product Accounts, retrieved July 5, 2017, from https://www.bea.gov/iTable/iTable.cfm?ReqID=9&step=1#reqid=9&step=3&isuri=1&904=2000&903=4&906=a&905=2017&910=x&911=0. U.S. Department of Labor, Bureau of Labor Statistics, Consumer Price Index, retrieved July 5, 2017, from http://www.bls.gov/data/. Commonfund Institute, retrieved May 17, 2017, from https://www.commonfund.org/2015/12/04/commonfund-higher-education-price-index-hepi/. U.S. Office of Management and Budget, Composite Deflator, retrieved February 1, 2016, from http://www.whitehouse.gov/omb/budget/Historicals. (This table was prepared July 2017.)