Inflation-Adjusted Value Calculator
Enter an amount, the number of years, and an assumed average annual inflation rate to see its inflation-adjusted value.
Inflation-Adjusted Value Calculator
Calculate what an amount of money from one year is worth in another year’s dollars.
Inflation erodes purchasing power over time. This calculator compounds your chosen average annual inflation rate over the number of years entered, showing what a given amount would need to grow to (or shrink to, looking backward) to represent equivalent purchasing power.
Example
- With the default values shown above, this calculator returns: Inflation-Adjusted Value ≈ USD 13,439.16; Total Change in Value ≈ USD 3,439.16.
Frequently Asked Questions
What inflation rate should I use?
A common long-run assumption is 2–3% for many developed economies, based on typical central bank targets, but you can enter any rate to model a different scenario or country.
What is the difference between projecting forward and looking backward?
Projecting forward shows what today’s amount will need to grow to in the future to buy the same goods; looking backward shows what a past amount would be worth in today’s money.