Other recreation services price inflation, 1997→2025

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Prices for Other Recreation Services, 1997-2025 ($20)

According to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, prices for other recreation services are 108.98% higher in 2025 versus 1997 (a $21.80 difference in value).

Between 1997 and 2025: Other recreation services experienced an average inflation rate of 2.67% per year. This rate of change indicates significant inflation. In other words, other recreation services costing $20 in the year 1997 would cost $41.80 in 2025 for an equivalent purchase. Compared to the overall inflation rate of 2.49% during this same period, inflation for other recreation services was higher.

Price Inflation for Other recreation services since 1997

Consumer Price Index, U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics

Years with the largest changes in pricing: 2023 (5.64%), 2000 (4.50%), and 1999 (4.39%).

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Buying power of $20.00 since 1997

Below are calculations of equivalent buying power for Other recreation services, over time, for $20 beginning in 1997. Each of the amounts below is equivalent in terms of what it could buy at the time:

Year	USD Value	Inflation Rate
1997	$20.00	-
1998	$20.47	2.36%
1999	$21.37	4.39%
2000	$22.33	4.50%
2001	$23.22	3.97%
2002	$23.93	3.05%
2003	$24.90	4.06%
2004	$25.50	2.43%
2005	$26.10	2.35%
2006	$27.02	3.50%
2007	$27.87	3.17%
2008	$28.57	2.50%
2009	$28.93	1.25%
2010	$29.02	0.33%
2011	$29.05	0.10%
2012	$29.68	2.14%
2013	$30.10	1.43%
2014	$30.54	1.45%
2015	$31.23	2.28%
2016	$31.99	2.42%
2017	$32.81	2.57%
2018	$33.58	2.35%
2019	$34.36	2.33%
2020	$34.94	1.69%
2021	$35.23	0.82%
2022	$36.61	3.92%
2023	$38.68	5.64%
2024	$40.17	3.85%
2025	$41.80	4.06%*

* Not final. See inflation summary for latest details.
** Extended periods of 0% inflation usually indicate incomplete underlying data. This can manifest as a sharp increase in inflation later on.

Raw Consumer Price Index data from U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics for Other recreation services:

Year	1997	1998	1999	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006	2007	2008	2009	2010	2011	2012	2013	2014	2015	2016	2017	2018	2019	2020	2021	2022	2023	2024	2025
CPI	100.000	102.362	106.854	111.662	116.100	119.638	124.500	127.523	130.515	135.085	139.369	142.857	144.646	145.121	145.266	148.375	150.500	152.687	156.174	159.949	164.052	167.913	171.823	174.721	176.152	183.059	193.389	200.829	208.979

Adjust other recreation services prices for inflation

Start with the inflation rate formula:

CPI in 2025 / CPI in 1997 * 1997 USD value = 2025 USD value

Then plug in historical CPI values from above. The CPI for Other recreation services was 100.000 in the year 1997 and 208.979 in 2025:

208.979 / 100.000 * $20 = $41.80

Therefore, according to U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, $20 in 1997 has the same "purchasing power" as $41.80 in 2025 (in the CPI category of Other recreation services).

Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics began tracking the Consumer Price Index for Other recreation services in 1997. In addition to other recreation services, the index produces monthly data on changes in prices paid by urban consumers for a variety of goods and services.