Result: R$100 in 1981 → R$24,806,683,226,297.56 in 2020
Why a real today is worth only NaN% of a real in 1981
Updated: September 11, 2020According to the World Bank consumer price index for Brazil, today's prices in 2020 are 24,806,683,226,197.56% higher than average prices since 1981. This means that a real today only buys NaN% of what it could buy in 1981. The Brazilian Real experienced an average inflation rate of 95.96% per year during this period, causing the real value of a real to decrease.
In other words, R$100 in 1981 is equivalent in purchasing power to about R$24,806,683,226,297.56 in 2020, a difference of R$24,806,683,226,197.56 over 39 years. This inflation data is collected by the World Bank and is specific to Brazil.
The 1981 inflation rate was 75.00%. The current year-over-year inflation rate (2019 to 2020) is now 3.73%1. If this number holds, R$100 today will be equivalent in buying power to R$103.73 next year.
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| Cumulative price change | 24,806,683,226,197.56% |
| Average inflation rate | 95.96% |
| Converted amount (R$100 base) | R$24,806,683,226,297.56 |
| Price difference (R$100 base) | R$24,806,683,226,197.56 |
| CPI in 1981 | NaN |
| CPI in 2020 | 173.647 |
| Inflation in 1981 | 75.00% |
| Inflation in 2020 | 3.73% |
Buying power of R$100 in 1981
This chart shows a calculation of buying power equivalence for R$100 in 1981 (price index tracking began in 1980).
For example, if you started with R$100, you would need to end with R$24,806,683,226,297.56 in order to "adjust" for inflation (sometimes refered to as "beating inflation").
When R$100 is equivalent to R$24,806,683,226,297.56 over time, that means that the "real value" of a single Brazilian real decreases over time. In other words, a real will pay for fewer items at the store.
This effect explains how inflation erodes the value of a real over time. By calculating the value in 1981 dollars, the chart below shows how R$100 is worth less over 39 years.
According to the World Bank, each of these BRL amounts below is equal in terms of what it could buy at the time:
This conversion table shows various other 1981 amounts in today's reals, based on the 24,806,683,226,197.56% change in prices:
| Initial value | Equivalent value |
|---|---|
| R$1 real in 1981 | R$248,066,832,262.98 reals today |
| R$5 reals in 1981 | R$1,240,334,161,314.88 reals today |
| R$10 reals in 1981 | R$2,480,668,322,629.76 reals today |
| R$50 reals in 1981 | R$12,403,341,613,148.78 reals today |
| R$100 reals in 1981 | R$24,806,683,226,297.56 reals today |
| R$500 reals in 1981 | R$124,033,416,131,487.80 reals today |
| R$1,000 reals in 1981 | R$248,066,832,262,975.59 reals today |
| R$5,000 reals in 1981 | R$1,240,334,161,314,878.00 reals today |
| R$10,000 reals in 1981 | R$2,480,668,322,629,756.00 reals today |
| R$50,000 reals in 1981 | R$12,403,341,613,148,780.00 reals today |
| R$100,000 reals in 1981 | R$24,806,683,226,297,560.00 reals today |
| R$500,000 reals in 1981 | R$124,033,416,131,487,808.00 reals today |
| R$1,000,000 reals in 1981 | R$248,066,832,262,975,616.00 reals today |
How to Calculate Inflation Rate for R$100 since 1981
Our calculations use the following inflation rate formula to calculate the change in value between 1981 and today:
CPI today
CPI in 1981
×
1981 BRL value
=
Today's value
Then plug in historical CPI values. The Brazilian CPI was 7e-10 in the year 1981 and 173.64678258408293 in 2020:
173.646782584082937e-10
×
R$100
=
R$24,806,683,226,297.56
R$100 in 1981 has the same "purchasing power" or "buying power" as R$24,806,683,226,297.56 in 2020.
To get the total inflation rate for the 39 years between 1981 and 2020, we use the following formula:
CPI in 2020 - CPI in 1981CPI in 1981
×
100
=
Cumulative inflation rate (39 years)
Plugging in the values to this equation, we get:
173.64678258408293 - 7e-107e-10
×
100
=
24,806,683,226,198%
News headlines from 1981
Politics and news often influence economic performance. Here's what was happening at the time:
- Ronald Reagan is inaugurated as the President of the United States.
- IBM introduces its first PC - Personal Computer.
- United States Center for Disease Control reports that pneumonia is affecting five homosexual men in Los Angeles, which marks the beginning of the AIDS epidemic.
Data Source & Citation
You may use the following MLA citation for this page: “Brazil Inflation Calculator: World Bank data, 1981-2020 (BRL).” Official Inflation Data, Alioth Finance, 14 Sep. 2020, https://www.officialdata.org/brazil/inflation.
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| Cumulative price change | 24,806,683,226,197.56% |
| Average inflation rate | 95.96% |
| Converted amount (R$100 base) | R$24,806,683,226,297.56 |
| Price difference (R$100 base) | R$24,806,683,226,197.56 |
| CPI in 1981 | NaN |
| CPI in 2020 | 173.647 |
| Inflation in 1981 | 75.00% |
| Inflation in 2020 | 3.73% |