Result: R$100 in 1981 → R$25,732,710,810,170.32 in 2021
Why a real today is worth only NaN% of a real in 1981
Updated: May 12, 2021R$100 in 1981 is equivalent in purchasing power to about R$25,732,710,810,170.32 today, an increase of R$25,732,710,810,070.32 over 40 years. The real had an average inflation rate of 92.87% per year between 1981 and today, producing a cumulative price increase of 25,732,710,810,070.32%.
This means that today's prices are 257,327,108,101.70 times higher than average prices since 1981, according to the World Bank consumer price index for Brazil. A real today only buys NaN% of what it could buy back then.
The 1981 inflation rate was 75.00%. The current year-over-year inflation rate (2020 to 2021) 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 | 25,732,710,810,070.32% |
| Average inflation rate | 92.87% |
| Converted amount (R$100 base) | R$25,732,710,810,170.32 |
| Price difference (R$100 base) | R$25,732,710,810,070.32 |
| CPI in 1981 | NaN |
| CPI in 2021 | 180.129 |
| Inflation in 1981 | 75.00% |
| Inflation in 2021 | 3.73% |
| R$100 in 1981 | R$25,732,710,810,170.32 in 2021 |
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$25,732,710,810,170.32 in order to "adjust" for inflation (sometimes refered to as "beating inflation").
When R$100 is equivalent to R$25,732,710,810,170.32 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 40 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 25,732,710,810,070.32% change in prices:
| Initial value | Equivalent value |
|---|---|
| R$1 real in 1981 | R$257,327,108,101.70 reals today |
| R$5 reals in 1981 | R$1,286,635,540,508.52 reals today |
| R$10 reals in 1981 | R$2,573,271,081,017.03 reals today |
| R$50 reals in 1981 | R$12,866,355,405,085.16 reals today |
| R$100 reals in 1981 | R$25,732,710,810,170.32 reals today |
| R$500 reals in 1981 | R$128,663,554,050,851.58 reals today |
| R$1,000 reals in 1981 | R$257,327,108,101,703.16 reals today |
| R$5,000 reals in 1981 | R$1,286,635,540,508,515.75 reals today |
| R$10,000 reals in 1981 | R$2,573,271,081,017,031.50 reals today |
| R$50,000 reals in 1981 | R$12,866,355,405,085,158.00 reals today |
| R$100,000 reals in 1981 | R$25,732,710,810,170,316.00 reals today |
| R$500,000 reals in 1981 | R$128,663,554,050,851,568.00 reals today |
| R$1,000,000 reals in 1981 | R$257,327,108,101,703,200.00 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 180.1289756711922 in 2021:
180.12897567119227e-10
×
R$100
=
R$25,732,710,810,170.32
R$100 in 1981 has the same "purchasing power" or "buying power" as R$25,732,710,810,170.32 in 2021.
To get the total inflation rate for the 40 years between 1981 and 2021, we use the following formula:
CPI in 2021 - CPI in 1981CPI in 1981
×
100
=
Cumulative inflation rate (40 years)
Plugging in the values to this equation, we get:
180.1289756711922 - 7e-107e-10
×
100
=
25,732,710,810,070%
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, 1981-2021 (BRL).” Official Inflation Data, Alioth Finance, 17 May. 2021, https://www.officialdata.org/brazil/inflation.
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| Cumulative price change | 25,732,710,810,070.32% |
| Average inflation rate | 92.87% |
| Converted amount (R$100 base) | R$25,732,710,810,170.32 |
| Price difference (R$100 base) | R$25,732,710,810,070.32 |
| CPI in 1981 | NaN |
| CPI in 2021 | 180.129 |
| Inflation in 1981 | 75.00% |
| Inflation in 2021 | 3.73% |
| R$100 in 1981 | R$25,732,710,810,170.32 in 2021 |