Result: R$100 in 1981 → R$25,474,771,531,038.64 in 2021
Why a real today is worth only NaN% of a real in 1981
Updated: October 13, 2021R$100 in 1981 is equivalent in purchasing power to about R$25,474,771,531,038.64 today, an increase of R$25,474,771,530,938.64 over 40 years. The real had an average inflation rate of 92.82% per year between 1981 and today, producing a cumulative price increase of 25,474,771,530,938.64%.
This means that today's prices are 254,747,715,310.39 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 3.21%1. If this number holds, R$100 today will be equivalent in buying power to R$103.21 next year.
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| Cumulative price change | 25,474,771,530,938.64% |
| Average inflation rate | 92.82% |
| Converted amount (R$100 base) | R$25,474,771,531,038.64 |
| Price difference (R$100 base) | R$25,474,771,530,938.64 |
| CPI in 1981 | NaN |
| CPI in 2021 | 178.323 |
| Inflation in 1981 | 75.00% |
| Inflation in 2021 | 3.21% |
| R$100 in 1981 | R$25,474,771,531,038.64 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$25,474,771,531,038.64 in order to "adjust" for inflation (sometimes refered to as "beating inflation").
When R$100 is equivalent to R$25,474,771,531,038.64 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 25,474,771,530,938.64% change in prices:
| Initial value | Equivalent value |
|---|---|
| R$1 real in 1981 | R$254,747,715,310.39 reals today |
| R$5 reals in 1981 | R$1,273,738,576,551.93 reals today |
| R$10 reals in 1981 | R$2,547,477,153,103.86 reals today |
| R$50 reals in 1981 | R$12,737,385,765,519.32 reals today |
| R$100 reals in 1981 | R$25,474,771,531,038.64 reals today |
| R$500 reals in 1981 | R$127,373,857,655,193.20 reals today |
| R$1,000 reals in 1981 | R$254,747,715,310,386.41 reals today |
| R$5,000 reals in 1981 | R$1,273,738,576,551,932.00 reals today |
| R$10,000 reals in 1981 | R$2,547,477,153,103,864.00 reals today |
| R$50,000 reals in 1981 | R$12,737,385,765,519,320.00 reals today |
| R$100,000 reals in 1981 | R$25,474,771,531,038,640.00 reals today |
| R$500,000 reals in 1981 | R$127,373,857,655,193,168.00 reals today |
| R$1,000,000 reals in 1981 | R$254,747,715,310,386,368.00 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 178.32340071727046 in 2021:
178.323400717270467e-10
×
R$100
=
R$25,474,771,531,038.64
R$100 in 1981 has the same "purchasing power" or "buying power" as R$25,474,771,531,038.64 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:
178.32340071727046 - 7e-107e-10
×
100
=
25,474,771,530,939%
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, 19 Oct. 2021, https://www.officialdata.org/brazil/inflation.
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| Cumulative price change | 25,474,771,530,938.64% |
| Average inflation rate | 92.82% |
| Converted amount (R$100 base) | R$25,474,771,531,038.64 |
| Price difference (R$100 base) | R$25,474,771,530,938.64 |
| CPI in 1981 | NaN |
| CPI in 2021 | 178.323 |
| Inflation in 1981 | 75.00% |
| Inflation in 2021 | 3.21% |
| R$100 in 1981 | R$25,474,771,531,038.64 in 2021 |