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Result: ¥100 in 2022 → ¥99.89 in 2024


Value of ¥100 from 2022 to 2024

Updated: September 11, 2025

¥100 in 2022 is equivalent in purchasing power to about ¥99.89 today, a difference of ¥-0.11 over 2 years. The renminbi had an average deflation rate of -0.05% per year since 2022, producing a cumulative price change of -0.11%.

This means that today's prices are 0.11% lower than average prices since 2022, according to the OECD and the World Bank consumer price index for China. A renminbi today buys 100.110% of what it could buy back then.

The inflation rate in 2022 was 1.97%. The current inflation rate compared to the end of last year is now -0.10%. If this number holds, ¥100 today will be equivalent in buying power to ¥99.90 next year.


Inflation from 2022 to 2024
Cumulative price change-0.11%
Average inflation rate-0.05%
Converted amount
¥100 base
¥99.89
Price difference
¥100 base
¥-0.11
CPI in 2022114.790
CPI in 2024114.669
Inflation in 20221.97%
Inflation in 2024-0.10%
¥100 in 2022¥99.89 in 2024

Recent CNY inflation
Annual Rate, the OECD and the World Bank CPI
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Buying power of ¥100 in 2022

This chart shows a calculation of buying power equivalence for ¥100 in 2022 (price index tracking began in 1986).

For example, if you started with ¥100, you would need to end with ¥99.89 in order to "adjust" for inflation (sometimes refered to as "beating inflation").

According to the OECD and the World Bank, each of these CNY amounts below is equal in terms of what it could buy at the time:

Renminbi inflation: 2022-2024
YearRenminbi ValueInflation Rate
2022¥100.001.97%
2023¥100.250.25%
2024¥99.89-0.36%*
* Compared to previous annual rate. Not final. See inflation summary for latest 12-month trailing value.

This conversion table shows various other 2022 amounts in today's renminbi, based on the -0.11% change in prices:

Conversion: 2022 renminbi today
Initial valueEquivalent value
¥1 renminbi in 2022¥1.00 renminbi today
¥5 renminbi in 2022¥4.99 renminbi today
¥10 renminbi in 2022¥9.99 renminbi today
¥50 renminbi in 2022¥49.95 renminbi today
¥100 renminbi in 2022¥99.89 renminbi today
¥500 renminbi in 2022¥499.47 renminbi today
¥1,000 renminbi in 2022¥998.95 renminbi today
¥5,000 renminbi in 2022¥4,994.74 renminbi today
¥10,000 renminbi in 2022¥9,989.48 renminbi today
¥50,000 renminbi in 2022¥49,947.38 renminbi today
¥100,000 renminbi in 2022¥99,894.76 renminbi today
¥500,000 renminbi in 2022¥499,473.82 renminbi today
¥1,000,000 renminbi in 2022¥998,947.65 renminbi today

How to calculate inflation rate for ¥100 since 2022

Our calculations use the following inflation rate formula to calculate the change in value between 2022 and today:

CPI today CPI in 2022
×
2022 CNY value
=
Today's value

Then plug in historical CPI values. The Chinese CPI was 114.7902 in the year 2022 and 114.66939999999998 in 2024:

114.66939999999998114.7902
×
¥100
=
¥99.89

¥100 in 2022 has the same "purchasing power" or "buying power" as ¥99.89 in 2024.

To get the total inflation rate for the 2 years between 2022 and 2024, we use the following formula:

CPI in 2024 - CPI in 2022CPI in 2022
×
100
=
Cumulative inflation rate (2 years)

Plugging in the values to this equation, we get:

114.66939999999998 - 114.7902114.7902
×
100
=
0%

Data source & citation

You may use the following MLA citation for this page: “¥100 in 2022 → 2024 | China Inflation Calculator.” Official Inflation Data, Alioth Finance, 15 Dec. 2025, https://www.officialdata.org/china/inflation/2022?amount=100.

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Ian Webster

About the author

Ian Webster is an engineer and data expert based in San Mateo, California. He has worked for Google, NASA, and consulted for governments around the world on data pipelines and data analysis. Disappointed by the lack of clear resources on the impacts of inflation on economic indicators, Ian believes this website serves as a valuable public tool. Ian earned his degree in Computer Science from Dartmouth College.

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Inflation from 2022 to 2024
Cumulative price change-0.11%
Average inflation rate-0.05%
Converted amount
¥100 base
¥99.89
Price difference
¥100 base
¥-0.11
CPI in 2022114.790
CPI in 2024114.669
Inflation in 20221.97%
Inflation in 2024-0.10%
¥100 in 2022¥99.89 in 2024