Result: €100 in 2018 → €119.44 in 2024
€100 in 2018 is equivalent in purchasing power to about €119.44 today, an increase of €19.44 over 6 years. The euro had an average inflation rate of 3.00% per year between 2018 and today, producing a cumulative price increase of 19.44%.
This means that today's prices are 1.19 times as high as average prices since 2018, according to the OECD and the World Bank consumer price index for France. A euro today only buys 83.724% of what it could buy back then.
The inflation rate in 2018 was 1.85%. The current inflation rate compared to the end of last year is now 4.60%. If this number holds, €100 today will be equivalent in buying power to €104.60 next year.
| Cumulative price change | 19.44% |
| Average inflation rate | 3.00% |
| Converted amount €100 base | €119.44 |
| Price difference €100 base | €19.44 |
| CPI in 2018 | 103.090 |
| CPI in 2024 | 123.129 |
| Inflation in 2018 | 1.85% |
| Inflation in 2024 | 4.60% |
| €100 in 2018 | €119.44 in 2024 |
This chart shows a calculation of buying power equivalence for €100 in 2018 (price index tracking began in 1955).
For example, if you started with €100, you would need to end with €119.44 in order to "adjust" for inflation (sometimes refered to as "beating inflation").
When €100 is equivalent to €119.44 over time, that means that the "real value" of a single French euro decreases over time. In other words, a euro will pay for fewer items at the store.
This effect explains how inflation erodes the value of a euro over time. By calculating the value in 2018 dollars, the chart below shows how €100 is worth less over 6 years.
According to the OECD and the World Bank, each of these EUR amounts below is equal in terms of what it could buy at the time:
This conversion table shows various other 2018 amounts in today's euros, based on the 19.44% change in prices:
| Initial value | Equivalent value |
|---|---|
| €1 euro in 2018 | €1.19 euros today |
| €5 euros in 2018 | €5.97 euros today |
| €10 euros in 2018 | €11.94 euros today |
| €50 euros in 2018 | €59.72 euros today |
| €100 euros in 2018 | €119.44 euros today |
| €500 euros in 2018 | €597.19 euros today |
| €1,000 euros in 2018 | €1,194.38 euros today |
| €5,000 euros in 2018 | €5,971.90 euros today |
| €10,000 euros in 2018 | €11,943.80 euros today |
| €50,000 euros in 2018 | €59,719.00 euros today |
| €100,000 euros in 2018 | €119,438.00 euros today |
| €500,000 euros in 2018 | €597,189.99 euros today |
| €1,000,000 euros in 2018 | €1,194,379.98 euros today |
Our calculations use the following inflation rate formula to calculate the change in value between 2018 and today:
Then plug in historical CPI values. The French CPI was 103.09 in the year 2018 and 123.12863262088298 in 2024:
€100 in 2018 has the same "purchasing power" or "buying power" as €119.44 in 2024.
To get the total inflation rate for the 6 years between 2018 and 2024, we use the following formula:
Plugging in the values to this equation, we get:
You may use the following MLA citation for this page: “€100 in 2018 → 2024 | France Inflation Calculator.” Official Inflation Data, Alioth Finance, 20 Dec. 2025, https://www.officialdata.org/france/inflation/2018?amount=100.
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| Cumulative price change | 19.44% |
| Average inflation rate | 3.00% |
| Converted amount €100 base | €119.44 |
| Price difference €100 base | €19.44 |
| CPI in 2018 | 103.090 |
| CPI in 2024 | 123.129 |
| Inflation in 2018 | 1.85% |
| Inflation in 2024 | 4.60% |
| €100 in 2018 | €119.44 in 2024 |