Result: $1 in 2000 → $4.38 in 2024
Value of $1 from 2000 to 2024
Updated: April 10, 2025$1 in 2000 is equivalent in purchasing power to about $4.38 today, an increase of $3.38 over 24 years. The rupee had an average inflation rate of 6.35% per year between 2000 and today, producing a cumulative price increase of 338.09%.
This means that today's prices are 4.38 times as high as average prices since 2000, according to the OECD and the World Bank consumer price index for India. A rupee today only buys 22.831% of what it could buy back then.
The inflation rate in 2000 was 4.01%. The current inflation rate compared to the end of last year is now 4.08%. If this number holds, $1 today will be equivalent in buying power to $1.04 next year.
⌃
| Cumulative price change | 338.09% |
| Average inflation rate | 6.35% |
| Converted amount $1 base | $4.38 |
| Price difference $1 base | $3.38 |
| CPI in 2000 | 36.566 |
| CPI in 2024 | 160.194 |
| Inflation in 2000 | 4.01% |
| Inflation in 2024 | 4.08% |
| $1 in 2000 | $4.38 in 2024 |
Buying power of $1 in 2000
This chart shows a calculation of buying power equivalence for $1 in 2000 (price index tracking began in 1957).
For example, if you started with $1, you would need to end with $4.38 in order to "adjust" for inflation (sometimes refered to as "beating inflation").
When $1 is equivalent to $4.38 over time, that means that the "real value" of a single Indian rupee decreases over time. In other words, a rupee will pay for fewer items at the store.
This effect explains how inflation erodes the value of a rupee over time. By calculating the value in 2000 dollars, the chart below shows how $1 is worth less over 24 years.
According to the OECD and the World Bank, each of these INR amounts below is equal in terms of what it could buy at the time:
This conversion table shows various other 2000 amounts in today's rupees, based on the 338.09% change in prices:
| Initial value | Equivalent value |
|---|---|
| $1 rupee in 2000 | $4.38 rupees today |
| $5 rupees in 2000 | $21.90 rupees today |
| $10 rupees in 2000 | $43.81 rupees today |
| $50 rupees in 2000 | $219.05 rupees today |
| $100 rupees in 2000 | $438.09 rupees today |
| $500 rupees in 2000 | $2,190.47 rupees today |
| $1,000 rupees in 2000 | $4,380.93 rupees today |
| $5,000 rupees in 2000 | $21,904.66 rupees today |
| $10,000 rupees in 2000 | $43,809.33 rupees today |
| $50,000 rupees in 2000 | $219,046.63 rupees today |
| $100,000 rupees in 2000 | $438,093.26 rupees today |
| $500,000 rupees in 2000 | $2,190,466.28 rupees today |
| $1,000,000 rupees in 2000 | $4,380,932.56 rupees today |
How to calculate inflation rate for $1 since 2000
Our calculations use the following inflation rate formula to calculate the change in value between 2000 and today:
CPI today CPI in 2000
×
2000 INR value
=
Today's value
Then plug in historical CPI values. The Indian CPI was 36.56621 in the year 2000 and 160.1940998279254 in 2024:
160.194099827925436.56621
×
$1
=
$4.38
$1 in 2000 has the same "purchasing power" or "buying power" as $4.38 in 2024.
To get the total inflation rate for the 24 years between 2000 and 2024, we use the following formula:
CPI in 2024 - CPI in 2000CPI in 2000
×
100
=
Cumulative inflation rate (24 years)
Plugging in the values to this equation, we get:
160.1940998279254 - 36.5662136.56621
×
100
=
338%
Data source & citation
You may use the following MLA citation for this page: “$1 in 2000 → 2024 | India Inflation Calculator.” Official Inflation Data, Alioth Finance, 16 May. 2025, https://www.officialdata.org/india/inflation/2000?amount=1.
Special thanks to QuickChart for their chart image API, which is used for chart downloads.
| Cumulative price change | 338.09% |
| Average inflation rate | 6.35% |
| Converted amount $1 base | $4.38 |
| Price difference $1 base | $3.38 |
| CPI in 2000 | 36.566 |
| CPI in 2024 | 160.194 |
| Inflation in 2000 | 4.01% |
| Inflation in 2024 | 4.08% |
| $1 in 2000 | $4.38 in 2024 |