Result: $100 in 2002 → $404.75 in 2024
The Indian Rupee has lost 75% its value since 2002
Updated: April 10, 2025$100 in 2002 is equivalent in purchasing power to about $404.75 today, an increase of $304.75 over 22 years. The rupee had an average inflation rate of 6.56% per year between 2002 and today, producing a cumulative price increase of 304.75%.
This means that today's prices are 4.05 times as high as average prices since 2002, according to the OECD and the World Bank consumer price index for India. A rupee today only buys 24.707% of what it could buy back then.
The inflation rate in 2002 was 4.30%. The current inflation rate compared to the end of last year is now 4.08%. If this number holds, $100 today will be equivalent in buying power to $104.08 next year.
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| Cumulative price change | 304.75% |
| Average inflation rate | 6.56% |
| Converted amount $100 base | $404.75 |
| Price difference $100 base | $304.75 |
| CPI in 2002 | 39.579 |
| CPI in 2024 | 160.194 |
| Inflation in 2002 | 4.30% |
| Inflation in 2024 | 4.08% |
| $100 in 2002 | $404.75 in 2024 |
Buying power of $100 in 2002
This chart shows a calculation of buying power equivalence for $100 in 2002 (price index tracking began in 1957).
For example, if you started with $100, you would need to end with $404.75 in order to "adjust" for inflation (sometimes refered to as "beating inflation").
When $100 is equivalent to $404.75 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 2002 dollars, the chart below shows how $100 is worth less over 22 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 2002 amounts in today's rupees, based on the 304.75% change in prices:
| Initial value | Equivalent value |
|---|---|
| $1 rupee in 2002 | $4.05 rupees today |
| $5 rupees in 2002 | $20.24 rupees today |
| $10 rupees in 2002 | $40.47 rupees today |
| $50 rupees in 2002 | $202.37 rupees today |
| $100 rupees in 2002 | $404.75 rupees today |
| $500 rupees in 2002 | $2,023.73 rupees today |
| $1,000 rupees in 2002 | $4,047.47 rupees today |
| $5,000 rupees in 2002 | $20,237.34 rupees today |
| $10,000 rupees in 2002 | $40,474.67 rupees today |
| $50,000 rupees in 2002 | $202,373.36 rupees today |
| $100,000 rupees in 2002 | $404,746.73 rupees today |
| $500,000 rupees in 2002 | $2,023,733.63 rupees today |
| $1,000,000 rupees in 2002 | $4,047,467.27 rupees today |
How to calculate inflation rate for $100 since 2002
Our calculations use the following inflation rate formula to calculate the change in value between 2002 and today:
CPI today CPI in 2002
×
2002 INR value
=
Today's value
Then plug in historical CPI values. The Indian CPI was 39.57885 in the year 2002 and 160.1940998279254 in 2024:
160.194099827925439.57885
×
$100
=
$404.75
$100 in 2002 has the same "purchasing power" or "buying power" as $404.75 in 2024.
To get the total inflation rate for the 22 years between 2002 and 2024, we use the following formula:
CPI in 2024 - CPI in 2002CPI in 2002
×
100
=
Cumulative inflation rate (22 years)
Plugging in the values to this equation, we get:
160.1940998279254 - 39.5788539.57885
×
100
=
305%
Data source & citation
You may use the following MLA citation for this page: “Value of 2002 Indian Rupees today | India Inflation Calculator.” Official Inflation Data, Alioth Finance, 22 May. 2025, https://www.officialdata.org/india/inflation/2002.
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| Cumulative price change | 304.75% |
| Average inflation rate | 6.56% |
| Converted amount $100 base | $404.75 |
| Price difference $100 base | $304.75 |
| CPI in 2002 | 39.579 |
| CPI in 2024 | 160.194 |
| Inflation in 2002 | 4.30% |
| Inflation in 2024 | 4.08% |
| $100 in 2002 | $404.75 in 2024 |
