Result: $100 in 1987 → $5,079.08 in 2024
The Mexican Peso has lost 98% its value since 1987
Updated: April 10, 2025$100 in 1987 is equivalent in purchasing power to about $5,079.08 today, an increase of $4,979.08 over 37 years. The peso had an average inflation rate of 11.20% per year between 1987 and today, producing a cumulative price increase of 4,979.08%.
This means that today's prices are 50.79 times as high as average prices since 1987, according to the OECD and the World Bank consumer price index for Mexico. A peso today only buys 1.969% of what it could buy back then.
The inflation rate in 1987 was 131.83%. The current inflation rate compared to the end of last year is now 4.50%. If this number holds, $100 today will be equivalent in buying power to $104.50 next year.
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| Cumulative price change | 4,979.08% |
| Average inflation rate | 11.20% |
| Converted amount $100 base | $5,079.08 |
| Price difference $100 base | $4,979.08 |
| CPI in 1987 | 3.024 |
| CPI in 2024 | 153.594 |
| Inflation in 1987 | 131.83% |
| Inflation in 2024 | 4.50% |
| $100 in 1987 | $5,079.08 in 2024 |
Buying power of $100 in 1987
This chart shows a calculation of buying power equivalence for $100 in 1987 (price index tracking began in 1959).
For example, if you started with $100, you would need to end with $5,079.08 in order to "adjust" for inflation (sometimes refered to as "beating inflation").
When $100 is equivalent to $5,079.08 over time, that means that the "real value" of a single Mexican peso decreases over time. In other words, a peso will pay for fewer items at the store.
This effect explains how inflation erodes the value of a peso over time. By calculating the value in 1987 dollars, the chart below shows how $100 is worth less over 37 years.
According to the OECD and the World Bank, each of these MXN amounts below is equal in terms of what it could buy at the time:
This conversion table shows various other 1987 amounts in today's pesos, based on the 4,979.08% change in prices:
| Initial value | Equivalent value |
|---|---|
| $1 peso in 1987 | $50.79 pesos today |
| $5 pesos in 1987 | $253.95 pesos today |
| $10 pesos in 1987 | $507.91 pesos today |
| $50 pesos in 1987 | $2,539.54 pesos today |
| $100 pesos in 1987 | $5,079.08 pesos today |
| $500 pesos in 1987 | $25,395.38 pesos today |
| $1,000 pesos in 1987 | $50,790.76 pesos today |
| $5,000 pesos in 1987 | $253,953.81 pesos today |
| $10,000 pesos in 1987 | $507,907.62 pesos today |
| $50,000 pesos in 1987 | $2,539,538.09 pesos today |
| $100,000 pesos in 1987 | $5,079,076.17 pesos today |
| $500,000 pesos in 1987 | $25,395,380.86 pesos today |
| $1,000,000 pesos in 1987 | $50,790,761.71 pesos today |
How to calculate inflation rate for $100 since 1987
Our calculations use the following inflation rate formula to calculate the change in value between 1987 and today:
CPI today CPI in 1987
×
1987 MXN value
=
Today's value
Then plug in historical CPI values. The Mexican CPI was 3.024062 in the year 1987 and 153.59441244038106 in 2024:
153.594412440381063.024062
×
$100
=
$5,079.08
$100 in 1987 has the same "purchasing power" or "buying power" as $5,079.08 in 2024.
To get the total inflation rate for the 37 years between 1987 and 2024, we use the following formula:
CPI in 2024 - CPI in 1987CPI in 1987
×
100
=
Cumulative inflation rate (37 years)
Plugging in the values to this equation, we get:
153.59441244038106 - 3.0240623.024062
×
100
=
4,979%
Data source & citation
You may use the following MLA citation for this page: “Value of 1987 Mexican Pesos today | Mexico Inflation Calculator.” Official Inflation Data, Alioth Finance, 8 May. 2025, https://www.officialdata.org/mexico/inflation/1987.
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| Cumulative price change | 4,979.08% |
| Average inflation rate | 11.20% |
| Converted amount $100 base | $5,079.08 |
| Price difference $100 base | $4,979.08 |
| CPI in 1987 | 3.024 |
| CPI in 2024 | 153.594 |
| Inflation in 1987 | 131.83% |
| Inflation in 2024 | 4.50% |
| $100 in 1987 | $5,079.08 in 2024 |
