Result: fr.100 in 2009 → fr.107.18 in 2024
The Swiss Franc has lost 7% its value since 2009
Updated: April 10, 2025fr.100 in 2009 is equivalent in purchasing power to about fr.107.18 today, an increase of fr.7.18 over 15 years. The franc had an average inflation rate of 0.46% per year between 2009 and today, producing a cumulative price increase of 7.18%.
This means that today's prices are 1.07 times as high as average prices since 2009, according to the OECD and the World Bank consumer price index for Switzerland. A franc today only buys 93.301% of what it could buy back then.
The inflation rate in 2009 was -0.48%. The current inflation rate compared to the end of last year is now 1.88%. If this number holds, fr.100 today will be equivalent in buying power to fr.101.88 next year.
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| Cumulative price change | 7.18% |
| Average inflation rate | 0.46% |
| Converted amount fr.100 base | fr.107.18 |
| Price difference fr.100 base | fr.7.18 |
| CPI in 2009 | 101.166 |
| CPI in 2024 | 108.428 |
| Inflation in 2009 | -0.48% |
| Inflation in 2024 | 1.88% |
| fr.100 in 2009 | fr.107.18 in 2024 |
Buying power of fr.100 in 2009
This chart shows a calculation of buying power equivalence for fr.100 in 2009 (price index tracking began in 1955).
For example, if you started with fr.100, you would need to end with fr.107.18 in order to "adjust" for inflation (sometimes refered to as "beating inflation").
When fr.100 is equivalent to fr.107.18 over time, that means that the "real value" of a single Swiss franc decreases over time. In other words, a franc will pay for fewer items at the store.
This effect explains how inflation erodes the value of a franc over time. By calculating the value in 2009 dollars, the chart below shows how fr.100 is worth less over 15 years.
According to the OECD and the World Bank, each of these CHF amounts below is equal in terms of what it could buy at the time:
This conversion table shows various other 2009 amounts in today's francs, based on the 7.18% change in prices:
| Initial value | Equivalent value |
|---|---|
| fr.1 franc in 2009 | fr.1.07 francs today |
| fr.5 francs in 2009 | fr.5.36 francs today |
| fr.10 francs in 2009 | fr.10.72 francs today |
| fr.50 francs in 2009 | fr.53.59 francs today |
| fr.100 francs in 2009 | fr.107.18 francs today |
| fr.500 francs in 2009 | fr.535.89 francs today |
| fr.1,000 francs in 2009 | fr.1,071.78 francs today |
| fr.5,000 francs in 2009 | fr.5,358.91 francs today |
| fr.10,000 francs in 2009 | fr.10,717.82 francs today |
| fr.50,000 francs in 2009 | fr.53,589.08 francs today |
| fr.100,000 francs in 2009 | fr.107,178.17 francs today |
| fr.500,000 francs in 2009 | fr.535,890.85 francs today |
| fr.1,000,000 francs in 2009 | fr.1,071,781.69 francs today |
How to calculate inflation rate for fr.100 since 2009
Our calculations use the following inflation rate formula to calculate the change in value between 2009 and today:
CPI today CPI in 2009
×
2009 CHF value
=
Today's value
Then plug in historical CPI values. The Swiss CPI was 101.166 in the year 2009 and 108.42786654182534 in 2024:
108.42786654182534101.166
×
fr.100
=
fr.107.18
fr.100 in 2009 has the same "purchasing power" or "buying power" as fr.107.18 in 2024.
To get the total inflation rate for the 15 years between 2009 and 2024, we use the following formula:
CPI in 2024 - CPI in 2009CPI in 2009
×
100
=
Cumulative inflation rate (15 years)
Plugging in the values to this equation, we get:
108.42786654182534 - 101.166101.166
×
100
=
7%
Data source & citation
You may use the following MLA citation for this page: “Value of 2009 Swiss Francs today | Switzerland Inflation Calculator.” Official Inflation Data, Alioth Finance, 17 May. 2025, https://www.officialdata.org/switzerland/inflation/2009.
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| Cumulative price change | 7.18% |
| Average inflation rate | 0.46% |
| Converted amount fr.100 base | fr.107.18 |
| Price difference fr.100 base | fr.7.18 |
| CPI in 2009 | 101.166 |
| CPI in 2024 | 108.428 |
| Inflation in 2009 | -0.48% |
| Inflation in 2024 | 1.88% |
| fr.100 in 2009 | fr.107.18 in 2024 |
