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 Consumer price index (Year-on-year growth rate - Base 2012 - %)
Characteristic Description
Name Consumer price index (Year-on-year growth rate - Base 2012 - %) by Geographic localization (NUTS II - 2013) and Special aggregates; Monthly
Regularity Monthly
Source Statistics Portugal, Consumer price index
First available period January 1992
Last available period December 2024
Dimensions
  • Data reference period (Month)
  • Geographic localization (NUTS II - 2013)
  • Special aggregates
Concepts
  • REFERENCE PERIOD:  Period to which the information refers and which may be a specific day or a time interval (month, fiscal year, calendar year, among others).
  • RESIDENT POPULATION:  The persons who regardless of the fact that at the moment of observation ' 0:00 a.m. of the reference day ' are present or absent in a given housing unit, this unit being where they live during most of the year with their family, or where they have all or most of their belongings.
  • CONSUMER PRICE:  Amount paid by households when acquiring individual goods and services based on monetary transactions. This amount corresponds to the value actually paid at the moment of acquisition and includes all indirect taxes minus subsidies on products, reductions and discounts, applied to consumers in general, and excludes interest and other costs associated with credit purchase.
Definition The year-on-year change compares the level of the variable between the current month and the same month a year earlier. In the face of a stable seasonal pattern, this rate of change is not affected by this type of swings. However, it may be influenced by effects in one (or both) of the months compared.
Formule [(CPI year n, month t)/ (CPI year (n-1), month t)-1]*100
Measure unit (symbol) Percentage (%)
Power of 10  0
Observations
Last update date 13/01/2025


information presented in 4/11/2025