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 Consumer price index (CPI, Base - 2012)
Characteristic Description
Name Consumer price index (CPI, Base - 2012) by Geographic localization (NUTS II - 2013) and Special aggregates; Annual
Regularity Annual
Source Statistics Portugal, Consumer price index
First available period 1991
Last available period 2023
Dimensions
  • Data reference period
  • Geographic localization (NUTS II - 2013)
  • Special aggregates
Concepts
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • 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).
Definition The Consumer Price Index is an indicator that measures changes over time in the general level of prices of goods and services deemed to be representative of the consumption structure of population residing in Portugal.
Measure unit (symbol) No applicable (-)
Power of 10  0
Observations
Last update date 11/01/2024


information presented in 25/11/2024