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Value of a dollar · 1964

Value of a Dollar in 1964

$1 in 1964 had the same buying power as $10.12 in 2024. Prices rose 912% over those 60 years, an average of 3.93% a year.

  • $100 from 1964 $1,012 in 2024 dollars
  • Prices since +912% 10.12× the 1964 level
  • Average inflation 3.93% a year, 1964–2024
  • $100 in 2024 $9.88 in 1964 dollars

1964 dollars in 2024 money

In 1964Worth in 2024
$1$10.12
$10$101
$100$1,012
$1,000$10,117
$10,000$101,167

For a specific amount or a different pair of years, use the inflation calculator.

How $100 from 1964 kept pace

The amount needed in each later year to buy what $100 bought in 1964:

  1. 1964 $100
  2. 1970 $125
  3. 1980 $266
  4. 1990 $421
  5. 2000 $555
  6. 2010 $703
  7. 2020 $835
  8. 2024 $1,012

Prices had doubled by 1978, 14 years after 1964. The steepest single year along the way was 1980, when inflation reached 13.55%. Read what happened in 1980.

Value of a dollar in 1964 — FAQ

How much is $1 from 1964 worth today?

$1 in 1964 buys about as much as $10.12 did in 2024, the latest full year of Consumer Price Index data. $100 from 1964 equals about $1,012.

How much have prices gone up since 1964?

Consumer prices rose about 912% from 1964 to 2024, so things cost about 10.12 times as much. That works out to an average of 3.93% a year.

What would $100 in 2024 have been worth in 1964?

$100 in 2024 had the buying power of about $9.88 in 1964.

When did prices double after 1964?

By 1978, 14 years later, the price level was more than twice what it was in 1964, so a dollar saved in 1964 bought less than half as much.

Based on annual average Consumer Price Index levels. 2024 is the latest full year in the data, so “today” on this page means 2024 dollars.

Data: World Bank, World Development Indicators, via APIVerve. Our tables, charts and text are licensed CC BY-NC 4.0: share and adapt them for non-commercial use as long as you credit us. For commercial use or bulk data, use the APIVerve API. See the data terms. Cite as: Digest Your Finances, “Value of a Dollar by Year”, https://digestyourfinances.com/studies/value-of-a-dollar/1964/ — based on World Bank, World Development Indicators. CC BY-NC 4.0.

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