France CPI basket weight: overall excepting tobacco
France CPI basket weight: overall excepting tobacco stood at 9,832 Per 10,000 of total in 2026, according to INSEE – Institut national de la statistique et des études économiques (BDM). It is one of the indicators in the CPI weights table (Value · Annual), with a complete series running from 1996 to 2026. The complete series with an interactive chart, free to download.
This indicator in the CPI weights table
| Indicator | 2026 | 2025 | 2024 | 2023 | 2022 | 2021 | 2020 | 2019 | 2018 | 2017 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Divisions | |||||||||||
| Overall excepting tobacco | 9,832 | 9,836 | 9,823 | 9,815 | 9,785 | 9,757 | 9,795 | 9,809 | 9,807 | 9,812 | |
| Durable goods | 641 | 618 | 640 | 637 | 710 | 720 | 730 | 755 | 753 | 739 |
Understanding france CPI basket weight: overall excepting tobacco
Isolating the entire consumer expenditure spectrum after the complete removal of nicotine and smoking products, this indicator presents a macro-level view of household spending uninfluenced by excise-driven sin taxes. Tobacco pricing behaves independently of broader economic cycles due to continuous government interventions and regulatory levies, making its exclusion valuable for pure macroeconomic assessment. This series differs from standard headline measures only by cleanly subtracting that single product class while retaining every other food, goods, and service category.
Interpreting this weight requires understanding that its movements inversely mirror the changing expenditure share allocated to smoking articles over successive annual updates. Seasonal distortions are minimal here because tobacco consumption lacks the harvest or holiday patterns seen in food or tourism. Researchers utilize this metric to harmonize cross-country comparisons where tobacco taxation policies diverge significantly, ensuring a uniform evaluation of underlying consumer price changes.
Frequently asked questions
- What is the primary purpose of excluding tobacco from this aggregate measure?
- It removes the distorting effect of administrative tax hikes and policy-driven price changes unique to nicotine products.
- Does this series differ substantially from the headline consumer price index?
- It tracks very closely to the headline figure, differing only by the minor weight assigned to smoking articles.
- Are seasonal fluctuations a major concern when reading this indicator?
- No, tobacco purchasing patterns lack the strong seasonal cycles found in agriculture, tourism, or energy.