Shoe prices year by year
One page per year, each with the change in shoe prices, its rank and what that year’s prices are worth at September 2026 prices.
Largest yearly rise
+7.9%
1979, all footwear. Next: 1980 (+7.7%), 1974 (+6.1%).
Largest yearly drop
−2.5%
2020. Shoe prices fell in 13 of 55 years since 1971.
Shoes beat inflation
6 of 55
Years when footwear rose faster than all items, most recently 2015.
2026 so far
+3.3%
January–September average vs the same months of 2025.
Yearly change: shoes vs all items
- All footwear
- All items
Pick a year
2026+3.3%
$102.552025−0.0%
$106.012024+0.7%
$105.982023+0.2%
$106.672022+4.6%
$106.912021+3.7%
$111.842020−2.5%
$115.982019+0.5%
$113.032018−0.5%
$113.562017−0.5%
$113.032016+0.4%
$112.522015+1.0%
$112.952014+0.3%
$114.072013+2.4%
$114.442012+2.6%
$117.202011+0.4%
$120.252010+0.9%
$120.722009+2.2%
$121.802008+1.5%
$124.442007−0.9%
$126.262006+0.7%
$125.072005+2.8%
$126.012004−0.3%
$129.562003−1.5%
$129.232002−1.3%
$127.292001−0.6%
$125.622000−1.5%
$124.811999−1.8%
$122.891998+0.4%
$120.681997+0.7%
$121.131996+1.0%
$122.021995−0.5%
$123.191994+0.1%
$122.621993+0.7%
$122.751992+3.4%
$123.651991+3.0%
$127.811990+2.6%
$131.641989+4.0%
$135.121988+4.6%
$140.551987+3.1%
$147.001986−0.4%
$151.591985+1.3%
$150.951984+1.2%
$152.901983+0.7%
$154.801982+2.5%
$155.861981+5.3%
$159.821980+7.7%
$168.261979+7.9%
$181.271978+4.4%
$195.541977+4.6%
$204.081976+4.0%
$213.551975+4.5%
$221.991974+6.1%
$231.881973+4.2%
$246.001972+2.8%
$256.441971+3.3%
$263.591970+5.2%
$272.26
$102.552025−0.0%
$106.012024+0.7%
$105.982023+0.2%
$106.672022+4.6%
$106.912021+3.7%
$111.842020−2.5%
$115.982019+0.5%
$113.032018−0.5%
$113.562017−0.5%
$113.032016+0.4%
$112.522015+1.0%
$112.952014+0.3%
$114.072013+2.4%
$114.442012+2.6%
$117.202011+0.4%
$120.252010+0.9%
$120.722009+2.2%
$121.802008+1.5%
$124.442007−0.9%
$126.262006+0.7%
$125.072005+2.8%
$126.012004−0.3%
$129.562003−1.5%
$129.232002−1.3%
$127.292001−0.6%
$125.622000−1.5%
$124.811999−1.8%
$122.891998+0.4%
$120.681997+0.7%
$121.131996+1.0%
$122.021995−0.5%
$123.191994+0.1%
$122.621993+0.7%
$122.751992+3.4%
$123.651991+3.0%
$127.811990+2.6%
$131.641989+4.0%
$135.121988+4.6%
$140.551987+3.1%
$147.001986−0.4%
$151.591985+1.3%
$150.951984+1.2%
$152.901983+0.7%
$154.801982+2.5%
$155.861981+5.3%
$159.821980+7.7%
$168.261979+7.9%
$181.271978+4.4%
$195.541977+4.6%
$204.081976+4.0%
$213.551975+4.5%
$221.991974+6.1%
$231.881973+4.2%
$246.001972+2.8%
$256.441971+3.3%
$263.591970+5.2%
$272.26
Small figures: yearly change of the all-footwear index, then what $100 of that year’s shoes comes to at September 2026 prices.
By decade
- 1970s+4.7% / yrAverage yearly change in shoe prices over 10 years, against +7.1% for all items: a gap of 2.4 points a year.
- 1980s+3.0% / yrAverage yearly change in shoe prices over 10 years, against +5.6% for all items: a gap of 2.5 points a year.
- 1990s+1.0% / yrAverage yearly change in shoe prices over 10 years, against +3.0% for all items: a gap of 2 points a year.
- 2000s+0.1% / yrAverage yearly change in shoe prices over 10 years, against +2.6% for all items: a gap of 2.5 points a year.
- 2010s+0.8% / yrAverage yearly change in shoe prices over 10 years, against +1.8% for all items: a gap of 1 points a year.
- 2020s+1.1% / yrAverage yearly change in shoe prices over 6 years, against +3.9% for all items: a gap of 2.8 points a year.