What if you invested $1,000 in MercadoLibre in 2010? (Inflation-Adjusted)

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MercadoLibre turned $1,000 into $46,810 between 2010 and today. Impressive on paper, but inflation over that span came to 53% (BLS CPI-U). Adjusted for that erosion in purchasing power, your real gain in constant 2010 dollars is $30,595, which works out to a +23.5% annualized real growth rate over 16 years.

Nominal final value

$46,810

+4581.0% total return

Real value (2010 dollars)

$30,595

+2959.5% real total return

Real annualized return

+23.5%

vs. +26.7% nominal annualized

Cumulative CPI-U inflation since 2010: 53% (1 dollar in 2010 = $1.53 in 2026)

Year-by-Year (Inflation-Adjusted)

$1,000 in MercadoLibre since 2010, values in constant 2010 dollars

YearNominal ValueReal Value (2010 $)
2010$1,000$1,000
2011$1,782$1,712
2012$2,308$2,173
2013$2,347$2,163
2014$2,576$2,340
2015$3,329$3,025
2016$2,648$2,371
2017$5,019$4,396
2018$10,504$8,925
2019$9,878$8,199
2020$17,991$14,699
2021$48,289$37,558
2022$30,720$21,885
2023$32,067$22,007
2024$46,452$30,968
2025$52,161$34,092
2026$58,283$38,094

Inflation adjustment uses BLS CPI-U annual data, deflated to 2026 dollars. Nominal stock data from Yahoo Finance (split-adjusted closing prices). Real values are expressed in constant 2010 purchasing-power dollars. For informational and educational purposes only. Not financial advice. Past performance does not guarantee future results. See our methodology and full disclaimer.