The World Factbook. 2008.
Inflation rate (consumer prices)
Country | Inflation rate (consumer prices) |
Afghanistan | 16.3% (2005 est.) |
Albania | 3% (2007 est.) |
Algeria | 4.6% (2007 est.) |
American Samoa | NA% |
Andorra | 3.2% (2005) |
Angola | 12.5% (2007 est.) |
Anguilla | 5.3% (2006 est.) |
Antigua and Barbuda | 2.8% (2007 est.) |
Argentina | 8.5% official rate; actual rate may be double the official rate (2007 est.) |
Armenia | 6.6% (2007 est.) |
Aruba | 3.4% (2005) |
Australia | 3% (2007 est.) |
Austria | 1.9% (2007 est.) |
Azerbaijan | 16% (2007 est.) |
Bahamas, The | 2.4% (2007 est.) |
Bahrain | 3.5% (2007 est.) |
Bangladesh | 8.8% (2007 est.) |
Barbados | 5.5% (2007 est.) |
Belarus | 8.3% (2007 est.) |
Belgium | 1.7% (2007 est.) |
Belize | 2.8% (2007 est.) |
Benin | 2.5% (2007 est.) |
Bermuda | 2.8% (November 2005) |
Bhutan | 5.5% (2005 est.) |
Bolivia | 12% (2007 est.) |
Bosnia and Herzegovina | 1.5% (2007 est.) |
Botswana | 7.2% (2007 est.) |
Brazil | 4.1% (2007 est.) |
British Virgin Islands | 2% (2005) |
Brunei | 1.1% (2005) |
Bulgaria | 7.8% (2007 est.) |
Burkina Faso | 0.7% (2007 est.) |
Burma | 39.5% (2007 est.) |
Burundi | 7% (2007 est.) |
Cambodia | 4.4% (2007 est.) |
Cameroon | 2% (2007 est.) |
Canada | 2.4% (2007 est.) |
Cape Verde | 3% (2007 est.) |
Cayman Islands | 4.4% (2004) |
Central African Republic | 4% (2007 est.) |
Chad | 4% (2007 est.) |
Chile | 6.5% (2007 est.) |
China | 4.7% (2007 est.) |
Colombia | 5.5% (2007 est.) |
Comoros | 3% (2005 est.) |
Congo, Democratic Republic of the | 18.2% (2006 est.) |
Congo, Republic of the | 7% (2007 est.) |
Cook Islands | 2.1% (2005 est.) |
Costa Rica | 9.3% (2007 est.) |
Cote d’Ivoire | 1.8% (2007 est.) |
Croatia | 2.2% (2007 est.) |
Cuba | 3.6% (2007 est.) |
Cyprus | area under government control: 2.3% (2007 est.) area administered by Turkish Cypriots: 9.1% (2004 est.) |
Czech Republic | 2.6% (2007 est.) |
Denmark | 1.5% (2007 est.) |
Djibouti | 3% (2005 est.) |
Dominica | -0.1% (2005 est.) |
Dominican Republic | 5.8% (2007 est.) |
Ecuador | 3.3% (2007 est.) |
Egypt | 8.8% (2007 est.) |
El Salvador | 4.9% (2007 est.) |
Equatorial Guinea | 5.5% (2007 est.) |
Eritrea | 15.5% (2007 est.) |
Estonia | 6.3% (2007 est.) |
Ethiopia | 15.9% (2007 est.) |
European Union | 1.8% (2006 est.) |
Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas) | 3.6% (1998) |
Faroe Islands | 1.8% (2005) |
Fiji | 3% (2005) |
Finland | 2.7% (2007 est.) |
France | 1.5% (2007 est.) |
French Polynesia | 1.1% (2006 est.) |
Gabon | 5% (2007 est.) |
Gambia, The | 3.5% (2007 est.) |
Gaza Strip | 3.6% (includes West Bank) (2006) |
Georgia | 11% (2007 est.) |
Germany | 2% (2007 est.) |
Ghana | 11% (2007 est.) |
Gibraltar | 2.9% (2005) |
Greece | 2.6% (2007 est.) |
Greenland | 1% (2005 est.) |
Grenada | 3% (2005 est.) |
Guam | 2.5% (2005 est.) |
Guatemala | 6.6% (2007 est.) |
Guernsey | 3.4% (June 2006) |
Guinea | 20% (2007 est.) |
Guinea-Bissau | 4% (2002 est.) |
Guyana | 10.4% (2007 est.) |
Haiti | 8.9% (2007 est.) |
Honduras | 6.4% (2007 est.) |
Hong Kong | 2% (2007 est.) |
Hungary | 7.8% (2007 est.) |
Iceland | 4.9% (2007 est.) |
India | 5.9% (2007 est.) |
Indonesia | 6.3% (2007 est.) |
Iran | 17% (July 2007 est.) |
Iraq | 4.7% (2007 est.) |
Ireland | 4.7% (2007 est.) |
Isle of Man | 3.1% (December 2006 est.) |
Israel | 0.4% (2007 est.) |
Italy | 1.7% (2007 est.) |
Jamaica | 7.1% (2007 est.) |
Japan | 0% (2007 est.) |
Jersey | 3.7% (December 2006) |
Jordan | 5.4% (2007 est.) |
Kazakhstan | 9.5% (2007 est.) |
Kenya | 9.3% (2007 est.) |
Kiribati | 0.5% (2005 est.) |
Korea, North | NA% |
Korea, South | 2.5% (2007) |
Kosovo | 2% (2007 est.) |
Kosovo | 2% (2007 est.) |
Kuwait | 3.9% (2007 est.) |
Kyrgyzstan | 6.4% (2007 est.) |
Laos | 5% (2007 est.) |
Latvia | 9.6% (2007 est.) |
Lebanon | 5.6% (2007 est.) |
Lesotho | 12% (2007 est.) |
Liberia | 15% (2003 est.) |
Libya | 3.3% (2007 est.) |
Liechtenstein | 1% (2001) |
Lithuania | 5.4% (2007 est.) |
Luxembourg | 2.1% (2007 est.) |
Macau | 7.2% (2006) |
Macedonia | 2% (2007 est.) |
Madagascar | 10% (2007 est.) |
Malawi | 8% (2007 est.) |
Malaysia | 2.1% note: approximately 30% of goods are price-controlled (2007 est.) |
Maldives | 6% (2005 est.) |
Mali | 4.5% (2002 est.) |
Malta | 0.9% (2007 est.) |
Marshall Islands | 3% (2005 est.) |
Mauritania | 7% (2003 est.) |
Mauritius | 9.1% (2007 est.) |
Mayotte | 1.7% (2005) |
Mexico | 3.8% (2007) |
Micronesia, Federated States of | 2.2% (2005) |
Moldova | 12.5% (2007 est.) |
Monaco | 1.9% (2000) |
Mongolia | 9.5% (2005 est.) |
Montenegro | 3.4% (2004) |
Montserrat | 2.6% (2002 est.) |
Morocco | 2.1% (2007 est.) |
Mozambique | 8% (2007 est.) |
Namibia | 6.7% (2007 est.) |
Nauru | -3.6% (1993) |
Nepal | 8.6% (November 2006 est.) |
Netherlands | 1.8% (2007 est.) |
Netherlands Antilles | 2.1% (2003 est.) |
New Caledonia | 1.4% (2000 est.) |
New Zealand | 2.5% (2007 est.) |
Nicaragua | 9.8% (2007 est.) |
Niger | 0.2% (2004 est.) |
Nigeria | 6.5% (2007 est.) |
Niue | 4% (2005) |
Northern Mariana Islands | -0.8% (2000) |
Norway | 0.4% (2007 est.) |
Oman | 4% (2007 est.) |
Pakistan | 6.9% (2007 est.) |
Palau | 2.7% (2005 est.) |
Panama | 5.1% (2007 est.) |
Papua New Guinea | 1.8% (2007 est.) |
Paraguay | 6% (2007) |
Peru | 3.5% (2007 est.) |
Philippines | 2.8% (2007 est.) |
Poland | 2.1% (2007 est.) |
Portugal | 2.4% (2007 est.) |
Puerto Rico | 6.5% (2003 est.) |
Qatar | 12% (2007 est.) |
Romania | 4.6% (2007 est.) |
Russia | 11.9% annual average note: 12% at year-end (2007 est.) |
Rwanda | 8% (2007 est.) |
Saint Helena | 3.2% (1997 est.) |
Saint Kitts and Nevis | 8.7% (2005 est.) |
Saint Lucia | 2.9% (2005 est.) |
Saint Pierre and Miquelon | 8.1% (2005) |
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 1% (2005 est.) |
Samoa | 3.3% (2005) |
San Marino | -1.5% (2006) |
Sao Tome and Principe | 17% (2007 est.) |
Saudi Arabia | 3.4% (2007 est.) |
Senegal | 5.4% (2007 est.) |
Serbia | 8.9% (2007 est.) |
Seychelles | 2.9% (2007 est.) |
Sierra Leone | 1% (2002 est.) |
Singapore | 4.4% (2007) |
Slovakia | 2.7% (2007 est.) |
Slovenia | 5.6% (2007 est.) |
Solomon Islands | 6.6% (2005 est.) |
Somalia | NA%; note – businesses print their own money, so inflation rates cannot be easily determined |
South Africa | 6.5% (2007 est.) |
Spain | 2.4% (2007 est.) |
Sri Lanka | 15.6% (2007 est.) |
Sudan | 5.3% (2007 est.) |
Suriname | 9.5% (2005 est.) |
Swaziland | 6% (2007 est.) |
Sweden | 2% (2007 est.) |
Switzerland | 0.6% (2007 est.) |
Syria | 7% (2007 est.) |
Taiwan | 1.8% (2007 est.) |
Tajikistan | 9.8% (2007 est.) |
Tanzania | 7% (2007 est.) |
Thailand | 2.2% (2007) |
Timor-Leste | 5.4% (2007 est.) |
Togo | 3% (2007 est.) |
Tokelau | NA% |
Tonga | 11.1% (2005 est.) |
Trinidad and Tobago | 7.6% (2007 est.) |
Tunisia | 2.9% (2007 est.) |
Turkey | 8.5% (2007 est.) |
Turkmenistan | 11.3% (2007 est.) |
Turks and Caicos Islands | 4% (1995) |
Tuvalu | 3.9% (2005 est.) |
Uganda | 5.8% (2007 est.) |
Ukraine | 11.3% (2007 est.) |
United Arab Emirates | 12% (2007 est.) |
United Kingdom | 2.4% (2007 est.) |
United States | 2.7% (2007 est.) |
Uruguay | 8.5% (2007) |
Uzbekistan | 16% officially, but 38% based on analysis of consumer prices (2007 est.) |
Vanuatu | -1.6% (2005 est.) |
Venezuela | 20.7% (Year ending November 2007) |
Vietnam | 8.3% (2007 est.) |
Virgin Islands | 2.2% (2003) |
Wallis and Futuna | 2.8% (2005) |
West Bank | 3.6% (includes Gaza Strip) (2006) |
Western Sahara | NA% |
World | developed countries 1% to 4% typically; developing countries 5% to 20% typically; national inflation rates vary widely in individual cases, from declining prices in Japan to hyperinflation in one Third World countries (Zimbabwe); inflation rates have declined for most countries for the last several years, held in check by increasing international competition from several low wage countries (2005 est.) |
Yemen | 10.7% (2007 est.) |
Zambia | 8.9% (2007 est.) |
Zimbabwe | 26,470% official data; private sector estimates are much higher (2007) |