 | Afghanistan |
10.3% (2003) |
 | Albania |
3.2% (2004 est.) |
 | Algeria |
3.1% (2004 est.) |
 | American Samoa |
NA% |
 | Andorra |
4.3% (2000) |
 | Angola |
43.8% (2004 est.) |
 | Anguilla |
2.3% |
 | Antigua and Barbuda |
0.4% (2000 est.) |
 | Argentina |
6.1% (2004 est.) |
 | Armenia |
3.5% (2004 est.) |
 | Aruba |
3.2% (2002 est.) |
 | Australia |
2.3% (2004 est.) |
 | Austria |
1.8% (2004 est.) |
 | Azerbaijan |
4.6% (2004 est.) |
 | Bahamas, The |
1.2% (year ending September 2004) |
 | Bahrain |
2.1% (2004 est.) |
 | Bangladesh |
6% (2004 est.) |
 | Barbados |
-0.5% (2003 est.) |
 | Belarus |
17.4% (2004 est.) |
 | Belgium |
1.9% (2004 est.) |
 | Belize |
2.9% (2004 est.) |
 | Benin |
2.8% (2004 est.) |
 | Bermuda |
3.3% (mid-2003 est.) |
 | Bhutan |
3% (2002 est.) |
 | Bolivia |
4.9% (2004 est.) |
 | Bosnia and Herzegovina |
1.1% (2004 est.) |
 | Botswana |
7% (2004 est.) |
 | Brazil |
7.6% (2004 est.) |
 | British Virgin Islands |
2.5% (2003) |
 | Brunei |
0.3% (2003 est.) |
 | Bulgaria |
6.1% (2004 est.) |
 | Burkina Faso |
2.4% (2004 est.) |
 | Burma |
17.2% (2004 est.) |
 | Burundi |
8.5% (2004 est.) |
 | Cambodia |
3.1% (2004 est.) |
 | Cameroon |
1% (2004 est.) |
 | Canada |
1.9% (2004 est.) |
 | Cape Verde |
1.5% (2004 est.) |
 | Cayman Islands |
2.8% (2002) |
 | Central African Republic |
3.6% (2001 est.) |
 | Chad |
8% (2004 est.) |
 | Chile |
2.4% (2004 est.) |
 | China |
4.1% (2004 est.) |
 | Colombia |
5.9% (2004 est.) |
 | Comoros |
3.5% (2001 est.) |
 | Congo, Democratic Republic of the |
14% (2003 est.) |
 | Congo, Republic of the |
1.8% (2004 est.) |
 | Cook Islands |
3.2% (2000 est.) |
 | Costa Rica |
11.5% (2004 est.) |
 | Cote d'Ivoire |
1.4% (2004 est.) |
 | Croatia |
2.5% (2004 est.) |
 | Cuba |
3.1% (2004 est.) |
 | Cyprus |
Republic of Cyprus: 2.4% (2003 est.); north Cyprus: 12.6% (2003 est.) |
 | Czech Republic |
3.2% (2004 est.) |
 | Denmark |
1.4% (2004 est.) |
 | Djibouti |
2% (2002 est.) |
 | Dominica |
1% (2001 est.) |
 | Dominican Republic |
55% (2004 est.) |
 | East Timor |
4% (2003 est.) |
 | Ecuador |
2% (2004 est.) |
 | Egypt |
9.5% (2004 est.) |
 | El Salvador |
5.4% (2004 est.) |
 | Equatorial Guinea |
8.5% (2004 est.) |
 | Eritrea |
10% (2004 est.) |
 | Estonia |
3% (2004 est.) |
 | Ethiopia |
2.4% (2004 est.) |
 | European Union |
2.1% (2004 est.) |
-2005-bmala.jpg) | Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas) |
3.6% (1998) |
 | Faroe Islands |
5.1% (1999) |
 | Fiji |
1.6% (2002 est.) |
 | Finland |
0.7% (2004 est.) |
 | France |
2.3% (2004 est.) |
 | French Guiana |
1.5% (2002 est.) |
 | French Polynesia |
1.5% (2002 est.) |
 | Gabon |
1.5% (2004 est.) |
 | Gambia, The |
7% (2004 est.) |
 | Gaza Strip |
2.2% (includes West Bank) (2001 est.) |
 | Georgia |
5.5% (2004 est.) |
 | Germany |
1.6% (2004 est.) |
 | Ghana |
13% (2004 est.) |
 | Gibraltar |
1.5% (1998) |
 | Greece |
2.9% (2004 est.) |
 | Greenland |
1.6% (1999 est.) |
 | Grenada |
2.8% (2001 est.) |
 | Guadeloupe |
NA% |
 | Guam |
0% (1999 est.) |
 | Guatemala |
7.2% (2004 est.) |
 | Guernsey |
4.9% (2004 est.) |
 | Guinea |
18% (2004 est.) |
 | Guinea-Bissau |
4% (2002 est.) |
 | Guyana |
4.5% (2004 est.) |
 | Haiti |
22% (2004 est.) |
 | Honduras |
7% (2004 est.) |
 | Hong Kong |
-0.3% (2004 est.) |
 | Hungary |
7% (2004 est.) |
 | Iceland |
4% (2004 est.) |
 | India |
4.2% (2004 est.) |
 | Indonesia |
6.1% (2004 est.) |
 | Iran |
15.5% (2004 est.) |
 | Iraq |
25.4% (2004 est.) |
 | Ireland |
2.2% (2004 est.) |
 | Isle of Man |
3.6% (March 2003 est.) |
 | Israel |
0% (2004 est.) |
 | Italy |
2.3% (2004 est.) |
 | Jamaica |
12.4% (2004 est.) |
 | Japan |
-0.1% (2004 est.) |
 | Jersey |
5.3% (2004) |
 | Jordan |
3.2% (2004 est.) |
 | Kazakhstan |
6.9% (2004 est.) |
 | Kenya |
9% (2004 est.) |
 | Kiribati |
2.5% (2001 est.) |
 | Korea, North |
NA (2003 est.) |
 | Korea, South |
3.6% (2004 est.) |
 | Kuwait |
2.3% (2004 est.) |
 | Kyrgyzstan |
3.2% (2004 est.) |
 | Laos |
12.3% (2004 est.) |
 | Latvia |
6% (2004 est.) |
 | Lebanon |
2% (2004 est.) |
 | Lesotho |
5.3% (2004 est.) |
 | Liberia |
15% (2003 est.) |
 | Libya |
2.9% (2004 est.) |
 | Liechtenstein |
1% (2001) |
 | Lithuania |
1.1% (2004 est.) |
 | Luxembourg |
2.4% (2004 est.) |
 | Macau |
2% (3rd quarter, 2004) |
 | Macedonia |
0.4% (2004 est.) |
 | Madagascar |
7.5% (2004 est.) |
 | Malawi |
12% (2004 est.) |
 | Malaysia |
1.3% (2004 est.) |
 | Maldives |
1% (2002 est.) |
 | Mali |
4.5% (2002 est.) |
 | Malta |
2.9% (2004 est.) |
 | Marshall Islands |
2% (2001 est.) |
 | Martinique |
3.9% (1990) |
 | Mauritania |
7% (2003 est.) |
 | Mauritius |
4.5% (2004 est.) |
 | Mayotte |
NA% |
 | Mexico |
5.4% (2004 est.) |
 | Micronesia, Federated States of |
1% (2002 est.) |
 | Moldova |
11.5% (2004 est.) |
 | Monaco |
1.9% (2000) |
 | Mongolia |
11% (2004 est.) |
 | Montserrat |
2.6% (2002 est.) |
 | Morocco |
2.1% (2004 est.) |
 | Mozambique |
12.8% (2004 est.) |
 | Namibia |
4.2% (2004 est.) |
 | Nauru |
-3.6% (1993) |
 | Nepal |
2.9% (2002 est.) |
 | Netherlands |
1.4% (2004 est.) |
 | Netherlands Antilles |
2.1% (2003 est.) |
 | New Caledonia |
-0.6% (2000 est.) |
 | New Zealand |
2.4% (2004 est.) |
 | Nicaragua |
9.3% (2004 est.) |
 | Niger |
3% (2002 est.) |
 | Nigeria |
16.5% (2004 est.) |
 | Niue |
1% (1995) |
 | Norfolk Island |
NA |
 | Northern Mariana Islands |
1.2% (1997 est.) |
 | Norway |
1% (2004 est.) |
 | Oman |
0.2% (2004 est.) |
 | Pakistan |
4.8% (FY03/04 est.) |
 | Palau |
3.4% (2000 est.) |
 | Panama |
2% (2004 est.) |
 | Papua New Guinea |
4.2% (2004 est.) |
 | Paraguay |
5.1% (2004 est.) |
 | Peru |
3.8% (2004 est.) |
 | Philippines |
5.5% (2004 est.) |
 | Pitcairn Islands |
NA |
 | Poland |
3.4% (2004 est.) |
 | Portugal |
2.1% (2004 est.) |
 | Puerto Rico |
6.5% (2003 est.) |
 | Qatar |
3% (2004 est.) |
 | Reunion |
NA% |
 | Romania |
9.6% (2004 est.) |
 | Russia |
11.5% (2004 est.) |
 | Rwanda |
7% (2004 est.) |
 | Saint Helena |
3.2% (1997 est.) |
 | Saint Kitts and Nevis |
1.7% (2001 est.) |
 | Saint Lucia |
3% (2001 est.) |
 | Saint Pierre and Miquelon |
2.1% (1991-96 average) |
 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines |
-0.4% (2001 est.) |
 | Samoa |
4% (2001 est.) |
 | San Marino |
3.3% (2001) |
 | Sao Tome and Principe |
14% (2004 est.) |
 | Saudi Arabia |
0.8% (2004 est.) |
 | Senegal |
0.8% (2004 est.) |
 | Serbia and Montenegro |
8.8% (2004 est.) |
 | Seychelles |
5% (2004 est.) |
 | Sierra Leone |
1% (2002 est.) |
 | Singapore |
1.7% (2004 est.) |
 | Slovakia |
7.5% (2004 est.) |
 | Slovenia |
3.3% (2004 est.) |
 | Solomon Islands |
10% (2003 est.) |
 | Somalia |
note - businesses print their own money, so inflation rates cannot be sensibly determined (2004 est.) |
 | South Africa |
4.5% (2004 est.) |
 | Spain |
3.2% (2004 est.) |
 | Sri Lanka |
5.8% (2004 est.) |
 | Sudan |
9% (2004 est.) |
 | Suriname |
23% (2003 est.) |
 | Swaziland |
5.4% (2004 est.) |
 | Sweden |
0.7% (2004 est.) |
 | Switzerland |
0.9% (2004 est.) |
 | Syria |
2.1% (2004 est.) |
 | Taiwan |
1.7% (2004 est.) |
 | Tajikistan |
8% (2004 est.) |
 | Tanzania |
5.4% (2004 est.) |
 | Thailand |
2.8% (2004 est.) |
 | Togo |
1% (2004 est.) |
 | Tokelau |
NA% |
 | Tonga |
10.3% (2002 est.) |
 | Trinidad and Tobago |
3.3% (2004 est.) |
 | Tunisia |
4.1% (2004 est.) |
 | Turkey |
9.3% (2004 est.) |
 | Turkmenistan |
9% (2004 est.) |
 | Turks and Caicos Islands |
4% (1995) |
 | Tuvalu |
5% (2000 est.) |
 | Uganda |
3.5% (2004 est.) |
 | Ukraine |
12% (2004 est.) |
 | United Arab Emirates |
3.2% (2004 est.) |
 | United Kingdom |
1.4% (2004 est.) |
 | United States |
2.5% (2004 est.) |
 | Uruguay |
7.6% (2004 est.) |
 | Uzbekistan |
3% (2004 est.) |
 | Vanuatu |
3.1% (2003 est.) |
 | Venezuela |
22.4% (2004 est.) |
 | Vietnam |
9.5% (2004 est.) |
 | Virgin Islands |
2.2% (2003) |
 | Wallis and Futuna |
NA% |
 | West Bank |
2.2% (includes Gaza Strip) (2001 est.) |
 | Western Sahara |
NA |
 | World |
developed countries 1% to 4% typically; developing countries 5% to 60% typically; national inflation rates vary widely in individual cases, from declining prices in Japan to hyperinflation in several Third World countries (2004 est.) |
 | Yemen |
12.2% (2004 est.) |
 | Zambia |
18.3% (2004 est.) |
 | Zimbabwe |
133% (2004 est.) |