![]() | Afghanistan | 16.3% (2005 est.) |
![]() | Albania | 2.4% (2006 est.) |
![]() | Algeria | 2.6% (2006 est.) |
![]() | American Samoa | NA% |
![]() | Andorra | 3.2% (2005) |
![]() | Angola | 13.3% (2006 est.) |
![]() | Anguilla | 5.3% (2006 est.) |
![]() | Antigua and Barbuda | 0.9% (2005 est.) |
![]() | Argentina | 10.9% (2006 est.) |
![]() | Armenia | 2.9% (2006 est.) |
![]() | Aruba | 3.4% (2005) |
![]() | Australia | 3.5% (2006 est.) |
![]() | Austria | 1.4% (2006 est.) |
![]() | Azerbaijan | 8.3% (2006 est.) |
![]() | Bahamas, The | 1.2% (2004) |
![]() | Bahrain | 2.1% (2006 est.) |
![]() | Bangladesh | 6.8% (2006 est.) |
![]() | Barbados | -0.5% (2003 est.) |
![]() | Belarus | 7% (2006 est.) |
![]() | Belgium | 1.8% (2006 est.) |
![]() | Belize | 4.3% (2006 est.) |
![]() | Benin | 3.8% (2006 est.) |
![]() | Bermuda | 2.8% (November 2005) |
![]() | Bhutan | 5.5% (2005 est.) |
![]() | Bolivia | 4.3% (2006 est.) |
![]() | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 7.5% (2006 est.) |
![]() | Botswana | 11.5% (2006 est.) |
![]() | Brazil | 4.2% (2006 est.) |
![]() | British Virgin Islands | 2% (2005) |
![]() | Brunei | 1.1% (2005) |
![]() | Bulgaria | 7.3% (2006 est.) |
![]() | Burkina Faso | 2.3% (2006 est.) |
![]() | Burma | 20% (2006 est.) |
![]() | Burundi | 2.8% (2006 est.) |
![]() | Cambodia | 4.7% (2006 est.) |
![]() | Cameroon | 5.1% (2006 est.) |
![]() | Canada | 2% (2006 est.) |
![]() | Cape Verde | 5.4% (2006 est.) |
![]() | Cayman Islands | 4.4% (2004) |
![]() | Central African Republic | 3.6% (2001 est.) |
![]() | Chad | 8% (2006 est.) |
![]() | Chile | 3.4% (2006 est.) |
![]() | China | 1.7% (2006 est.) |
![]() | Colombia | 4.3% (2006 est.) |
![]() | Comoros | 3% (2005 est.) |
![]() | Congo, Democratic Republic of the | 18.2% (2006 est.) |
![]() | Congo, Republic of the | 5.5% (2006 est.) |
![]() | Cook Islands | 2.1% (2005 est.) |
![]() | Costa Rica | 11.5% (2006 est.) |
![]() | Cote d'Ivoire | 2.4% (2006 est.) |
![]() | Croatia | 3.2% (2006 est.) |
![]() | Cuba | 6.2% (2006 est.) |
![]() | Cyprus | area under government control: 2.8% (2005 est.)
area administered by Turkish Cypriots: 9.1% (2004 est.) (2006 est.) |
![]() | Czech Republic | 2.5% (2006 est.) |
![]() | Denmark | 1.9% (2006 est.) |
![]() | Djibouti | 3% (2005 est.) |
![]() | Dominica | -0.1% (2005 est.) |
![]() | Dominican Republic | 7.6% (2006 est.) |
![]() | Ecuador | 3.3% (2006 est.) |
![]() | Egypt | 7.7% (2006 est.) |
![]() | El Salvador | 4% (2006 est.) |
![]() | Equatorial Guinea | 5% (2006 est.) |
![]() | Eritrea | 15% (2006 est.) |
![]() | Estonia | 4.4% (2006 est.) |
![]() | Ethiopia | 13.5% (2006 est.) |
![]() | European Union | 1.8% (2006 est.) |
![]() | Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas) | 3.6% (1998) |
![]() | Faroe Islands | 1.8% (2005) |
![]() | Fiji | 3% (2005) |
![]() | Finland | 1.6% (2006 est.) |
![]() | France | 1.7% (2006 est.) |
![]() | French Polynesia | 1.1% (2006 est.) |
![]() | Gabon | 4% (2006 est.) |
![]() | Gambia, The | 1.5% (2006 est.) |
![]() | Gaza Strip | 1.2% (includes West Bank) (2005) |
![]() | Georgia | 9.2% (2006 est.) |
![]() | Germany | 1.7% (2006 est.) |
![]() | Ghana | 10.9% (2006 est.) |
![]() | Gibraltar | 1.5% (1998) |
![]() | Greece | 3.2% (2006 est.) |
![]() | Greenland | 1% (2005 est.) |
![]() | Grenada | 3% (2005 est.) |
![]() | Guam | 2.5% (2005 est.) |
![]() | Guatemala | 6.6% (2006 est.) |
![]() | Guernsey | 3.4% (June 2006) |
![]() | Guinea | 30% (2006 est.) |
![]() | Guinea-Bissau | 4% (2002 est.) |
![]() | Guyana | 7.2% (2006 est.) |
![]() | Haiti | 13.1% (2006 est.) |
![]() | Honduras | 5.6% (2006 est.) |
![]() | Hong Kong | 2% (2006 est.) |
![]() | Hungary | 4.1% (2006 est.) |
![]() | Iceland | 6.7% (2006 est.) |
![]() | India | 6.2% (2006 est.) |
![]() | Indonesia | 13.1% (2006 est.) |
![]() | Iran | 12% (2006 est.) |
![]() | Iraq | 53.2% (2006 est.) |
![]() | Ireland | 3.9% (2006 est.) |
![]() | Isle of Man | 3.1% (December 2006 est.) |
![]() | Israel | 2.1% (2006 est.) |
![]() | Italy | 2.1% (2006 est.) |
![]() | Jamaica | 8.6% (2006 est.) |
![]() | Japan | 0.2% (2006 est.) |
![]() | Jersey | 3.7% (December 2006) |
![]() | Jordan | 6.2% (2006 est.) |
![]() | Kazakhstan | 8.6% (2006 est.) |
![]() | Kenya | 14.5% (2006 est.) |
![]() | Kiribati | 0.5% (2005 est.) |
![]() | Korea, North | NA% |
![]() | Korea, South | 2.2% (2006 est.) |
![]() | Kuwait | 3% (2006 est.) |
![]() | Kyrgyzstan | 5.6% (2006 est.) |
![]() | Laos | 6.8% (2006 est.) |
![]() | Latvia | 6.5% (2006 est.) |
![]() | Lebanon | 4% (2006 est.) |
![]() | Lesotho | 6.1% (2006 est.) |
![]() | Liberia | 15% (2003 est.) |
![]() | Libya | 2.7% (2006 est.) |
![]() | Liechtenstein | 1% (2001) |
![]() | Lithuania | 3.8% (2006 est.) |
![]() | Luxembourg | 2.7% (2006 est.) |
![]() | Macau | 4.4% (2005) |
![]() | Macedonia | 3.2% (2006 est.) |
![]() | Madagascar | 10.8% (2006 est.) |
![]() | Malawi | 14% (2006 est.) |
![]() | Malaysia | 3.6% (2006 est.) |
![]() | Maldives | 6% (2005 est.) |
![]() | Mali | 4.5% (2002 est.) |
![]() | Malta | 2.8% (2006 est.) |
![]() | Marshall Islands | 3% (2005 est.) |
![]() | Mauritania | 7% (2003 est.) |
![]() | Mauritius | 8.9% (2006 est.) |
![]() | Mayotte | 1.7% (2005) |
![]() | Mexico | 3.6% (2006 est.) |
![]() | Micronesia, Federated States of | 2.2% (2005) |
![]() | Moldova | 12.7% (2006 est.) |
![]() | Monaco | 1.9% (2000) |
![]() | Mongolia | 9.5% (2005 est.) |
![]() | Montenegro | 3.4% (2004) |
![]() | Montserrat | 2.6% (2002 est.) |
![]() | Morocco | 3.4% (2006 est.) |
![]() | Mozambique | 13.2% (2006 est.) |
![]() | Namibia | 5.1% (2006 est.) |
![]() | Nauru | -3.6% (1993) |
![]() | Nepal | 8.6% (November 2006 est.) |
![]() | Netherlands | 1.1% (2006 est.) |
![]() | Netherlands Antilles | 2.1% (2003 est.) |
![]() | New Caledonia | 1.4% (2000 est.) |
![]() | New Zealand | 3.4% (2006 est.) |
![]() | Nicaragua | 9.1% (2006 est.) |
![]() | Niger | 0.2% (2004 est.) |
![]() | Nigeria | 8.2% (2006 est.) |
![]() | Niue | 4% (2005) |
![]() | Northern Mariana Islands | -0.8% (2000) |
![]() | Norway | 2.3% (2006 est.) |
![]() | Oman | 3.2% (2006 est.) |
![]() | Pakistan | 7.9% (2006 est.) |
![]() | Palau | 2.7% (2005 est.) |
![]() | Panama | 1.1% (2006 est.) |
![]() | Papua New Guinea | 2.9% (2006 est.) |
![]() | Paraguay | 9.6% (2006 est.) |
![]() | Peru | 2% (2006 est.) |
![]() | Philippines | 6.3% (2006 est.) |
![]() | Poland | 1% (2006 est.) |
![]() | Portugal | 3.1% (2006 est.) |
![]() | Puerto Rico | 6.5% (2003 est.) |
![]() | Qatar | 11.8% (2006 est.) |
![]() | Romania | 6.6% (2006 est.) |
![]() | Russia | 9.7% (2006 est.) |
![]() | Rwanda | 8.8% (2006 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 | 23.1% (2006 est.) |
![]() | Saudi Arabia | 2.2% (2006 est.) |
![]() | Senegal | 2.1% (2006 est.) |
![]() | Serbia | 15.5% (2005 est.) |
![]() | Seychelles | -0.4% (2006 est.) |
![]() | Sierra Leone | 1% (2002 est.) |
![]() | Singapore | 1% (2006 est.) |
![]() | Slovakia | 4.5% (2006 est.) |
![]() | Slovenia | 2.5% (2006 est.) |
![]() | Solomon Islands | 6.6% (2005 est.) |
![]() | Somalia | NA%; note - businesses print their own money, so inflation rates cannot be easily determined |
![]() | South Africa | 4.6% (2006 est.) |
![]() | Spain | 3.5% (2006 est.) |
![]() | Sri Lanka | 13.7% (2006 est.) |
![]() | Sudan | 7.2% (2006 est.) |
![]() | Suriname | 9.5% (2005 est.) |
![]() | Swaziland | 5.7% (2006 est.) |
![]() | Sweden | 1.4% (2006 est.) |
![]() | Switzerland | 1.1% (2006 est.) |
![]() | Syria | 10% (2006 est.) |
![]() | Taiwan | 0.6% (2006 est.) |
![]() | Tajikistan | 11.9% (2006 est.) |
![]() | Tanzania | 6.1% (2006 est.) |
![]() | Thailand | 4.6% (2006 est.) |
![]() | Timor-Leste | 1.4% (2005) |
![]() | Togo | 2.2% (2006 est.) |
![]() | Tokelau | NA% |
![]() | Tonga | 11.1% (2005 est.) |
![]() | Trinidad and Tobago | 8.3% (2006 est.) |
![]() | Tunisia | 4.5% (2006 est.) |
![]() | Turkey | 10.5% (2006 est.) |
![]() | Turkmenistan | 11.5% (2006 est.) |
![]() | Turks and Caicos Islands | 4% (1995) |
![]() | Tuvalu | 3.9% (2005 est.) |
![]() | Uganda | 6.6% (2006 est.) |
![]() | Ukraine | 9.1% (2006 est.) |
![]() | United Arab Emirates | 13.5% (2006 est.) |
![]() | United Kingdom | 2.3% (2006 est.) |
![]() | United States | 3.2% (2006 est.) |
![]() | Uruguay | 6.4% (2006 est.) |
![]() | Uzbekistan | 19.8% officially, but 38% based on analysis of consumer prices (2006 est.) |
![]() | Vanuatu | -1.6% (2005 est.) |
![]() | Venezuela | 13.7% (2006 est.) |
![]() | Vietnam | 7.5% (2006 est.) |
![]() | Virgin Islands | 2.2% (2003) |
![]() | Wallis and Futuna | 2.8% (2005) |
![]() | West Bank | 2.9% (includes Gaza Strip) (2005) |
![]() | 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 | 20.8% (2006 est.) |
![]() | Zambia | 9% (2006 est.) |
![]() | Zimbabwe | 1,033.5% official data; private sector estimates are much higher (2006 est.) |