![]() | 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.) |
![]() | 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) |