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