Inflation rate (consumer prices) (2001) | Inflation rate (consumer prices) (2003) | ||
Afghanistan | NA% | NA% | |
Albania | 1% (2000 est.) | 6% (2002 est.) | |
Algeria | 2% (2000 est.) | 3% (2002 est.) | |
American Samoa | NA% | NA% | |
Andorra | 1.62% (1998) | 4.3% (2000) | |
Angola | 325% (2000 est.) | 106% (2002 est.) | |
Anguilla | 2.5% (1998 est.) | 2.3% | |
Antigua and Barbuda | 1.6% (1999 est.) | 0.4% (2000 est.) | |
Argentina | -0.9% (2000 est.) | 41% (2002, yearend) | |
Armenia | 1% (1999 est.) | 1.1% (2002 est.) | |
Aruba | 4.2% (2000 est.) | 3.2% (2002 est.) | |
Australia | 1.4% (2000 est.) | 2.8% (2002 est.) | |
Austria | 2% (2000 est.) | 1.8% (2002 est.) | |
Azerbaijan | 1.8% (2000 est.) | 2.6% (2002 est.) | |
Bahamas, The | 1.9% (2000 est.) | 1.8% (2001 est.) | |
Bahrain | 2% (2000 est.) | 0.5% (2002 est.) | |
Bangladesh | 5.8% (2000 est.) | 3.1% (2002 est.) | |
Barbados | 2% (2000 est.) | -0.6% (2002 est.) | |
Belarus | 200% (2000 est.) | 42.8% (2002 est.) | |
Belgium | 2.2% (2000 est.) | 1.7% (2002 est.) | |
Belize | 2% (2000 est.) | 1.9% (2002 est.) | |
Benin | 3% (2000 est.) | 3.3% (2002 est.) | |
Bermuda | 2.7% (2000 est.) | 2.3% (July 2002) | |
Bhutan | 7% (2000 est.) | 3% (2002 est.) | |
Bolivia | 4.4% (2000 est.) | 2% (2001 est.) | |
Bosnia and Herzegovina | 8% (2000 est.) | 3.5% (2002 est.) | |
Botswana | 8.6% (2000 est.) | 8.1% (2002 est.) | |
Brazil | 6% (2000) | 8.3% (2002) | |
British Virgin Islands | 2% (2000) | 2.5% (2002) | |
Brunei | 1% (1999 est.) | -2% (2002 est.) | |
Bulgaria | 10.4% (2000 est.) | 5.9% (2002 est.) | |
Burkina Faso | 1.5% (2000 est.) | 3.5% (2001 est.) | |
Burma | 18% (1999) | 53.7% (2002 est.) | |
Burundi | 22% (2000 est.) | 12% (2002 est.) | |
Cambodia | 1.6% (2000 est.) | 3.3% (2002 est.) | |
Cameroon | 2% (2000 est.) | 4.5% (2002 est.) | |
Canada | 2.6% (2000) | 2.2% (2002 est.) | |
Cape Verde | 4% (2000) | 3% (2002) | |
Cayman Islands | 3% (1998) | 2.8% (2002) | |
Central African Republic | 3% (2000 est.) | 3.6% (2001 est.) | |
Chad | 3% (2000 est.) | 6% (2002 est.) | |
Chile | 4.5% (2000 est.) | 2.5% (2002 est.) | |
China | 0.4% (2000 est.) | -0.8% (2002 est.) | |
Christmas Island | NA% | NA% | |
Cocos (Keeling) Islands | NA% | NA% | |
Colombia | 9% (2000) | 6.2% (2002 est.) | |
Comoros | 3.5% (1999) | 3.5% (2001 est.) | |
Congo, Democratic Republic of the | 540% (2000 est.) | 16% (2002 est.) | |
Congo, Republic of the | 3.5% (2000 est.) | 4% (2002 est.) | |
Cook Islands | 1.6% (1999 est.) | 3.2% (2000 est.) | |
Costa Rica | 11% (2000 est.) | 9.1% (2002 est.) | |
Cote d'Ivoire | 2.5% (2000 est.) | 3.2% (2002 est.) | |
Croatia | 6% (2000 est.) | 2.2% (2002 est.) | |
Cuba | 0.3% (1999 est.) | 7.1% (2002 est.) | |
Cyprus | Greek Cypriot area: 4.2% (2000 est.); Turkish Cypriot area: 58% (1999 est.) | Greek Cypriot area: 2.8% (2001 est.); Turkish Cypriot area: 24.5% (2002 est.) | |
Czech Republic | 3.8% (2000 est.) | 0.6% (2002 est.) | |
Denmark | 2.9% (2000 est.) | 2.3% (2002 est.) | |
Djibouti | 2% (2000 est.) | 2% (2002 est.) | |
Dominica | 2.5% (2000 est.) | 1% (2001 est.) | |
Dominican Republic | 7.9% (2000 est.) | 5.3% (2002 est.) | |
East Timor | - | NA% | |
Ecuador | 96% (2000 est.) | 12.5% (2002 est.) | |
Egypt | 3% (2000) | 4.3% (2002 est.) | |
El Salvador | 2.5% (2000 est.) | 3.8% (2001 est.) | |
Equatorial Guinea | 6% (1999 est.) | 6% (2002 est.) | |
Eritrea | 14% (2000 est.) | 15% (2001) | |
Estonia | 4.1% (1999 est.) | 3.7% (2002 est.) | |
Ethiopia | 5% (2000 est.) | 4% (2003 est.) | |
Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas) | 3.6% (1998) | 3.6% (1998) | |
Faroe Islands | 5.1% (1999) | 5.1% (1999) | |
Fiji | 0% (1999 est.) | 2% (2002 est.) | |
Finland | 3.4% (2000 est.) | 1.9% (2002 est.) | |
France | 1.7% (2000 est.) | 1.8% (2002 est.) | |
French Guiana | 2.5% (1992) | 1.5% (2002 est.) | |
French Polynesia | 1.5% (1994) | 1.5% | |
Gabon | 1.5% (2000 est.) | 2.3% (2002 est.) | |
Gambia, The | 3.4% (2000 est.) | 5.5% (2002 est.) | |
Gaza Strip | 3% (includes West Bank) (2000 est.) | 2.2% (includes West Bank) (2001 est.) | |
Georgia | 4.1% (2000 est.) | 5.2% (2002 est.) | |
Germany | 2% (2000 est.) | 1.3% (2002 est.) | |
Ghana | 22.8% (2000 est.) | 14.5% (2002 est.) | |
Gibraltar | 1.5% (1998) | 1.5% (1998) | |
Greece | 3.1% (2000 est.) | 3.6% (2002 est.) | |
Greenland | 1.6% (1999 est.) | 1.6% (1999 est.) | |
Grenada | 2.5% (2000 est.) | 2.8% (2001 est.) | |
Guadeloupe | NA | NA% | |
Guam | 0% (1999 est.) | 0% (1999 est.) | |
Guatemala | 6% (2000 est.) | 8.1% (2002 est.) | |
Guernsey | 3.99% (2000 est.) | 3.99% (2000 est.) | |
Guinea | 6% (2000 est.) | 6% (2002 est.) | |
Guinea-Bissau | 3% (2000 est.) | 4% (2002 est.) | |
Guyana | 5.9% (2000 est.) | 4.7% (2002 est.) | |
Haiti | 19% (2000 est.) | 11.9% (2001 est.) | |
Honduras | 11% (2000 est.) | 7.7% (2002 est.) | |
Hong Kong | 3.7% (2000 est.) | 3% (2002 est.) | |
Hungary | 9.8% (1999 est.) | 5.3% (2002 est.) | |
Iceland | 3.5% (2000 est.) | 5.2% (2002 est.) | |
India | 5.4% (2000 est.) | 5.4% (2002 est.) | |
Indonesia | 9% (2000 est.) | 11.9% (2002 est.) | |
Iran | 16% (2000 est.) | 15.3% (2002 est.) | |
Iraq | 100% (2000 est.) | 70% (2002 est.) | |
Ireland | 5.6% (2000) | 4.6% (2002 est.) | |
Isle of Man | 2.5% (2000 est.) | 3.6% (March 2003 est.) | |
Israel | 0.1% (2000 est.) | 5.7% (2002 est.) | |
Italy | 2.5% (2000) | 2.4% (2002 est.) | |
Jamaica | 8.8% (2000 est.) | 7% (2002 est.) | |
Japan | -0.7% (2000 est.) | -0.9% (2002 est.) | |
Jersey | 4.7% (1998) | 4.7% (1998) | |
Jordan | 0.7% (2000 est.) | 3.3% (2002 est.) | |
Kazakhstan | 13.4% (2000 est.) | 6% (2002 est.) | |
Kenya | 7% (2000 est.) | 1.9% (2002 est.) | |
Kiribati | 2% (1999 est.) | 2.5% (2001 est.) | |
Korea, North | NA% | NA% | |
Korea, South | 2.3% (2000) | 2.8% (2002 est.) | |
Kuwait | 3% (2000) | 2% (2002 est.) | |
Kyrgyzstan | 18.7% (2000 est.) | 2.1% (2002 est.) | |
Laos | 33% (2000 est.) | 10% (2002 est.) | |
Latvia | 2.7% (2000) | 2% (2002 est.) | |
Lebanon | 0% (2000 est.) | 3.5% (2002 est.) | |
Lesotho | 6% (2000 est.) | 10% (2002 est.) | |
Liberia | 5% (2000 est.) | 15% (2002 est.) | |
Libya | 18.5% (2000 est.) | 1% (2001 est.) | |
Liechtenstein | 0.5% (1997 est.) | 1% (2001) | |
Lithuania | 1% (2000 est.) | 0.8% (2002 est.) | |
Luxembourg | 7.8% (2000 est.) | 1.6% (2002 est.) | |
Macau | -1.8% (2000 est.) | -2.6% (2002 est.) | |
Macedonia, The Former Yugoslav Republic of | 11% (2000 est.) | 1.1% (2002 est.) | |
Madagascar | 10% (1999 est.) | 7.4% (2001 est.) | |
Malawi | 29.5% (2000) | 27.4% (2001 est.) | |
Malaysia | 1.7% (2000) | 1.9% (2002 est.) | |
Maldives | 3% (2000 est.) | 1% (2002 est.) | |
Mali | 0.8% (2000 est.) | 4.5% (2002 est.) | |
Malta | 2.5% (2000 est.) | 2.4% (2002 est.) | |
Marshall Islands | 5% (1997) | 2% (2001 est.) | |
Martinique | 3.9% (1990) | 3.9% (1990) | |
Mauritania | 4.5% (2000 est.) | 3% (2002 est.) | |
Mauritius | 5.3% (2000 est.) | 6.4% (2002 est.) | |
Mayotte | NA% | NA% | |
Mexico | 9% (2000 est.) | 6.4% (2002 est.) | |
Micronesia, Federated States of | 2.6% (FY98/99) | 1% (2002 est.) | |
Moldova | 32% (2000 est.) | 5.5% (2002 est.) | |
Monaco | NA% | NA% | |
Mongolia | 7.6% (1999) | 3% (2002 est.) | |
Montserrat | 5% (1998) | 2.6% (2002 est.) | |
Morocco | 2% (2000 est.) | 3.6% (2002 est.) | |
Mozambique | 11.4% (2000 est.) | 15.2% (2002 est.) | |
Namibia | 9.1% (2000) | 8% (2001) | |
Nauru | -3.6% (1993) | -3.6% (1993) | |
Nepal | 3.3% (FY99/00 est.) | 2.8% (2001 est.) | |
Netherlands | 2.6% (2000 est.) | 3.4% (2002 est.) | |
Netherlands Antilles | 6.4% (2000 est.) | 0.4% (2002 est.) | |
New Caledonia | 1.5% (1998 est.) | -0.6% (2000 est.) | |
New Zealand | 2.4% (2000 est.) | 2.7% (2002 est.) | |
Nicaragua | 11% (2000 est.) | 3.7% (2002 est.) | |
Niger | 2.8% (2000 est.) | 3% (2002 est.) | |
Nigeria | 6.5% (2000 est.) | 14.2% (2002 est.) | |
Niue | 1% (1995) | 1% (1995) | |
Norfolk Island | NA% | NA% | |
Northern Mariana Islands | 1.2% (1997 est.) | 1.2% (1997 est.) | |
Norway | 2.9% (2000 est.) | 1.3% (2001 est.) | |
Oman | -0.8% (2000 est.) | -0.5% (2002 est.) | |
Pakistan | 5.2% (2000 est.) | 3.9% (2002 est.) | |
Palau | NA% | 3.4% (2000 est.) | |
Panama | 1.8% (2000 est.) | 1.1% (2001 est.) | |
Papua New Guinea | 17% (2000 est.) | 9.8% (2002 est.) | |
Paraguay | 8% (2000 est.) | 10.5% (2002 est.) | |
Peru | 3.7% (2000 est.) | 0.2% (2002 est.) | |
Philippines | 5% (2000 est.) | 3.1% (2002 est.) | |
Pitcairn Islands | NA% | NA% | |
Poland | 10.2% (2000 est.) | 1.9% (2002 est.) | |
Portugal | 2.8% (2000 est.) | 3.7% (2002 est.) | |
Puerto Rico | 5.7% (2000 est.) | 5% (2002 est.) | |
Qatar | 2.5% (2000) | 1.9% (2002) | |
Reunion | NA% | NA% | |
Romania | 45.7% (2000 est.) | 22.5% (2002 est.) | |
Russia | 20.6% (2000 est.) | 15% (2002 est.) | |
Rwanda | 4% (2000) | 5.5% (2002 est.) | |
Saint Helena | 3.2% (1997 est.) | 3.2% (1997 est.) | |
Saint Kitts and Nevis | 2.5% (2000 est.) | 1.7% (2001 est.) | |
Saint Lucia | 2.5% (2000 est.) | 3% (2001 est.) | |
Saint Pierre and Miquelon | 2.1% (1991-96 average) | 2.1% (1991-96 average) | |
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 2% (1999 est.) | -0.4% (2001 est.) | |
Samoa | 0.8% (2000 est.) | 4% (2001 est.) | |
San Marino | 2.2% (2000) | 3.3% (2001) | |
Sao Tome and Principe | 5% (2000 est.) | 9% (2002 est.) | |
Saudi Arabia | 0.5% (2000) | 1% (2002 est.) | |
Senegal | 1.5% (2000 est.) | 3% (2002 est.) | |
Serbia and Montenegro | - | 19% (2002 est.) | |
Seychelles | 6% (1999 est.) | 0.5% (2002 est.) | |
Sierra Leone | 15% (2000 est.) | 1% (2002 est.) | |
Singapore | 1.4% (2000) | -0.4% (2002 est.) | |
Slovakia | 12.2% (2000 est.) | 3.3% (2002 est.) | |
Slovenia | 8.9% (2000 est.) | 7.4% (2002 est.) | |
Solomon Islands | 10% (1999 est.) | 1.8% (2001 est.) | |
Somalia | over 100% (businesses print their own money) (2000 est.) | over 100% (businesses print their own money) | |
South Africa | 5.3% (2000 est.) | 9.9% (2002 est.) | |
Spain | 3.4% (2000 est.) | 3% (2002 est.) | |
Sri Lanka | 8.5% (2000 est.) | 9.6% (2002 est.) | |
Sudan | 10% (2000 est.) | 9.2% (2002 est.) | |
Suriname | 78% (2000 est.) | 17% (2002 est.) | |
Svalbard | NA% | NA% | |
Swaziland | 6.4% (2000 est.) | 11.8% (2002 est.) | |
Sweden | 1.2% (2000 est.) | 2.2% (2002 est.) | |
Switzerland | 1.5% (2000 est.) | 0.5% (2002 est.) | |
Syria | 1.5% (2000 est.) | 0.9% (2002 est.) | |
Taiwan | 1.3% (2000 est.) | -0.2% (2002 est.) | |
Tajikistan | 33% (2000 est.) | 12% (2001 est.) | |
Tanzania | 6% (2000 est.) | 4.8% (2002 est.) | |
Thailand | 2.1% (2000 est.) | 0.6% (2002 est.) | |
Togo | 2.5% (2000 est.) | 4% (2002 est.) | |
Tokelau | NA% | NA% | |
Tonga | 7% (2000 est.) | 8.4% (2001 est.) | |
Trinidad and Tobago | 3.2% (2000 est.) | 4.3% (2002 est.) | |
Tunisia | 3% (2000 est.) | 2.5% (2002 est.) | |
Turkey | 39% (2000 est.) | 45.2% (2002 est.) | |
Turkmenistan | 14% (2000 est.) | 5% (2002 est.) | |
Turks and Caicos Islands | 4% (1995) | 4% (1995) | |
Tuvalu | 7% (1999 est.) | 5% (2000 est.) | |
Uganda | 6.5% (2000) | 0.1% (2002 est.) | |
Ukraine | 25.8% (2000 est.) | -1.2% (2002 est.) | |
United Arab Emirates | 4.5% (2000 est.) | 2.8% (2002 est.) | |
United Kingdom | 2.4% (2000 est.) | 2.1% (2002 est.) | |
United States | 3.4% (2000) | 1.6% (2002) | |
Uruguay | 4.8% (2000 est.) | 14.1% (2002 est.) | |
Uzbekistan | 40% (2000 est.) | 26% (2001 est.) | |
Vanuatu | 2.5% (1999 est.) | 3.2% (2001 est.) | |
Venezuela | 13% (2000) | 31.2% (2002 est.) | |
Vietnam | -0.6% (2000 est.) | 3.9% (2002 est.) | |
Virgin Islands | NA% | 2% (1992) | |
Wallis and Futuna | NA% | NA% | |
West Bank | 3% (includes Gaza Strip) (2000 est.) | 2.2% (includes Gaza Strip) (2001 est.) | |
Western Sahara | NA% | NA% | |
World | all countries 25%; developed countries 1% to 3% typically; developing countries 5% to 60% typically (2000 est.)
note: national inflation rates vary widely in individual cases, from stable prices in Japan to hyperinflation in a number of Third World countries |
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 | |
Yemen | 10% (2000 est.) | 12.2% (2002 est.) | |
Yugoslavia | 42% (1999 est.) | - | |
Zambia | 27.3% (2000 est.) | 21% (2002 est.) | |
Zimbabwe | 60% (2000 est.) | 134.5% (2002 est.) |