| Inflation rate (consumer prices) (2002) | Inflation rate (consumer prices) (2001) | ||
|  | Albania | 6% (2002 est.) | 1% (2000 est.) | 
|  | Algeria | 3% (2001 est.) | 2% (2000 est.) | 
|  | Andorra | 4.3% (2000) | 1.62% (1998) | 
|  | Angola | 110% (2001 est.) | 325% (2000 est.) | 
|  | Anguilla | 2.3% | 2.5% (1998 est.) | 
|  | Antigua and Barbuda | 0.4% (2000 est.) | 1.6% (1999 est.) | 
|  | Argentina | 4% (2001 est.) | -0.9% (2000 est.) | 
|  | Armenia | 3.1% (2000 est.) | 1% (1999 est.) | 
|  | Aruba | 4% (2000) | 4.2% (2000 est.) | 
|  | Australia | 2.8% (2002 est.) | 1.4% (2000 est.) | 
|  | Austria | 1.8% (2002 est.) | 2% (2000 est.) | 
|  | Azerbaijan | 2.6% (2002 est.) | 1.8% (2000 est.) | 
|  | Bahamas, The | 1.5% (2001 est.) | 1.9% (2000 est.) | 
|  | Bahrain | 1.5% (2001 est.) | 2% (2000 est.) | 
|  | Barbados | 3.5% (2001 est.) | 2% (2000 est.) | 
|  | Belarus | 46.1% (2001 est.) | 200% (2000 est.) | 
|  | Belgium | 1.7% (2002 est.) | 2.2% (2000 est.) | 
|  | Belize | 1.7% (2001 est.) | 2% (2000 est.) | 
|  | Benin | 3% (2001 est.) | 3% (2000 est.) | 
|  | Bermuda | 3% (July 2001) | 2.7% (2000 est.) | 
|  | Bolivia | 2% (2001 est.) | 4.4% (2000 est.) | 
|  | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 5% (2001 est.) | 8% (2000 est.) | 
|  | Botswana | 6.6% (2001 est.) | 8.6% (2000 est.) | 
|  | Brazil | 7.7% (2001) (2001) | 6% (2000) | 
|  | British Virgin Islands | 3.3% (2000) | 2% (2000) | 
|  | Bulgaria | 5.9% (2002 est.) | 10.4% (2000 est.) | 
|  | Burkina Faso | 3.5% (2001 est.) | 1.5% (2000 est.) | 
|  | Burma | 20% (2001 est.) | 18% (1999) | 
|  | Burundi | 14% (2001 est.) | 22% (2000 est.) | 
|  | Canada | 2.2% (2002 est.) | 2.6% (2000) | 
|  | Cape Verde | 3% (2001) | 4% (2000) | 
|  | Cayman Islands | 2.3% (2000) (2000) | 3% (1998) | 
|  | Central African Republic | 3.6% (2001 est.) | 3% (2000 est.) | 
|  | Chile | 3.5% (2001 est.) | 4.5% (2000 est.) | 
|  | China | -0.8% (2002 est.) | 0.4% (2000 est.) | 
|  | Colombia | 7.6% (2001) (2001) | 9% (2000) | 
|  | Comoros | 3.5% (2001 est.) | 3.5% (1999) | 
|  | Congo, Democratic Republic of the | 358% (2001 est.) | 540% (2000 est.) | 
|  | Congo, Republic of the | 3% (2001 est.) | 3.5% (2000 est.) | 
|  | Cook Islands | 3.2% (2000 est.) | 1.6% (1999 est.) | 
|  | Costa Rica | 12.1% (2001 est.) | 11% (2000 est.) | 
|  | Croatia | 4% (2002 est.) | 6% (2000 est.) | 
|  | Cuba | 7.1% (2002 est.) | 0.3% (1999 est.) | 
|  | Cyprus | Greek Cypriot area: 1.9% (2001 est.); Turkish Cypriot area: 53.2% (2001 est.) | Greek Cypriot area: 4.2% (2000 est.); Turkish Cypriot area: 58% (1999 est.) | 
|  | Czech Republic | 2.2% (2002 est.) | 3.8% (2000 est.) | 
|  | Denmark | 2.3% (2002 est.) | 2.9% (2000 est.) | 
|  | Djibouti | 2% (2001 est.) | 2% (2000 est.) | 
|  | Dominica | 1% (2001 est.) | 2.5% (2000 est.) | 
|  | Dominican Republic | 5% (2001 est.) | 7.9% (2000 est.) | 
|  | East Timor | NA% | - | 
|  | Ecuador | 22% (2001 est.) | 96% (2000 est.) | 
|  | Egypt | 2.3% (2001) | 3% (2000) | 
|  | El Salvador | 3.8% (2001 est.) | 2.5% (2000 est.) | 
|  | Equatorial Guinea | 6% (2001 est.) | 6% (1999 est.) | 
|  | Eritrea | 15% (2001 est.) | 14% (2000 est.) | 
|  | Estonia | 3.7% (2002) | 4.1% (1999 est.) | 
|  | Ethiopia | 6.8% (2001 est.) | 5% (2000 est.) | 
| -2002-bmala.jpg) | Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas) | 3.6% (1998) (1998) | 3.6% (1998) | 
|  | Fiji | 3% (2000 est.) | 0% (1999 est.) | 
|  | Finland | 1.9% (2002 est.) | 3.4% (2000 est.) | 
|  | France | 1.8% (2002 est.) | 1.7% (2000 est.) | 
|  | French Guiana | 2.5% (1992) (1992) | 2.5% (1992) | 
|  | Gabon | 1.5% (2001 est.) | 1.5% (2000 est.) | 
|  | Gambia, The | 4% (2001 est.) | 3.4% (2000 est.) | 
|  | Gaza Strip | 1% (includes West Bank) (2001 est.) | 3% (includes West Bank) (2000 est.) | 
|  | Georgia | 5.2% (2002 est.) | 4.1% (2000 est.) | 
|  | Germany | 1.3% (2002 est.) | 2% (2000 est.) | 
|  | Ghana | 25% (2001 est.) | 22.8% (2000 est.) | 
|  | Greece | 3.6% (2002) | 3.1% (2000 est.) | 
|  | Grenada | 2.8% (2001 est.) | 2.5% (2000 est.) | 
|  | Guadeloupe | NA% | NA | 
|  | Guatemala | 7.6% (2001) (2001) | 6% (2000 est.) | 
|  | Guinea-Bissau | 5% (2001 est.) | 3% (2000 est.) | 
|  | Guyana | 6% (2001 est.) | 5.9% (2000 est.) | 
|  | Haiti | 14% (2001 est.) | 19% (2000 est.) | 
|  | Honduras | 9.7% (2001 est.) | 11% (2000 est.) | 
|  | Hong Kong | -1.6% (2001 est.) | 3.7% (2000 est.) | 
|  | Hungary | 5.3% (2002 est.) | 9.8% (1999 est.) | 
|  | Iceland | 5% (2001 est.) | 3.5% (2000 est.) | 
|  | India | 5.4% (2002 est.) | 5.4% (2000 est.) | 
|  | Indonesia | 11.5% (2001 est.) | 9% (2000 est.) | 
|  | Iran | 17.3% (2002 est.) | 16% (2000 est.) | 
|  | Iraq | 60% (2001 est.) | 100% (2000 est.) | 
|  | Ireland | 4.6% (2002 est.) | 5.6% (2000) | 
|  | Israel | 5.7% (2002 est.) | 0.1% (2000 est.) | 
|  | Italy | 2.4% (2002) | 2.5% (2000) | 
|  | Jamaica | 6.9% (2001 est.) | 8.8% (2000 est.) | 
|  | Japan | -0.9% (2002 est.) | -0.7% (2000 est.) | 
|  | Jordan | 3.3% (2002 est.) | 0.7% (2000 est.) | 
|  | Kazakhstan | 8.5% (2001 est.) | 13.4% (2000 est.) | 
|  | Kenya | 3.3% (2001 est.) | 7% (2000 est.) | 
|  | Kiribati | 2.5% (2001 est.) | 2% (1999 est.) | 
|  | Korea, South | 2.8% (2002 est.) | 2.3% (2000) | 
|  | Kuwait | 2.7% (2001) | 3% (2000) | 
|  | Kyrgyzstan | 7% (2001 est.) | 18.7% (2000 est.) | 
|  | Laos | 10% (2001 est.) | 33% (2000 est.) | 
|  | Latvia | 2% (2002 est.) | 2.7% (2000) | 
|  | Lebanon | 0.5% (2001 est.) | 0% (2000 est.) | 
|  | Lesotho | 6.9% (2001 est.) | 6% (2000 est.) | 
|  | Liberia | 8% (2001 est.) | 5% (2000 est.) | 
|  | Libya | 13.6% (2001 est.) | 18.5% (2000 est.) | 
|  | Liechtenstein | 1% (2001) | 0.5% (1997 est.) | 
|  | Lithuania | 0.8% (2002 est.) | 1% (2000 est.) | 
|  | Luxembourg | 1.6% (2002 est.) | 7.8% (2000 est.) | 
|  | Macau | -2% (2001 est.) | -1.8% (2000 est.) | 
|  | Macedonia, The Former Yugoslav Republic of | 4% (2002 est.) | 11% (2000 est.) | 
|  | Madagascar | 7% (2001 est.) | 10% (1999 est.) | 
|  | Malawi | 28.6% (2001 est.) | 29.5% (2000) | 
|  | Malaysia | 1.5% (2001 est.) | 1.7% (2000) | 
|  | Mali | 4.5% (2001 est.) | 0.8% (2000 est.) | 
|  | Malta | 2.4% (2002 est.) | 2.5% (2000 est.) | 
|  | Marshall Islands | 1.9% (1999 est.) | 5% (1997) | 
|  | Martinique | 3.9% (1990) (1990) | 3.9% (1990) | 
|  | Mauritania | 4.4% (2001 est.) | 4.5% (2000 est.) | 
|  | Mauritius | 4.2% (2001 est.) | 5.3% (2000 est.) | 
|  | Mexico | 6.5% (2001 est.) | 9% (2000 est.) | 
|  | Micronesia, Federated States of | 2.5% (2001 est.) | 2.6% (FY98/99) | 
|  | Moldova | 5.5% (2002 est.) | 32% (2000 est.) | 
|  | Mongolia | 11.8% (2000 est.) | 7.6% (1999) | 
|  | Montserrat | 5% (1998) (1998) | 5% (1998) | 
|  | Morocco | 1% (2001 est.) | 2% (2000 est.) | 
|  | Mozambique | 10% (2001 est.) | 11.4% (2000 est.) | 
|  | Namibia | 8.8% (2001) | 9.1% (2000) | 
|  | Nauru | -3.6% (1993) (1993) | -3.6% (1993) | 
|  | Nepal | 2.1% | 3.3% (FY99/00 est.) | 
|  | Netherlands | 3.4% (2002 est.) | 2.6% (2000 est.) | 
|  | Netherlands Antilles | 5.8% (2000 est.) | 6.4% (2000 est.) | 
|  | New Caledonia | 2.3% (2000 est.) | 1.5% (1998 est.) | 
|  | New Zealand | 2.6% (2001 est.) | 2.4% (2000 est.) | 
|  | Nicaragua | 7.4% (2001 est.) | 11% (2000 est.) | 
|  | Niger | 4.2% (2001 est.) | 2.8% (2000 est.) | 
|  | Nigeria | 14.9% (2001 est.) | 6.5% (2000 est.) | 
|  | Niue | 1% (1995) (1995) | 1% (1995) | 
|  | Norway | 1.3% (2001 est.) | 2.9% (2000 est.) | 
|  | Oman | 1% (2001 est.) | -0.8% (2000 est.) | 
|  | Pakistan | 4% (2001 est.) | 5.2% (2000 est.) | 
|  | Palau | 3.4% (2000 est.) | NA% | 
|  | Panama | 1% (2000 est.) | 1.8% (2000 est.) | 
|  | Papua New Guinea | 10.3% (2001 est.) | 17% (2000 est.) | 
|  | Paraguay | 7.2% (2001 est.) | 8% (2000 est.) | 
|  | Peru | 1.5% (2001 est.) | 3.7% (2000 est.) | 
|  | Philippines | 6% (2001 est.) | 5% (2000 est.) | 
|  | Poland | 2.5% (2002 est.) | 10.2% (2000 est.) | 
|  | Portugal | 3.7% (2002 est.) | 2.8% (2000 est.) | 
|  | Qatar | 2% (2001) | 2.5% (2000) | 
|  | Romania | 34.5% (2001 est.) | 45.7% (2000 est.) | 
|  | Russia | 16.2% (2002 est.) | 20.6% (2000 est.) | 
|  | Rwanda | 5% (2001 est.) | 4% (2000) | 
|  | Saint Kitts and Nevis | 1.7% (2001 est.) | 2.5% (2000 est.) | 
|  | Saint Lucia | 3% (2001 est.) | 2.5% (2000 est.) | 
|  | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | -0.4% (2001 est.) | 2% (1999 est.) | 
|  | Samoa | 2.5% (2001 est.) | 0.8% (2000 est.) | 
|  | San Marino | 3.3% (2001) | 2.2% (2000) | 
|  | Sao Tome and Principe | 7% (2001 est.) | 5% (2000 est.) | 
|  | Saudi Arabia | 1.7% (2001) | 0.5% (2000) | 
|  | Senegal | 3.3% (2001 est.) | 1.5% (2000 est.) | 
|  | Serbia and Montenegro | 18% (2002 est.) | - | 
|  | Seychelles | 6.1% (2001 est.) | 6% (1999 est.) | 
|  | Singapore | 1.5% (2001 est.) | 1.4% (2000) | 
|  | Slovakia | 3.3% (2002 est.) | 12.2% (2000 est.) | 
|  | Slovenia | 7.4% (2002 est.) | 8.9% (2000 est.) | 
|  | Solomon Islands | 7.9% (2001 est.) | 10% (1999 est.) | 
|  | South Africa | 5.8% (2001 est.) | 5.3% (2000 est.) | 
|  | Spain | 3% (2002 est.) | 3.4% (2000 est.) | 
|  | Sri Lanka | 14.2% (2001 est.) | 8.5% (2000 est.) | 
|  | Sudan | 10% (2001 est.) | 10% (2000 est.) | 
|  | Suriname | 59% (2000) (2000) | 78% (2000 est.) | 
|  | Swaziland | 7.5% (2001 est.) | 6.4% (2000 est.) | 
|  | Sweden | 2.2% (2002 est.) | 1.2% (2000 est.) | 
|  | Switzerland | 0.5% (2002 est.) | 1.5% (2000 est.) | 
|  | Syria | 0.3% (2001 est.) | 1.5% (2000 est.) | 
|  | Taiwan | 0.5% (2001 est.) | 1.3% (2000 est.) | 
|  | Tajikistan | 33% (2001 est.) | 33% (2000 est.) | 
|  | Tanzania | 5% (2001 est.) | 6% (2000 est.) | 
|  | Thailand | 1.6% (2001) | 2.1% (2000 est.) | 
|  | Togo | 2.3% (2001 est.) | 2.5% (2000 est.) | 
|  | Tonga | 9.4% (2001 est.) | 7% (2000 est.) | 
|  | Trinidad and Tobago | 5.6% (2001 est.) | 3.2% (2000 est.) | 
|  | Tunisia | 2.7% (2001 est.) | 3% (2000 est.) | 
|  | Turkey | 45.2% (2002) | 39% (2000 est.) | 
|  | Turkmenistan | 10% (2001 est.) | 14% (2000 est.) | 
|  | Turks and Caicos Islands | 4% (1995) (1995) | 4% (1995) | 
|  | Tuvalu | 5% (2000 est.) | 7% (1999 est.) | 
|  | Uganda | 3.5% (2001 est.) | 6.5% (2000) | 
|  | Ukraine | 12% (2001 est.) | 25.8% (2000 est.) | 
|  | United Kingdom | 2.1% (2002 est.) | 2.4% (2000 est.) | 
|  | United States | 2.8% (2001) (2001) | 3.4% (2000) | 
|  | Uruguay | 3.6% (2001) (2001) | 4.8% (2000 est.) | 
|  | Uzbekistan | 23% (2001 est.) | 40% (2000 est.) | 
|  | Vanuatu | 2.5% (2000 est.) | 2.5% (1999 est.) | 
|  | Venezuela | 12.3% (2001) (2001) | 13% (2000) | 
|  | Vietnam | -0.3% (2001 est.) | -0.6% (2000 est.) | 
|  | West Bank | 1% (includes Gaza Strip) (2001 est.) | 3% (includes Gaza Strip) (2000 est.) | 
|  | World | developed countries 1% to 4% typically; developing countries 5% to 60% typically (2001 est.); national inflation rates vary widely in individual cases, from declining prices in Japan to hyperinflation in several Third World countries | 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 | 
|  | Yemen | 10% (2001 est.) | 10% (2000 est.) | 
|  | Yugoslavia | - | 42% (1999 est.) | 
|  | Zambia | 21.5% (2001) | 27.3% (2000 est.) | 
|  | Zimbabwe | 100% (2001) | 60% (2000 est.) |