| | Inflation rate (consumer prices) (2002) | Inflation rate (consumer prices) (2006) |
|
Afghanistan |
NA% |
16.3% (2005 est.) |
|
Albania |
6% (2002 est.) |
2.4% (2005 est.) |
|
Algeria |
3% (2001 est.) |
1.9% (2005 est.) |
|
Andorra |
4.3% (2000) |
3.4% (2004) |
|
Angola |
110% (2001 est.) |
23% (2005 est.) |
|
Anguilla |
2.3% |
5.3% |
|
Antigua and Barbuda |
0.4% (2000 est.) |
0.9% (2005 est.) |
|
Argentina |
4% (2001 est.) |
9.6% (2005 est.) |
|
Armenia |
3.1% (2000 est.) |
0.6% (2005 est.) |
|
Aruba |
4% (2000) |
3.4% (2005) |
|
Australia |
2.8% (2002 est.) |
2.7% (2005 est.) |
|
Austria |
1.8% (2002 est.) |
2.3% (2005 est.) |
|
Azerbaijan |
2.6% (2002 est.) |
9.6% (2005 est.) |
|
Bahamas, The |
1.5% (2001 est.) |
1.2% ( 2004) |
|
Bahrain |
1.5% (2001 est.) |
2.7% (2005 est.) |
|
Bangladesh |
5.8% (2000 est.) |
7% (2005 est.) |
|
Barbados |
3.5% (2001 est.) |
-0.5% (2003 est.) |
|
Belarus |
46.1% (2001 est.) |
10.3% (2005 est.) |
|
Belgium |
1.7% (2002 est.) |
2.8% (2005 est.) |
|
Belize |
1.7% (2001 est.) |
3% (2005 est.) |
|
Benin |
3% (2001 est.) |
3.5% (2005 est.) |
|
Bermuda |
3% (July 2001) |
2.8% (November 2005) |
|
Bhutan |
7% (2000 est.) |
7% (2005 est.) |
|
Bolivia |
2% (2001 est.) |
5.4% (2005 est.) |
|
Bosnia and Herzegovina |
5% (2001 est.) |
4.4% (2005 est.) |
|
Botswana |
6.6% (2001 est.) |
8.6% (2005 est.) |
|
Brazil |
7.7% (2001) (2001) |
6.9% (2005 est.) |
|
British Virgin Islands |
3.3% (2000) |
2% (2005) |
|
Brunei |
1% (1999 est.) |
0.9% (2004) |
|
Bulgaria |
5.9% (2002 est.) |
5% (2005) |
|
Burkina Faso |
3.5% (2001 est.) |
6.4% (2005 est.) |
|
Burma |
20% (2001 est.) |
20.2% (2005 est.) |
|
Burundi |
14% (2001 est.) |
16% (2005 est.) |
|
Cambodia |
1.6% (2000 est.) |
5.8% (2005 est.) |
|
Cameroon |
2% (2000 est.) |
2% (2005 est.) |
|
Canada |
2.2% (2002 est.) |
2.2% (2005 est.) |
|
Cape Verde |
3% (2001) |
0.4% (2005 est.) |
|
Cayman Islands |
2.3% (2000) (2000) |
4.4% (2004) |
|
Chad |
3% (2000 est.) |
3% (2005 est.) |
|
Chile |
3.5% (2001 est.) |
3.1% (2005 est.) |
|
China |
-0.8% (2002 est.) |
1.8% (2005 est.) |
|
Christmas Island |
NA% |
- |
|
Cocos (Keeling) Islands |
NA% |
- |
|
Colombia |
7.6% (2001) (2001) |
5% (2005 est.) |
|
Comoros |
3.5% (2001 est.) |
3% (2005 est.) |
|
Congo, Democratic Republic of the |
358% (2001 est.) |
9% (2004 est.) |
|
Congo, Republic of the |
3% (2001 est.) |
2.2% (2005 est.) |
|
Cook Islands |
3.2% (2000 est.) |
2.1% (2005 est.) |
|
Costa Rica |
12.1% (2001 est.) |
13.8% (2005 est.) |
|
Cote d'Ivoire |
2.5% (2000 est.) |
3.9% (2005 est.) |
|
Croatia |
4% (2002 est.) |
3.3% (2005 est.) |
|
Cuba |
7.1% (2002 est.) |
7% (2005 est.) |
|
Cyprus |
Greek Cypriot area: 1.9% (2001 est.); Turkish Cypriot area: 53.2% (2001 est.) |
Republic of Cyprus: 2.6% (2005 est.); north Cyprus: 9.1% (2004 est.) |
|
Czech Republic |
2.2% (2002 est.) |
1.9% (2005 est.) |
|
Denmark |
2.3% (2002 est.) |
1.8% (2005 est.) |
|
Djibouti |
2% (2001 est.) |
3% (2005 est.) |
|
Dominica |
1% (2001 est.) |
-0.1% (2005 est.) |
|
Dominican Republic |
5% (2001 est.) |
4.2% (2005 est.) |
|
East Timor |
NA% |
1.4% (2005) |
|
Ecuador |
22% (2001 est.) |
2.1% (2005 est.) |
|
Egypt |
2.3% (2001) |
4.9% (2005 est.) |
|
El Salvador |
3.8% (2001 est.) |
4.7% (2005 est.) |
|
Equatorial Guinea |
6% (2001 est.) |
5% (2005 est.) |
|
Eritrea |
15% (2001 est.) |
15% (2005 est.) |
|
Estonia |
3.7% (2002) |
4.1% (2005 est.) |
|
Ethiopia |
6.8% (2001 est.) |
11.6% (2005 est.) |
|
European Union |
- |
2.2% (2005 est.) |
|
Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas) |
3.6% (1998) (1998) |
3.6% (1998) |
|
Fiji |
3% (2000 est.) |
3% (2005) |
|
Finland |
1.9% (2002 est.) |
0.9% (2005 est.) |
|
France |
1.8% (2002 est.) |
1.7% (2005 est.) |
|
French Guiana |
2.5% (1992) (1992) |
1% (2003) |
|
French Polynesia |
1.5% (1994) |
1.1% (2006 est.) |
|
Gabon |
1.5% (2001 est.) |
-0.1% (2005 est.) |
|
Gambia, The |
4% (2001 est.) |
8.8% (2005 est.) |
|
Gaza Strip |
1% (includes West Bank) (2001 est.) |
7% (includes West Bank) (2003) |
|
Georgia |
5.2% (2002 est.) |
8.2% (2005 est.) |
|
Germany |
1.3% (2002 est.) |
2% (2005 est.) |
|
Ghana |
25% (2001 est.) |
15.1% (2005 est.) |
|
Greece |
3.6% (2002) |
3.5% (2005 est.) |
|
Grenada |
2.8% (2001 est.) |
3% (2005 est.) |
|
Guam |
0% (1999 est.) |
2.5% (2005 est.) |
|
Guatemala |
7.6% (2001) (2001) |
9.1% (2005 est.) |
|
Guernsey |
3.99% (2000 est.) |
4.9% (2004 est.) |
|
Guinea |
6% (2000 est.) |
25% (2005 est.) |
|
Guinea-Bissau |
5% (2001 est.) |
4% (2002 est.) |
|
Guyana |
6% (2001 est.) |
6.9% (2005 est.) |
|
Haiti |
14% (2001 est.) |
15.7% (2005 est.) |
|
Honduras |
9.7% (2001 est.) |
8.8% (2005 est.) |
|
Hong Kong |
-1.6% (2001 est.) |
0.9% (2005 est.) |
|
Hungary |
5.3% (2002 est.) |
3.6% (2005 est.) |
|
Iceland |
5% (2001 est.) |
4% (2005 est.) |
|
India |
5.4% (2002 est.) |
4.2% (2005 est.) |
|
Indonesia |
11.5% (2001 est.) |
10.5% (2005 est.) |
|
Iran |
17.3% (2002 est.) |
13.5% (2005 est.) |
|
Iraq |
60% (2001 est.) |
33% (2005 est.) |
|
Ireland |
4.6% (2002 est.) |
2.4% (2005 est.) |
|
Isle of Man |
2.5% (2000 est.) |
2.7% (2003 est.) |
|
Israel |
5.7% (2002 est.) |
1.3% (2005 est.) |
|
Italy |
2.4% (2002) |
2% (2005 est.) |
|
Jamaica |
6.9% (2001 est.) |
15.3% (2005 est.) |
|
Japan |
-0.9% (2002 est.) |
-0.3% (2005 est.) |
|
Jersey |
4.7% (1998) |
5.3% (2004) |
|
Jordan |
3.3% (2002 est.) |
4.5% (2005 est.) |
|
Kazakhstan |
8.5% (2001 est.) |
7.6% (2005 est.) |
|
Kenya |
3.3% (2001 est.) |
10.3% (2005 est.) |
|
Kiribati |
2.5% (2001 est.) |
0.5% (2005 est.) |
|
Korea, South |
2.8% (2002 est.) |
2.8% (2005 est.) |
|
Kuwait |
2.7% (2001) |
4.1% (2005 est.) |
|
Kyrgyzstan |
7% (2001 est.) |
5.2% (2005 est.) |
|
Laos |
10% (2001 est.) |
7% (2005 est.) |
|
Latvia |
2% (2002 est.) |
6.8% (2005 est.) |
|
Lebanon |
0.5% (2001 est.) |
2.4% (2005 est.) |
|
Lesotho |
6.9% (2001 est.) |
4.7% (2005 est.) |
|
Liberia |
8% (2001 est.) |
15% (2003 est.) |
|
Libya |
13.6% (2001 est.) |
3.4% (2005 est.) |
|
Lithuania |
0.8% (2002 est.) |
2.7% (2005) |
|
Luxembourg |
1.6% (2002 est.) |
2.5% (2005 est.) |
|
Macau |
-2% (2001 est.) |
3.8% (2nd quarter, 2005) |
|
Macedonia |
- |
0% (2005 est.) |
|
Macedonia, The Former Yugoslav Republic of |
4% (2002 est.) |
- |
|
Madagascar |
7% (2001 est.) |
15% (2005 est.) |
|
Malawi |
28.6% (2001 est.) |
15.4% (2005 est.) |
|
Malaysia |
1.5% (2001 est.) |
3% (2005 est.) |
|
Maldives |
3% (2000 est.) |
6% (2005 est.) |
|
Mali |
4.5% (2001 est.) |
4.5% (2002 est.) |
|
Malta |
2.4% (2002 est.) |
3% (2005 est.) |
|
Marshall Islands |
1.9% (1999 est.) |
3% (2005 est.) |
|
Martinique |
3.9% (1990) (1990) |
NA |
|
Mauritania |
4.4% (2001 est.) |
7% (2003 est.) |
|
Mauritius |
4.2% (2001 est.) |
5% (2005 est.) |
|
Mexico |
6.5% (2001 est.) |
4% (2005 est.) |
|
Micronesia, Federated States of |
2.5% (2001 est.) |
2.2% (2005) |
|
Moldova |
5.5% (2002 est.) |
11.9% (2005 est.) |
|
Monaco |
NA% |
1.9% (2000) |
|
Mongolia |
11.8% (2000 est.) |
9.5% (2005 est.) |
|
Montenegro |
- |
3.4% (2004) |
|
Montserrat |
5% (1998) (1998) |
2.6% (2002 est.) |
|
Morocco |
1% (2001 est.) |
1% (2005 est.) |
|
Mozambique |
10% (2001 est.) |
6.5% (2005 est.) |
|
Namibia |
8.8% (2001) |
2.3% (2005 est.) |
|
Nauru |
-3.6% (1993) (1993) |
-3.6% (1993) |
|
Nepal |
2.1% |
7.8% (October 2005 est.) |
|
Netherlands |
3.4% (2002 est.) |
1.7% (2005 est.) |
|
Netherlands Antilles |
5.8% (2000 est.) |
2.1% (2003 est.) |
|
New Caledonia |
2.3% (2000 est.) |
-0.6% (2000 est.) |
|
New Zealand |
2.6% (2001 est.) |
3% (2005 est.) |
|
Nicaragua |
7.4% (2001 est.) |
9.6% (2005 est.) |
|
Niger |
4.2% (2001 est.) |
0.2% (2004 est.) |
|
Nigeria |
14.9% (2001 est.) |
13.5% (2005 est.) |
|
Niue |
1% (1995) (1995) |
4% (2005) |
|
Norfolk Island |
NA% |
- |
|
Northern Mariana Islands |
1.2% (1997 est.) |
-0.8% (2000) |
|
Norway |
1.3% (2001 est.) |
1.6% (2005 est.) |
|
Oman |
1% (2001 est.) |
1.2% (2005 est.) |
|
Pakistan |
4% (2001 est.) |
9.1% (2005 est.) |
|
Palau |
3.4% (2000 est.) |
2.7% (2005 est.) |
|
Panama |
1% (2000 est.) |
2.9% (2005 est.) |
|
Papua New Guinea |
10.3% (2001 est.) |
1.7% (2005 est.) |
|
Paraguay |
7.2% (2001 est.) |
6.8% (2005 est.) |
|
Peru |
1.5% (2001 est.) |
1.6% (2005 est.) |
|
Philippines |
6% (2001 est.) |
7.6% (2005 est.) |
|
Pitcairn Islands |
NA% |
- |
|
Poland |
2.5% (2002 est.) |
2.2% (2005 est.) |
|
Portugal |
3.7% (2002 est.) |
2.3% (2005 est.) |
|
Puerto Rico |
5.7% (2000 est.) |
6.5% (2003 est.) |
|
Qatar |
2% (2001) |
8.8% (2005 est.) |
|
Romania |
34.5% (2001 est.) |
9% (2005) |
|
Russia |
16.2% (2002 est.) |
12.7% (2005 est.) |
|
Rwanda |
5% (2001 est.) |
8% (2005 est.) |
|
Saint Kitts and Nevis |
1.7% (2001 est.) |
8.7% (2005 est.) |
|
Saint Lucia |
3% (2001 est.) |
2.9% (2005 est.) |
|
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines |
-0.4% (2001 est.) |
1% (2005 est.) |
|
Samoa |
2.5% (2001 est.) |
3.3% (2005) |
|
San Marino |
3.3% (2001) |
-1.7% (2001) |
|
Sao Tome and Principe |
7% (2001 est.) |
15.2% (2005 est.) |
|
Saudi Arabia |
1.7% (2001) |
0.4% (2005 est.) |
|
Senegal |
3.3% (2001 est.) |
1.7% (2005 est.) |
|
Serbia |
- |
15.5% (2005 est.) |
|
Serbia and Montenegro |
18% (2002 est.) |
- |
|
Seychelles |
6.1% (2001 est.) |
1.6% (2005 est.) |
|
Sierra Leone |
15% (2000 est.) |
1% (2002 est.) |
|
Singapore |
1.5% (2001 est.) |
0.4% (2005 est.) |
|
Slovakia |
3.3% (2002 est.) |
2.7% (2005 est.) |
|
Slovenia |
7.4% (2002 est.) |
2.5% (2005 est.) |
|
Solomon Islands |
7.9% (2001 est.) |
6.6% (2005 est.) |
|
Somalia |
over 100% (businesses print their own money) (2000 est.) |
NA%; note - businesses print their own money, so inflation rates cannot be easily determined |
|
South Africa |
5.8% (2001 est.) |
4% (2005 est.) |
|
Spain |
3% (2002 est.) |
3.4% (2005 est.) |
|
Sri Lanka |
14.2% (2001 est.) |
11.6% (2005 est.) |
|
Sudan |
10% (2001 est.) |
9% (2005 est.) |
|
Suriname |
59% (2000) (2000) |
9.5% (2005 est.) |
|
Svalbard |
NA% |
- |
|
Swaziland |
7.5% (2001 est.) |
4% (2005 est.) |
|
Sweden |
2.2% (2002 est.) |
0.5% (2005 est.) |
|
Switzerland |
0.5% (2002 est.) |
1.2% (2005 est.) |
|
Syria |
0.3% (2001 est.) |
5% (2005 est.) |
|
Taiwan |
0.5% (2001 est.) |
2.3% (2005 est.) |
|
Tajikistan |
33% (2001 est.) |
7.1% (2005 est.) |
|
Tanzania |
5% (2001 est.) |
4.3% (2005 est.) |
|
Thailand |
1.6% (2001) |
4.5% (2005 est.) |
|
Togo |
2.3% (2001 est.) |
6% (2005 est.) |
|
Tonga |
9.4% (2001 est.) |
11.1% (2005 est.) |
|
Trinidad and Tobago |
5.6% (2001 est.) |
6.9% (2005 est.) |
|
Tunisia |
2.7% (2001 est.) |
2.1% (2005 est.) |
|
Turkey |
45.2% (2002) |
8.2% (2005 est.) |
|
Turkmenistan |
10% (2001 est.) |
10.5% (2005 est.) |
|
Turks and Caicos Islands |
4% (1995) (1995) |
4% (1995) |
|
Tuvalu |
5% (2000 est.) |
3.7% (2003 est.) |
|
Uganda |
3.5% (2001 est.) |
8.1% (2005 est.) |
|
Ukraine |
12% (2001 est.) |
13.5% (2005 est.) |
|
United Arab Emirates |
4.5% (2000 est.) |
10.5% (2005 est.) |
|
United Kingdom |
2.1% (2002 est.) |
2.1% (2005 est.) |
|
United States |
2.8% (2001) (2001) |
3.2% (2005 est.) |
|
Uruguay |
3.6% (2001) (2001) |
4.7% (2005 est.) |
|
Uzbekistan |
23% (2001 est.) |
6.9% (2005 est.) |
|
Vanuatu |
2.5% (2000 est.) |
-1.6% (2005 est.) |
|
Venezuela |
12.3% (2001) (2001) |
16% (2005 est.) |
|
Vietnam |
-0.3% (2001 est.) |
8.3% (2005 est.) |
|
Virgin Islands |
NA% |
2.2% (2003) |
|
Wallis and Futuna |
NA% |
2.8% NA% |
|
West Bank |
1% (includes Gaza Strip) (2001 est.) |
7% (includes Gaza Strip) (2003 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 |
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% (2001 est.) |
11.8% (2005 est.) |
|
Zambia |
21.5% (2001) |
18.3% (2005 est.) |
|
Zimbabwe |
100% (2001) |
266.8% official data; private sector estimates are much higher (2005 est.) |