| | Inflation rate (consumer prices) (2003) | Inflation rate (consumer prices) (2002) |
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Algeria |
3% (2002 est.) |
3% (2001 est.) |
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Angola |
106% (2002 est.) |
110% (2001 est.) |
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Argentina |
41% (2002, yearend) |
4% (2001 est.) |
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Armenia |
1.1% (2002 est.) |
3.1% (2000 est.) |
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Aruba |
3.2% (2002 est.) |
4% (2000) |
 |
Bahamas, The |
1.8% (2001 est.) |
1.5% (2001 est.) |
 |
Bahrain |
0.5% (2002 est.) |
1.5% (2001 est.) |
 |
Bangladesh |
3.1% (2002 est.) |
5.8% (2000 est.) |
 |
Barbados |
-0.6% (2002 est.) |
3.5% (2001 est.) |
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Belarus |
42.8% (2002 est.) |
46.1% (2001 est.) |
 |
Belize |
1.9% (2002 est.) |
1.7% (2001 est.) |
 |
Benin |
3.3% (2002 est.) |
3% (2001 est.) |
 |
Bermuda |
2.3% (July 2002) |
3% (July 2001) |
 |
Bhutan |
3% (2002 est.) |
7% (2000 est.) |
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Bosnia and Herzegovina |
3.5% (2002 est.) |
5% (2001 est.) |
 |
Botswana |
8.1% (2002 est.) |
6.6% (2001 est.) |
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Brazil |
8.3% (2002) |
7.7% (2001) (2001) |
 |
British Virgin Islands |
2.5% (2002) |
3.3% (2000) |
 |
Brunei |
-2% (2002 est.) |
1% (1999 est.) |
 |
Burma |
53.7% (2002 est.) |
20% (2001 est.) |
 |
Burundi |
12% (2002 est.) |
14% (2001 est.) |
 |
Cambodia |
3.3% (2002 est.) |
1.6% (2000 est.) |
 |
Cameroon |
4.5% (2002 est.) |
2% (2000 est.) |
 |
Cape Verde |
3% (2002) |
3% (2001) |
 |
Cayman Islands |
2.8% (2002) |
2.3% (2000) (2000) |
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Chad |
6% (2002 est.) |
3% (2000 est.) |
 |
Chile |
2.5% (2002 est.) |
3.5% (2001 est.) |
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Colombia |
6.2% (2002 est.) |
7.6% (2001) (2001) |
 |
Congo, Democratic Republic of the |
16% (2002 est.) |
358% (2001 est.) |
 |
Congo, Republic of the |
4% (2002 est.) |
3% (2001 est.) |
 |
Costa Rica |
9.1% (2002 est.) |
12.1% (2001 est.) |
 |
Cote d'Ivoire |
3.2% (2002 est.) |
2.5% (2000 est.) |
 |
Croatia |
2.2% (2002 est.) |
4% (2002 est.) |
 |
Cyprus |
Greek Cypriot area: 2.8% (2001 est.); Turkish Cypriot area: 24.5% (2002 est.) |
Greek Cypriot area: 1.9% (2001 est.); Turkish Cypriot area: 53.2% (2001 est.) |
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Czech Republic |
0.6% (2002 est.) |
2.2% (2002 est.) |
 |
Djibouti |
2% (2002 est.) |
2% (2001 est.) |
 |
Dominican Republic |
5.3% (2002 est.) |
5% (2001 est.) |
 |
Ecuador |
12.5% (2002 est.) |
22% (2001 est.) |
 |
Egypt |
4.3% (2002 est.) |
2.3% (2001) |
 |
Equatorial Guinea |
6% (2002 est.) |
6% (2001 est.) |
 |
Eritrea |
15% (2001) |
15% (2001 est.) |
 |
Estonia |
3.7% (2002 est.) |
3.7% (2002) |
 |
Ethiopia |
4% (2003 est.) |
6.8% (2001 est.) |
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Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas) |
3.6% (1998) |
3.6% (1998) (1998) |
 |
Fiji |
2% (2002 est.) |
3% (2000 est.) |
 |
French Guiana |
1.5% (2002 est.) |
2.5% (1992) (1992) |
 |
French Polynesia |
1.5% |
1.5% (1994) |
 |
Gabon |
2.3% (2002 est.) |
1.5% (2001 est.) |
 |
Gambia, The |
5.5% (2002 est.) |
4% (2001 est.) |
 |
Gaza Strip |
2.2% (includes West Bank) (2001 est.) |
1% (includes West Bank) (2001 est.) |
 |
Ghana |
14.5% (2002 est.) |
25% (2001 est.) |
 |
Greece |
3.6% (2002 est.) |
3.6% (2002) |
 |
Guatemala |
8.1% (2002 est.) |
7.6% (2001) (2001) |
 |
Guinea |
6% (2002 est.) |
6% (2000 est.) |
 |
Guinea-Bissau |
4% (2002 est.) |
5% (2001 est.) |
 |
Guyana |
4.7% (2002 est.) |
6% (2001 est.) |
 |
Haiti |
11.9% (2001 est.) |
14% (2001 est.) |
 |
Honduras |
7.7% (2002 est.) |
9.7% (2001 est.) |
 |
Hong Kong |
3% (2002 est.) |
-1.6% (2001 est.) |
 |
Iceland |
5.2% (2002 est.) |
5% (2001 est.) |
 |
Indonesia |
11.9% (2002 est.) |
11.5% (2001 est.) |
 |
Iran |
15.3% (2002 est.) |
17.3% (2002 est.) |
 |
Iraq |
70% (2002 est.) |
60% (2001 est.) |
 |
Isle of Man |
3.6% (March 2003 est.) |
2.5% (2000 est.) |
 |
Italy |
2.4% (2002 est.) |
2.4% (2002) |
 |
Jamaica |
7% (2002 est.) |
6.9% (2001 est.) |
 |
Kazakhstan |
6% (2002 est.) |
8.5% (2001 est.) |
 |
Kenya |
1.9% (2002 est.) |
3.3% (2001 est.) |
 |
Kuwait |
2% (2002 est.) |
2.7% (2001) |
 |
Kyrgyzstan |
2.1% (2002 est.) |
7% (2001 est.) |
 |
Laos |
10% (2002 est.) |
10% (2001 est.) |
 |
Lebanon |
3.5% (2002 est.) |
0.5% (2001 est.) |
 |
Lesotho |
10% (2002 est.) |
6.9% (2001 est.) |
 |
Liberia |
15% (2002 est.) |
8% (2001 est.) |
 |
Libya |
1% (2001 est.) |
13.6% (2001 est.) |
 |
Macau |
-2.6% (2002 est.) |
-2% (2001 est.) |
 |
Macedonia, The Former Yugoslav Republic of |
1.1% (2002 est.) |
4% (2002 est.) |
 |
Madagascar |
7.4% (2001 est.) |
7% (2001 est.) |
 |
Malawi |
27.4% (2001 est.) |
28.6% (2001 est.) |
 |
Malaysia |
1.9% (2002 est.) |
1.5% (2001 est.) |
 |
Maldives |
1% (2002 est.) |
3% (2000 est.) |
 |
Mali |
4.5% (2002 est.) |
4.5% (2001 est.) |
 |
Marshall Islands |
2% (2001 est.) |
1.9% (1999 est.) |
 |
Martinique |
3.9% (1990) |
3.9% (1990) (1990) |
 |
Mauritania |
3% (2002 est.) |
4.4% (2001 est.) |
 |
Mauritius |
6.4% (2002 est.) |
4.2% (2001 est.) |
 |
Mexico |
6.4% (2002 est.) |
6.5% (2001 est.) |
 |
Micronesia, Federated States of |
1% (2002 est.) |
2.5% (2001 est.) |
 |
Mongolia |
3% (2002 est.) |
11.8% (2000 est.) |
 |
Montserrat |
2.6% (2002 est.) |
5% (1998) (1998) |
 |
Morocco |
3.6% (2002 est.) |
1% (2001 est.) |
 |
Mozambique |
15.2% (2002 est.) |
10% (2001 est.) |
 |
Namibia |
8% (2001) |
8.8% (2001) |
 |
Nauru |
-3.6% (1993) |
-3.6% (1993) (1993) |
 |
Nepal |
2.8% (2001 est.) |
2.1% |
 |
Netherlands Antilles |
0.4% (2002 est.) |
5.8% (2000 est.) |
 |
New Caledonia |
-0.6% (2000 est.) |
2.3% (2000 est.) |
 |
New Zealand |
2.7% (2002 est.) |
2.6% (2001 est.) |
 |
Nicaragua |
3.7% (2002 est.) |
7.4% (2001 est.) |
 |
Niger |
3% (2002 est.) |
4.2% (2001 est.) |
 |
Nigeria |
14.2% (2002 est.) |
14.9% (2001 est.) |
 |
Niue |
1% (1995) |
1% (1995) (1995) |
 |
Oman |
-0.5% (2002 est.) |
1% (2001 est.) |
 |
Pakistan |
3.9% (2002 est.) |
4% (2001 est.) |
 |
Panama |
1.1% (2001 est.) |
1% (2000 est.) |
 |
Papua New Guinea |
9.8% (2002 est.) |
10.3% (2001 est.) |
 |
Paraguay |
10.5% (2002 est.) |
7.2% (2001 est.) |
 |
Peru |
0.2% (2002 est.) |
1.5% (2001 est.) |
 |
Philippines |
3.1% (2002 est.) |
6% (2001 est.) |
 |
Poland |
1.9% (2002 est.) |
2.5% (2002 est.) |
 |
Puerto Rico |
5% (2002 est.) |
5.7% (2000 est.) |
 |
Qatar |
1.9% (2002) |
2% (2001) |
 |
Romania |
22.5% (2002 est.) |
34.5% (2001 est.) |
 |
Russia |
15% (2002 est.) |
16.2% (2002 est.) |
 |
Rwanda |
5.5% (2002 est.) |
5% (2001 est.) |
 |
Samoa |
4% (2001 est.) |
2.5% (2001 est.) |
 |
Sao Tome and Principe |
9% (2002 est.) |
7% (2001 est.) |
 |
Saudi Arabia |
1% (2002 est.) |
1.7% (2001) |
 |
Senegal |
3% (2002 est.) |
3.3% (2001 est.) |
 |
Serbia and Montenegro |
19% (2002 est.) |
18% (2002 est.) |
 |
Seychelles |
0.5% (2002 est.) |
6.1% (2001 est.) |
 |
Sierra Leone |
1% (2002 est.) |
15% (2000 est.) |
 |
Singapore |
-0.4% (2002 est.) |
1.5% (2001 est.) |
 |
Solomon Islands |
1.8% (2001 est.) |
7.9% (2001 est.) |
 |
Somalia |
over 100% (businesses print their own money) |
over 100% (businesses print their own money) (2000 est.) |
 |
South Africa |
9.9% (2002 est.) |
5.8% (2001 est.) |
 |
Sri Lanka |
9.6% (2002 est.) |
14.2% (2001 est.) |
 |
Sudan |
9.2% (2002 est.) |
10% (2001 est.) |
 |
Suriname |
17% (2002 est.) |
59% (2000) (2000) |
 |
Swaziland |
11.8% (2002 est.) |
7.5% (2001 est.) |
 |
Syria |
0.9% (2002 est.) |
0.3% (2001 est.) |
 |
Taiwan |
-0.2% (2002 est.) |
0.5% (2001 est.) |
 |
Tajikistan |
12% (2001 est.) |
33% (2001 est.) |
 |
Tanzania |
4.8% (2002 est.) |
5% (2001 est.) |
 |
Thailand |
0.6% (2002 est.) |
1.6% (2001) |
 |
Togo |
4% (2002 est.) |
2.3% (2001 est.) |
 |
Tonga |
8.4% (2001 est.) |
9.4% (2001 est.) |
 |
Trinidad and Tobago |
4.3% (2002 est.) |
5.6% (2001 est.) |
 |
Tunisia |
2.5% (2002 est.) |
2.7% (2001 est.) |
 |
Turkey |
45.2% (2002 est.) |
45.2% (2002) |
 |
Turkmenistan |
5% (2002 est.) |
10% (2001 est.) |
 |
Turks and Caicos Islands |
4% (1995) |
4% (1995) (1995) |
 |
Uganda |
0.1% (2002 est.) |
3.5% (2001 est.) |
 |
Ukraine |
-1.2% (2002 est.) |
12% (2001 est.) |
 |
United Arab Emirates |
2.8% (2002 est.) |
4.5% (2000 est.) |
 |
United States |
1.6% (2002) |
2.8% (2001) (2001) |
 |
Uruguay |
14.1% (2002 est.) |
3.6% (2001) (2001) |
 |
Uzbekistan |
26% (2001 est.) |
23% (2001 est.) |
 |
Vanuatu |
3.2% (2001 est.) |
2.5% (2000 est.) |
 |
Venezuela |
31.2% (2002 est.) |
12.3% (2001) (2001) |
 |
Vietnam |
3.9% (2002 est.) |
-0.3% (2001 est.) |
 |
Virgin Islands |
2% (1992) |
NA% |
 |
West Bank |
2.2% (includes Gaza Strip) (2001 est.) |
1% (includes Gaza Strip) (2001 est.) |
 |
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 |
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 |
 |
Yemen |
12.2% (2002 est.) |
10% (2001 est.) |
 |
Zambia |
21% (2002 est.) |
21.5% (2001) |
 |
Zimbabwe |
134.5% (2002 est.) |
100% (2001) |