Inflation rate (consumer prices) (2004) | Inflation rate (consumer prices) (2007) | ||
Afghanistan | 5.2% (2003) | 16.3% (2005 est.) | |
Albania | 2.4% (2003) | 2.4% (2006 est.) | |
Algeria | 3.5% (2003 est.) | 2.6% (2006 est.) | |
American Samoa | NA (2003 est.) | NA% | |
Andorra | 4.3% (2000) | 3.2% (2005) | |
Angola | 76.6% (2003 est.) | 13.3% (2006 est.) | |
Anguilla | 2.3% | 5.3% (2006 est.) | |
Antigua and Barbuda | 0.4% (2000 est.) | 0.9% (2005 est.) | |
Argentina | 13.4% (2003) | 10.9% (2006 est.) | |
Armenia | 4.8% (2003 est.) | 2.9% (2006 est.) | |
Aruba | 3.2% (2002 est.) | 3.4% (2005) | |
Australia | 2.8% (2003 est.) | 3.5% (2006 est.) | |
Austria | 1.4% (2003 est.) | 1.4% (2006 est.) | |
Azerbaijan | 2.1% (2003 est.) | 8.3% (2006 est.) | |
Bahamas, The | 1.7% (2002 est.) | 1.2% (2004) | |
Bahrain | -0.2% (2003 est.) | 2.1% (2006 est.) | |
Bangladesh | 5.6% (2003 est.) | 6.8% (2006 est.) | |
Barbados | -0.5% (2003 est.) | -0.5% (2003 est.) | |
Belarus | 28.2% (2003 est.) | 7% (2006 est.) | |
Belgium | 1.6% (2003 est.) | 1.8% (2006 est.) | |
Belize | 2.6% (2003 est.) | 4.3% (2006 est.) | |
Benin | 1.5% (2003 est.) | 3.8% (2006 est.) | |
Bermuda | 3.3% (mid-2003 est.) | 2.8% (November 2005) | |
Bhutan | 3% (2002 est.) | 5.5% (2005 est.) | |
Bolivia | 3.3% (2003 est.) | 4.3% (2006 est.) | |
Bosnia and Herzegovina | 0.9% (2003 est.) | 7.5% (2006 est.) | |
Botswana | 9.2% (2003 est.) | 11.5% (2006 est.) | |
Brazil | 14.7% (2003) | 4.2% (2006 est.) | |
British Virgin Islands | 2.5% (2002) | 2% (2005) | |
Brunei | -2% (2002 est.) | 1.1% (2005) | |
Bulgaria | 2.3% (2003 est.) | 7.3% (2006 est.) | |
Burkina Faso | 1.9% (2003 est.) | 2.3% (2006 est.) | |
Burma | 49.7% (2003 est.) | 20% (2006 est.) | |
Burundi | 10.7% (2003 est.) | 2.8% (2006 est.) | |
Cambodia | 1.7% (2003 est.) | 4.7% (2006 est.) | |
Cameroon | 2.3% (2003 est.) | 5.1% (2006 est.) | |
Canada | 2.8% (2003 est.) | 2% (2006 est.) | |
Cape Verde | 3% (2003) | 5.4% (2006 est.) | |
Cayman Islands | 2.8% (2002) | 4.4% (2004) | |
Central African Republic | 3.6% (2001 est.) | 3.6% (2001 est.) | |
Chad | 6% (2003 est.) | 8% (2006 est.) | |
Chile | 2.8% (2003 est.) | 3.4% (2006 est.) | |
China | 1.2% (2003 est.) | 1.7% (2006 est.) | |
Christmas Island | NA | - | |
Cocos (Keeling) Islands | NA | - | |
Colombia | 7.1% (2003 est.) | 4.3% (2006 est.) | |
Comoros | 3.5% (2001 est.) | 3% (2005 est.) | |
Congo, Democratic Republic of the | 14% (2003 est.) | 18.2% (2006 est.) | |
Congo, Republic of the | 2.4% (2003 est.) | 5.5% (2006 est.) | |
Cook Islands | 3.2% (2000 est.) | 2.1% (2005 est.) | |
Costa Rica | 9.4% (2003 est.) | 11.5% (2006 est.) | |
Cote d'Ivoire | 3.4% (2003 est.) | 2.4% (2006 est.) | |
Croatia | 1.8% (2003 est.) | 3.2% (2006 est.) | |
Cuba | 4.1% (2003 est.) | 6.2% (2006 est.) | |
Cyprus | Republic of Cyprus: 4.1% (2003 est.); north Cyprus: 12.6% (2003 est.) | area under government control: 2.8% (2005 est.)
area administered by Turkish Cypriots: 9.1% (2004 est.) (2006 est.) |
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Czech Republic | 0.1% (2003 est.) | 2.5% (2006 est.) | |
Denmark | 2.1% (2003 est.) | 1.9% (2006 est.) | |
Djibouti | 2% (2002 est.) | 3% (2005 est.) | |
Dominica | 1% (2001 est.) | -0.1% (2005 est.) | |
Dominican Republic | 27.5% (2003 est.) | 7.6% (2006 est.) | |
East Timor | 8% NA (2003 est.) | - | |
Ecuador | 7.9% (2003 est.) | 3.3% (2006 est.) | |
Egypt | 4.3% (2003 est.) | 7.7% (2006 est.) | |
El Salvador | 2.1% (2003 est.) | 4% (2006 est.) | |
Equatorial Guinea | 6% (2003 est.) | 5% (2006 est.) | |
Eritrea | 12.3% (2003) | 15% (2006 est.) | |
Estonia | 1.3% (2003 est.) | 4.4% (2006 est.) | |
Ethiopia | 17.8% (2003 est.) | 13.5% (2006 est.) | |
European Union | 2% (2004 est.) | 1.8% (2006 est.) | |
Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas) | 3.6% (1998) | 3.6% (1998) | |
Faroe Islands | 5.1% (1999) | 1.8% (2005) | |
Fiji | 1.6% (2002 est.) | 3% (2005) | |
Finland | 0.9% (2003 est.) | 1.6% (2006 est.) | |
France | 2.1% (2003 est.) | 1.7% (2006 est.) | |
French Guiana | 1.5% (2002 est.) | - | |
French Polynesia | 1.5% (2002 est.) | 1.1% (2006 est.) | |
Gabon | 0.5% (2003 est.) | 4% (2006 est.) | |
Gambia, The | 14% (2003 est.) | 1.5% (2006 est.) | |
Gaza Strip | 2.2% (includes West Bank) (2001 est.) | 1.2% (includes West Bank) (2005) | |
Georgia | 4.8% (2003 est.) | 9.2% (2006 est.) | |
Germany | 1.1% (2003 est.) | 1.7% (2006 est.) | |
Ghana | 26.7% (2003 est.) | 10.9% (2006 est.) | |
Gibraltar | 1.5% (1998) | 1.5% (1998) | |
Greece | 3.6% (2003 est.) | 3.2% (2006 est.) | |
Greenland | 1.6% (1999 est.) | 1% (2005 est.) | |
Grenada | 2.8% (2001 est.) | 3% (2005 est.) | |
Guadeloupe | NA (2003 est.) | - | |
Guam | 0% (1999 est.) | 2.5% (2005 est.) | |
Guatemala | 5.5% (2003 est.) | 6.6% (2006 est.) | |
Guernsey | 4% (2000 est.) | 3.4% (June 2006) | |
Guinea | 14.8% (2003 est.) | 30% (2006 est.) | |
Guinea-Bissau | 4% (2002 est.) | 4% (2002 est.) | |
Guyana | 5.7% (2003 est.) | 7.2% (2006 est.) | |
Haiti | 37.8% (2003 est.) | 13.1% (2006 est.) | |
Honduras | 7.7% (2003 est.) | 5.6% (2006 est.) | |
Hong Kong | -2.6% (2003 est.) | 2% (2006 est.) | |
Hungary | 4.7% (2003 est.) | 4.1% (2006 est.) | |
Iceland | 2.1% (2003 est.) | 6.7% (2006 est.) | |
India | 3.8% (2003 est.) | 6.2% (2006 est.) | |
Indonesia | 6.6% (2003 est.) | 13.1% (2006 est.) | |
Iran | 16.4% (2003 est.) | 12% (2006 est.) | |
Iraq | 29.3% (2003 est.) | 53.2% (2006 est.) | |
Ireland | 3.5% (2003 est.) | 3.9% (2006 est.) | |
Isle of Man | 3.6% (March 2003 est.) | 3.1% (December 2006 est.) | |
Israel | 0.7% (2003 est.) | 2.1% (2006 est.) | |
Italy | 2.7% (2003 est.) | 2.1% (2006 est.) | |
Jamaica | 10.3% (2003 est.) | 8.6% (2006 est.) | |
Japan | -0.3% (2003 est.) | 0.2% (2006 est.) | |
Jersey | 4.7% (1998) | 3.7% (December 2006) | |
Jordan | 2.4% (2003 est.) | 6.2% (2006 est.) | |
Kazakhstan | 6.6% (2003 est.) | 8.6% (2006 est.) | |
Kenya | 9.8% (2003 est.) | 14.5% (2006 est.) | |
Kiribati | 2.5% (2001 est.) | 0.5% (2005 est.) | |
Korea, North | NA (2003 est.) | NA% | |
Korea, South | 3.6% (2003 est.) | 2.2% (2006 est.) | |
Kuwait | 1.2% (2003 est.) | 3% (2006 est.) | |
Kyrgyzstan | 3.5% (2003 est.) | 5.6% (2006 est.) | |
Laos | 15.3% (2003 est.) | 6.8% (2006 est.) | |
Latvia | 2.9% (2003 est.) | 6.5% (2006 est.) | |
Lebanon | 2.5% (2003 est.) | 4% (2006 est.) | |
Lesotho | 6.1% (2003 est.) | 6.1% (2006 est.) | |
Liberia | 15% (2003 est.) | 15% (2003 est.) | |
Libya | 2.8% (2003 est.) | 2.7% (2006 est.) | |
Liechtenstein | 1% (2001) | 1% (2001) | |
Lithuania | -1.2% (2003 est.) | 3.8% (2006 est.) | |
Luxembourg | 2% (2003 est.) | 2.7% (2006 est.) | |
Macau | -2.6% (2003 est.) | 4.4% (2005) | |
Macedonia | 1.2% (2003 est.) | 3.2% (2006 est.) | |
Madagascar | 8% (2003 est.) | 10.8% (2006 est.) | |
Malawi | 9.5% (2003 est.) | 14% (2006 est.) | |
Malaysia | 1.1% (2003 est.) | 3.6% (2006 est.) | |
Maldives | 1% (2002 est.) | 6% (2005 est.) | |
Mali | 4.5% (2002 est.) | 4.5% (2002 est.) | |
Malta | 0.4% (2003 est.) | 2.8% (2006 est.) | |
Marshall Islands | 2% (2001 est.) | 3% (2005 est.) | |
Martinique | 3.9% (1990) | - | |
Mauritania | 7% (2003 est.) | 7% (2003 est.) | |
Mauritius | 4.2% (2003 est.) | 8.9% (2006 est.) | |
Mayotte | NA | 1.7% (2005) | |
Mexico | 4.5% (2003 est.) | 3.6% (2006 est.) | |
Micronesia, Federated States of | 1% (2002 est.) | 2.2% (2005) | |
Moldova | 11.6% (2003 est.) | 12.7% (2006 est.) | |
Monaco | NA (2000) | 1.9% (2000) | |
Mongolia | 1.5% (2002 est.) | 9.5% (2005 est.) | |
Montenegro | - | 3.4% (2004) | |
Montserrat | 2.6% (2002 est.) | 2.6% (2002 est.) | |
Morocco | 1.2% (2003 est.) | 3.4% (2006 est.) | |
Mozambique | 14% (2003 est.) | 13.2% (2006 est.) | |
Namibia | 7.3% (2003) | 5.1% (2006 est.) | |
Nauru | -3.6% (1993) | -3.6% (1993) | |
Nepal | 2.9% (2002 est.) | 8.6% (November 2006 est.) | |
Netherlands | 2.1% (2003 est.) | 1.1% (2006 est.) | |
Netherlands Antilles | 2.1% (2003 est.) | 2.1% (2003 est.) | |
New Caledonia | -0.6% (2000 est.) | 1.4% (2000 est.) | |
New Zealand | 1.8% (2003 est.) | 3.4% (2006 est.) | |
Nicaragua | 5.3% (2003 est.) | 9.1% (2006 est.) | |
Niger | 3% (2002 est.) | 0.2% (2004 est.) | |
Nigeria | 13.8% (2003 est.) | 8.2% (2006 est.) | |
Niue | 1% (1995) | 4% (2005) | |
Norfolk Island | NA | - | |
Northern Mariana Islands | 1.2% (1997 est.) | -0.8% (2000) | |
Norway | 2.5% (2003 est.) | 2.3% (2006 est.) | |
Oman | -0.3% (2003 est.) | 3.2% (2006 est.) | |
Pakistan | 2.9% (2003 est.) | 7.9% (2006 est.) | |
Palau | 3.4% (2000 est.) | 2.7% (2005 est.) | |
Panama | 1.4% (2003 est.) | 1.1% (2006 est.) | |
Papua New Guinea | 14.7% (2003 est.) | 2.9% (2006 est.) | |
Paraguay | 14.2% (2003 est.) | 9.6% (2006 est.) | |
Peru | 2.3% (2003 est.) | 2% (2006 est.) | |
Philippines | 3.1% (2003 est.) | 6.3% (2006 est.) | |
Pitcairn Islands | NA | - | |
Poland | 0.7% (2003 est.) | 1% (2006 est.) | |
Portugal | 3.3% (2003 est.) | 3.1% (2006 est.) | |
Puerto Rico | 6.5% (2003 est.) | 6.5% (2003 est.) | |
Qatar | 2.3% (2003) | 11.8% (2006 est.) | |
Reunion | NA | - | |
Romania | 15.3% (2003) | 6.6% (2006 est.) | |
Russia | 13.7% (2003 est.) | 9.7% (2006 est.) | |
Rwanda | 7.5% (2003 est.) | 8.8% (2006 est.) | |
Saint Helena | 3.2% (1997 est.) | 3.2% (1997 est.) | |
Saint Kitts and Nevis | 1.7% (2001 est.) | 8.7% (2005 est.) | |
Saint Lucia | 3% (2001 est.) | 2.9% (2005 est.) | |
Saint Pierre and Miquelon | 2.1% (1991-96 average) | 8.1% (2005) | |
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | -0.4% (2001 est.) | 1% (2005 est.) | |
Samoa | 4% (2001 est.) | 3.3% (2005) | |
San Marino | 3.3% (2001) | -1.5% (2006) | |
Sao Tome and Principe | 9% (2003 est.) | 23.1% (2006 est.) | |
Saudi Arabia | 0.5% (2003 est.) | 2.2% (2006 est.) | |
Senegal | 0% (2003 est.) | 2.1% (2006 est.) | |
Serbia | - | 15.5% (2005 est.) | |
Serbia and Montenegro | 11.2% (2003 est.) | - | |
Seychelles | 3.3% (2003 est.) | -0.4% (2006 est.) | |
Sierra Leone | 1% (2002 est.) | 1% (2002 est.) | |
Singapore | 0.5% (2003 est.) | 1% (2006 est.) | |
Slovakia | 8.6% (2003 est.) | 4.5% (2006 est.) | |
Slovenia | 5.6% (2003 est.) | 2.5% (2006 est.) | |
Solomon Islands | 9% (2002 est.) | 6.6% (2005 est.) | |
Somalia | note - businesses print their own money, so inflation rates cannot be sensibly determined (2003 est.) | NA%; note - businesses print their own money, so inflation rates cannot be easily determined | |
South Africa | 5.9% (2003 est.) | 4.6% (2006 est.) | |
Spain | 3% (2003 est.) | 3.5% (2006 est.) | |
Sri Lanka | 6.3% (2003 est.) | 13.7% (2006 est.) | |
Sudan | 8.8% (2003 est.) | 7.2% (2006 est.) | |
Suriname | 17% (2002 est.) | 9.5% (2005 est.) | |
Svalbard | NA | - | |
Swaziland | 7.3% (2003 est.) | 5.7% (2006 est.) | |
Sweden | 1.9% (2003 est.) | 1.4% (2006 est.) | |
Switzerland | 0.6% (2003 est.) | 1.1% (2006 est.) | |
Syria | 1.5% (2003 est.) | 10% (2006 est.) | |
Taiwan | -0.3% (2003 est.) | 0.6% (2006 est.) | |
Tajikistan | 16.3% (2003 est.) | 11.9% (2006 est.) | |
Tanzania | 4.4% (2003 est.) | 6.1% (2006 est.) | |
Thailand | 1.8% (2003 est.) | 4.6% (2006 est.) | |
Timor-Leste | - | 1.4% (2005) | |
Togo | -1% (2003 est.) | 2.2% (2006 est.) | |
Tokelau | NA | NA% | |
Tonga | 10.3% (2002 est.) | 11.1% (2005 est.) | |
Trinidad and Tobago | 3.8% (2003 est.) | 8.3% (2006 est.) | |
Tunisia | 2.7% (2003 est.) | 4.5% (2006 est.) | |
Turkey | 25.3% (2003 est.) | 10.5% (2006 est.) | |
Turkmenistan | 9.5% (2003 est.) | 11.5% (2006 est.) | |
Turks and Caicos Islands | 4% (1995) | 4% (1995) | |
Tuvalu | 5% (2000 est.) | 3.9% (2005 est.) | |
Uganda | 7.9% (2003 est.) | 6.6% (2006 est.) | |
Ukraine | 5.2% (2003 est.) | 9.1% (2006 est.) | |
United Arab Emirates | 3.2% (2003 est.) | 13.5% (2006 est.) | |
United Kingdom | 1.4% (2003 est.) | 2.3% (2006 est.) | |
United States | 2.3% (2003) | 3.2% (2006 est.) | |
Uruguay | 19.4% (2003 est.) | 6.4% (2006 est.) | |
Uzbekistan | 13.1% (2003 est.) | 19.8% officially, but 38% based on analysis of consumer prices (2006 est.) | |
Vanuatu | 2% (2002 est.) | -1.6% (2005 est.) | |
Venezuela | 31.1% (2003 est.) | 13.7% (2006 est.) | |
Vietnam | 3.1% (2003 est.) | 7.5% (2006 est.) | |
Virgin Islands | 2.2% (2003) | 2.2% (2003) | |
Wallis and Futuna | NA | 2.8% (2005) | |
West Bank | 2.2% (includes Gaza Strip) (2001 est.) | 2.9% (includes Gaza Strip) (2005) | |
Western Sahara | NA | 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 (2003 est.) | 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 | 10.8% (2003 est.) | 20.8% (2006 est.) | |
Zambia | 21.4% (2003 est.) | 9% (2006 est.) | |
Zimbabwe | 384.7% (2003 est.) | 1,033.5% official data; private sector estimates are much higher (2006 est.) |