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				Afghanistan | 5.2% (2003) | 16.3% (2005 est.) | 
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				Albania | 2.4% (2003) | 3% (2007 est.) | 
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				Algeria | 3.5% (2003 est.) | 4.6% (2007 est.) | 
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				American Samoa | NA (2003 est.) | NA% | 
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				Andorra | 4.3% (2000) | 3.2% (2005) | 
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				Angola | 76.6% (2003 est.) | 12.5% (2007 est.) | 
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				Anguilla | 2.3% | 5.3% (2006 est.) | 
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				Antigua and Barbuda | 0.4% (2000 est.) | 2.8% (2007 est.) | 
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				Argentina | 13.4% (2003) | 8.5% official rate; actual rate may be double the official rate (2007 est.) | 
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				Armenia | 4.8% (2003 est.) | 6.6% (2007 est.) | 
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				Aruba | 3.2% (2002 est.) | 3.4% (2005) | 
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				Australia | 2.8% (2003 est.) | 3% (2007 est.) | 
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				Austria | 1.4% (2003 est.) | 1.9% (2007 est.) | 
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				Azerbaijan | 2.1% (2003 est.) | 16% (2007 est.) | 
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				Bahamas, The | 1.7% (2002 est.) | 2.4% (2007 est.) | 
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				Bahrain | -0.2% (2003 est.) | 3.5% (2007 est.) | 
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				Bangladesh | 5.6% (2003 est.) | 8.8% (2007 est.) | 
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				Barbados | -0.5% (2003 est.) | 5.5% (2007 est.) | 
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				Belarus | 28.2% (2003 est.) | 8.3% (2007 est.) | 
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				Belgium | 1.6% (2003 est.) | 1.7% (2007 est.) | 
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				Belize | 2.6% (2003 est.) | 2.8% (2007 est.) | 
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				Benin | 1.5% (2003 est.) | 2.5% (2007 est.) | 
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				Bermuda | 3.3% (mid-2003 est.) | 2.8% (November 2005) | 
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				Bhutan | 3% (2002 est.) | 5.5% (2005 est.) | 
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				Bolivia | 3.3% (2003 est.) | 12% (2007 est.) | 
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				Bosnia and Herzegovina | 0.9% (2003 est.) | 1.5% (2007 est.) | 
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				Botswana | 9.2% (2003 est.) | 7.2% (2007 est.) | 
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				Brazil | 14.7% (2003) | 4.1% (2007 est.) | 
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				British Virgin Islands | 2.5% (2002) | 2% (2005) | 
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				Brunei | -2% (2002 est.) | 1.1% (2005) | 
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				Bulgaria | 2.3% (2003 est.) | 7.8% (2007 est.) | 
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				Burkina Faso | 1.9% (2003 est.) | 0.7% (2007 est.) | 
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				Burma | 49.7% (2003 est.) | 39.5% (2007 est.) | 
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				Burundi | 10.7% (2003 est.) | 7% (2007 est.) | 
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				Cambodia | 1.7% (2003 est.) | 4.4% (2007 est.) | 
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				Cameroon | 2.3% (2003 est.) | 2% (2007 est.) | 
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				Canada | 2.8% (2003 est.) | 2.4% (2007 est.) | 
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				Cape Verde | 3% (2003) | 3% (2007 est.) | 
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				Cayman Islands | 2.8% (2002) | 4.4% (2004) | 
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				Central African Republic | 3.6% (2001 est.) | 4% (2007 est.) | 
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				Chad | 6% (2003 est.) | 4% (2007 est.) | 
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				Chile | 2.8% (2003 est.) | 6.5% (2007 est.) | 
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				China | 1.2% (2003 est.) | 4.7% (2007 est.) | 
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				Christmas Island | NA | - | 
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				Cocos (Keeling) Islands | NA | - | 
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				Colombia | 7.1% (2003 est.) | 5.5% (2007 est.) | 
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				Comoros | 3.5% (2001 est.) | 3% (2005 est.) | 
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				Congo, Democratic Republic of the | 14% (2003 est.) | 18.2% (2006 est.) | 
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				Congo, Republic of the | 2.4% (2003 est.) | 7% (2007 est.) | 
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				Cook Islands | 3.2% (2000 est.) | 2.1% (2005 est.) | 
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				Costa Rica | 9.4% (2003 est.) | 9.3% (2007 est.) | 
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				Cote d'Ivoire | 3.4% (2003 est.) | 1.8% (2007 est.) | 
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				Croatia | 1.8% (2003 est.) | 2.2% (2007 est.) | 
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				Cuba | 4.1% (2003 est.) | 3.6% (2007 est.) | 
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				Cyprus | Republic of Cyprus: 4.1% (2003 est.); north Cyprus: 12.6% (2003 est.) | area under government control: 2.3% (2007 est.) 
 area administered by Turkish Cypriots: 9.1% (2004 est.)  | 
				
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				Czech Republic | 0.1% (2003 est.) | 2.6% (2007 est.) | 
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				Denmark | 2.1% (2003 est.) | 1.5% (2007 est.) | 
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				Djibouti | 2% (2002 est.) | 3% (2005 est.) | 
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				Dominica | 1% (2001 est.) | -0.1% (2005 est.) | 
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				Dominican Republic | 27.5% (2003 est.) | 5.8% (2007 est.) | 
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				East Timor | 8% NA (2003 est.) | - | 
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				Ecuador | 7.9% (2003 est.) | 3.3% (2007 est.) | 
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				Egypt | 4.3% (2003 est.) | 8.8% (2007 est.) | 
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				El Salvador | 2.1% (2003 est.) | 4.9% (2007 est.) | 
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				Equatorial Guinea | 6% (2003 est.) | 5.5% (2007 est.) | 
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				Eritrea | 12.3% (2003) | 15.5% (2007 est.) | 
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				Estonia | 1.3% (2003 est.) | 6.3% (2007 est.) | 
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				Ethiopia | 17.8% (2003 est.) | 15.9% (2007 est.) | 
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				European Union | 2% (2004 est.) | 1.8% (2006 est.) | 
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				Faroe Islands | 5.1% (1999) | 1.8% (2005) | 
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				Fiji | 1.6% (2002 est.) | 3% (2005) | 
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				Finland | 0.9% (2003 est.) | 2.7% (2007 est.) | 
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				France | 2.1% (2003 est.) | 1.5% (2007 est.) | 
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				French Guiana | 1.5% (2002 est.) | - | 
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				French Polynesia | 1.5% (2002 est.) | 1.1% (2006 est.) | 
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				Gabon | 0.5% (2003 est.) | 5% (2007 est.) | 
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				Gambia, The | 14% (2003 est.) | 3.5% (2007 est.) | 
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				Gaza Strip | 2.2% (includes West Bank) (2001 est.) | 3.6% (includes West Bank) (2006) | 
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				Georgia | 4.8% (2003 est.) | 11% (2007 est.) | 
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				Germany | 1.1% (2003 est.) | 2% (2007 est.) | 
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				Ghana | 26.7% (2003 est.) | 11% (2007 est.) | 
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				Gibraltar | 1.5% (1998) | 2.9% (2005) | 
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				Greece | 3.6% (2003 est.) | 2.6% (2007 est.) | 
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				Greenland | 1.6% (1999 est.) | 1% (2005 est.) | 
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				Grenada | 2.8% (2001 est.) | 3% (2005 est.) | 
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				Guadeloupe | NA (2003 est.) | - | 
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				Guam | 0% (1999 est.) | 2.5% (2005 est.) | 
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				Guatemala | 5.5% (2003 est.) | 6.6% (2007 est.) | 
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				Guernsey | 4% (2000 est.) | 3.4% (June 2006) | 
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				Guinea | 14.8% (2003 est.) | 20% (2007 est.) | 
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				Guyana | 5.7% (2003 est.) | 10.4% (2007 est.) | 
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				Haiti | 37.8% (2003 est.) | 8.9% (2007 est.) | 
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				Honduras | 7.7% (2003 est.) | 6.4% (2007 est.) | 
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				Hong Kong | -2.6% (2003 est.) | 2% (2007 est.) | 
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				Hungary | 4.7% (2003 est.) | 7.8% (2007 est.) | 
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				Iceland | 2.1% (2003 est.) | 4.9% (2007 est.) | 
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				India | 3.8% (2003 est.) | 5.9% (2007 est.) | 
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				Indonesia | 6.6% (2003 est.) | 6.3% (2007 est.) | 
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				Iran | 16.4% (2003 est.) | 17% (July 2007 est.) | 
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				Iraq | 29.3% (2003 est.) | 4.7% (2007 est.) | 
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				Ireland | 3.5% (2003 est.) | 4.7% (2007 est.) | 
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				Isle of Man | 3.6% (March 2003 est.) | 3.1% (December 2006 est.) | 
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				Israel | 0.7% (2003 est.) | 0.4% (2007 est.) | 
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				Italy | 2.7% (2003 est.) | 1.7% (2007 est.) | 
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				Jamaica | 10.3% (2003 est.) | 7.1% (2007 est.) | 
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				Japan | -0.3% (2003 est.) | 0% (2007 est.) | 
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				Jersey | 4.7% (1998) | 3.7% (December 2006) | 
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				Jordan | 2.4% (2003 est.) | 5.4% (2007 est.) | 
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				Kazakhstan | 6.6% (2003 est.) | 9.5% (2007 est.) | 
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				Kenya | 9.8% (2003 est.) | 9.3% (2007 est.) | 
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				Kiribati | 2.5% (2001 est.) | 0.5% (2005 est.) | 
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				Korea, North | NA (2003 est.) | NA% | 
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				Korea, South | 3.6% (2003 est.) | 2.5% (2007) | 
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				Kosovo | - | 2% (2007 est.) | 
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				Kuwait | 1.2% (2003 est.) | 3.9% (2007 est.) | 
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				Kyrgyzstan | 3.5% (2003 est.) | 6.4% (2007 est.) | 
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				Laos | 15.3% (2003 est.) | 5% (2007 est.) | 
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				Latvia | 2.9% (2003 est.) | 9.6% (2007 est.) | 
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				Lebanon | 2.5% (2003 est.) | 5.6% (2007 est.) | 
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				Lesotho | 6.1% (2003 est.) | 12% (2007 est.) | 
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				Libya | 2.8% (2003 est.) | 3.3% (2007 est.) | 
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				Lithuania | -1.2% (2003 est.) | 5.4% (2007 est.) | 
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				Luxembourg | 2% (2003 est.) | 2.1% (2007 est.) | 
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				Macau | -2.6% (2003 est.) | 7.2% (2006) | 
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				Macedonia | 1.2% (2003 est.) | 2% (2007 est.) | 
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				Madagascar | 8% (2003 est.) | 10% (2007 est.) | 
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				Malawi | 9.5% (2003 est.) | 8% (2007 est.) | 
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				Malaysia | 1.1% (2003 est.) | 2.1% 
 note: approximately 30% of goods are price-controlled (2007 est.)  | 
				
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				Maldives | 1% (2002 est.) | 6% (2005 est.) | 
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				Malta | 0.4% (2003 est.) | 0.9% (2007 est.) | 
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				Marshall Islands | 2% (2001 est.) | 3% (2005 est.) | 
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				Martinique | 3.9% (1990) | - | 
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				Mauritius | 4.2% (2003 est.) | 9.1% (2007 est.) | 
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				Mayotte | NA | 1.7% (2005) | 
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				Mexico | 4.5% (2003 est.) | 3.8% (2007) | 
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				Micronesia, Federated States of | 1% (2002 est.) | 2.2% (2005) | 
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				Moldova | 11.6% (2003 est.) | 12.5% (2007 est.) | 
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				Monaco | NA (2000) | 1.9% (2000) | 
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				Mongolia | 1.5% (2002 est.) | 9.5% (2005 est.) | 
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				Montenegro | - | 3.4% (2004) | 
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				Morocco | 1.2% (2003 est.) | 2.1% (2007 est.) | 
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				Mozambique | 14% (2003 est.) | 8% (2007 est.) | 
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				Namibia | 7.3% (2003) | 6.7% (2007 est.) | 
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				Nepal | 2.9% (2002 est.) | 8.6% (November 2006 est.) | 
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				Netherlands | 2.1% (2003 est.) | 1.8% (2007 est.) | 
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				New Caledonia | -0.6% (2000 est.) | 1.4% (2000 est.) | 
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				New Zealand | 1.8% (2003 est.) | 2.5% (2007 est.) | 
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				Nicaragua | 5.3% (2003 est.) | 9.8% (2007 est.) | 
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				Niger | 3% (2002 est.) | 0.2% (2004 est.) | 
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				Nigeria | 13.8% (2003 est.) | 6.5% (2007 est.) | 
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				Niue | 1% (1995) | 4% (2005) | 
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				Norfolk Island | NA | - | 
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				Northern Mariana Islands | 1.2% (1997 est.) | -0.8% (2000) | 
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				Norway | 2.5% (2003 est.) | 0.4% (2007 est.) | 
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				Oman | -0.3% (2003 est.) | 4% (2007 est.) | 
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				Pakistan | 2.9% (2003 est.) | 6.9% (2007 est.) | 
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				Palau | 3.4% (2000 est.) | 2.7% (2005 est.) | 
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				Panama | 1.4% (2003 est.) | 5.1% (2007 est.) | 
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				Papua New Guinea | 14.7% (2003 est.) | 1.8% (2007 est.) | 
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				Paraguay | 14.2% (2003 est.) | 6% (2007) | 
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				Peru | 2.3% (2003 est.) | 3.5% (2007 est.) | 
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				Philippines | 3.1% (2003 est.) | 2.8% (2007 est.) | 
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				Pitcairn Islands | NA | - | 
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				Poland | 0.7% (2003 est.) | 2.1% (2007 est.) | 
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				Portugal | 3.3% (2003 est.) | 2.4% (2007 est.) | 
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				Qatar | 2.3% (2003) | 12% (2007 est.) | 
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				Reunion | NA | - | 
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				Romania | 15.3% (2003) | 4.6% (2007 est.) | 
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				Russia | 13.7% (2003 est.) | 11.9% annual average 
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				Rwanda | 7.5% (2003 est.) | 8% (2007 est.) | 
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				Saint Kitts and Nevis | 1.7% (2001 est.) | 8.7% (2005 est.) | 
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				Saint Lucia | 3% (2001 est.) | 2.9% (2005 est.) | 
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				Saint Pierre and Miquelon | 2.1% (1991-96 average) | 8.1% (2005) | 
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				Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | -0.4% (2001 est.) | 1% (2005 est.) | 
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				Samoa | 4% (2001 est.) | 3.3% (2005) | 
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				San Marino | 3.3% (2001) | -1.5% (2006) | 
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				Sao Tome and Principe | 9% (2003 est.) | 17% (2007 est.) | 
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				Saudi Arabia | 0.5% (2003 est.) | 3.4% (2007 est.) | 
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				Senegal | 0% (2003 est.) | 5.4% (2007 est.) | 
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				Serbia | - | 8.9% (2007 est.) | 
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				Serbia and Montenegro | 11.2% (2003 est.) | - | 
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				Seychelles | 3.3% (2003 est.) | 2.9% (2007 est.) | 
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				Singapore | 0.5% (2003 est.) | 4.4% (2007) | 
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				Slovakia | 8.6% (2003 est.) | 2.7% (2007 est.) | 
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				Slovenia | 5.6% (2003 est.) | 5.6% (2007 est.) | 
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				Solomon Islands | 9% (2002 est.) | 6.6% (2005 est.) | 
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				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 | 
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				South Africa | 5.9% (2003 est.) | 6.5% (2007 est.) | 
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				Spain | 3% (2003 est.) | 2.4% (2007 est.) | 
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				Sri Lanka | 6.3% (2003 est.) | 15.6% (2007 est.) | 
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				Sudan | 8.8% (2003 est.) | 5.3% (2007 est.) | 
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				Suriname | 17% (2002 est.) | 9.5% (2005 est.) | 
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				Svalbard | NA | - | 
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				Swaziland | 7.3% (2003 est.) | 6% (2007 est.) | 
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				Sweden | 1.9% (2003 est.) | 2% (2007 est.) | 
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				Switzerland | 0.6% (2003 est.) | 0.6% (2007 est.) | 
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				Syria | 1.5% (2003 est.) | 7% (2007 est.) | 
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				Taiwan | -0.3% (2003 est.) | 1.8% (2007 est.) | 
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				Tajikistan | 16.3% (2003 est.) | 9.8% (2007 est.) | 
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				Tanzania | 4.4% (2003 est.) | 7% (2007 est.) | 
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				Thailand | 1.8% (2003 est.) | 2.2% (2007) | 
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				Timor-Leste | - | 5.4% (2007 est.) | 
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				Togo | -1% (2003 est.) | 3% (2007 est.) | 
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				Tokelau | NA | NA% | 
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				Tonga | 10.3% (2002 est.) | 11.1% (2005 est.) | 
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				Trinidad and Tobago | 3.8% (2003 est.) | 7.6% (2007 est.) | 
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				Tunisia | 2.7% (2003 est.) | 2.9% (2007 est.) | 
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				Turkey | 25.3% (2003 est.) | 8.5% (2007 est.) | 
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				Turkmenistan | 9.5% (2003 est.) | 11.3% (2007 est.) | 
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				Tuvalu | 5% (2000 est.) | 3.9% (2005 est.) | 
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				Uganda | 7.9% (2003 est.) | 5.8% (2007 est.) | 
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				Ukraine | 5.2% (2003 est.) | 11.3% (2007 est.) | 
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				United Arab Emirates | 3.2% (2003 est.) | 12% (2007 est.) | 
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				United Kingdom | 1.4% (2003 est.) | 2.4% (2007 est.) | 
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				United States | 2.3% (2003) | 2.7% (2007 est.) | 
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				Uruguay | 19.4% (2003 est.) | 8.5% (2007) | 
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				Uzbekistan | 13.1% (2003 est.) | 16% officially, but 38% based on analysis of consumer prices (2007 est.) | 
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				Vanuatu | 2% (2002 est.) | -1.6% (2005 est.) | 
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				Venezuela | 31.1% (2003 est.) | 20.7% (Year ending November 2007) | 
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				Vietnam | 3.1% (2003 est.) | 8.3% (2007 est.) | 
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				Wallis and Futuna | NA | 2.8% (2005) | 
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				West Bank | 2.2% (includes Gaza Strip) (2001 est.) | 3.6% (includes Gaza Strip) (2006) | 
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				Western Sahara | NA | NA% | 
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				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.) | 
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				Yemen | 10.8% (2003 est.) | 10.7% (2007 est.) | 
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				Zambia | 21.4% (2003 est.) | 8.9% (2007 est.) | 
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				Zimbabwe | 384.7% (2003 est.) | 26,470% official data; private sector estimates are much higher (2007) |