Inflation rate (consumer prices) (2005) | Inflation rate (consumer prices) (2001) | ||
Afghanistan | 10.3% (2003) | NA% | |
Albania | 3.2% (2004 est.) | 1% (2000 est.) | |
Algeria | 3.1% (2004 est.) | 2% (2000 est.) | |
American Samoa | NA% | NA% | |
Andorra | 4.3% (2000) | 1.62% (1998) | |
Angola | 43.8% (2004 est.) | 325% (2000 est.) | |
Anguilla | 2.3% | 2.5% (1998 est.) | |
Antigua and Barbuda | 0.4% (2000 est.) | 1.6% (1999 est.) | |
Argentina | 6.1% (2004 est.) | -0.9% (2000 est.) | |
Armenia | 3.5% (2004 est.) | 1% (1999 est.) | |
Aruba | 3.2% (2002 est.) | 4.2% (2000 est.) | |
Australia | 2.3% (2004 est.) | 1.4% (2000 est.) | |
Austria | 1.8% (2004 est.) | 2% (2000 est.) | |
Azerbaijan | 4.6% (2004 est.) | 1.8% (2000 est.) | |
Bahamas, The | 1.2% (year ending September 2004) | 1.9% (2000 est.) | |
Bahrain | 2.1% (2004 est.) | 2% (2000 est.) | |
Bangladesh | 6% (2004 est.) | 5.8% (2000 est.) | |
Barbados | -0.5% (2003 est.) | 2% (2000 est.) | |
Belarus | 17.4% (2004 est.) | 200% (2000 est.) | |
Belgium | 1.9% (2004 est.) | 2.2% (2000 est.) | |
Belize | 2.9% (2004 est.) | 2% (2000 est.) | |
Benin | 2.8% (2004 est.) | 3% (2000 est.) | |
Bermuda | 3.3% (mid-2003 est.) | 2.7% (2000 est.) | |
Bhutan | 3% (2002 est.) | 7% (2000 est.) | |
Bolivia | 4.9% (2004 est.) | 4.4% (2000 est.) | |
Bosnia and Herzegovina | 1.1% (2004 est.) | 8% (2000 est.) | |
Botswana | 7% (2004 est.) | 8.6% (2000 est.) | |
Brazil | 7.6% (2004 est.) | 6% (2000) | |
British Virgin Islands | 2.5% (2003) | 2% (2000) | |
Brunei | 0.3% (2003 est.) | 1% (1999 est.) | |
Bulgaria | 6.1% (2004 est.) | 10.4% (2000 est.) | |
Burkina Faso | 2.4% (2004 est.) | 1.5% (2000 est.) | |
Burma | 17.2% (2004 est.) | 18% (1999) | |
Burundi | 8.5% (2004 est.) | 22% (2000 est.) | |
Cambodia | 3.1% (2004 est.) | 1.6% (2000 est.) | |
Cameroon | 1% (2004 est.) | 2% (2000 est.) | |
Canada | 1.9% (2004 est.) | 2.6% (2000) | |
Cape Verde | 1.5% (2004 est.) | 4% (2000) | |
Cayman Islands | 2.8% (2002) | 3% (1998) | |
Central African Republic | 3.6% (2001 est.) | 3% (2000 est.) | |
Chad | 8% (2004 est.) | 3% (2000 est.) | |
Chile | 2.4% (2004 est.) | 4.5% (2000 est.) | |
China | 4.1% (2004 est.) | 0.4% (2000 est.) | |
Christmas Island | - | NA% | |
Cocos (Keeling) Islands | - | NA% | |
Colombia | 5.9% (2004 est.) | 9% (2000) | |
Comoros | 3.5% (2001 est.) | 3.5% (1999) | |
Congo, Democratic Republic of the | 14% (2003 est.) | 540% (2000 est.) | |
Congo, Republic of the | 1.8% (2004 est.) | 3.5% (2000 est.) | |
Cook Islands | 3.2% (2000 est.) | 1.6% (1999 est.) | |
Costa Rica | 11.5% (2004 est.) | 11% (2000 est.) | |
Cote d'Ivoire | 1.4% (2004 est.) | 2.5% (2000 est.) | |
Croatia | 2.5% (2004 est.) | 6% (2000 est.) | |
Cuba | 3.1% (2004 est.) | 0.3% (1999 est.) | |
Cyprus | Republic of Cyprus: 2.4% (2003 est.); north Cyprus: 12.6% (2003 est.) | Greek Cypriot area: 4.2% (2000 est.); Turkish Cypriot area: 58% (1999 est.) | |
Czech Republic | 3.2% (2004 est.) | 3.8% (2000 est.) | |
Denmark | 1.4% (2004 est.) | 2.9% (2000 est.) | |
Djibouti | 2% (2002 est.) | 2% (2000 est.) | |
Dominica | 1% (2001 est.) | 2.5% (2000 est.) | |
Dominican Republic | 55% (2004 est.) | 7.9% (2000 est.) | |
East Timor | 4% (2003 est.) | - | |
Ecuador | 2% (2004 est.) | 96% (2000 est.) | |
Egypt | 9.5% (2004 est.) | 3% (2000) | |
El Salvador | 5.4% (2004 est.) | 2.5% (2000 est.) | |
Equatorial Guinea | 8.5% (2004 est.) | 6% (1999 est.) | |
Eritrea | 10% (2004 est.) | 14% (2000 est.) | |
Estonia | 3% (2004 est.) | 4.1% (1999 est.) | |
Ethiopia | 2.4% (2004 est.) | 5% (2000 est.) | |
European Union | 2.1% (2004 est.) | - | |
Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas) | 3.6% (1998) | 3.6% (1998) | |
Faroe Islands | 5.1% (1999) | 5.1% (1999) | |
Fiji | 1.6% (2002 est.) | 0% (1999 est.) | |
Finland | 0.7% (2004 est.) | 3.4% (2000 est.) | |
France | 2.3% (2004 est.) | 1.7% (2000 est.) | |
French Guiana | 1.5% (2002 est.) | 2.5% (1992) | |
French Polynesia | 1.5% (2002 est.) | 1.5% (1994) | |
Gabon | 1.5% (2004 est.) | 1.5% (2000 est.) | |
Gambia, The | 7% (2004 est.) | 3.4% (2000 est.) | |
Gaza Strip | 2.2% (includes West Bank) (2001 est.) | 3% (includes West Bank) (2000 est.) | |
Georgia | 5.5% (2004 est.) | 4.1% (2000 est.) | |
Germany | 1.6% (2004 est.) | 2% (2000 est.) | |
Ghana | 13% (2004 est.) | 22.8% (2000 est.) | |
Gibraltar | 1.5% (1998) | 1.5% (1998) | |
Greece | 2.9% (2004 est.) | 3.1% (2000 est.) | |
Greenland | 1.6% (1999 est.) | 1.6% (1999 est.) | |
Grenada | 2.8% (2001 est.) | 2.5% (2000 est.) | |
Guadeloupe | NA% | NA | |
Guam | 0% (1999 est.) | 0% (1999 est.) | |
Guatemala | 7.2% (2004 est.) | 6% (2000 est.) | |
Guernsey | 4.9% (2004 est.) | 3.99% (2000 est.) | |
Guinea | 18% (2004 est.) | 6% (2000 est.) | |
Guinea-Bissau | 4% (2002 est.) | 3% (2000 est.) | |
Guyana | 4.5% (2004 est.) | 5.9% (2000 est.) | |
Haiti | 22% (2004 est.) | 19% (2000 est.) | |
Honduras | 7% (2004 est.) | 11% (2000 est.) | |
Hong Kong | -0.3% (2004 est.) | 3.7% (2000 est.) | |
Hungary | 7% (2004 est.) | 9.8% (1999 est.) | |
Iceland | 4% (2004 est.) | 3.5% (2000 est.) | |
India | 4.2% (2004 est.) | 5.4% (2000 est.) | |
Indonesia | 6.1% (2004 est.) | 9% (2000 est.) | |
Iran | 15.5% (2004 est.) | 16% (2000 est.) | |
Iraq | 25.4% (2004 est.) | 100% (2000 est.) | |
Ireland | 2.2% (2004 est.) | 5.6% (2000) | |
Isle of Man | 3.6% (March 2003 est.) | 2.5% (2000 est.) | |
Israel | 0% (2004 est.) | 0.1% (2000 est.) | |
Italy | 2.3% (2004 est.) | 2.5% (2000) | |
Jamaica | 12.4% (2004 est.) | 8.8% (2000 est.) | |
Japan | -0.1% (2004 est.) | -0.7% (2000 est.) | |
Jersey | 5.3% (2004) | 4.7% (1998) | |
Jordan | 3.2% (2004 est.) | 0.7% (2000 est.) | |
Kazakhstan | 6.9% (2004 est.) | 13.4% (2000 est.) | |
Kenya | 9% (2004 est.) | 7% (2000 est.) | |
Kiribati | 2.5% (2001 est.) | 2% (1999 est.) | |
Korea, North | NA (2003 est.) | NA% | |
Korea, South | 3.6% (2004 est.) | 2.3% (2000) | |
Kuwait | 2.3% (2004 est.) | 3% (2000) | |
Kyrgyzstan | 3.2% (2004 est.) | 18.7% (2000 est.) | |
Laos | 12.3% (2004 est.) | 33% (2000 est.) | |
Latvia | 6% (2004 est.) | 2.7% (2000) | |
Lebanon | 2% (2004 est.) | 0% (2000 est.) | |
Lesotho | 5.3% (2004 est.) | 6% (2000 est.) | |
Liberia | 15% (2003 est.) | 5% (2000 est.) | |
Libya | 2.9% (2004 est.) | 18.5% (2000 est.) | |
Liechtenstein | 1% (2001) | 0.5% (1997 est.) | |
Lithuania | 1.1% (2004 est.) | 1% (2000 est.) | |
Luxembourg | 2.4% (2004 est.) | 7.8% (2000 est.) | |
Macau | 2% (3rd quarter, 2004) | -1.8% (2000 est.) | |
Macedonia | 0.4% (2004 est.) | - | |
Macedonia, The Former Yugoslav Republic of | - | 11% (2000 est.) | |
Madagascar | 7.5% (2004 est.) | 10% (1999 est.) | |
Malawi | 12% (2004 est.) | 29.5% (2000) | |
Malaysia | 1.3% (2004 est.) | 1.7% (2000) | |
Maldives | 1% (2002 est.) | 3% (2000 est.) | |
Mali | 4.5% (2002 est.) | 0.8% (2000 est.) | |
Malta | 2.9% (2004 est.) | 2.5% (2000 est.) | |
Marshall Islands | 2% (2001 est.) | 5% (1997) | |
Martinique | 3.9% (1990) | 3.9% (1990) | |
Mauritania | 7% (2003 est.) | 4.5% (2000 est.) | |
Mauritius | 4.5% (2004 est.) | 5.3% (2000 est.) | |
Mayotte | NA% | NA% | |
Mexico | 5.4% (2004 est.) | 9% (2000 est.) | |
Micronesia, Federated States of | 1% (2002 est.) | 2.6% (FY98/99) | |
Moldova | 11.5% (2004 est.) | 32% (2000 est.) | |
Monaco | 1.9% (2000) | NA% | |
Mongolia | 11% (2004 est.) | 7.6% (1999) | |
Montserrat | 2.6% (2002 est.) | 5% (1998) | |
Morocco | 2.1% (2004 est.) | 2% (2000 est.) | |
Mozambique | 12.8% (2004 est.) | 11.4% (2000 est.) | |
Namibia | 4.2% (2004 est.) | 9.1% (2000) | |
Nauru | -3.6% (1993) | -3.6% (1993) | |
Nepal | 2.9% (2002 est.) | 3.3% (FY99/00 est.) | |
Netherlands | 1.4% (2004 est.) | 2.6% (2000 est.) | |
Netherlands Antilles | 2.1% (2003 est.) | 6.4% (2000 est.) | |
New Caledonia | -0.6% (2000 est.) | 1.5% (1998 est.) | |
New Zealand | 2.4% (2004 est.) | 2.4% (2000 est.) | |
Nicaragua | 9.3% (2004 est.) | 11% (2000 est.) | |
Niger | 3% (2002 est.) | 2.8% (2000 est.) | |
Nigeria | 16.5% (2004 est.) | 6.5% (2000 est.) | |
Niue | 1% (1995) | 1% (1995) | |
Norfolk Island | NA | NA% | |
Northern Mariana Islands | 1.2% (1997 est.) | 1.2% (1997 est.) | |
Norway | 1% (2004 est.) | 2.9% (2000 est.) | |
Oman | 0.2% (2004 est.) | -0.8% (2000 est.) | |
Pakistan | 4.8% (FY03/04 est.) | 5.2% (2000 est.) | |
Palau | 3.4% (2000 est.) | NA% | |
Panama | 2% (2004 est.) | 1.8% (2000 est.) | |
Papua New Guinea | 4.2% (2004 est.) | 17% (2000 est.) | |
Paraguay | 5.1% (2004 est.) | 8% (2000 est.) | |
Peru | 3.8% (2004 est.) | 3.7% (2000 est.) | |
Philippines | 5.5% (2004 est.) | 5% (2000 est.) | |
Pitcairn Islands | NA | NA% | |
Poland | 3.4% (2004 est.) | 10.2% (2000 est.) | |
Portugal | 2.1% (2004 est.) | 2.8% (2000 est.) | |
Puerto Rico | 6.5% (2003 est.) | 5.7% (2000 est.) | |
Qatar | 3% (2004 est.) | 2.5% (2000) | |
Reunion | NA% | NA% | |
Romania | 9.6% (2004 est.) | 45.7% (2000 est.) | |
Russia | 11.5% (2004 est.) | 20.6% (2000 est.) | |
Rwanda | 7% (2004 est.) | 4% (2000) | |
Saint Helena | 3.2% (1997 est.) | 3.2% (1997 est.) | |
Saint Kitts and Nevis | 1.7% (2001 est.) | 2.5% (2000 est.) | |
Saint Lucia | 3% (2001 est.) | 2.5% (2000 est.) | |
Saint Pierre and Miquelon | 2.1% (1991-96 average) | 2.1% (1991-96 average) | |
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | -0.4% (2001 est.) | 2% (1999 est.) | |
Samoa | 4% (2001 est.) | 0.8% (2000 est.) | |
San Marino | 3.3% (2001) | 2.2% (2000) | |
Sao Tome and Principe | 14% (2004 est.) | 5% (2000 est.) | |
Saudi Arabia | 0.8% (2004 est.) | 0.5% (2000) | |
Senegal | 0.8% (2004 est.) | 1.5% (2000 est.) | |
Serbia and Montenegro | 8.8% (2004 est.) | - | |
Seychelles | 5% (2004 est.) | 6% (1999 est.) | |
Sierra Leone | 1% (2002 est.) | 15% (2000 est.) | |
Singapore | 1.7% (2004 est.) | 1.4% (2000) | |
Slovakia | 7.5% (2004 est.) | 12.2% (2000 est.) | |
Slovenia | 3.3% (2004 est.) | 8.9% (2000 est.) | |
Solomon Islands | 10% (2003 est.) | 10% (1999 est.) | |
Somalia | note - businesses print their own money, so inflation rates cannot be sensibly determined (2004 est.) | over 100% (businesses print their own money) (2000 est.) | |
South Africa | 4.5% (2004 est.) | 5.3% (2000 est.) | |
Spain | 3.2% (2004 est.) | 3.4% (2000 est.) | |
Sri Lanka | 5.8% (2004 est.) | 8.5% (2000 est.) | |
Sudan | 9% (2004 est.) | 10% (2000 est.) | |
Suriname | 23% (2003 est.) | 78% (2000 est.) | |
Svalbard | - | NA% | |
Swaziland | 5.4% (2004 est.) | 6.4% (2000 est.) | |
Sweden | 0.7% (2004 est.) | 1.2% (2000 est.) | |
Switzerland | 0.9% (2004 est.) | 1.5% (2000 est.) | |
Syria | 2.1% (2004 est.) | 1.5% (2000 est.) | |
Taiwan | 1.7% (2004 est.) | 1.3% (2000 est.) | |
Tajikistan | 8% (2004 est.) | 33% (2000 est.) | |
Tanzania | 5.4% (2004 est.) | 6% (2000 est.) | |
Thailand | 2.8% (2004 est.) | 2.1% (2000 est.) | |
Togo | 1% (2004 est.) | 2.5% (2000 est.) | |
Tokelau | NA% | NA% | |
Tonga | 10.3% (2002 est.) | 7% (2000 est.) | |
Trinidad and Tobago | 3.3% (2004 est.) | 3.2% (2000 est.) | |
Tunisia | 4.1% (2004 est.) | 3% (2000 est.) | |
Turkey | 9.3% (2004 est.) | 39% (2000 est.) | |
Turkmenistan | 9% (2004 est.) | 14% (2000 est.) | |
Turks and Caicos Islands | 4% (1995) | 4% (1995) | |
Tuvalu | 5% (2000 est.) | 7% (1999 est.) | |
Uganda | 3.5% (2004 est.) | 6.5% (2000) | |
Ukraine | 12% (2004 est.) | 25.8% (2000 est.) | |
United Arab Emirates | 3.2% (2004 est.) | 4.5% (2000 est.) | |
United Kingdom | 1.4% (2004 est.) | 2.4% (2000 est.) | |
United States | 2.5% (2004 est.) | 3.4% (2000) | |
Uruguay | 7.6% (2004 est.) | 4.8% (2000 est.) | |
Uzbekistan | 3% (2004 est.) | 40% (2000 est.) | |
Vanuatu | 3.1% (2003 est.) | 2.5% (1999 est.) | |
Venezuela | 22.4% (2004 est.) | 13% (2000) | |
Vietnam | 9.5% (2004 est.) | -0.6% (2000 est.) | |
Virgin Islands | 2.2% (2003) | NA% | |
Wallis and Futuna | NA% | NA% | |
West Bank | 2.2% (includes Gaza Strip) (2001 est.) | 3% (includes Gaza Strip) (2000 est.) | |
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 (2004 est.) | 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 |
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Yemen | 12.2% (2004 est.) | 10% (2000 est.) | |
Yugoslavia | - | 42% (1999 est.) | |
Zambia | 18.3% (2004 est.) | 27.3% (2000 est.) | |
Zimbabwe | 133% (2004 est.) | 60% (2000 est.) |