|   |   | Inflation rate (consumer prices) (2005) | Inflation rate (consumer prices) (2003) | 
				  | 
				Afghanistan | 
				10.3% (2003) | 
				NA% | 
				
				  | 
				Albania | 
				3.2% (2004 est.) | 
				6% (2002 est.) | 
				
				  | 
				Algeria | 
				3.1% (2004 est.) | 
				3% (2002 est.) | 
				
				  | 
				Angola | 
				43.8% (2004 est.) | 
				106% (2002 est.) | 
				
				  | 
				Argentina | 
				6.1% (2004 est.) | 
				41% (2002, yearend) | 
				
				  | 
				Armenia | 
				3.5% (2004 est.) | 
				1.1% (2002 est.) | 
				
				  | 
				Australia | 
				2.3% (2004 est.) | 
				2.8% (2002 est.) | 
				
				  | 
				Austria | 
				1.8% (2004 est.) | 
				1.8% (2002 est.) | 
				
				  | 
				Azerbaijan | 
				4.6% (2004 est.) | 
				2.6% (2002 est.) | 
				
				  | 
				Bahamas, The | 
				1.2% (year ending September 2004) | 
				1.8% (2001 est.) | 
				
				  | 
				Bahrain | 
				2.1% (2004 est.) | 
				0.5% (2002 est.) | 
				
				  | 
				Bangladesh | 
				6% (2004 est.) | 
				3.1% (2002 est.) | 
				
				  | 
				Barbados | 
				-0.5% (2003 est.) | 
				-0.6% (2002 est.) | 
				
				  | 
				Belarus | 
				17.4% (2004 est.) | 
				42.8% (2002 est.) | 
				
				  | 
				Belgium | 
				1.9% (2004 est.) | 
				1.7% (2002 est.) | 
				
				  | 
				Belize | 
				2.9% (2004 est.) | 
				1.9% (2002 est.) | 
				
				  | 
				Benin | 
				2.8% (2004 est.) | 
				3.3% (2002 est.) | 
				
				  | 
				Bermuda | 
				3.3% (mid-2003 est.) | 
				2.3% (July 2002) | 
				
				  | 
				Bolivia | 
				4.9% (2004 est.) | 
				2% (2001 est.) | 
				
				  | 
				Bosnia and Herzegovina | 
				1.1% (2004 est.) | 
				3.5% (2002 est.) | 
				
				  | 
				Botswana | 
				7% (2004 est.) | 
				8.1% (2002 est.) | 
				
				  | 
				Brazil | 
				7.6% (2004 est.) | 
				8.3% (2002) | 
				
				  | 
				British Virgin Islands | 
				2.5% (2003) | 
				2.5% (2002) | 
				
				  | 
				Brunei | 
				0.3% (2003 est.) | 
				-2% (2002 est.) | 
				
				  | 
				Bulgaria | 
				6.1% (2004 est.) | 
				5.9% (2002 est.) | 
				
				  | 
				Burkina Faso | 
				2.4% (2004 est.) | 
				3.5% (2001 est.) | 
				
				  | 
				Burma | 
				17.2% (2004 est.) | 
				53.7% (2002 est.) | 
				
				  | 
				Burundi | 
				8.5% (2004 est.) | 
				12% (2002 est.) | 
				
				  | 
				Cambodia | 
				3.1% (2004 est.) | 
				3.3% (2002 est.) | 
				
				  | 
				Cameroon | 
				1% (2004 est.) | 
				4.5% (2002 est.) | 
				
				  | 
				Canada | 
				1.9% (2004 est.) | 
				2.2% (2002 est.) | 
				
				  | 
				Cape Verde | 
				1.5% (2004 est.) | 
				3% (2002) | 
				
				  | 
				Chad | 
				8% (2004 est.) | 
				6% (2002 est.) | 
				
				  | 
				Chile | 
				2.4% (2004 est.) | 
				2.5% (2002 est.) | 
				
				  | 
				China | 
				4.1% (2004 est.) | 
				-0.8% (2002 est.) | 
				
				  | 
				Christmas Island | 
				- | 
				NA% | 
				
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				Cocos (Keeling) Islands | 
				- | 
				NA% | 
				
				  | 
				Colombia | 
				5.9% (2004 est.) | 
				6.2% (2002 est.) | 
				
				  | 
				Congo, Democratic Republic of the | 
				14% (2003 est.) | 
				16% (2002 est.) | 
				
				  | 
				Congo, Republic of the | 
				1.8% (2004 est.) | 
				4% (2002 est.) | 
				
				  | 
				Costa Rica | 
				11.5% (2004 est.) | 
				9.1% (2002 est.) | 
				
				  | 
				Cote d'Ivoire | 
				1.4% (2004 est.) | 
				3.2% (2002 est.) | 
				
				  | 
				Croatia | 
				2.5% (2004 est.) | 
				2.2% (2002 est.) | 
				
				  | 
				Cuba | 
				3.1% (2004 est.) | 
				7.1% (2002 est.) | 
				
				  | 
				Cyprus | 
				Republic of Cyprus: 2.4% (2003 est.); north Cyprus: 12.6% (2003 est.) | 
				Greek Cypriot area: 2.8% (2001 est.); Turkish Cypriot area: 24.5% (2002 est.) | 
				
				  | 
				Czech Republic | 
				3.2% (2004 est.) | 
				0.6% (2002 est.) | 
				
				  | 
				Denmark | 
				1.4% (2004 est.) | 
				2.3% (2002 est.) | 
				
				  | 
				Dominican Republic | 
				55% (2004 est.) | 
				5.3% (2002 est.) | 
				
				  | 
				East Timor | 
				4% (2003 est.) | 
				NA% | 
				
				  | 
				Ecuador | 
				2% (2004 est.) | 
				12.5% (2002 est.) | 
				
				  | 
				Egypt | 
				9.5% (2004 est.) | 
				4.3% (2002 est.) | 
				
				  | 
				El Salvador | 
				5.4% (2004 est.) | 
				3.8% (2001 est.) | 
				
				  | 
				Equatorial Guinea | 
				8.5% (2004 est.) | 
				6% (2002 est.) | 
				
				  | 
				Eritrea | 
				10% (2004 est.) | 
				15% (2001) | 
				
				  | 
				Estonia | 
				3% (2004 est.) | 
				3.7% (2002 est.) | 
				
				  | 
				Ethiopia | 
				2.4% (2004 est.) | 
				4% (2003 est.) | 
				
				  | 
				European Union | 
				2.1% (2004 est.) | 
				- | 
				
				  | 
				Fiji | 
				1.6% (2002 est.) | 
				2% (2002 est.) | 
				
				  | 
				Finland | 
				0.7% (2004 est.) | 
				1.9% (2002 est.) | 
				
				  | 
				France | 
				2.3% (2004 est.) | 
				1.8% (2002 est.) | 
				
				  | 
				French Polynesia | 
				1.5% (2002 est.) | 
				1.5% | 
				
				  | 
				Gabon | 
				1.5% (2004 est.) | 
				2.3% (2002 est.) | 
				
				  | 
				Gambia, The | 
				7% (2004 est.) | 
				5.5% (2002 est.) | 
				
				  | 
				Georgia | 
				5.5% (2004 est.) | 
				5.2% (2002 est.) | 
				
				  | 
				Germany | 
				1.6% (2004 est.) | 
				1.3% (2002 est.) | 
				
				  | 
				Ghana | 
				13% (2004 est.) | 
				14.5% (2002 est.) | 
				
				  | 
				Greece | 
				2.9% (2004 est.) | 
				3.6% (2002 est.) | 
				
				  | 
				Guatemala | 
				7.2% (2004 est.) | 
				8.1% (2002 est.) | 
				
				  | 
				Guernsey | 
				4.9% (2004 est.) | 
				3.99% (2000 est.) | 
				
				  | 
				Guinea | 
				18% (2004 est.) | 
				6% (2002 est.) | 
				
				  | 
				Guyana | 
				4.5% (2004 est.) | 
				4.7% (2002 est.) | 
				
				  | 
				Haiti | 
				22% (2004 est.) | 
				11.9% (2001 est.) | 
				
				  | 
				Honduras | 
				7% (2004 est.) | 
				7.7% (2002 est.) | 
				
				  | 
				Hong Kong | 
				-0.3% (2004 est.) | 
				3% (2002 est.) | 
				
				  | 
				Hungary | 
				7% (2004 est.) | 
				5.3% (2002 est.) | 
				
				  | 
				Iceland | 
				4% (2004 est.) | 
				5.2% (2002 est.) | 
				
				  | 
				India | 
				4.2% (2004 est.) | 
				5.4% (2002 est.) | 
				
				  | 
				Indonesia | 
				6.1% (2004 est.) | 
				11.9% (2002 est.) | 
				
				  | 
				Iran | 
				15.5% (2004 est.) | 
				15.3% (2002 est.) | 
				
				  | 
				Iraq | 
				25.4% (2004 est.) | 
				70% (2002 est.) | 
				
				  | 
				Ireland | 
				2.2% (2004 est.) | 
				4.6% (2002 est.) | 
				
				  | 
				Israel | 
				0% (2004 est.) | 
				5.7% (2002 est.) | 
				
				  | 
				Italy | 
				2.3% (2004 est.) | 
				2.4% (2002 est.) | 
				
				  | 
				Jamaica | 
				12.4% (2004 est.) | 
				7% (2002 est.) | 
				
				  | 
				Japan | 
				-0.1% (2004 est.) | 
				-0.9% (2002 est.) | 
				
				  | 
				Jersey | 
				5.3% (2004) | 
				4.7% (1998) | 
				
				  | 
				Jordan | 
				3.2% (2004 est.) | 
				3.3% (2002 est.) | 
				
				  | 
				Kazakhstan | 
				6.9% (2004 est.) | 
				6% (2002 est.) | 
				
				  | 
				Kenya | 
				9% (2004 est.) | 
				1.9% (2002 est.) | 
				
				  | 
				Korea, North | 
				NA (2003 est.) | 
				NA% | 
				
				  | 
				Korea, South | 
				3.6% (2004 est.) | 
				2.8% (2002 est.) | 
				
				  | 
				Kuwait | 
				2.3% (2004 est.) | 
				2% (2002 est.) | 
				
				  | 
				Kyrgyzstan | 
				3.2% (2004 est.) | 
				2.1% (2002 est.) | 
				
				  | 
				Laos | 
				12.3% (2004 est.) | 
				10% (2002 est.) | 
				
				  | 
				Latvia | 
				6% (2004 est.) | 
				2% (2002 est.) | 
				
				  | 
				Lebanon | 
				2% (2004 est.) | 
				3.5% (2002 est.) | 
				
				  | 
				Lesotho | 
				5.3% (2004 est.) | 
				10% (2002 est.) | 
				
				  | 
				Liberia | 
				15% (2003 est.) | 
				15% (2002 est.) | 
				
				  | 
				Libya | 
				2.9% (2004 est.) | 
				1% (2001 est.) | 
				
				  | 
				Lithuania | 
				1.1% (2004 est.) | 
				0.8% (2002 est.) | 
				
				  | 
				Luxembourg | 
				2.4% (2004 est.) | 
				1.6% (2002 est.) | 
				
				  | 
				Macau | 
				2% (3rd quarter, 2004) | 
				-2.6% (2002 est.) | 
				
				  | 
				Macedonia | 
				0.4% (2004 est.) | 
				- | 
				
				  | 
				Macedonia, The Former Yugoslav Republic of | 
				- | 
				1.1% (2002 est.) | 
				
				  | 
				Madagascar | 
				7.5% (2004 est.) | 
				7.4% (2001 est.) | 
				
				  | 
				Malawi | 
				12% (2004 est.) | 
				27.4% (2001 est.) | 
				
				  | 
				Malaysia | 
				1.3% (2004 est.) | 
				1.9% (2002 est.) | 
				
				  | 
				Malta | 
				2.9% (2004 est.) | 
				2.4% (2002 est.) | 
				
				  | 
				Mauritania | 
				7% (2003 est.) | 
				3% (2002 est.) | 
				
				  | 
				Mauritius | 
				4.5% (2004 est.) | 
				6.4% (2002 est.) | 
				
				  | 
				Mexico | 
				5.4% (2004 est.) | 
				6.4% (2002 est.) | 
				
				  | 
				Moldova | 
				11.5% (2004 est.) | 
				5.5% (2002 est.) | 
				
				  | 
				Monaco | 
				1.9% (2000) | 
				NA% | 
				
				  | 
				Mongolia | 
				11% (2004 est.) | 
				3% (2002 est.) | 
				
				  | 
				Morocco | 
				2.1% (2004 est.) | 
				3.6% (2002 est.) | 
				
				  | 
				Mozambique | 
				12.8% (2004 est.) | 
				15.2% (2002 est.) | 
				
				  | 
				Namibia | 
				4.2% (2004 est.) | 
				8% (2001) | 
				
				  | 
				Nepal | 
				2.9% (2002 est.) | 
				2.8% (2001 est.) | 
				
				  | 
				Netherlands | 
				1.4% (2004 est.) | 
				3.4% (2002 est.) | 
				
				  | 
				Netherlands Antilles | 
				2.1% (2003 est.) | 
				0.4% (2002 est.) | 
				
				  | 
				New Zealand | 
				2.4% (2004 est.) | 
				2.7% (2002 est.) | 
				
				  | 
				Nicaragua | 
				9.3% (2004 est.) | 
				3.7% (2002 est.) | 
				
				  | 
				Nigeria | 
				16.5% (2004 est.) | 
				14.2% (2002 est.) | 
				
				  | 
				Norfolk Island | 
				NA | 
				NA% | 
				
				  | 
				Norway | 
				1% (2004 est.) | 
				1.3% (2001 est.) | 
				
				  | 
				Oman | 
				0.2% (2004 est.) | 
				-0.5% (2002 est.) | 
				
				  | 
				Pakistan | 
				4.8% (FY03/04 est.) | 
				3.9% (2002 est.) | 
				
				  | 
				Panama | 
				2% (2004 est.) | 
				1.1% (2001 est.) | 
				
				  | 
				Papua New Guinea | 
				4.2% (2004 est.) | 
				9.8% (2002 est.) | 
				
				  | 
				Paraguay | 
				5.1% (2004 est.) | 
				10.5% (2002 est.) | 
				
				  | 
				Peru | 
				3.8% (2004 est.) | 
				0.2% (2002 est.) | 
				
				  | 
				Philippines | 
				5.5% (2004 est.) | 
				3.1% (2002 est.) | 
				
				  | 
				Pitcairn Islands | 
				NA | 
				NA% | 
				
				  | 
				Poland | 
				3.4% (2004 est.) | 
				1.9% (2002 est.) | 
				
				  | 
				Portugal | 
				2.1% (2004 est.) | 
				3.7% (2002 est.) | 
				
				  | 
				Puerto Rico | 
				6.5% (2003 est.) | 
				5% (2002 est.) | 
				
				  | 
				Qatar | 
				3% (2004 est.) | 
				1.9% (2002) | 
				
				  | 
				Romania | 
				9.6% (2004 est.) | 
				22.5% (2002 est.) | 
				
				  | 
				Russia | 
				11.5% (2004 est.) | 
				15% (2002 est.) | 
				
				  | 
				Rwanda | 
				7% (2004 est.) | 
				5.5% (2002 est.) | 
				
				  | 
				Sao Tome and Principe | 
				14% (2004 est.) | 
				9% (2002 est.) | 
				
				  | 
				Saudi Arabia | 
				0.8% (2004 est.) | 
				1% (2002 est.) | 
				
				  | 
				Senegal | 
				0.8% (2004 est.) | 
				3% (2002 est.) | 
				
				  | 
				Serbia and Montenegro | 
				8.8% (2004 est.) | 
				19% (2002 est.) | 
				
				  | 
				Seychelles | 
				5% (2004 est.) | 
				0.5% (2002 est.) | 
				
				  | 
				Singapore | 
				1.7% (2004 est.) | 
				-0.4% (2002 est.) | 
				
				  | 
				Slovakia | 
				7.5% (2004 est.) | 
				3.3% (2002 est.) | 
				
				  | 
				Slovenia | 
				3.3% (2004 est.) | 
				7.4% (2002 est.) | 
				
				  | 
				Solomon Islands | 
				10% (2003 est.) | 
				1.8% (2001 est.) | 
				
				  | 
				Somalia | 
				note - businesses print their own money, so inflation rates cannot be sensibly determined (2004 est.) | 
				over 100% (businesses print their own money) | 
				
				  | 
				South Africa | 
				4.5% (2004 est.) | 
				9.9% (2002 est.) | 
				
				  | 
				Spain | 
				3.2% (2004 est.) | 
				3% (2002 est.) | 
				
				  | 
				Sri Lanka | 
				5.8% (2004 est.) | 
				9.6% (2002 est.) | 
				
				  | 
				Sudan | 
				9% (2004 est.) | 
				9.2% (2002 est.) | 
				
				  | 
				Suriname | 
				23% (2003 est.) | 
				17% (2002 est.) | 
				
				  | 
				Svalbard | 
				- | 
				NA% | 
				
				  | 
				Swaziland | 
				5.4% (2004 est.) | 
				11.8% (2002 est.) | 
				
				  | 
				Sweden | 
				0.7% (2004 est.) | 
				2.2% (2002 est.) | 
				
				  | 
				Switzerland | 
				0.9% (2004 est.) | 
				0.5% (2002 est.) | 
				
				  | 
				Syria | 
				2.1% (2004 est.) | 
				0.9% (2002 est.) | 
				
				  | 
				Taiwan | 
				1.7% (2004 est.) | 
				-0.2% (2002 est.) | 
				
				  | 
				Tajikistan | 
				8% (2004 est.) | 
				12% (2001 est.) | 
				
				  | 
				Tanzania | 
				5.4% (2004 est.) | 
				4.8% (2002 est.) | 
				
				  | 
				Thailand | 
				2.8% (2004 est.) | 
				0.6% (2002 est.) | 
				
				  | 
				Togo | 
				1% (2004 est.) | 
				4% (2002 est.) | 
				
				  | 
				Tonga | 
				10.3% (2002 est.) | 
				8.4% (2001 est.) | 
				
				  | 
				Trinidad and Tobago | 
				3.3% (2004 est.) | 
				4.3% (2002 est.) | 
				
				  | 
				Tunisia | 
				4.1% (2004 est.) | 
				2.5% (2002 est.) | 
				
				  | 
				Turkey | 
				9.3% (2004 est.) | 
				45.2% (2002 est.) | 
				
				  | 
				Turkmenistan | 
				9% (2004 est.) | 
				5% (2002 est.) | 
				
				  | 
				Uganda | 
				3.5% (2004 est.) | 
				0.1% (2002 est.) | 
				
				  | 
				Ukraine | 
				12% (2004 est.) | 
				-1.2% (2002 est.) | 
				
				  | 
				United Arab Emirates | 
				3.2% (2004 est.) | 
				2.8% (2002 est.) | 
				
				  | 
				United Kingdom | 
				1.4% (2004 est.) | 
				2.1% (2002 est.) | 
				
				  | 
				United States | 
				2.5% (2004 est.) | 
				1.6% (2002) | 
				
				  | 
				Uruguay | 
				7.6% (2004 est.) | 
				14.1% (2002 est.) | 
				
				  | 
				Uzbekistan | 
				3% (2004 est.) | 
				26% (2001 est.) | 
				
				  | 
				Vanuatu | 
				3.1% (2003 est.) | 
				3.2% (2001 est.) | 
				
				  | 
				Venezuela | 
				22.4% (2004 est.) | 
				31.2% (2002 est.) | 
				
				  | 
				Vietnam | 
				9.5% (2004 est.) | 
				3.9% (2002 est.) | 
				
				  | 
				Virgin Islands | 
				2.2% (2003) | 
				2% (1992) | 
				
				  | 
				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.) | 
				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 | 
				
				  | 
				Yemen | 
				12.2% (2004 est.) | 
				12.2% (2002 est.) | 
				
				  | 
				Zambia | 
				18.3% (2004 est.) | 
				21% (2002 est.) | 
				
				  | 
				Zimbabwe | 
				133% (2004 est.) | 
				134.5% (2002 est.) |