| | Inflation rate (consumer prices) (2006) | Inflation rate (consumer prices) (2004) |
 |
Afghanistan |
16.3% (2005 est.) |
5.2% (2003) |
 |
Albania |
2.4% (2005 est.) |
2.4% (2003) |
 |
Algeria |
1.9% (2005 est.) |
3.5% (2003 est.) |
 |
American Samoa |
NA% |
NA (2003 est.) |
 |
Andorra |
3.4% (2004) |
4.3% (2000) |
 |
Angola |
23% (2005 est.) |
76.6% (2003 est.) |
 |
Anguilla |
5.3% |
2.3% |
 |
Antigua and Barbuda |
0.9% (2005 est.) |
0.4% (2000 est.) |
 |
Argentina |
9.6% (2005 est.) |
13.4% (2003) |
 |
Armenia |
0.6% (2005 est.) |
4.8% (2003 est.) |
 |
Aruba |
3.4% (2005) |
3.2% (2002 est.) |
 |
Australia |
2.7% (2005 est.) |
2.8% (2003 est.) |
 |
Austria |
2.3% (2005 est.) |
1.4% (2003 est.) |
 |
Azerbaijan |
9.6% (2005 est.) |
2.1% (2003 est.) |
 |
Bahamas, The |
1.2% ( 2004) |
1.7% (2002 est.) |
 |
Bahrain |
2.7% (2005 est.) |
-0.2% (2003 est.) |
 |
Bangladesh |
7% (2005 est.) |
5.6% (2003 est.) |
 |
Barbados |
-0.5% (2003 est.) |
-0.5% (2003 est.) |
 |
Belarus |
10.3% (2005 est.) |
28.2% (2003 est.) |
 |
Belgium |
2.8% (2005 est.) |
1.6% (2003 est.) |
 |
Belize |
3% (2005 est.) |
2.6% (2003 est.) |
 |
Benin |
3.5% (2005 est.) |
1.5% (2003 est.) |
 |
Bermuda |
2.8% (November 2005) |
3.3% (mid-2003 est.) |
 |
Bhutan |
7% (2005 est.) |
3% (2002 est.) |
 |
Bolivia |
5.4% (2005 est.) |
3.3% (2003 est.) |
 |
Bosnia and Herzegovina |
4.4% (2005 est.) |
0.9% (2003 est.) |
 |
Botswana |
8.6% (2005 est.) |
9.2% (2003 est.) |
 |
Brazil |
6.9% (2005 est.) |
14.7% (2003) |
 |
British Virgin Islands |
2% (2005) |
2.5% (2002) |
 |
Brunei |
0.9% (2004) |
-2% (2002 est.) |
 |
Bulgaria |
5% (2005) |
2.3% (2003 est.) |
 |
Burkina Faso |
6.4% (2005 est.) |
1.9% (2003 est.) |
 |
Burma |
20.2% (2005 est.) |
49.7% (2003 est.) |
 |
Burundi |
16% (2005 est.) |
10.7% (2003 est.) |
 |
Cambodia |
5.8% (2005 est.) |
1.7% (2003 est.) |
 |
Cameroon |
2% (2005 est.) |
2.3% (2003 est.) |
 |
Canada |
2.2% (2005 est.) |
2.8% (2003 est.) |
 |
Cape Verde |
0.4% (2005 est.) |
3% (2003) |
 |
Cayman Islands |
4.4% (2004) |
2.8% (2002) |
 |
Central African Republic |
3.6% (2001 est.) |
3.6% (2001 est.) |
 |
Chad |
3% (2005 est.) |
6% (2003 est.) |
 |
Chile |
3.1% (2005 est.) |
2.8% (2003 est.) |
 |
China |
1.8% (2005 est.) |
1.2% (2003 est.) |
 |
Christmas Island |
- |
NA |
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Cocos (Keeling) Islands |
- |
NA |
 |
Colombia |
5% (2005 est.) |
7.1% (2003 est.) |
 |
Comoros |
3% (2005 est.) |
3.5% (2001 est.) |
 |
Congo, Democratic Republic of the |
9% (2004 est.) |
14% (2003 est.) |
 |
Congo, Republic of the |
2.2% (2005 est.) |
2.4% (2003 est.) |
 |
Cook Islands |
2.1% (2005 est.) |
3.2% (2000 est.) |
 |
Costa Rica |
13.8% (2005 est.) |
9.4% (2003 est.) |
 |
Cote d'Ivoire |
3.9% (2005 est.) |
3.4% (2003 est.) |
 |
Croatia |
3.3% (2005 est.) |
1.8% (2003 est.) |
 |
Cuba |
7% (2005 est.) |
4.1% (2003 est.) |
 |
Cyprus |
Republic of Cyprus: 2.6% (2005 est.); north Cyprus: 9.1% (2004 est.) |
Republic of Cyprus: 4.1% (2003 est.); north Cyprus: 12.6% (2003 est.) |
 |
Czech Republic |
1.9% (2005 est.) |
0.1% (2003 est.) |
 |
Denmark |
1.8% (2005 est.) |
2.1% (2003 est.) |
 |
Djibouti |
3% (2005 est.) |
2% (2002 est.) |
 |
Dominica |
-0.1% (2005 est.) |
1% (2001 est.) |
 |
Dominican Republic |
4.2% (2005 est.) |
27.5% (2003 est.) |
 |
East Timor |
1.4% (2005) |
8% NA (2003 est.) |
 |
Ecuador |
2.1% (2005 est.) |
7.9% (2003 est.) |
 |
Egypt |
4.9% (2005 est.) |
4.3% (2003 est.) |
 |
El Salvador |
4.7% (2005 est.) |
2.1% (2003 est.) |
 |
Equatorial Guinea |
5% (2005 est.) |
6% (2003 est.) |
 |
Eritrea |
15% (2005 est.) |
12.3% (2003) |
 |
Estonia |
4.1% (2005 est.) |
1.3% (2003 est.) |
 |
Ethiopia |
11.6% (2005 est.) |
17.8% (2003 est.) |
 |
European Union |
2.2% (2005 est.) |
2% (2004 est.) |
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Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas) |
3.6% (1998) |
3.6% (1998) |
 |
Faroe Islands |
5.1% (1999) |
5.1% (1999) |
 |
Fiji |
3% (2005) |
1.6% (2002 est.) |
 |
Finland |
0.9% (2005 est.) |
0.9% (2003 est.) |
 |
France |
1.7% (2005 est.) |
2.1% (2003 est.) |
 |
French Guiana |
1% (2003) |
1.5% (2002 est.) |
 |
French Polynesia |
1.1% (2006 est.) |
1.5% (2002 est.) |
 |
Gabon |
-0.1% (2005 est.) |
0.5% (2003 est.) |
 |
Gambia, The |
8.8% (2005 est.) |
14% (2003 est.) |
 |
Gaza Strip |
7% (includes West Bank) (2003) |
2.2% (includes West Bank) (2001 est.) |
 |
Georgia |
8.2% (2005 est.) |
4.8% (2003 est.) |
 |
Germany |
2% (2005 est.) |
1.1% (2003 est.) |
 |
Ghana |
15.1% (2005 est.) |
26.7% (2003 est.) |
 |
Gibraltar |
1.5% (1998) |
1.5% (1998) |
 |
Greece |
3.5% (2005 est.) |
3.6% (2003 est.) |
 |
Greenland |
1.6% (1999 est.) |
1.6% (1999 est.) |
 |
Grenada |
3% (2005 est.) |
2.8% (2001 est.) |
 |
Guadeloupe |
NA% |
NA (2003 est.) |
 |
Guam |
2.5% (2005 est.) |
0% (1999 est.) |
 |
Guatemala |
9.1% (2005 est.) |
5.5% (2003 est.) |
 |
Guernsey |
4.9% (2004 est.) |
4% (2000 est.) |
 |
Guinea |
25% (2005 est.) |
14.8% (2003 est.) |
 |
Guinea-Bissau |
4% (2002 est.) |
4% (2002 est.) |
 |
Guyana |
6.9% (2005 est.) |
5.7% (2003 est.) |
 |
Haiti |
15.7% (2005 est.) |
37.8% (2003 est.) |
 |
Honduras |
8.8% (2005 est.) |
7.7% (2003 est.) |
 |
Hong Kong |
0.9% (2005 est.) |
-2.6% (2003 est.) |
 |
Hungary |
3.6% (2005 est.) |
4.7% (2003 est.) |
 |
Iceland |
4% (2005 est.) |
2.1% (2003 est.) |
 |
India |
4.2% (2005 est.) |
3.8% (2003 est.) |
 |
Indonesia |
10.5% (2005 est.) |
6.6% (2003 est.) |
 |
Iran |
13.5% (2005 est.) |
16.4% (2003 est.) |
 |
Iraq |
33% (2005 est.) |
29.3% (2003 est.) |
 |
Ireland |
2.4% (2005 est.) |
3.5% (2003 est.) |
 |
Isle of Man |
2.7% (2003 est.) |
3.6% (March 2003 est.) |
 |
Israel |
1.3% (2005 est.) |
0.7% (2003 est.) |
 |
Italy |
2% (2005 est.) |
2.7% (2003 est.) |
 |
Jamaica |
15.3% (2005 est.) |
10.3% (2003 est.) |
 |
Japan |
-0.3% (2005 est.) |
-0.3% (2003 est.) |
 |
Jersey |
5.3% (2004) |
4.7% (1998) |
 |
Jordan |
4.5% (2005 est.) |
2.4% (2003 est.) |
 |
Kazakhstan |
7.6% (2005 est.) |
6.6% (2003 est.) |
 |
Kenya |
10.3% (2005 est.) |
9.8% (2003 est.) |
 |
Kiribati |
0.5% (2005 est.) |
2.5% (2001 est.) |
 |
Korea, North |
NA% |
NA (2003 est.) |
 |
Korea, South |
2.8% (2005 est.) |
3.6% (2003 est.) |
 |
Kuwait |
4.1% (2005 est.) |
1.2% (2003 est.) |
 |
Kyrgyzstan |
5.2% (2005 est.) |
3.5% (2003 est.) |
 |
Laos |
7% (2005 est.) |
15.3% (2003 est.) |
 |
Latvia |
6.8% (2005 est.) |
2.9% (2003 est.) |
 |
Lebanon |
2.4% (2005 est.) |
2.5% (2003 est.) |
 |
Lesotho |
4.7% (2005 est.) |
6.1% (2003 est.) |
 |
Liberia |
15% (2003 est.) |
15% (2003 est.) |
 |
Libya |
3.4% (2005 est.) |
2.8% (2003 est.) |
 |
Liechtenstein |
1% (2001) |
1% (2001) |
 |
Lithuania |
2.7% (2005) |
-1.2% (2003 est.) |
 |
Luxembourg |
2.5% (2005 est.) |
2% (2003 est.) |
 |
Macau |
3.8% (2nd quarter, 2005) |
-2.6% (2003 est.) |
 |
Macedonia |
0% (2005 est.) |
1.2% (2003 est.) |
 |
Madagascar |
15% (2005 est.) |
8% (2003 est.) |
 |
Malawi |
15.4% (2005 est.) |
9.5% (2003 est.) |
 |
Malaysia |
3% (2005 est.) |
1.1% (2003 est.) |
 |
Maldives |
6% (2005 est.) |
1% (2002 est.) |
 |
Mali |
4.5% (2002 est.) |
4.5% (2002 est.) |
 |
Malta |
3% (2005 est.) |
0.4% (2003 est.) |
 |
Marshall Islands |
3% (2005 est.) |
2% (2001 est.) |
 |
Martinique |
NA |
3.9% (1990) |
 |
Mauritania |
7% (2003 est.) |
7% (2003 est.) |
 |
Mauritius |
5% (2005 est.) |
4.2% (2003 est.) |
 |
Mayotte |
NA% |
NA |
 |
Mexico |
4% (2005 est.) |
4.5% (2003 est.) |
 |
Micronesia, Federated States of |
2.2% (2005) |
1% (2002 est.) |
 |
Moldova |
11.9% (2005 est.) |
11.6% (2003 est.) |
 |
Monaco |
1.9% (2000) |
NA (2000) |
 |
Mongolia |
9.5% (2005 est.) |
1.5% (2002 est.) |
 |
Montenegro |
3.4% (2004) |
- |
 |
Montserrat |
2.6% (2002 est.) |
2.6% (2002 est.) |
 |
Morocco |
1% (2005 est.) |
1.2% (2003 est.) |
 |
Mozambique |
6.5% (2005 est.) |
14% (2003 est.) |
 |
Namibia |
2.3% (2005 est.) |
7.3% (2003) |
 |
Nauru |
-3.6% (1993) |
-3.6% (1993) |
 |
Nepal |
7.8% (October 2005 est.) |
2.9% (2002 est.) |
 |
Netherlands |
1.7% (2005 est.) |
2.1% (2003 est.) |
 |
Netherlands Antilles |
2.1% (2003 est.) |
2.1% (2003 est.) |
 |
New Caledonia |
-0.6% (2000 est.) |
-0.6% (2000 est.) |
 |
New Zealand |
3% (2005 est.) |
1.8% (2003 est.) |
 |
Nicaragua |
9.6% (2005 est.) |
5.3% (2003 est.) |
 |
Niger |
0.2% (2004 est.) |
3% (2002 est.) |
 |
Nigeria |
13.5% (2005 est.) |
13.8% (2003 est.) |
 |
Niue |
4% (2005) |
1% (1995) |
 |
Norfolk Island |
- |
NA |
 |
Northern Mariana Islands |
-0.8% (2000) |
1.2% (1997 est.) |
 |
Norway |
1.6% (2005 est.) |
2.5% (2003 est.) |
 |
Oman |
1.2% (2005 est.) |
-0.3% (2003 est.) |
 |
Pakistan |
9.1% (2005 est.) |
2.9% (2003 est.) |
 |
Palau |
2.7% (2005 est.) |
3.4% (2000 est.) |
 |
Panama |
2.9% (2005 est.) |
1.4% (2003 est.) |
 |
Papua New Guinea |
1.7% (2005 est.) |
14.7% (2003 est.) |
 |
Paraguay |
6.8% (2005 est.) |
14.2% (2003 est.) |
 |
Peru |
1.6% (2005 est.) |
2.3% (2003 est.) |
 |
Philippines |
7.6% (2005 est.) |
3.1% (2003 est.) |
 |
Pitcairn Islands |
- |
NA |
 |
Poland |
2.2% (2005 est.) |
0.7% (2003 est.) |
 |
Portugal |
2.3% (2005 est.) |
3.3% (2003 est.) |
 |
Puerto Rico |
6.5% (2003 est.) |
6.5% (2003 est.) |
 |
Qatar |
8.8% (2005 est.) |
2.3% (2003) |
 |
Reunion |
NA% |
NA |
 |
Romania |
9% (2005) |
15.3% (2003) |
 |
Russia |
12.7% (2005 est.) |
13.7% (2003 est.) |
 |
Rwanda |
8% (2005 est.) |
7.5% (2003 est.) |
 |
Saint Helena |
3.2% (1997 est.) |
3.2% (1997 est.) |
 |
Saint Kitts and Nevis |
8.7% (2005 est.) |
1.7% (2001 est.) |
 |
Saint Lucia |
2.9% (2005 est.) |
3% (2001 est.) |
 |
Saint Pierre and Miquelon |
2.1% (1991-96 average) |
2.1% (1991-96 average) |
 |
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines |
1% (2005 est.) |
-0.4% (2001 est.) |
 |
Samoa |
3.3% (2005) |
4% (2001 est.) |
 |
San Marino |
-1.7% (2001) |
3.3% (2001) |
 |
Sao Tome and Principe |
15.2% (2005 est.) |
9% (2003 est.) |
 |
Saudi Arabia |
0.4% (2005 est.) |
0.5% (2003 est.) |
 |
Senegal |
1.7% (2005 est.) |
0% (2003 est.) |
 |
Serbia |
15.5% (2005 est.) |
- |
 |
Serbia and Montenegro |
- |
11.2% (2003 est.) |
 |
Seychelles |
1.6% (2005 est.) |
3.3% (2003 est.) |
 |
Sierra Leone |
1% (2002 est.) |
1% (2002 est.) |
 |
Singapore |
0.4% (2005 est.) |
0.5% (2003 est.) |
 |
Slovakia |
2.7% (2005 est.) |
8.6% (2003 est.) |
 |
Slovenia |
2.5% (2005 est.) |
5.6% (2003 est.) |
 |
Solomon Islands |
6.6% (2005 est.) |
9% (2002 est.) |
 |
Somalia |
NA%; note - businesses print their own money, so inflation rates cannot be easily determined |
note - businesses print their own money, so inflation rates cannot be sensibly determined (2003 est.) |
 |
South Africa |
4% (2005 est.) |
5.9% (2003 est.) |
 |
Spain |
3.4% (2005 est.) |
3% (2003 est.) |
 |
Sri Lanka |
11.6% (2005 est.) |
6.3% (2003 est.) |
 |
Sudan |
9% (2005 est.) |
8.8% (2003 est.) |
 |
Suriname |
9.5% (2005 est.) |
17% (2002 est.) |
 |
Svalbard |
- |
NA |
 |
Swaziland |
4% (2005 est.) |
7.3% (2003 est.) |
 |
Sweden |
0.5% (2005 est.) |
1.9% (2003 est.) |
 |
Switzerland |
1.2% (2005 est.) |
0.6% (2003 est.) |
 |
Syria |
5% (2005 est.) |
1.5% (2003 est.) |
 |
Taiwan |
2.3% (2005 est.) |
-0.3% (2003 est.) |
 |
Tajikistan |
7.1% (2005 est.) |
16.3% (2003 est.) |
 |
Tanzania |
4.3% (2005 est.) |
4.4% (2003 est.) |
 |
Thailand |
4.5% (2005 est.) |
1.8% (2003 est.) |
 |
Togo |
6% (2005 est.) |
-1% (2003 est.) |
 |
Tokelau |
NA% |
NA |
 |
Tonga |
11.1% (2005 est.) |
10.3% (2002 est.) |
 |
Trinidad and Tobago |
6.9% (2005 est.) |
3.8% (2003 est.) |
 |
Tunisia |
2.1% (2005 est.) |
2.7% (2003 est.) |
 |
Turkey |
8.2% (2005 est.) |
25.3% (2003 est.) |
 |
Turkmenistan |
10.5% (2005 est.) |
9.5% (2003 est.) |
 |
Turks and Caicos Islands |
4% (1995) |
4% (1995) |
 |
Tuvalu |
3.7% (2003 est.) |
5% (2000 est.) |
 |
Uganda |
8.1% (2005 est.) |
7.9% (2003 est.) |
 |
Ukraine |
13.5% (2005 est.) |
5.2% (2003 est.) |
 |
United Arab Emirates |
10.5% (2005 est.) |
3.2% (2003 est.) |
 |
United Kingdom |
2.1% (2005 est.) |
1.4% (2003 est.) |
 |
United States |
3.2% (2005 est.) |
2.3% (2003) |
 |
Uruguay |
4.7% (2005 est.) |
19.4% (2003 est.) |
 |
Uzbekistan |
6.9% (2005 est.) |
13.1% (2003 est.) |
 |
Vanuatu |
-1.6% (2005 est.) |
2% (2002 est.) |
 |
Venezuela |
16% (2005 est.) |
31.1% (2003 est.) |
 |
Vietnam |
8.3% (2005 est.) |
3.1% (2003 est.) |
 |
Virgin Islands |
2.2% (2003) |
2.2% (2003) |
 |
Wallis and Futuna |
2.8% NA% |
NA |
 |
West Bank |
7% (includes Gaza Strip) (2003 est.) |
2.2% (includes Gaza Strip) (2001 est.) |
 |
Western Sahara |
NA% |
NA |
 |
World |
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.) |
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.) |
 |
Yemen |
11.8% (2005 est.) |
10.8% (2003 est.) |
 |
Zambia |
18.3% (2005 est.) |
21.4% (2003 est.) |
 |
Zimbabwe |
266.8% official data; private sector estimates are much higher (2005 est.) |
384.7% (2003 est.) |