Inflation rate (consumer prices) (2006) | Inflation rate (consumer prices) (2008) | ||
Albania | 2.4% (2005 est.) | 3% (2007 est.) | |
Algeria | 1.9% (2005 est.) | 4.6% (2007 est.) | |
Andorra | 3.4% (2004) | 3.2% (2005) | |
Angola | 23% (2005 est.) | 12.5% (2007 est.) | |
Anguilla | 5.3% | 5.3% (2006 est.) | |
Antigua and Barbuda | 0.9% (2005 est.) | 2.8% (2007 est.) | |
Argentina | 9.6% (2005 est.) | 8.5% official rate; actual rate may be double the official rate (2007 est.) | |
Armenia | 0.6% (2005 est.) | 6.6% (2007 est.) | |
Australia | 2.7% (2005 est.) | 3% (2007 est.) | |
Austria | 2.3% (2005 est.) | 1.9% (2007 est.) | |
Azerbaijan | 9.6% (2005 est.) | 16% (2007 est.) | |
Bahamas, The | 1.2% ( 2004) | 2.4% (2007 est.) | |
Bahrain | 2.7% (2005 est.) | 3.5% (2007 est.) | |
Bangladesh | 7% (2005 est.) | 8.8% (2007 est.) | |
Barbados | -0.5% (2003 est.) | 5.5% (2007 est.) | |
Belarus | 10.3% (2005 est.) | 8.3% (2007 est.) | |
Belgium | 2.8% (2005 est.) | 1.7% (2007 est.) | |
Belize | 3% (2005 est.) | 2.8% (2007 est.) | |
Benin | 3.5% (2005 est.) | 2.5% (2007 est.) | |
Bhutan | 7% (2005 est.) | 5.5% (2005 est.) | |
Bolivia | 5.4% (2005 est.) | 12% (2007 est.) | |
Bosnia and Herzegovina | 4.4% (2005 est.) | 1.5% (2007 est.) | |
Botswana | 8.6% (2005 est.) | 7.2% (2007 est.) | |
Brazil | 6.9% (2005 est.) | 4.1% (2007 est.) | |
Brunei | 0.9% (2004) | 1.1% (2005) | |
Bulgaria | 5% (2005) | 7.8% (2007 est.) | |
Burkina Faso | 6.4% (2005 est.) | 0.7% (2007 est.) | |
Burma | 20.2% (2005 est.) | 39.5% (2007 est.) | |
Burundi | 16% (2005 est.) | 7% (2007 est.) | |
Cambodia | 5.8% (2005 est.) | 4.4% (2007 est.) | |
Cameroon | 2% (2005 est.) | 2% (2007 est.) | |
Canada | 2.2% (2005 est.) | 2.4% (2007 est.) | |
Cape Verde | 0.4% (2005 est.) | 3% (2007 est.) | |
Central African Republic | 3.6% (2001 est.) | 4% (2007 est.) | |
Chad | 3% (2005 est.) | 4% (2007 est.) | |
Chile | 3.1% (2005 est.) | 6.5% (2007 est.) | |
China | 1.8% (2005 est.) | 4.7% (2007 est.) | |
Colombia | 5% (2005 est.) | 5.5% (2007 est.) | |
Congo, Democratic Republic of the | 9% (2004 est.) | 18.2% (2006 est.) | |
Congo, Republic of the | 2.2% (2005 est.) | 7% (2007 est.) | |
Costa Rica | 13.8% (2005 est.) | 9.3% (2007 est.) | |
Cote d'Ivoire | 3.9% (2005 est.) | 1.8% (2007 est.) | |
Croatia | 3.3% (2005 est.) | 2.2% (2007 est.) | |
Cuba | 7% (2005 est.) | 3.6% (2007 est.) | |
Cyprus | Republic of Cyprus: 2.6% (2005 est.); north Cyprus: 9.1% (2004 est.) | area under government control: 2.3% (2007 est.)
area administered by Turkish Cypriots: 9.1% (2004 est.) |
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Czech Republic | 1.9% (2005 est.) | 2.6% (2007 est.) | |
Denmark | 1.8% (2005 est.) | 1.5% (2007 est.) | |
Dominican Republic | 4.2% (2005 est.) | 5.8% (2007 est.) | |
East Timor | 1.4% (2005) | - | |
Ecuador | 2.1% (2005 est.) | 3.3% (2007 est.) | |
Egypt | 4.9% (2005 est.) | 8.8% (2007 est.) | |
El Salvador | 4.7% (2005 est.) | 4.9% (2007 est.) | |
Equatorial Guinea | 5% (2005 est.) | 5.5% (2007 est.) | |
Eritrea | 15% (2005 est.) | 15.5% (2007 est.) | |
Estonia | 4.1% (2005 est.) | 6.3% (2007 est.) | |
Ethiopia | 11.6% (2005 est.) | 15.9% (2007 est.) | |
European Union | 2.2% (2005 est.) | 1.8% (2006 est.) | |
Faroe Islands | 5.1% (1999) | 1.8% (2005) | |
Finland | 0.9% (2005 est.) | 2.7% (2007 est.) | |
France | 1.7% (2005 est.) | 1.5% (2007 est.) | |
French Guiana | 1% (2003) | - | |
Gabon | -0.1% (2005 est.) | 5% (2007 est.) | |
Gambia, The | 8.8% (2005 est.) | 3.5% (2007 est.) | |
Gaza Strip | 7% (includes West Bank) (2003) | 3.6% (includes West Bank) (2006) | |
Georgia | 8.2% (2005 est.) | 11% (2007 est.) | |
Germany | 2% (2005 est.) | 2% (2007 est.) | |
Ghana | 15.1% (2005 est.) | 11% (2007 est.) | |
Gibraltar | 1.5% (1998) | 2.9% (2005) | |
Greece | 3.5% (2005 est.) | 2.6% (2007 est.) | |
Greenland | 1.6% (1999 est.) | 1% (2005 est.) | |
Guadeloupe | NA% | - | |
Guatemala | 9.1% (2005 est.) | 6.6% (2007 est.) | |
Guernsey | 4.9% (2004 est.) | 3.4% (June 2006) | |
Guinea | 25% (2005 est.) | 20% (2007 est.) | |
Guyana | 6.9% (2005 est.) | 10.4% (2007 est.) | |
Haiti | 15.7% (2005 est.) | 8.9% (2007 est.) | |
Honduras | 8.8% (2005 est.) | 6.4% (2007 est.) | |
Hong Kong | 0.9% (2005 est.) | 2% (2007 est.) | |
Hungary | 3.6% (2005 est.) | 7.8% (2007 est.) | |
Iceland | 4% (2005 est.) | 4.9% (2007 est.) | |
India | 4.2% (2005 est.) | 5.9% (2007 est.) | |
Indonesia | 10.5% (2005 est.) | 6.3% (2007 est.) | |
Iran | 13.5% (2005 est.) | 17% (July 2007 est.) | |
Iraq | 33% (2005 est.) | 4.7% (2007 est.) | |
Ireland | 2.4% (2005 est.) | 4.7% (2007 est.) | |
Isle of Man | 2.7% (2003 est.) | 3.1% (December 2006 est.) | |
Israel | 1.3% (2005 est.) | 0.4% (2007 est.) | |
Italy | 2% (2005 est.) | 1.7% (2007 est.) | |
Jamaica | 15.3% (2005 est.) | 7.1% (2007 est.) | |
Japan | -0.3% (2005 est.) | 0% (2007 est.) | |
Jersey | 5.3% (2004) | 3.7% (December 2006) | |
Jordan | 4.5% (2005 est.) | 5.4% (2007 est.) | |
Kazakhstan | 7.6% (2005 est.) | 9.5% (2007 est.) | |
Kenya | 10.3% (2005 est.) | 9.3% (2007 est.) | |
Korea, South | 2.8% (2005 est.) | 2.5% (2007) | |
Kosovo | - | 2% (2007 est.) | |
Kuwait | 4.1% (2005 est.) | 3.9% (2007 est.) | |
Kyrgyzstan | 5.2% (2005 est.) | 6.4% (2007 est.) | |
Laos | 7% (2005 est.) | 5% (2007 est.) | |
Latvia | 6.8% (2005 est.) | 9.6% (2007 est.) | |
Lebanon | 2.4% (2005 est.) | 5.6% (2007 est.) | |
Lesotho | 4.7% (2005 est.) | 12% (2007 est.) | |
Libya | 3.4% (2005 est.) | 3.3% (2007 est.) | |
Lithuania | 2.7% (2005) | 5.4% (2007 est.) | |
Luxembourg | 2.5% (2005 est.) | 2.1% (2007 est.) | |
Macau | 3.8% (2nd quarter, 2005) | 7.2% (2006) | |
Macedonia | 0% (2005 est.) | 2% (2007 est.) | |
Madagascar | 15% (2005 est.) | 10% (2007 est.) | |
Malawi | 15.4% (2005 est.) | 8% (2007 est.) | |
Malaysia | 3% (2005 est.) | 2.1%
note: approximately 30% of goods are price-controlled (2007 est.) |
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Malta | 3% (2005 est.) | 0.9% (2007 est.) | |
Martinique | NA | - | |
Mauritius | 5% (2005 est.) | 9.1% (2007 est.) | |
Mayotte | NA% | 1.7% (2005) | |
Mexico | 4% (2005 est.) | 3.8% (2007) | |
Moldova | 11.9% (2005 est.) | 12.5% (2007 est.) | |
Morocco | 1% (2005 est.) | 2.1% (2007 est.) | |
Mozambique | 6.5% (2005 est.) | 8% (2007 est.) | |
Namibia | 2.3% (2005 est.) | 6.7% (2007 est.) | |
Nepal | 7.8% (October 2005 est.) | 8.6% (November 2006 est.) | |
Netherlands | 1.7% (2005 est.) | 1.8% (2007 est.) | |
New Caledonia | -0.6% (2000 est.) | 1.4% (2000 est.) | |
New Zealand | 3% (2005 est.) | 2.5% (2007 est.) | |
Nicaragua | 9.6% (2005 est.) | 9.8% (2007 est.) | |
Nigeria | 13.5% (2005 est.) | 6.5% (2007 est.) | |
Norway | 1.6% (2005 est.) | 0.4% (2007 est.) | |
Oman | 1.2% (2005 est.) | 4% (2007 est.) | |
Pakistan | 9.1% (2005 est.) | 6.9% (2007 est.) | |
Panama | 2.9% (2005 est.) | 5.1% (2007 est.) | |
Papua New Guinea | 1.7% (2005 est.) | 1.8% (2007 est.) | |
Paraguay | 6.8% (2005 est.) | 6% (2007) | |
Peru | 1.6% (2005 est.) | 3.5% (2007 est.) | |
Philippines | 7.6% (2005 est.) | 2.8% (2007 est.) | |
Poland | 2.2% (2005 est.) | 2.1% (2007 est.) | |
Portugal | 2.3% (2005 est.) | 2.4% (2007 est.) | |
Qatar | 8.8% (2005 est.) | 12% (2007 est.) | |
Reunion | NA% | - | |
Romania | 9% (2005) | 4.6% (2007 est.) | |
Russia | 12.7% (2005 est.) | 11.9% annual average
note: 12% at year-end (2007 est.) |
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Rwanda | 8% (2005 est.) | 8% (2007 est.) | |
Saint Pierre and Miquelon | 2.1% (1991-96 average) | 8.1% (2005) | |
San Marino | -1.7% (2001) | -1.5% (2006) | |
Sao Tome and Principe | 15.2% (2005 est.) | 17% (2007 est.) | |
Saudi Arabia | 0.4% (2005 est.) | 3.4% (2007 est.) | |
Senegal | 1.7% (2005 est.) | 5.4% (2007 est.) | |
Serbia | 15.5% (2005 est.) | 8.9% (2007 est.) | |
Seychelles | 1.6% (2005 est.) | 2.9% (2007 est.) | |
Singapore | 0.4% (2005 est.) | 4.4% (2007) | |
Slovakia | 2.7% (2005 est.) | 2.7% (2007 est.) | |
Slovenia | 2.5% (2005 est.) | 5.6% (2007 est.) | |
South Africa | 4% (2005 est.) | 6.5% (2007 est.) | |
Spain | 3.4% (2005 est.) | 2.4% (2007 est.) | |
Sri Lanka | 11.6% (2005 est.) | 15.6% (2007 est.) | |
Sudan | 9% (2005 est.) | 5.3% (2007 est.) | |
Swaziland | 4% (2005 est.) | 6% (2007 est.) | |
Sweden | 0.5% (2005 est.) | 2% (2007 est.) | |
Switzerland | 1.2% (2005 est.) | 0.6% (2007 est.) | |
Syria | 5% (2005 est.) | 7% (2007 est.) | |
Taiwan | 2.3% (2005 est.) | 1.8% (2007 est.) | |
Tajikistan | 7.1% (2005 est.) | 9.8% (2007 est.) | |
Tanzania | 4.3% (2005 est.) | 7% (2007 est.) | |
Thailand | 4.5% (2005 est.) | 2.2% (2007) | |
Timor-Leste | - | 5.4% (2007 est.) | |
Togo | 6% (2005 est.) | 3% (2007 est.) | |
Trinidad and Tobago | 6.9% (2005 est.) | 7.6% (2007 est.) | |
Tunisia | 2.1% (2005 est.) | 2.9% (2007 est.) | |
Turkey | 8.2% (2005 est.) | 8.5% (2007 est.) | |
Turkmenistan | 10.5% (2005 est.) | 11.3% (2007 est.) | |
Tuvalu | 3.7% (2003 est.) | 3.9% (2005 est.) | |
Uganda | 8.1% (2005 est.) | 5.8% (2007 est.) | |
Ukraine | 13.5% (2005 est.) | 11.3% (2007 est.) | |
United Arab Emirates | 10.5% (2005 est.) | 12% (2007 est.) | |
United Kingdom | 2.1% (2005 est.) | 2.4% (2007 est.) | |
United States | 3.2% (2005 est.) | 2.7% (2007 est.) | |
Uruguay | 4.7% (2005 est.) | 8.5% (2007) | |
Uzbekistan | 6.9% (2005 est.) | 16% officially, but 38% based on analysis of consumer prices (2007 est.) | |
Venezuela | 16% (2005 est.) | 20.7% (Year ending November 2007) | |
Vietnam | 8.3% (2005 est.) | 8.3% (2007 est.) | |
Wallis and Futuna | 2.8% NA% | 2.8% (2005) | |
West Bank | 7% (includes Gaza Strip) (2003 est.) | 3.6% (includes Gaza Strip) (2006) | |
Yemen | 11.8% (2005 est.) | 10.7% (2007 est.) | |
Zambia | 18.3% (2005 est.) | 8.9% (2007 est.) | |
Zimbabwe | 266.8% official data; private sector estimates are much higher (2005 est.) | 26,470% official data; private sector estimates are much higher (2007) |