Inflation rate (consumer prices) (2008) | Inflation rate (consumer prices) (2007) | ||
Albania | 3% (2007 est.) | 2.4% (2006 est.) | |
Algeria | 4.6% (2007 est.) | 2.6% (2006 est.) | |
Angola | 12.5% (2007 est.) | 13.3% (2006 est.) | |
Antigua and Barbuda | 2.8% (2007 est.) | 0.9% (2005 est.) | |
Argentina | 8.5% official rate; actual rate may be double the official rate (2007 est.) | 10.9% (2006 est.) | |
Armenia | 6.6% (2007 est.) | 2.9% (2006 est.) | |
Australia | 3% (2007 est.) | 3.5% (2006 est.) | |
Austria | 1.9% (2007 est.) | 1.4% (2006 est.) | |
Azerbaijan | 16% (2007 est.) | 8.3% (2006 est.) | |
Bahamas, The | 2.4% (2007 est.) | 1.2% (2004) | |
Bahrain | 3.5% (2007 est.) | 2.1% (2006 est.) | |
Bangladesh | 8.8% (2007 est.) | 6.8% (2006 est.) | |
Barbados | 5.5% (2007 est.) | -0.5% (2003 est.) | |
Belarus | 8.3% (2007 est.) | 7% (2006 est.) | |
Belgium | 1.7% (2007 est.) | 1.8% (2006 est.) | |
Belize | 2.8% (2007 est.) | 4.3% (2006 est.) | |
Benin | 2.5% (2007 est.) | 3.8% (2006 est.) | |
Bolivia | 12% (2007 est.) | 4.3% (2006 est.) | |
Bosnia and Herzegovina | 1.5% (2007 est.) | 7.5% (2006 est.) | |
Botswana | 7.2% (2007 est.) | 11.5% (2006 est.) | |
Brazil | 4.1% (2007 est.) | 4.2% (2006 est.) | |
Bulgaria | 7.8% (2007 est.) | 7.3% (2006 est.) | |
Burkina Faso | 0.7% (2007 est.) | 2.3% (2006 est.) | |
Burma | 39.5% (2007 est.) | 20% (2006 est.) | |
Burundi | 7% (2007 est.) | 2.8% (2006 est.) | |
Cambodia | 4.4% (2007 est.) | 4.7% (2006 est.) | |
Cameroon | 2% (2007 est.) | 5.1% (2006 est.) | |
Canada | 2.4% (2007 est.) | 2% (2006 est.) | |
Cape Verde | 3% (2007 est.) | 5.4% (2006 est.) | |
Central African Republic | 4% (2007 est.) | 3.6% (2001 est.) | |
Chad | 4% (2007 est.) | 8% (2006 est.) | |
Chile | 6.5% (2007 est.) | 3.4% (2006 est.) | |
China | 4.7% (2007 est.) | 1.7% (2006 est.) | |
Colombia | 5.5% (2007 est.) | 4.3% (2006 est.) | |
Congo, Republic of the | 7% (2007 est.) | 5.5% (2006 est.) | |
Costa Rica | 9.3% (2007 est.) | 11.5% (2006 est.) | |
Cote d'Ivoire | 1.8% (2007 est.) | 2.4% (2006 est.) | |
Croatia | 2.2% (2007 est.) | 3.2% (2006 est.) | |
Cuba | 3.6% (2007 est.) | 6.2% (2006 est.) | |
Cyprus | area under government control: 2.3% (2007 est.)
area administered by Turkish Cypriots: 9.1% (2004 est.) |
area under government control: 2.8% (2005 est.)
area administered by Turkish Cypriots: 9.1% (2004 est.) (2006 est.) |
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Czech Republic | 2.6% (2007 est.) | 2.5% (2006 est.) | |
Denmark | 1.5% (2007 est.) | 1.9% (2006 est.) | |
Dominican Republic | 5.8% (2007 est.) | 7.6% (2006 est.) | |
Ecuador | 3.3% (2007 est.) | 3.3% (2006 est.) | |
Egypt | 8.8% (2007 est.) | 7.7% (2006 est.) | |
El Salvador | 4.9% (2007 est.) | 4% (2006 est.) | |
Equatorial Guinea | 5.5% (2007 est.) | 5% (2006 est.) | |
Eritrea | 15.5% (2007 est.) | 15% (2006 est.) | |
Estonia | 6.3% (2007 est.) | 4.4% (2006 est.) | |
Ethiopia | 15.9% (2007 est.) | 13.5% (2006 est.) | |
Finland | 2.7% (2007 est.) | 1.6% (2006 est.) | |
France | 1.5% (2007 est.) | 1.7% (2006 est.) | |
Gabon | 5% (2007 est.) | 4% (2006 est.) | |
Gambia, The | 3.5% (2007 est.) | 1.5% (2006 est.) | |
Gaza Strip | 3.6% (includes West Bank) (2006) | 1.2% (includes West Bank) (2005) | |
Georgia | 11% (2007 est.) | 9.2% (2006 est.) | |
Germany | 2% (2007 est.) | 1.7% (2006 est.) | |
Ghana | 11% (2007 est.) | 10.9% (2006 est.) | |
Gibraltar | 2.9% (2005) | 1.5% (1998) | |
Greece | 2.6% (2007 est.) | 3.2% (2006 est.) | |
Guatemala | 6.6% (2007 est.) | 6.6% (2006 est.) | |
Guinea | 20% (2007 est.) | 30% (2006 est.) | |
Guyana | 10.4% (2007 est.) | 7.2% (2006 est.) | |
Haiti | 8.9% (2007 est.) | 13.1% (2006 est.) | |
Honduras | 6.4% (2007 est.) | 5.6% (2006 est.) | |
Hong Kong | 2% (2007 est.) | 2% (2006 est.) | |
Hungary | 7.8% (2007 est.) | 4.1% (2006 est.) | |
Iceland | 4.9% (2007 est.) | 6.7% (2006 est.) | |
India | 5.9% (2007 est.) | 6.2% (2006 est.) | |
Indonesia | 6.3% (2007 est.) | 13.1% (2006 est.) | |
Iran | 17% (July 2007 est.) | 12% (2006 est.) | |
Iraq | 4.7% (2007 est.) | 53.2% (2006 est.) | |
Ireland | 4.7% (2007 est.) | 3.9% (2006 est.) | |
Israel | 0.4% (2007 est.) | 2.1% (2006 est.) | |
Italy | 1.7% (2007 est.) | 2.1% (2006 est.) | |
Jamaica | 7.1% (2007 est.) | 8.6% (2006 est.) | |
Japan | 0% (2007 est.) | 0.2% (2006 est.) | |
Jordan | 5.4% (2007 est.) | 6.2% (2006 est.) | |
Kazakhstan | 9.5% (2007 est.) | 8.6% (2006 est.) | |
Kenya | 9.3% (2007 est.) | 14.5% (2006 est.) | |
Korea, South | 2.5% (2007) | 2.2% (2006 est.) | |
Kosovo | 2% (2007 est.) | - | |
Kuwait | 3.9% (2007 est.) | 3% (2006 est.) | |
Kyrgyzstan | 6.4% (2007 est.) | 5.6% (2006 est.) | |
Laos | 5% (2007 est.) | 6.8% (2006 est.) | |
Latvia | 9.6% (2007 est.) | 6.5% (2006 est.) | |
Lebanon | 5.6% (2007 est.) | 4% (2006 est.) | |
Lesotho | 12% (2007 est.) | 6.1% (2006 est.) | |
Libya | 3.3% (2007 est.) | 2.7% (2006 est.) | |
Lithuania | 5.4% (2007 est.) | 3.8% (2006 est.) | |
Luxembourg | 2.1% (2007 est.) | 2.7% (2006 est.) | |
Macau | 7.2% (2006) | 4.4% (2005) | |
Macedonia | 2% (2007 est.) | 3.2% (2006 est.) | |
Madagascar | 10% (2007 est.) | 10.8% (2006 est.) | |
Malawi | 8% (2007 est.) | 14% (2006 est.) | |
Malaysia | 2.1%
note: approximately 30% of goods are price-controlled (2007 est.) |
3.6% (2006 est.) | |
Malta | 0.9% (2007 est.) | 2.8% (2006 est.) | |
Mauritius | 9.1% (2007 est.) | 8.9% (2006 est.) | |
Mexico | 3.8% (2007) | 3.6% (2006 est.) | |
Moldova | 12.5% (2007 est.) | 12.7% (2006 est.) | |
Morocco | 2.1% (2007 est.) | 3.4% (2006 est.) | |
Mozambique | 8% (2007 est.) | 13.2% (2006 est.) | |
Namibia | 6.7% (2007 est.) | 5.1% (2006 est.) | |
Netherlands | 1.8% (2007 est.) | 1.1% (2006 est.) | |
New Zealand | 2.5% (2007 est.) | 3.4% (2006 est.) | |
Nicaragua | 9.8% (2007 est.) | 9.1% (2006 est.) | |
Nigeria | 6.5% (2007 est.) | 8.2% (2006 est.) | |
Norway | 0.4% (2007 est.) | 2.3% (2006 est.) | |
Oman | 4% (2007 est.) | 3.2% (2006 est.) | |
Pakistan | 6.9% (2007 est.) | 7.9% (2006 est.) | |
Panama | 5.1% (2007 est.) | 1.1% (2006 est.) | |
Papua New Guinea | 1.8% (2007 est.) | 2.9% (2006 est.) | |
Paraguay | 6% (2007) | 9.6% (2006 est.) | |
Peru | 3.5% (2007 est.) | 2% (2006 est.) | |
Philippines | 2.8% (2007 est.) | 6.3% (2006 est.) | |
Poland | 2.1% (2007 est.) | 1% (2006 est.) | |
Portugal | 2.4% (2007 est.) | 3.1% (2006 est.) | |
Qatar | 12% (2007 est.) | 11.8% (2006 est.) | |
Romania | 4.6% (2007 est.) | 6.6% (2006 est.) | |
Russia | 11.9% annual average
note: 12% at year-end (2007 est.) |
9.7% (2006 est.) | |
Rwanda | 8% (2007 est.) | 8.8% (2006 est.) | |
Sao Tome and Principe | 17% (2007 est.) | 23.1% (2006 est.) | |
Saudi Arabia | 3.4% (2007 est.) | 2.2% (2006 est.) | |
Senegal | 5.4% (2007 est.) | 2.1% (2006 est.) | |
Serbia | 8.9% (2007 est.) | 15.5% (2005 est.) | |
Seychelles | 2.9% (2007 est.) | -0.4% (2006 est.) | |
Singapore | 4.4% (2007) | 1% (2006 est.) | |
Slovakia | 2.7% (2007 est.) | 4.5% (2006 est.) | |
Slovenia | 5.6% (2007 est.) | 2.5% (2006 est.) | |
South Africa | 6.5% (2007 est.) | 4.6% (2006 est.) | |
Spain | 2.4% (2007 est.) | 3.5% (2006 est.) | |
Sri Lanka | 15.6% (2007 est.) | 13.7% (2006 est.) | |
Sudan | 5.3% (2007 est.) | 7.2% (2006 est.) | |
Swaziland | 6% (2007 est.) | 5.7% (2006 est.) | |
Sweden | 2% (2007 est.) | 1.4% (2006 est.) | |
Switzerland | 0.6% (2007 est.) | 1.1% (2006 est.) | |
Syria | 7% (2007 est.) | 10% (2006 est.) | |
Taiwan | 1.8% (2007 est.) | 0.6% (2006 est.) | |
Tajikistan | 9.8% (2007 est.) | 11.9% (2006 est.) | |
Tanzania | 7% (2007 est.) | 6.1% (2006 est.) | |
Thailand | 2.2% (2007) | 4.6% (2006 est.) | |
Timor-Leste | 5.4% (2007 est.) | 1.4% (2005) | |
Togo | 3% (2007 est.) | 2.2% (2006 est.) | |
Trinidad and Tobago | 7.6% (2007 est.) | 8.3% (2006 est.) | |
Tunisia | 2.9% (2007 est.) | 4.5% (2006 est.) | |
Turkey | 8.5% (2007 est.) | 10.5% (2006 est.) | |
Turkmenistan | 11.3% (2007 est.) | 11.5% (2006 est.) | |
Uganda | 5.8% (2007 est.) | 6.6% (2006 est.) | |
Ukraine | 11.3% (2007 est.) | 9.1% (2006 est.) | |
United Arab Emirates | 12% (2007 est.) | 13.5% (2006 est.) | |
United Kingdom | 2.4% (2007 est.) | 2.3% (2006 est.) | |
United States | 2.7% (2007 est.) | 3.2% (2006 est.) | |
Uruguay | 8.5% (2007) | 6.4% (2006 est.) | |
Uzbekistan | 16% officially, but 38% based on analysis of consumer prices (2007 est.) | 19.8% officially, but 38% based on analysis of consumer prices (2006 est.) | |
Venezuela | 20.7% (Year ending November 2007) | 13.7% (2006 est.) | |
Vietnam | 8.3% (2007 est.) | 7.5% (2006 est.) | |
West Bank | 3.6% (includes Gaza Strip) (2006) | 2.9% (includes Gaza Strip) (2005) | |
Yemen | 10.7% (2007 est.) | 20.8% (2006 est.) | |
Zambia | 8.9% (2007 est.) | 9% (2006 est.) | |
Zimbabwe | 26,470% official data; private sector estimates are much higher (2007) | 1,033.5% official data; private sector estimates are much higher (2006 est.) |