inflation rates by country

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Inflation

 

A rise in prices.

 

see also:  inflation rates by country  ,   rising inflation worries 2008  ,  High Oil Prices,   Weak US dollar  ,  commodities bubble in 2008 

 

 

 

 

  1. Inflation
  2. Inflation rate by country
  3. Ranked by order %

 

Inflation rate by country

 

data is slightly old...please update

 

 

Country
Inflation rate (consumer prices) (%)
Afghanistan 16.3% (2005 est.)
Albania 2.4% (2006 est.)
Algeria 2.6% (2006 est.)
American Samoa NA%
Andorra 3.2% (2005)
Angola 13.3% (2006 est.)
Anguilla 5.3% (2006 est.)
Antigua and Barbuda 0.9% (2005 est.)
Argentina 10.9% (2006 est.)
Armenia 2.9% (2006 est.)
Aruba 3.4% (2005)
Australia 3.5% (2006 est.)
Austria 1.4% (2006 est.)
Azerbaijan 8.3% (2006 est.)
Bahamas, The 1.2% (2004)
Bahrain 2.1% (2006 est.)
Bangladesh 6.8% (2006 est.)
Barbados -0.5% (2003 est.)
Belarus 7% (2006 est.)
Belgium 1.8% (2006 est.)
Belize 4.3% (2006 est.)
Benin 3.8% (2006 est.)
Bermuda 2.8% (November 2005)
Bhutan 5.5% (2005 est.)
Bolivia 4.3% (2006 est.)
Bosnia and Herzegovina 7.5% (2006 est.)
Botswana 11.5% (2006 est.)
Brazil 4.2% (2006 est.)
British Virgin Islands 2% (2005)
Brunei 1.1% (2005)
Bulgaria 7.3% (2006 est.)
Burkina Faso 2.3% (2006 est.)
Burma 20% (2006 est.)
Burundi 2.8% (2006 est.)
Cambodia 4.7% (2006 est.)
Cameroon 5.1% (2006 est.)
Canada 2% (2006 est.)
Cape Verde 5.4% (2006 est.)
Cayman Islands 4.4% (2004)
Central African Republic 3.6% (2001 est.)
Chad 8% (2006 est.)
Chile 3.4% (2006 est.)
China 1.7% (2006 est.)
Colombia 4.3% (2006 est.)
Comoros 3% (2005 est.)
Congo, Democratic Republic of the 18.2% (2006 est.)
Congo, Republic of the 5.5% (2006 est.)
Cook Islands 2.1% (2005 est.)
Costa Rica 11.5% (2006 est.)
Cote d'Ivoire 2.4% (2006 est.)
Croatia 3.2% (2006 est.)
Cuba 6.2% (2006 est.)
Cyprus area under government control: 2.8% (2005 est.)
area administered by Turkish Cypriots: 9.1% (2004 est.)
Czech Republic 2.5% (2006 est.)
Denmark 1.9% (2006 est.)
Djibouti 3% (2005 est.)
Dominica -0.1% (2005 est.)
Dominican Republic 7.6% (2006 est.)
Ecuador 3.3% (2006 est.)
Egypt 7.7% (2006 est.)
El Salvador 4% (2006 est.)
Equatorial Guinea 5% (2006 est.)
Eritrea 15% (2006 est.)
Estonia 4.4% (2006 est.)
Ethiopia 13.5% (2006 est.)
European Union 1.8% (2006 est.)
Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas) 3.6% (1998)
Faroe Islands 1.8% (2005)
Fiji 3% (2005)
Finland 1.6% (2006 est.)
France 1.7% (2006 est.)
French Polynesia 1.1% (2006 est.)
Gabon 4% (2006 est.)
Gambia, The 1.5% (2006 est.)
Gaza Strip 1.2% (includes West Bank) (2005)
Georgia 9.2% (2006 est.)
Germany 1.7% (2006 est.)
Ghana 10.9% (2006 est.)
Gibraltar 1.5% (1998)
Greece 3.2% (2006 est.)
Greenland 1% (2005 est.)
Grenada 3% (2005 est.)
Guam 2.5% (2005 est.)
Guatemala 6.6% (2006 est.)
Guernsey 3.4% (June 2006)
Guinea 30% (2006 est.)
Guinea-Bissau 4% (2002 est.)
Guyana 7.2% (2006 est.)
Haiti 13.1% (2006 est.)
Honduras 5.6% (2006 est.)
Hong Kong 2% (2006 est.)
Hungary 4.1% (2006 est.)
Iceland 6.7% (2006 est.)
India 6.2% (2006 est.)
Indonesia 13.1% (2006 est.)
Iran 12% (2006 est.)
Iraq 53.2% (2006 est.)
Ireland 3.9% (2006 est.)
Isle of Man 3.1% (December 2006 est.)
Israel 2.1% (2006 est.)
Italy 2.1% (2006 est.)
Jamaica 8.6% (2006 est.)
Japan 0.2% (2006 est.)
Jersey 3.7% (December 2006)
Jordan 6.2% (2006 est.)
Kazakhstan 8.6% (2006 est.)
Kenya 14.5% (2006 est.)
Kiribati 0.5% (2005 est.)
Korea, North NA%
Korea, South 2.2% (2006 est.)
Kuwait 3% (2006 est.)
Kyrgyzstan 5.6% (2006 est.)
Laos 6.8% (2006 est.)
Latvia 6.5% (2006 est.)
Lebanon 4% (2006 est.)
Lesotho 6.1% (2006 est.)
Liberia 15% (2003 est.)
Libya 2.7% (2006 est.)
Liechtenstein 1% (2001)
Lithuania 3.8% (2006 est.)
Luxembourg 2.7% (2006 est.)
Macau 4.4% (2005)
Macedonia 3.2% (2006 est.)
Madagascar 10.8% (2006 est.)
Malawi 14% (2006 est.)
Malaysia 3.6% (2006 est.)
Maldives 6% (2005 est.)
Mali 4.5% (2002 est.)
Malta 2.8% (2006 est.)
Marshall Islands 3% (2005 est.)
Mauritania 7% (2003 est.)
Mauritius 8.9% (2006 est.)
Mayotte 1.7% (2005)
Mexico 3.6% (2006 est.)
Micronesia, Federated States of 2.2% (2005)
Moldova 12.7% (2006 est.)
Monaco 1.9% (2000)
Mongolia 9.5% (2005 est.)
Montenegro 3.4% (2004)
Montserrat 2.6% (2002 est.)
Morocco 3.4% (2006 est.)
Mozambique 13.2% (2006 est.)
Namibia 5.1% (2006 est.)
Nauru -3.6% (1993)
Nepal 8.6% (November 2006 est.)
Netherlands 1.1% (2006 est.)
Netherlands Antilles 2.1% (2003 est.)
New Caledonia 1.4% (2000 est.)
New Zealand 3.4% (2006 est.)
Nicaragua 9.1% (2006 est.)
Niger 0.2% (2004 est.)
Nigeria 8.2% (2006 est.)
Niue 4% (2005)
Northern Mariana Islands -0.8% (2000)
Norway 2.3% (2006 est.)
Oman 3.2% (2006 est.)
Pakistan 7.9% (2006 est.)
Palau 2.7% (2005 est.)
Panama 1.1% (2006 est.)
Papua New Guinea 2.9% (2006 est.)
Paraguay 9.6% (2006 est.)
Peru 2% (2006 est.)
Philippines 6.3% (2006 est.)
Poland 1% (2006 est.)
Portugal 3.1% (2006 est.)
Puerto Rico 6.5% (2003 est.)
Qatar 11.8% (2006 est.)
Romania 6.6% (2006 est.)
Russia 9.7% (2006 est.)
Rwanda 8.8% (2006 est.)
Saint Helena 3.2% (1997 est.)
Saint Kitts and Nevis 8.7% (2005 est.)
Saint Lucia 2.9% (2005 est.)
Saint Pierre and Miquelon 8.1% (2005)
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 1% (2005 est.)
Samoa 3.3% (2005)
San Marino -1.5% (2006)
Sao Tome and Principe 23.1% (2006 est.)
Saudi Arabia 2.2% (2006 est.)
Senegal 2.1% (2006 est.)
Serbia 15.5% (2005 est.)
Seychelles -0.4% (2006 est.)
Sierra Leone 1% (2002 est.)
Singapore 1% (2006 est.)
Slovakia 4.5% (2006 est.)
Slovenia 2.5% (2006 est.)
Solomon Islands 6.6% (2005 est.)
Somalia NA%; note - businesses print their own money, so inflation rates cannot be easily determined
South Africa 4.6% (2006 est.)
Spain 3.5% (2006 est.)
Sri Lanka 13.7% (2006 est.)
Sudan 7.2% (2006 est.)
Suriname 9.5% (2005 est.)
Swaziland 5.7% (2006 est.)
Sweden 1.4% (2006 est.)
Switzerland 1.1% (2006 est.)
Syria 10% (2006 est.)
Taiwan 0.6% (2006 est.)
Tajikistan 11.9% (2006 est.)
Tanzania 6.1% (2006 est.)
Thailand 4.6% (2006 est.)
Timor-Leste 1.4% (2005)
Togo 2.2% (2006 est.)
Tokelau NA%
Tonga 11.1% (2005 est.)
Trinidad and Tobago 8.3% (2006 est.)
Tunisia 4.5% (2006 est.)
Turkey 10.5% (2006 est.)
Turkmenistan 11.5% (2006 est.)
Turks and Caicos Islands 4% (1995)
Tuvalu 3.9% (2005 est.)
Uganda 6.6% (2006 est.)
Ukraine 9.1% (2006 est.)
United Arab Emirates 13.5% (2006 est.)
United Kingdom 2.3% (2006 est.)
United States 3.2% (2006 est.)
Uruguay 6.4% (2006 est.)
Uzbekistan 19.8% officially, but 38% based on analysis of consumer prices (2006 est.)
Vanuatu -1.6% (2005 est.)
Venezuela 13.7% (2006 est.)
Vietnam 7.5% (2006 est.)
Virgin Islands 2.2% (2003)
Wallis and Futuna 2.8% (2005)
West Bank 2.9% (includes Gaza Strip) (2005)
Western Sahara 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.)
Yemen 20.8% (2006 est.)
Zambia 9% (2006 est.)
Zimbabwe 1,033.5% official data; private sector estimates are much higher (2006 est.)

 

 

Ranked by order %

 

 

Rank
Country
Inflation rate (consumer prices)
(%)
Date of Information
1
 Nauru -3.60 1993
2
 Vanuatu -1.60 2005 est.
3
 San Marino -1.50 2006
4
 Northern Mariana Islands -0.80 2000
5
 Barbados -0.50 2003 est.
6
 Seychelles -0.40 2006 est.
7
 Dominica -0.10 2005 est.
8
 Japan 0.20 2006 est.
9
 Niger 0.20 2004 est.
10
 Kiribati 0.50 2005 est.
11
 Taiwan 0.60 2006 est.
12
 Antigua and Barbuda 0.90 2005 est.
13
 Greenland 1.00 2005 est.
14
 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 1.00 2005 est.
15
 Singapore 1.00 2006 est.
16
 Sierra Leone 1.00 2002 est.
17
 Liechtenstein 1.00 2001
18
 Poland 1.00 2006 est.
19
 Brunei 1.10 2005
20
 Switzerland 1.10 2006 est.
21
 Panama 1.10 2006 est.
22
 Netherlands 1.10 2006 est.
23
 French Polynesia 1.10 2006 est.
24
 Bahamas, The 1.20 2004
25
 Gaza Strip 1.20 2005
26
 Austria 1.40 2006 est.
27
 New Caledonia 1.40 2000 est.
28
 Sweden 1.40 2006 est.
29
 Timor-Leste 1.40 2005
30
 Gambia, The 1.50 2006 est.
31
 Gibraltar 1.50 1998
32
 Finland 1.60 2006 est.
33
 China 1.70 2006 est.
34
 France 1.70 2006 est.
35
 Mayotte 1.70 2005
36
 Germany 1.70 2006 est.
37
 Belgium 1.80 2006 est.
38
 European Union 1.80 2006 est.
39
 Faroe Islands 1.80 2005
40
 Denmark 1.90 2006 est.
41
 Monaco 1.90 2000
42
 Canada 2.00 2006 est.
43
 British Virgin Islands 2.00 2005
44
 Hong Kong 2.00 2006 est.
45
 Peru 2.00 2006 est.
46
 Bahrain 2.10 2006 est.
47
 Senegal 2.10 2006 est.
48
 Netherlands Antilles 2.10 2003 est.
49
 Italy 2.10 2006 est.
50
 Israel 2.10 2006 est.
51
 Cook Islands 2.10 2005 est.
52
 Micronesia, Federated States of 2.20 2005
53
 Togo 2.20 2006 est.
54
 Virgin Islands 2.20 2003
55
 Saudi Arabia 2.20 2006 est.
56
 Korea, South 2.20 2006 est.
57
 Norway 2.30 2006 est.
58
 United Kingdom 2.30 2006 est.
59
 Burkina Faso 2.30 2006 est.
60
 Albania 2.40 2006 est.
61
 Cote d'Ivoire 2.40 2006 est.
62
 Czech Republic 2.50 2006 est.
63
 Slovenia 2.50 2006 est.
64
 Guam 2.50 2005 est.
65
 Algeria 2.60 2006 est.
66
 Montserrat 2.60 2002 est.
67
 Luxembourg 2.70 2006 est.
68
 Palau 2.70 2005 est.
69
 Libya 2.70 2006 est.
70
 Bermuda 2.80 November 2005
71
 Cyprus 2.80 NA
72
 Burundi 2.80 2006 est.
73
 Wallis and Futuna 2.80 2005
74
 Malta 2.80 2006 est.
75
 Armenia 2.90 2006 est.
76
 West Bank 2.90 2005
77
 Saint Lucia 2.90 2005 est.
78
 Papua New Guinea 2.90 2006 est.
79
 Comoros 3.00 2005 est.
80
 Marshall Islands 3.00 2005 est.
81
 Djibouti 3.00 2005 est.
82
 Grenada 3.00 2005 est.
83
 Fiji 3.00 2005
84
 Kuwait 3.00 2006 est.
85
 Isle of Man 3.10 December 2006 est.
86
 Portugal 3.10 2006 est.
87
 Andorra 3.20 2005
88
 Greece 3.20 2006 est.
89
 Macedonia 3.20 2006 est.
90
 United States 3.20 2006 est.
91
 Saint Helena 3.20 1997 est.
92
 Oman 3.20 2006 est.
93
 Croatia 3.20 2006 est.
94
 Ecuador 3.30 2006 est.
95
 Samoa 3.30 2005
96
 Aruba 3.40 2005
97
 New Zealand 3.40 2006 est.
98
 Morocco 3.40 2006 est.
99
 Montenegro 3.40 2004
100
 Guernsey 3.40 June 2006
101
 Chile 3.40 2006 est.
102
 Australia 3.50 2006 est.
103
 Spain 3.50 2006 est.
104
 Central African Republic 3.60 2001 est.
105
 Malaysia 3.60 2006 est.
106
 Mexico 3.60 2006 est.
107
 Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas) 3.60 1998
108
 Jersey 3.70 December 2006
109
 Benin 3.80 2006 est.
110
 Lithuania 3.80 2006 est.
111
 Ireland 3.90 2006 est.
112
 Tuvalu 3.90 2005 est.
113
 El Salvador 4.00 2006 est.
114
 Turks and Caicos Islands 4.00 1995
115
 Guinea-Bissau 4.00 2002 est.
116
 Niue 4.00 2005
117
 Lebanon 4.00 2006 est.
118
 Gabon 4.00 2006 est.
119
 Hungary 4.10 2006 est.
120
 Brazil 4.20 2006 est.
121
 Belize 4.30 2006 est.
122
 Bolivia 4.30 2006 est.
123
 Colombia 4.30 2006 est.
124
 Cayman Islands 4.40 2004
125
 Macau 4.40 2005
126
 Estonia 4.40 2006 est.
127
 Slovakia 4.50 2006 est.
128
 Mali 4.50 2002 est.
129
 Tunisia 4.50 2006 est.
130
 South Africa 4.60 2006 est.
131
 Thailand 4.60 2006 est.
132
 Cambodia 4.70 2006 est.
133
 Equatorial Guinea 5.00 2006 est.
134
 Cameroon 5.10 2006 est.
135
 Namibia 5.10 2006 est.
136
 Anguilla 5.30 2006 est.
137
 Cape Verde 5.40 2006 est.
138
 Bhutan 5.50 2005 est.
139
 Congo, Republic of the 5.50 2006 est.
140
 Honduras 5.60 2006 est.
141
 Kyrgyzstan 5.60 2006 est.
142
 Swaziland 5.70 2006 est.
143
 Maldives 6.00 2005 est.
144
 Lesotho 6.10 2006 est.
145
 Tanzania 6.10 2006 est.
146
 Cuba 6.20 2006 est.
147
 Jordan 6.20 2006 est.
148
 India 6.20 2006 est.
149
 Philippines 6.30 2006 est.
150
 Uruguay 6.40 2006 est.
151
 Latvia 6.50 2006 est.
152
 Puerto Rico 6.50 2003 est.
153
 Solomon Islands 6.60 2005 est.
154
 Guatemala 6.60 2006 est.
155
 Romania 6.60 2006 est.
156
 Uganda 6.60 2006 est.
157
 Iceland 6.70 2006 est.
158
 Bangladesh 6.80 2006 est.
159
 Laos 6.80 2006 est.
160
 Belarus 7.00 2006 est.
161
 Mauritania 7.00 2003 est.
162
 Guyana 7.20 2006 est.
163
 Sudan 7.20 2006 est.
164
 Bulgaria 7.30 2006 est.
165
 Bosnia and Herzegovina 7.50 2006 est.
166
 Vietnam 7.50 2006 est.
167
 Dominican Republic 7.60 2006 est.
168
 Egypt 7.70 2006 est.
169
 Pakistan 7.90 2006 est.
170
 Chad 8.00 2006 est.
171
 Saint Pierre and Miquelon 8.10 2005
172
 Nigeria 8.20 2006 est.
173
 Azerbaijan 8.30 2006 est.
174
 Trinidad and Tobago 8.30 2006 est.
175
 Jamaica 8.60 2006 est.
176
 Nepal 8.60 November 2006 est.
177
 Kazakhstan 8.60 2006 est.
178
 Saint Kitts and Nevis 8.70 2005 est.
179
 Rwanda 8.80 2006 est.
180
 Mauritius 8.90 2006 est.
181
 Zambia 9.00 2006 est.
182
 Cyprus 9.10 NA
183
 Ukraine 9.10 2006 est.
184
 Nicaragua 9.10 2006 est.
185
 Georgia 9.20 2006 est.
186
 Mongolia 9.50 2005 est.
187
 Suriname 9.50 2005 est.
188
 Paraguay 9.60 2006 est.
189
 Russia 9.70 2006 est.
190
 Syria 10.00 2006 est.
191
 Turkey 10.50 2006 est.
192
 Madagascar 10.80 2006 est.
193
 Argentina 10.90 2006 est.
194
 Ghana 10.90 2006 est.
195
 Tonga 11.10 2005 est.
196
 Botswana 11.50 2006 est.
197
 Costa Rica 11.50 2006 est.
198
 Turkmenistan 11.50 2006 est.
199
 Qatar 11.80 2006 est.
200
 Tajikistan 11.90 2006 est.
201
 Iran 12.00 2006 est.
202
 Moldova 12.70 2006 est.
203
 Haiti 13.10 2006 est.
204
 Indonesia 13.10 2006 est.
205
 Mozambique 13.20 2006 est.
206
 Angola 13.30 2006 est.
207
 United Arab Emirates 13.50 2006 est.
208
 Ethiopia 13.50 2006 est.
209
 Sri Lanka 13.70 2006 est.
210
 Venezuela 13.70 2006 est.
211
 Malawi 14.00 2006 est.
212
 Kenya 14.50 2006 est.
213
 Eritrea 15.00 2006 est.
214
 Liberia 15.00 2003 est.
215
 Serbia 15.50 2005 est.
216
 Afghanistan 16.30 2005 est.
217
 Congo, Democratic Republic of the 18.20 2006 est.
218
 Uzbekistan 19.80 2006 est.
219
 Burma 20.00 2006 est.
220
 Yemen 20.80 2006 est.
221
 Sao Tome and Principe 23.10 2006 est.
222
 Guinea 30.00 2006 est.
223
 Iraq 53.20 2006 est.
224
 Zimbabwe 1,033.50 2006 est.

 

 

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