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Country
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Inflation rate (consumer prices) (%)
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| Afghanistan | 16.3% (2005 est.) |
| Albania | 2.4% (2005 est.) |
| Algeria | 1.9% (2005 est.) |
| American Samoa | NA% |
| Andorra | 3.4% (2004) |
| Angola | 23% (2005 est.) |
| Anguilla | 2.3% |
| Antigua and Barbuda | 0.4% (2000 est.) |
| Argentina | 9.6% (2005 est.) |
| Armenia | 0.6% (2005 est.) |
| Aruba | 3.8% (2005 est.) |
| Australia | 2.7% (2005 est.) |
| Austria | 2.3% (2005 est.) |
| Azerbaijan | 9.6% (2005 est.) |
| Bahamas, The | 1.2% ( 2004) |
| Bahrain | 2.7% (2005 est.) |
| Bangladesh | 7% (2005 est.) |
| Barbados | -0.5% (2003 est.) |
| Belarus | 10.3% (2005 est.) |
| Belgium | 2.8% (2005 est.) |
| Belize | 3% (2005 est.) |
| Benin | 3.5% (2005 est.) |
| Bermuda | 2.8% (November 2005) |
| Bhutan | 3% (2002 est.) |
| Bolivia | 5.4% (2005 est.) |
| Bosnia and Herzegovina | 4.4% (2005 est.) |
| Botswana | 8.6% (2005 est.) |
| Brazil | 6.9% (2005 est.) |
| British Virgin Islands | 2.5% (2003) |
| Brunei | 0.9% (2004) |
| Bulgaria | 5% (2005 est.) |
| Burkina Faso | 6.4% (2005 est.) |
| Burma | 20.2% (2005 est.) |
| Burundi | 16% (2005 est.) |
| Cambodia | 5.8% (2005 est.) |
| Cameroon | 2% (2005 est.) |
| Canada | 2.2% (2005 est.) |
| Cape Verde | 0.4% (2005 est.) |
| Cayman Islands | 2.8% (2002) |
| Central African Republic | 3.6% (2001 est.) |
| Chad | 3% (2005 est.) |
| Chile | 3.1% (2005 est.) |
| China | 1.8% (2005 est.) |
| Colombia | 5% (2005 est.) |
| Comoros | 3% (2005 est.) |
| Congo, Democratic Republic of the | 9% (2004 est.) |
| Congo, Republic of the | 2.2% (2005 est.) |
| Cook Islands | 3.2% (2000 est.) |
| Costa Rica | 13.8% (2005 est.) |
| Cote d'Ivoire | 3.9% (2005 est.) |
| Croatia | 3.3% (2005 est.) |
| Cuba | 7% (2005 est.) |
| Cyprus | Republic of Cyprus: 2.6% (2005 est.); north Cyprus: 9.1% (2004 est.) |
| Czech Republic | 1.9% (2005 est.) |
| Denmark | 1.8% (2005 est.) |
| Djibouti | 2% (2002 est.) |
| Dominica | 1% (2001 est.) |
| Dominican Republic | 4.2% (2005 est.) |
| East Timor | 1.8% (2004) |
| Ecuador | 2.1% (2005 est.) |
| Egypt | 4.9% (2005 est.) |
| El Salvador | 4.7% (2005 est.) |
| Equatorial Guinea | 5% (2005 est.) |
| Eritrea | 15% (2005 est.) |
| Estonia | 4.1% (2005 est.) |
| Ethiopia | 11.6% (2005 est.) |
| European Union | 2.2% (2005 est.) |
| Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas) | 3.6% (1998) |
| Faroe Islands | 5.1% (1999) |
| Fiji | 1.6% (2002 est.) |
| Finland | 0.9% (2005 est.) |
| France | 1.7% (2005 est.) |
| French Guiana | 1% (2003) |
| French Polynesia | 2.3% (2005 est.) |
| Gabon | -0.1% (2005 est.) |
| Gambia, The | 8.8% (2005 est.) |
| Gaza Strip | 3% (includes West Bank) (2004) |
| Georgia | 8.2% (2005 est.) |
| Germany | 2% (2005 est.) |
| Ghana | 15.1% (2005 est.) |
| Gibraltar | 1.5% (1998) |
| Greece | 3.5% (2005 est.) |
| Greenland | 1.6% (1999 est.) |
| Grenada | 2.8% (2001 est.) |
| Guadeloupe | NA% |
| Guam | 2.5% (2005 est.) |
| Guatemala | 9.1% (2005 est.) |
| Guernsey | 4.9% (2004 est.) |
| Guinea | 25% (2005 est.) |
| Guinea-Bissau | 4% (2002 est.) |
| Guyana | 6.9% (2005 est.) |
| Haiti | 15.7% (2005 est.) |
| Honduras | 8.8% (2005 est.) |
| Hong Kong | 0.9% (2005 est.) |
| Hungary | 3.6% (2005 est.) |
| Iceland | 4% (2005 est.) |
| India | 4.2% (2005 est.) |
| Indonesia | 10.5% (2005 est.) |
| Iran | 13.5% (2005 est.) |
| Iraq | 33% (2005 est.) |
| Ireland | 2.4% (2005 est.) |
| Isle of Man | 3.6% (March 2003 est.) |
| Israel | 1.3% (2005 est.) |
| Italy | 2% (2005 est.) |
| Jamaica | 15.3% (2005 est.) |
| Japan | -0.3% (2005 est.) |
| Jersey | 5.3% (2004) |
| Jordan | 4.5% (2005 est.) |
| Kazakhstan | 7.6% (2005 est.) |
| Kenya | 10.3% (2005 est.) |
| Kiribati | 2.5% (2001 est.) |
| Korea, North | NA% |
| Korea, South | 2.8% (2005 est.) |
| Kuwait | 4.1% (2005 est.) |
| Kyrgyzstan | 5.2% (2005 est.) |
| Laos | 7% (2005 est.) |
| Latvia | 6.7% (2005 est.) |
| Lebanon | 2.4% (2005 est.) |
| Lesotho | 4.7% (2005 est.) |
| Liberia | 15% (2003 est.) |
| Libya | 3.4% (2005 est.) |
| Liechtenstein | 1% (2001) |
| Lithuania | 2.7% (2005 est.) |
| Luxembourg | 2.5% (2005 est.) |
| Macau | 3.8% (2nd quarter, 2005) |
| Macedonia | 0% (2005 est.) |
| Madagascar | 15% (2005 est.) |
| Malawi | 15.4% (2005 est.) |
| Malaysia | 3% (2005 est.) |
| Maldives | 5.6% (2005 est.) |
| Mali | 4.5% (2002 est.) |
| Malta | 3% (2005 est.) |
| Marshall Islands | 1.8% (2001 est.) |
| Martinique | 3.9% (1990) |
| Mauritania | 7% (2003 est.) |
| Mauritius | 5% (2005 est.) |
| Mayotte | NA% |
| Mexico | 4% (2005 est.) |
| Micronesia, Federated States of | 2% (2001 est.) |
| Moldova | 11.9% (2005 est.) |
| Monaco | 1.9% (2000) |
| Mongolia | 9.5% (2005 est.) |
| Montenegro | 3.4% (2004) |
| Montserrat | 2.6% (2002 est.) |
| Morocco | 1% (2005 est.) |
| Mozambique | 6.5% (2005 est.) |
| Namibia | 2.3% (2005 est.) |
| Nauru | -3.6% (1993) |
| Nepal | 7.8% (October 2005 est.) |
| Netherlands | 1.7% (2005 est.) |
| Netherlands Antilles | 2.1% (2003 est.) |
| New Caledonia | -0.6% (2000 est.) |
| New Zealand | 3% (2005 est.) |
| Nicaragua | 9.6% (2005 est.) |
| Niger | 0.2% (2004 est.) |
| Nigeria | 13.5% (2005 est.) |
| Niue | 1% (1995) |
| Northern Mariana Islands | -0.8% (2000) |
| Norway | 1.6% (2005 est.) |
| Oman | 1.2% (2005 est.) |
| Pakistan | 9.1% (2005 est.) |
| Palau | 3.4% (2000 est.) |
| Panama | 2.9% (2005 est.) |
| Papua New Guinea | 1.7% (2005 est.) |
| Paraguay | 6.8% (2005 est.) |
| Peru | 1.6% (2005 est.) |
| Philippines | 7.6% (2005 est.) |
| Poland | 2.2% (2005 est.) |
| Portugal | 2.3% (2005 est.) |
| Puerto Rico | 6.5% (2003 est.) |
| Qatar | 8.8% (2005 est.) |
| Reunion | NA% |
| Romania | 9% (2005 est.) |
| Russia | 12.7% (2005 est.) |
| Rwanda | 8% (2005 est.) |
| Saint Helena | 3.2% (1997 est.) |
| Saint Kitts and Nevis | 1.7% (2001 est.) |
| Saint Lucia | 3% (2001 est.) |
| Saint Pierre and Miquelon | 2.1% (1991-96 average) |
| Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | -0.4% (2001 est.) |
| Samoa | 4% (2001 est.) |
| San Marino | 3.3% (2001) |
| Sao Tome and Principe | 15.2% (2005 est.) |
| Saudi Arabia | 0.4% (2005 est.) |
| Senegal | 1.7% (2005 est.) |
| Serbia | 15.5% (2005) |
| Seychelles | 1.6% (2005 est.) |
| Sierra Leone | 1% (2002 est.) |
| Singapore | 0.4% (2005 est.) |
| Slovakia | 2.7% (2005 est.) |
| Slovenia | 2.5% (2005 est.) |
| Solomon Islands | 10% (2003 est.) |
| Somalia | NA%; note - businesses print their own money, so inflation rates cannot be easily determined |
| South Africa | 4% (2005 est.) |
| Spain | 3.4% (2005 est.) |
| Sri Lanka | 11.6% (2005 est.) |
| Sudan | 9% (2005 est.) |
| Suriname | 9.5% (2005 est.) |
| Swaziland | 4% (2005 est.) |
| Sweden | 0.5% (2005 est.) |
| Switzerland | 1.2% (2005 est.) |
| Syria | 5% (2005 est.) |
| Taiwan | 2.3% (2005 est.) |
| Tajikistan | 7.1% (2005 est.) |
| Tanzania | 4.3% (2005 est.) |
| Thailand | 4.5% (2005 est.) |
| Togo | 6% (2005 est.) |
| Tokelau | NA% |
| Tonga | 10.3% (2002 est.) |
| Trinidad and Tobago | 6.9% (2005 est.) |
| Tunisia | 2.1% (2005 est.) |
| Turkey | 8.2% (2005 est.) |
| Turkmenistan | 10.5% (2005 est.) |
| Turks and Caicos Islands | 4% (1995) |
| Tuvalu | 5% (2000 est.) |
| Uganda | 8.1% (2005 est.) |
| Ukraine | 13.5% (2005 est.) |
| United Arab Emirates | 10.5% (2005 est.) |
| United Kingdom | 2.1% (2005 est.) |
| United States | 3.2% (2005 est.) |
| Uruguay | 4.7% (2005 est.) |
| Uzbekistan | 6.9% (2005 est.) |
| Vanuatu | 3.1% (2003 est.) |
| Venezuela | 16% (2005 est.) |
| Vietnam | 8.3% (2005 est.) |
| Virgin Islands | 2.2% (2003) |
| Wallis and Futuna | NA% |
| West Bank | 2.2% (includes Gaza Strip) (2001 est.) |
| 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 | 11.8% (2005 est.) |
| Zambia | 18.3% (2005 est.) |
| Zimbabwe | 266.8% official data; private sector estimates are much higher (2005 est.) |
This page was last updated on 19 September, 2006
