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  Field Listing - Inflation rate (consumer prices)


Country
Inflation rate (consumer prices) (%)
Afghanistan 10.3% (2003)
Albania 3.2% (2004 est.)
Algeria 3.1% (2004 est.)
American Samoa NA%
Andorra 4.3% (2000)
Angola 43.8% (2004 est.)
Anguilla 2.3%
Antigua and Barbuda 0.4% (2000 est.)
Argentina 6.1% (2004 est.)
Armenia 3.5% (2004 est.)
Aruba 3.2% (2002 est.)
Australia 2.3% (2004 est.)
Austria 1.8% (2004 est.)
Azerbaijan 4.6% (2004 est.)
Bahamas, The 1.2% (year ending September 2004)
Bahrain 2.1% (2004 est.)
Bangladesh 6% (2004 est.)
Barbados -0.5% (2003 est.)
Belarus 17.4% (2004 est.)
Belgium 1.9% (2004 est.)
Belize 2.9% (2004 est.)
Benin 2.8% (2004 est.)
Bermuda 3.3% (mid-2003 est.)
Bhutan 3% (2002 est.)
Bolivia 4.9% (2004 est.)
Bosnia and Herzegovina 1.1% (2004 est.)
Botswana 7% (2004 est.)
Brazil 7.6% (2004 est.)
British Virgin Islands 2.5% (2003)
Brunei 0.3% (2003 est.)
Bulgaria 6.1% (2004 est.)
Burkina Faso 2.4% (2004 est.)
Burma 17.2% (2004 est.)
Burundi 8.5% (2004 est.)
Cambodia 3.1% (2004 est.)
Cameroon 1% (2004 est.)
Canada 1.9% (2004 est.)
Cape Verde 1.5% (2004 est.)
Cayman Islands 2.8% (2002)
Central African Republic 3.6% (2001 est.)
Chad 8% (2004 est.)
Chile 2.4% (2004 est.)
China 4.1% (2004 est.)
Colombia 5.9% (2004 est.)
Comoros 3.5% (2001 est.)
Congo, Democratic Republic of the 14% (2003 est.)
Congo, Republic of the 1.8% (2004 est.)
Cook Islands 3.2% (2000 est.)
Costa Rica 11.5% (2004 est.)
Cote d'Ivoire 1.4% (2004 est.)
Croatia 2.5% (2004 est.)
Cuba 3.1% (2004 est.)
Cyprus Republic of Cyprus: 2.4% (2003 est.); north Cyprus: 12.6% (2003 est.)
Czech Republic 3.2% (2004 est.)
Denmark 1.4% (2004 est.)
Djibouti 2% (2002 est.)
Dominica 1% (2001 est.)
Dominican Republic 55% (2004 est.)
East Timor 4% (2003 est.)
Ecuador 2% (2004 est.)
Egypt 9.5% (2004 est.)
El Salvador 5.4% (2004 est.)
Equatorial Guinea 8.5% (2004 est.)
Eritrea 10% (2004 est.)
Estonia 3% (2004 est.)
Ethiopia 2.4% (2004 est.)
European Union 2.1% (2004 est.)
Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas) 3.6% (1998)
Faroe Islands 5.1% (1999)
Fiji 1.6% (2002 est.)
Finland 0.7% (2004 est.)
France 2.3% (2004 est.)
French Guiana 1.5% (2002 est.)
French Polynesia 1.5% (2002 est.)
Gabon 1.5% (2004 est.)
Gambia, The 7% (2004 est.)
Gaza Strip 2.2% (includes West Bank) (2001 est.)
Georgia 5.5% (2004 est.)
Germany 1.6% (2004 est.)
Ghana 13% (2004 est.)
Gibraltar 1.5% (1998)
Greece 2.9% (2004 est.)
Greenland 1.6% (1999 est.)
Grenada 2.8% (2001 est.)
Guadeloupe NA%
Guam 0% (1999 est.)
Guatemala 7.2% (2004 est.)
Guernsey 4.9% (2004 est.)
Guinea 18% (2004 est.)
Guinea-Bissau 4% (2002 est.)
Guyana 4.5% (2004 est.)
Haiti 22% (2004 est.)
Honduras 7% (2004 est.)
Hong Kong -0.3% (2004 est.)
Hungary 7% (2004 est.)
Iceland 4% (2004 est.)
India 4.2% (2004 est.)
Indonesia 6.1% (2004 est.)
Iran 15.5% (2004 est.)
Iraq 25.4% (2004 est.)
Ireland 2.2% (2004 est.)
Israel 0% (2004 est.)
Italy 2.3% (2004 est.)
Jamaica 12.4% (2004 est.)
Japan -0.1% (2004 est.)
Jersey 5.3% (2004)
Jordan 3.2% (2004 est.)
Kazakhstan 6.9% (2004 est.)
Kenya 9% (2004 est.)
Kiribati 2.5% (2001 est.)
Korea, North NA (2003 est.)
Korea, South 3.6% (2004 est.)
Kuwait 2.3% (2004 est.)
Kyrgyzstan 3.2% (2004 est.)
Laos 12.3% (2004 est.)
Latvia 6% (2004 est.)
Lebanon 2% (2004 est.)
Lesotho 5.3% (2004 est.)
Liberia 15% (2003 est.)
Libya 2.9% (2004 est.)
Liechtenstein 1% (2001)
Lithuania 1.1% (2004 est.)
Luxembourg 2.4% (2004 est.)
Macau 2% (3rd quarter, 2004)
Macedonia 0.4% (2004 est.)
Madagascar 7.5% (2004 est.)
Malawi 12% (2004 est.)
Malaysia 1.3% (2004 est.)
Maldives 1% (2002 est.)
Mali 4.5% (2002 est.)
Malta 2.9% (2004 est.)
Man, Isle of 3.6% (March 2003 est.)
Marshall Islands 2% (2001 est.)
Martinique 3.9% (1990)
Mauritania 7% (2003 est.)
Mauritius 4.5% (2004 est.)
Mayotte NA%
Mexico 5.4% (2004 est.)
Micronesia, Federated States of 1% (2002 est.)
Moldova 11.5% (2004 est.)
Monaco 1.9% (2000)
Mongolia 11% (2004 est.)
Montserrat 2.6% (2002 est.)
Morocco 2.1% (2004 est.)
Mozambique 12.8% (2004 est.)
Namibia 4.2% (2004 est.)
Nauru -3.6% (1993)
Nepal 2.9% (2002 est.)
Netherlands 1.4% (2004 est.)
Netherlands Antilles 2.1% (2003 est.)
New Caledonia -0.6% (2000 est.)
New Zealand 2.4% (2004 est.)
Nicaragua 9.3% (2004 est.)
Niger 3% (2002 est.)
Nigeria 16.5% (2004 est.)
Niue 1% (1995)
Norfolk Island NA
Northern Mariana Islands 1.2% (1997 est.)
Norway 1% (2004 est.)
Oman 0.2% (2004 est.)
Pakistan 4.8% (FY03/04 est.)
Palau 3.4% (2000 est.)
Panama 2% (2004 est.)
Papua New Guinea 4.2% (2004 est.)
Paraguay 5.1% (2004 est.)
Peru 3.8% (2004 est.)
Philippines 5.5% (2004 est.)
Pitcairn Islands NA
Poland 3.4% (2004 est.)
Portugal 2.1% (2004 est.)
Puerto Rico 6.5% (2003 est.)
Qatar 3% (2004 est.)
Reunion NA%
Romania 9.6% (2004 est.)
Russia 11.5% (2004 est.)
Rwanda 7% (2004 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 14% (2004 est.)
Saudi Arabia 0.8% (2004 est.)
Senegal 0.8% (2004 est.)
Serbia and Montenegro 8.8% (2004 est.)
Seychelles 5% (2004 est.)
Sierra Leone 1% (2002 est.)
Singapore 1.7% (2004 est.)
Slovakia 7.5% (2004 est.)
Slovenia 3.3% (2004 est.)
Solomon Islands 10% (2003 est.)
Somalia note - businesses print their own money, so inflation rates cannot be sensibly determined (2004 est.)
South Africa 4.5% (2004 est.)
Spain 3.2% (2004 est.)
Sri Lanka 5.8% (2004 est.)
Sudan 9% (2004 est.)
Suriname 23% (2003 est.)
Swaziland 5.4% (2004 est.)
Sweden 0.7% (2004 est.)
Switzerland 0.9% (2004 est.)
Syria 2.1% (2004 est.)
Taiwan 1.7% (2004 est.)
Tajikistan 8% (2004 est.)
Tanzania 5.4% (2004 est.)
Thailand 2.8% (2004 est.)
Togo 1% (2004 est.)
Tokelau NA%
Tonga 10.3% (2002 est.)
Trinidad and Tobago 3.3% (2004 est.)
Tunisia 4.1% (2004 est.)
Turkey 9.3% (2004 est.)
Turkmenistan 9% (2004 est.)
Turks and Caicos Islands 4% (1995)
Tuvalu 5% (2000 est.)
Uganda 3.5% (2004 est.)
Ukraine 12% (2004 est.)
United Arab Emirates 3.2% (2004 est.)
United Kingdom 1.4% (2004 est.)
United States 2.5% (2004 est.)
Uruguay 7.6% (2004 est.)
Uzbekistan 3% (2004 est.)
Vanuatu 3.1% (2003 est.)
Venezuela 22.4% (2004 est.)
Vietnam 9.5% (2004 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 60% typically; national inflation rates vary widely in individual cases, from declining prices in Japan to hyperinflation in several Third World countries (2004 est.)
Yemen 12.2% (2004 est.)
Zambia 18.3% (2004 est.)
Zimbabwe 133% (2004 est.)

This page was last updated on 20 October, 2005


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