| Field Listing - Inflation rate (consumer prices)
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Country | Inflation rate (consumer prices) (%)
Afghanistan | 5.2% (2003)
Albania | 2.4% (2003)
Algeria | 3.5% (2003 est.)
American Samoa | NA (2003 est.)
Andorra | 4.3% (2000)
Angola | 76.6% (2003 est.)
Anguilla | 2.3%
Antigua and Barbuda | 0.4% (2000 est.)
Argentina | 13.4% (2003)
Armenia | 4.8% (2003 est.)
Aruba | 3.2% (2002 est.)
Australia | 2.8% (2003 est.)
Austria | 1.4% (2003 est.)
Azerbaijan | 2.1% (2003 est.)
Bahamas, The | 1.7% (2002 est.)
Bahrain | -0.2% (2003 est.)
Bangladesh | 5.6% (2003 est.)
Barbados | -0.5% (2003 est.)
Belarus | 28.2% (2003 est.)
Belgium | 1.6% (2003 est.)
Belize | 2.6% (2003 est.)
Benin | 1.5% (2003 est.)
Bermuda | 3.3% (mid-2003 est.)
Bhutan | 3% (2002 est.)
Bolivia | 3.3% (2003 est.)
Bosnia and Herzegovina | 0.9% (2003 est.)
Botswana | 9.2% (2003 est.)
Brazil | 14.7% (2003)
British Virgin Islands | 2.5% (2002)
Brunei | -2% (2002 est.)
Bulgaria | 2.3% (2003 est.)
Burkina Faso | 1.9% (2003 est.)
Burma | 49.7% (2003 est.)
Burundi | 10.7% (2003 est.)
Cambodia | 1.7% (2003 est.)
Cameroon | 2.3% (2003 est.)
Canada | 2.8% (2003 est.)
Cape Verde | 3% (2003)
Cayman Islands | 2.8% (2002)
Central African Republic | 3.6% (2001 est.)
Chad | 6% (2003 est.)
Chile | 2.8% (2003 est.)
China | 1.2% (2003 est.)
Christmas Island | NA
Cocos (Keeling) Islands | NA
Colombia | 7.1% (2003 est.)
Comoros | 3.5% (2001 est.)
Congo, Democratic Republic of the | 14% (2003 est.)
Congo, Republic of the | 2.4% (2003 est.)
Cook Islands | 3.2% (2000 est.)
Costa Rica | 9.4% (2003 est.)
Cote d'Ivoire | 3.4% (2003 est.)
Croatia | 1.8% (2003 est.)
Cuba | 4.1% (2003 est.)
Cyprus | Republic of Cyprus: 4.1% (2003 est.); north Cyprus: 12.6% (2003 est.)
Czech Republic | 0.1% (2003 est.)
Denmark | 2.1% (2003 est.)
Djibouti | 2% (2002 est.)
Dominica | 1% (2001 est.)
Dominican Republic | 27.5% (2003 est.)
East Timor | 8% NA (2003 est.)
Ecuador | 7.9% (2003 est.)
Egypt | 4.3% (2003 est.)
El Salvador | 2.1% (2003 est.)
Equatorial Guinea | 6% (2003 est.)
Eritrea | 12.3% (2003)
Estonia | 1.3% (2003 est.)
Ethiopia | 17.8% (2003 est.)
European Union | 2% (2004 est.)
Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas) | 3.6% (1998)
Faroe Islands | 5.1% (1999)
Fiji | 1.6% (2002 est.)
Finland | 0.9% (2003 est.)
France | 2.1% (2003 est.)
French Guiana | 1.5% (2002 est.)
French Polynesia | 1.5% (2002 est.)
Gabon | 0.5% (2003 est.)
Gambia, The | 14% (2003 est.)
Gaza Strip | 2.2% (includes West Bank) (2001 est.)
Georgia | 4.8% (2003 est.)
Germany | 1.1% (2003 est.)
Ghana | 26.7% (2003 est.)
Gibraltar | 1.5% (1998)
Greece | 3.6% (2003 est.)
Greenland | 1.6% (1999 est.)
Grenada | 2.8% (2001 est.)
Guadeloupe | NA (2003 est.)
Guam | 0% (1999 est.)
Guatemala | 5.5% (2003 est.)
Guernsey | 4% (2000 est.)
Guinea | 14.8% (2003 est.)
Guinea-Bissau | 4% (2002 est.)
Guyana | 5.7% (2003 est.)
Haiti | 37.8% (2003 est.)
Honduras | 7.7% (2003 est.)
Hong Kong | -2.6% (2003 est.)
Hungary | 4.7% (2003 est.)
Iceland | 2.1% (2003 est.)
India | 3.8% (2003 est.)
Indonesia | 6.6% (2003 est.)
Iran | 16.4% (2003 est.)
Iraq | 29.3% (2003 est.)
Ireland | 3.5% (2003 est.)
Israel | 0.7% (2003 est.)
Italy | 2.7% (2003 est.)
Jamaica | 10.3% (2003 est.)
Japan | -0.3% (2003 est.)
Jersey | 4.7% (1998)
Jordan | 2.4% (2003 est.)
Kazakhstan | 6.6% (2003 est.)
Kenya | 9.8% (2003 est.)
Kiribati | 2.5% (2001 est.)
Korea, North | NA (2003 est.)
Korea, South | 3.6% (2003 est.)
Kuwait | 1.2% (2003 est.)
Kyrgyzstan | 3.5% (2003 est.)
Laos | 15.3% (2003 est.)
Latvia | 2.9% (2003 est.)
Lebanon | 2.5% (2003 est.)
Lesotho | 6.1% (2003 est.)
Liberia | 15% (2003 est.)
Libya | 2.8% (2003 est.)
Liechtenstein | 1% (2001)
Lithuania | -1.2% (2003 est.)
Luxembourg | 2% (2003 est.)
Macau | -2.6% (2003 est.)
Macedonia | 1.2% (2003 est.)
Madagascar | 8% (2003 est.)
Malawi | 9.5% (2003 est.)
Malaysia | 1.1% (2003 est.)
Maldives | 1% (2002 est.)
Mali | 4.5% (2002 est.)
Malta | 0.4% (2003 est.)
Man, Isle of | 3.6% (March 2003 est.)
Marshall Islands | 2% (2001 est.)
Martinique | 3.9% (1990)
Mauritania | 7% (2003 est.)
Mauritius | 4.2% (2003 est.)
Mayotte | NA
Mexico | 4.5% (2003 est.)
Micronesia, Federated States of | 1% (2002 est.)
Moldova | 11.6% (2003 est.)
Monaco | NA (2000)
Mongolia | 1.5% (2002 est.)
Montserrat | 2.6% (2002 est.)
Morocco | 1.2% (2003 est.)
Mozambique | 14% (2003 est.)
Namibia | 7.3% (2003)
Nauru | -3.6% (1993)
Nepal | 2.9% (2002 est.)
Netherlands | 2.1% (2003 est.)
Netherlands Antilles | 2.1% (2003 est.)
New Caledonia | -0.6% (2000 est.)
New Zealand | 1.8% (2003 est.)
Nicaragua | 5.3% (2003 est.)
Niger | 3% (2002 est.)
Nigeria | 13.8% (2003 est.)
Niue | 1% (1995)
Norfolk Island | NA
Northern Mariana Islands | 1.2% (1997 est.)
Norway | 2.5% (2003 est.)
Oman | -0.3% (2003 est.)
Pakistan | 2.9% (2003 est.)
Palau | 3.4% (2000 est.)
Panama | 1.4% (2003 est.)
Papua New Guinea | 14.7% (2003 est.)
Paraguay | 14.2% (2003 est.)
Peru | 2.3% (2003 est.)
Philippines | 3.1% (2003 est.)
Pitcairn Islands | NA
Poland | 0.7% (2003 est.)
Portugal | 3.3% (2003 est.)
Puerto Rico | 6.5% (2003 est.)
Qatar | 2.3% (2003)
Reunion | NA
Romania | 15.3% (2003)
Russia | 13.7% (2003 est.)
Rwanda | 7.5% (2003 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 | 9% (2003 est.)
Saudi Arabia | 0.5% (2003 est.)
Senegal | 0% (2003 est.)
Serbia and Montenegro | 11.2% (2003 est.)
Seychelles | 3.3% (2003 est.)
Sierra Leone | 1% (2002 est.)
Singapore | 0.5% (2003 est.)
Slovakia | 8.6% (2003 est.)
Slovenia | 5.6% (2003 est.)
Solomon Islands | 9% (2002 est.)
Somalia | note - businesses print their own money, so inflation rates cannot be sensibly determined (2003 est.)
South Africa | 5.9% (2003 est.)
Spain | 3% (2003 est.)
Sri Lanka | 6.3% (2003 est.)
Sudan | 8.8% (2003 est.)
Suriname | 17% (2002 est.)
Svalbard | NA
Swaziland | 7.3% (2003 est.)
Sweden | 1.9% (2003 est.)
Switzerland | 0.6% (2003 est.)
Syria | 1.5% (2003 est.)
Taiwan | -0.3% (2003 est.)
Tajikistan | 16.3% (2003 est.)
Tanzania | 4.4% (2003 est.)
Thailand | 1.8% (2003 est.)
Togo | -1% (2003 est.)
Tokelau | NA
Tonga | 10.3% (2002 est.)
Trinidad and Tobago | 3.8% (2003 est.)
Tunisia | 2.7% (2003 est.)
Turkey | 25.3% (2003 est.)
Turkmenistan | 9.5% (2003 est.)
Turks and Caicos Islands | 4% (1995)
Tuvalu | 5% (2000 est.)
Uganda | 7.9% (2003 est.)
Ukraine | 5.2% (2003 est.)
United Arab Emirates | 3.2% (2003 est.)
United Kingdom | 1.4% (2003 est.)
United States | 2.3% (2003)
Uruguay | 19.4% (2003 est.)
Uzbekistan | 13.1% (2003 est.)
Vanuatu | 2% (2002 est.)
Venezuela | 31.1% (2003 est.)
Vietnam | 3.1% (2003 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 (2003 est.)
Yemen | 10.8% (2003 est.)
Zambia | 21.4% (2003 est.)
Zimbabwe | 384.7% (2003 est.)
This page was last updated on 10 February, 2005