Field Listing :: Inflation rate (consumer prices)

This entry furnishes the annual percent change in consumer prices compared with the previous year's consumer prices.

Country Comparison to the World

Country	Inflation rate (consumer prices)(%)

Afghanistan	13% (2007 est.)

Albania	3.4% (2008 est.) 2.9% (2007 est.)

Algeria	4.4% (2008 est.) 3.5% (2007 est.)

American Samoa	NA%

Andorra	3.9% (2007) 3.2% (2005)

Angola	12.5% (2008 est.) 12.2% (2007 est.)

Anguilla	5.3% (2006 est.)

Antigua and Barbuda	1.5% (2007 est.)

Argentina	8.6% (2008 est.) 8.8% (2007 est.) note: based on official estimates, which lack credibility; non-official estimates put inflation at 22% in 2008

Armenia	9% (2008 est.) 4.4% (2007 est.)

Aruba	3.4% (2005)

Australia	4.4% (2008 est.) 2.3% (2007 est.)

Austria	3.2% (2008 est.) 2.2% (2007 est.)

Azerbaijan	20.8% (2008 est.) 16.7% (2007 est.)

Bahamas, The	2.4% (2007 est.)

Bahrain	7% (2008 est.) 3.3% (2007 est.)

Bangladesh	8.9% (2008 est.) 9.1% (2007 est.)

Barbados	5.5% (2007 est.)

Belarus	14.8% (2008 est.) 8.4% (2007 est.)

Belgium	4.5% (2008 est.) 1.8% (2007 est.)

Belize	6.4% (2008 est.) 2.3% (2007 est.)

Benin	7.9% (2008 est.) 1.3% (2007 est.)

Bermuda	2.8% (November 2005)

Bhutan	4.9% (2007 est.)

Bolivia	14% (2008 est.) 8.7% (2007 est.)

Bosnia and Herzegovina	7.3% (2008 est.) 1.6% (2007 est.)

Botswana	12.6% (2008 est.) 7.1% (2007 est.)

Brazil	5.7% (2008 est.) 3.6% (2007 est.)

British Virgin Islands	2% (2005)

Brunei	0.3% (2007 est.)

Bulgaria	12.3% (2008 est.) 9.8% (2007 est.)

Burkina Faso	10.7% (2008 est.) -0.2% (2007 est.)

Burma	26.8% (2008 est.) 35% (2007 est.)

Burundi	24.1% (2008 est.) 8.3% (2007 est.)

Cambodia	25% (2008 est.) 5.9% (2007 est.)

Cameroon	5.3% (2008 est.) 1.1% (2007 est.)

Canada	2.4% (2008 est.) 2.1% (2007 est.)

Cape Verde	6.8% (2008 est.) 4.4% (2007 est.)

Cayman Islands	4.4% (2004)

Central African Republic	0.9% (2007 est.)

Chad	10.3% (2008 est.) 4% (2007 est.)

Chile	8.7% (2008 est.) 4.4% (2007 est.)

China	5.9% (2008 est.) 4.8% (2007 est.)

Colombia	7% (2008 est.) 5.5% (2007 est.)

Comoros	3% (2007 est.)

Congo, Democratic Republic of the	16.7% (2007 est.)

Congo, Republic of the	7.3% (2008 est.) 2.7% (2007 est.)

Cook Islands	2.1% (2005 est.)

Costa Rica	13.4% (2008 est.) 9.4% (2007 est.)

Cote d'Ivoire	6.3% (2008 est.) 1.9% (2007 est.)

Croatia	6.1% (2008 est.) 4.5% (2007 est.)

Cuba	3.4% (2008 est.) 3.1% (2007 est.)

Cyprus	4.7% (2008 est.) 2.4% (2007 est.)

Czech Republic	6.3% (2008 est.) 2.9% (2007 est.)

Denmark	3.4% (2008 est.) 1.7% (2007 est.)

Djibouti	5% (2007 est.)

Dominica	2.7% (2007 est.)

Dominican Republic	10.6% (2008 est.) 6.1% (2007 est.)

Ecuador	8.3% (2008 est.) 2.3% (2007 est.)

Egypt	18.3% (2008 est.) 9.5% (2007 est.)

El Salvador	7.3% (2008 est.) 4.6% (2007 est.)

Equatorial Guinea	7.5% (2008 est.) 6% (2007 est.)

Eritrea	18% (2008 est.) 17% (2007 est.)

Estonia	10.4% (2008 est.) 6.6% (2007 est.)

Ethiopia	44.4% (2008 est.) 17.2% (2007 est.)

European Union	3.5% (2008 est.) 1.8% (2006 est.)

Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas)	3.6% (1998)

Faroe Islands	1.8% (2005)

Fiji	4.8% (2007)

Finland	4.1% (2008 est.) 2.5% (2007 est.)

France	2.8% (2008 est.) 1.5% (2007 est.)

French Polynesia	1.1% (2007) 1.1% (2006 est.)

Gabon	5.3% (2008 est.) 5% (2007 est.)

Gambia, The	4.5% (2008 est.) 5.1% (2007 est.)

Gaza Strip	11.5% (2008) 3.6% (2006) note: includes West Bank

Georgia	10% (2008 est.) 9.3% (2007 est.)

Germany	2.7% (2008 est.) 2.3% (2007 est.)

Ghana	16.5% (2008 est.) 10.7% (2007 est.)

Gibraltar	2.9% (2005)

Greece	4.1% (2008 est.) 2.9% (2007 est.)

Greenland	1% (2005 est.)

Grenada	3.7% (2007 est.)

Guam	2.5% (2005 est.)

Guatemala	11.4% (2008 est.) 6.8% (2007 est.)

Guernsey	3.4% (June 2006)

Guinea	15% (2008 est.) 23.4% (2007 est.)

Guinea-Bissau	3.8% (2007 est.)

Guyana	8.3% (2008 est.) 12.3% (2007 est.)

Haiti	15.5% (2008 est.) 8.5% (2007 est.)

Honduras	11.4% (2008 est.) 6.9% (2007 est.)

Hong Kong	4.3% (2008 est.) 2% (2007 est.)

Hungary	6.1% (2008 est.) 8% (2007 est.)

Iceland	12.7% (2008 est.) 5.1% (2007 est.)

India	8.3% (2008 est.) 6.4% (2007 est.)

Indonesia	9.9% (2008 est.) 6.3% (2007 est.)

Iran	25.6% (2008 est.) 17.1% (2007 est.) note: official Iranian estimate

Iraq	2.8% (2008 est.) 4.7% (2007 est.)

Ireland	4.1% (2008 est.) 4.9% (2007 est.)

Isle of Man	3.1% (December 2006 est.)

Israel	4.6% (2008 est.) 0.5% (2007 est.)

Italy	3.4% (2008 est.) 1.8% (2007 est.)

Jamaica	22% (2008 est.) 9.5% (2007 est.)

Japan	1.4% (2008 est.) 0.1% (2007 est.)

Jersey	3.7% (December 2006)

Jordan	14.9% (2008 est.) 5.4% (2007 est.)

Kazakhstan	17% (2008 est.) 10.8% (2007 est.)

Kenya	26.2% (2008 est.) 9.7% (2007 est.)

Kiribati	0.2% (2007 est.)

Korea, North	NA%

Korea, South	4.7% (2008 est.) 2.5% (2007 est.)

Kosovo	5.3% (2007 est.)

Kuwait	10.6% (2008 est.) 5.5% (2007 est.)

Kyrgyzstan	24.5% (2008 est.) 10.2% (2007 est.)

Laos	8.6% (2008 est.) 4.5% (2007 est.)

Latvia	15.4% (2008 est.) 10.1% (2007 est.)

Lebanon	10% (2008 est.) 4.2% (2007 est.)

Lesotho	10.7% (2008 est.) 8% (2007 est.)

Liberia	11.2% (2007 est.)

Libya	10.4% (2008 est.) 6.3% (2007 est.)

Liechtenstein	1% (2001)

Lithuania	10.9% (2008 est.) 5.7% (2007 est.)

Luxembourg	3.4% (2008 est.) 2.3% (2007 est.)

Macau	6.2% (December 2008) 7.2% (2006)

Macedonia	8.3% (2008 est.) 2.3% (2007 est.)

Madagascar	9.2% (2008 est.) 10.3% (2007 est.)

Malawi	8.7% (2008 est.) 7.9% (2007 est.)

Malaysia	5.4% (2008 est.) 2% (2007 est.) note: approximately 30% of goods are price-controlled

Maldives	12.8% (October 2008 est.) 5% (2007 est.)

Mali	2.5% (2007 est.)

Malta	4.3% (2008 est.) 1.3% (2007 est.)

Marshall Islands	12.9% (2008 est.) 3% (2005 est.)

Mauritania	7.3% (2007 est.)

Mauritius	9.7% (2008 est.) 8.8% (2007 est.)

Mayotte	1.7% (2005)

Mexico	5.1% (2008 est.) 4% (2007 est.)

Micronesia, Federated States of	2.2% (2005)

Moldova	12.8% (2008 est.) 12.3% (2007 est.)

Monaco	1.9% (2000)

Mongolia	28% (2008 est.) 9% (2007 est.)

Montenegro	3.4% (2007)

Montserrat	2.6% (2002 est.)

Morocco	3.8% (2008 est.) 2% (2007 est.)

Mozambique	10.3% (2008 est.) 8.2% (2007 est.)

Namibia	10.3% (2008 est.) 6.7% (2007 est.)

Nauru	NA%

Nepal	7.7% (2008 est.) 6.4% (2007 est.)

Netherlands	2.5% (2008 est.) 1.6% (2007 est.)

Netherlands Antilles	2.1% (2003 est.)

New Caledonia	1.4% (2000 est.)

New Zealand	4% (2008 est.) 2.4% (2007 est.)

Nicaragua	19.8% (2008 est.) 11.1% (2007 est.)

Niger	0.1% (2007 est.)

Nigeria	11.6% (2008 est.) 5.4% (2007 est.)

Niue	4% (2005)

Northern Mariana Islands	-0.8% (2000)

Norway	3.8% (2008 est.) 0.8% (2007 est.)

Oman	12.5% (2008 est.) 5.9% (2007 est.)

Pakistan	20.3% (2008 est.) 7.6% (2007 est.)

Palau	2.7% (2005 est.)

Panama	8.8% (2008 est.) 4.2% (2007 est.)

Papua New Guinea	10.7% (2008 est.) 0.9% (2007 est.)

Paraguay	10.2% (2008 est.) 8.1% (2007 est.)

Peru	5.8% (2008 est.) 1.8% (2007 est.)

Philippines	9.3% (2008 est.) 2.8% (2007 est.)

Poland	4.2% (2008 est.) 2.5% (2007 est.)

Portugal	2.6% (2008 est.) 2.4% (2007 est.)

Puerto Rico	6.5% (2003 est.)

Qatar	15.2% (2008 est.) 13.7% (2007 est.)

Romania	7.8% (2008 est.) 4.8% (2007 est.)

Russia	14.1% (2008 est.) 9% (2007 est.)

Rwanda	15.4% (2008 est.) 9.1% (2007 est.)

Saint Helena	3.2% (1997 est.) 3.2% (1997 est.)

Saint Kitts and Nevis	4.5% (2007 est.)

Saint Lucia	1.9% (2007 est.)

Saint Pierre and Miquelon	8.1% (2005)

Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	6.1% (2007 est.)

Samoa	6% (2007 est.)

San Marino	-3.5% (2008) -1.5% (2006)

Sao Tome and Principe	26% (2008 est.) 18% (2007 est.)

Saudi Arabia	9.9% (2008 est.) 4.1% (2007 est.)

Senegal	5.8% (2008 est.) 5.9% (2007 est.)

Serbia	6.8% (2007)

Seychelles	37% (2008 est.) 5.3% (2007 est.)

Sierra Leone	11.7% (2007 est.)

Singapore	6.5% (2008 est.) 2.1% (2007 est.)

Slovakia	4.6% (2008 est.) 2.8% (2007 est.)

Slovenia	5.7% (2008 est.) 3.6% (2007 est.)

Solomon Islands	6.3% (2007 est.)

Somalia	NA% note: businesses print their own money, so inflation rates cannot be easily determined

South Africa	11.3% (2008 est.) 6.5% (2007 est.)

Spain	4.1% (2008 est.) 2.8% (2007 est.)

Sri Lanka	22.6% (2008 est.) 15.8% (2007 est.)

Sudan	14.3% (2008 est.) 8% (2007 est.)

Suriname	6.4% (2007 est.)

Swaziland	13.4% (2008 est.) 8.1% (2007 est.)

Sweden	3.5% (2008 est.) 2.2% (2007 est.)

Switzerland	2.4% (2008 est.) 0.7% (2007 est.)

Syria	15.7% (2008 est.) 12.2% (2007 est.)

Taiwan	3.5% (2008 est.) 1.8% (2007 est.)

Tajikistan	20.5% (2008 est.) 13.1% (2007 est.)

Tanzania	10.3% (2008 est.) 7% (2007 est.)

Thailand	5.5% (2008 est.) 2.2% (2007 est.)

Timor-Leste	7.8% (2007 est.)

Togo	8.7% (2008 est.) 1% (2007 est.)

Tokelau	NA%

Tonga	5.9% (2007 est.)

Trinidad and Tobago	12% (2008 est.) 7.9% (2007 est.)

Tunisia	5% (2008 est.) 3.1% (2007 est.)

Turkey	10.4% (2008 est.) 8.7% (2007 est.)

Turkmenistan	13% (2008 est.) 11.3% (2007 est.)

Turks and Caicos Islands	4% (1995)

Tuvalu	3.8% (2006 est.)

Uganda	12.1% (2008 est.) 6.1% (2007 est.)

Ukraine	25.2% (2008 est.) 12.8% (2007 est.)

United Arab Emirates	15.8% (2008 est.) 14% (2007 est.)

United Kingdom	3.6% (2008 est.) 2.3% (2007 est.)

United States	3.8% (2008 est.) 2.9% (2007 est.)

Uruguay	7.9% (2008 est.) 8.1% (2007 est.)

Uzbekistan	14% (2008 est.) 12% (2007 est.) note: official data; based on independent analysis of consumer prices, inflation reached 38% in 2008

Vanuatu	3.9% (2007 est.)

Venezuela	30.4% (2008 est.) 18.7% (2007 est.)

Vietnam	23.1% (2008 est.) 8.3% (2007 est.)

Virgin Islands	2.2% (2003)

Wallis and Futuna	2.8% (2005)

West Bank	11.5% (2008) 3.6% (2006) note: data in include Gaza Strip

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 country (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

Yemen	19% (2008 est.) 10% (2007 est.)

Zambia	12.4% (2008 est.) 10.6% (2007 est.)

Zimbabwe	14.93 billion% (2008 est.) 12,563% (2007 est.)