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  Field Listing - Inflation rate (consumer prices)


Country
Inflation rate (consumer prices) (%)
Afghanistan NA%
Albania 6% (2002 est.)
Algeria 3% (2002 est.)
American Samoa NA%
Andorra 4.3% (2000)
Angola 106% (2002 est.)
Anguilla 2.3%
Antigua and Barbuda 0.4% (2000 est.)
Argentina 41% (2002, yearend)
Armenia 1.1% (2002 est.)
Aruba 3.2% (2002 est.)
Australia 2.8% (2002 est.)
Austria 1.8% (2002 est.)
Azerbaijan 2.6% (2002 est.)
Bahamas, The 1.8% (2001 est.)
Bahrain 0.5% (2002 est.)
Bangladesh 3.1% (2002 est.)
Barbados -0.6% (2002 est.)
Belarus 42.8% (2002 est.)
Belgium 1.7% (2002 est.)
Belize 1.9% (2002 est.)
Benin 3.3% (2002 est.)
Bermuda 2.3% (July 2002)
Bhutan 3% (2002 est.)
Bolivia 2% (2001 est.)
Bosnia and Herzegovina 3.5% (2002 est.)
Botswana 8.1% (2002 est.)
Brazil 8.3% (2002)
British Virgin Islands 2.5% (2002)
Brunei -2% (2002 est.)
Bulgaria 5.9% (2002 est.)
Burkina Faso 3.5% (2001 est.)
Burma 53.7% (2002 est.)
Burundi 12% (2002 est.)
Cambodia 3.3% (2002 est.)
Cameroon 4.5% (2002 est.)
Canada 2.2% (2002 est.)
Cape Verde 3% (2002)
Cayman Islands 2.8% (2002)
Central African Republic 3.6% (2001 est.)
Chad 6% (2002 est.)
Chile 2.5% (2002 est.)
China -0.8% (2002 est.)
Christmas Island NA%
Cocos (Keeling) Islands NA%
Colombia 6.2% (2002 est.)
Comoros 3.5% (2001 est.)
Congo, Democratic Republic of the 16% (2002 est.)
Congo, Republic of the 4% (2002 est.)
Cook Islands 3.2% (2000 est.)
Costa Rica 9.1% (2002 est.)
Cote d'Ivoire 3.2% (2002 est.)
Croatia 2.2% (2002 est.)
Cuba 7.1% (2002 est.)
Cyprus Greek Cypriot area: 2.8% (2001 est.); Turkish Cypriot area: 24.5% (2002 est.)
Czech Republic 0.6% (2002 est.)
Denmark 2.3% (2002 est.)
Djibouti 2% (2002 est.)
Dominica 1% (2001 est.)
Dominican Republic 5.3% (2002 est.)
East Timor NA%
Ecuador 12.5% (2002 est.)
Egypt 4.3% (2002 est.)
El Salvador 3.8% (2001 est.)
Equatorial Guinea 6% (2002 est.)
Eritrea 15% (2001)
Estonia 3.7% (2002 est.)
Ethiopia 4% (2003 est.)
Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas) 3.6% (1998)
Faroe Islands 5.1% (1999)
Fiji 2% (2002 est.)
Finland 1.9% (2002 est.)
France 1.8% (2002 est.)
French Guiana 1.5% (2002 est.)
French Polynesia 1.5%
Gabon 2.3% (2002 est.)
Gambia, The 5.5% (2002 est.)
Gaza Strip 2.2% (includes West Bank) (2001 est.)
Georgia 5.2% (2002 est.)
Germany 1.3% (2002 est.)
Ghana 14.5% (2002 est.)
Gibraltar 1.5% (1998)
Greece 3.6% (2002 est.)
Greenland 1.6% (1999 est.)
Grenada 2.8% (2001 est.)
Guadeloupe NA%
Guam 0% (1999 est.)
Guatemala 8.1% (2002 est.)
Guernsey 3.99% (2000 est.)
Guinea 6% (2002 est.)
Guinea-Bissau 4% (2002 est.)
Guyana 4.7% (2002 est.)
Haiti 11.9% (2001 est.)
Honduras 7.7% (2002 est.)
Hong Kong 3% (2002 est.)
Hungary 5.3% (2002 est.)
Iceland 5.2% (2002 est.)
India 5.4% (2002 est.)
Indonesia 11.9% (2002 est.)
Iran 15.3% (2002 est.)
Iraq 70% (2002 est.)
Ireland 4.6% (2002 est.)
Israel 5.7% (2002 est.)
Italy 2.4% (2002 est.)
Jamaica 7% (2002 est.)
Japan -0.9% (2002 est.)
Jersey 4.7% (1998)
Jordan 3.3% (2002 est.)
Kazakhstan 6% (2002 est.)
Kenya 1.9% (2002 est.)
Kiribati 2.5% (2001 est.)
Korea, North NA%
Korea, South 2.8% (2002 est.)
Kuwait 2% (2002 est.)
Kyrgyzstan 2.1% (2002 est.)
Laos 10% (2002 est.)
Latvia 2% (2002 est.)
Lebanon 3.5% (2002 est.)
Lesotho 10% (2002 est.)
Liberia 15% (2002 est.)
Libya 1% (2001 est.)
Liechtenstein 1% (2001)
Lithuania 0.8% (2002 est.)
Luxembourg 1.6% (2002 est.)
Macau -2.6% (2002 est.)
Macedonia, The Former Yugoslav Republic of 1.1% (2002 est.)
Madagascar 7.4% (2001 est.)
Malawi 27.4% (2001 est.)
Malaysia 1.9% (2002 est.)
Maldives 1% (2002 est.)
Mali 4.5% (2002 est.)
Malta 2.4% (2002 est.)
Man, Isle of 3.6% (March 2003 est.)
Marshall Islands 2% (2001 est.)
Martinique 3.9% (1990)
Mauritania 3% (2002 est.)
Mauritius 6.4% (2002 est.)
Mayotte NA%
Mexico 6.4% (2002 est.)
Micronesia, Federated States of 1% (2002 est.)
Moldova 5.5% (2002 est.)
Monaco NA%
Mongolia 3% (2002 est.)
Montserrat 2.6% (2002 est.)
Morocco 3.6% (2002 est.)
Mozambique 15.2% (2002 est.)
Namibia 8% (2001)
Nauru -3.6% (1993)
Nepal 2.8% (2001 est.)
Netherlands 3.4% (2002 est.)
Netherlands Antilles 0.4% (2002 est.)
New Caledonia -0.6% (2000 est.)
New Zealand 2.7% (2002 est.)
Nicaragua 3.7% (2002 est.)
Niger 3% (2002 est.)
Nigeria 14.2% (2002 est.)
Niue 1% (1995)
Norfolk Island NA%
Northern Mariana Islands 1.2% (1997 est.)
Norway 1.3% (2001 est.)
Oman -0.5% (2002 est.)
Pakistan 3.9% (2002 est.)
Palau 3.4% (2000 est.)
Panama 1.1% (2001 est.)
Papua New Guinea 9.8% (2002 est.)
Paraguay 10.5% (2002 est.)
Peru 0.2% (2002 est.)
Philippines 3.1% (2002 est.)
Pitcairn Islands NA%
Poland 1.9% (2002 est.)
Portugal 3.7% (2002 est.)
Puerto Rico 5% (2002 est.)
Qatar 1.9% (2002)
Reunion NA%
Romania 22.5% (2002 est.)
Russia 15% (2002 est.)
Rwanda 5.5% (2002 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% (2002 est.)
Saudi Arabia 1% (2002 est.)
Senegal 3% (2002 est.)
Serbia and Montenegro 19% (2002 est.)
Seychelles 0.5% (2002 est.)
Sierra Leone 1% (2002 est.)
Singapore -0.4% (2002 est.)
Slovakia 3.3% (2002 est.)
Slovenia 7.4% (2002 est.)
Solomon Islands 1.8% (2001 est.)
Somalia over 100% (businesses print their own money)
South Africa 9.9% (2002 est.)
Spain 3% (2002 est.)
Sri Lanka 9.6% (2002 est.)
Sudan 9.2% (2002 est.)
Suriname 17% (2002 est.)
Svalbard NA%
Swaziland 11.8% (2002 est.)
Sweden 2.2% (2002 est.)
Switzerland 0.5% (2002 est.)
Syria 0.9% (2002 est.)
Taiwan -0.2% (2002 est.)
Tajikistan 12% (2001 est.)
Tanzania 4.8% (2002 est.)
Thailand 0.6% (2002 est.)
Togo 4% (2002 est.)
Tokelau NA%
Tonga 8.4% (2001 est.)
Trinidad and Tobago 4.3% (2002 est.)
Tunisia 2.5% (2002 est.)
Turkey 45.2% (2002 est.)
Turkmenistan 5% (2002 est.)
Turks and Caicos Islands 4% (1995)
Tuvalu 5% (2000 est.)
Uganda 0.1% (2002 est.)
Ukraine -1.2% (2002 est.)
United Arab Emirates 2.8% (2002 est.)
United Kingdom 2.1% (2002 est.)
United States 1.6% (2002)
Uruguay 14.1% (2002 est.)
Uzbekistan 26% (2001 est.)
Vanuatu 3.2% (2001 est.)
Venezuela 31.2% (2002 est.)
Vietnam 3.9% (2002 est.)
Virgin Islands 2% (1992)
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
Yemen 12.2% (2002 est.)
Zambia 21% (2002 est.)
Zimbabwe 134.5% (2002 est.)

This page was last updated on 18 December, 2003
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