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  Field Listing - Inflation rate (consumer prices)


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 Greek Cypriot area: 4.1% (2003 est.); Turkish Cypriot area: 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 27 January, 2005
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