Inflation rate (consumer prices) (Country profile category: Economy)

Afghanistan:
NA%

Albania:
0.5% (1999 est.)

Algeria:
4.2% (1999 est.)

American Samoa:
NA%

Andorra:
1.62% (1998)

Angola:
270% (1999 est.)

Anguilla:
2.5% (1998 est.)

Antigua and Barbuda:
1.6% (1999 est.)

Argentina:
-2% (1999 est.)

Armenia:
2.5% (1999)

Aruba:
2% (1999 est.)

Australia:
1.8% (1999 est.)

Austria:
0.5% (1999)

Azerbaijan:
-6.8% (1999 est.)

Bahamas, The:
1.3% (1998)

Bahrain:
0.5% (1998 est.)

Bangladesh:
9% (FY98/99 est.)

Barbados:
1.7% (1998)

Belarus:
295% (1999 est.)

Belgium:
1% (1999 est.)

Belize:
-0.9% (1999 est.)

Benin:
3% (1999 est.)

Bermuda:
2% (1998 est.)

Bhutan:
9% (1998)

Bolivia:
2.1% (1999 est.)

Bosnia and Herzegovina:
5% (1997 est.)

Botswana:
7.7% (1999 est.)

Brazil:
5% (1999)

British Virgin Islands:
5.3% (1998)

Brunei:
1% (1999 est.)

Bulgaria:
6.2% (1999 est.)

Burkina Faso:
2.5% (1999 est.)

Burma:
38% (1999 est.)

Burundi:
26% (1999 est.)

Cambodia:
4.5% (1999 est.)

Cameroon:
2.1% (1999 est.)

Canada:
1.7% (1999)

Cape Verde:
5% (1999)

Cayman Islands:
3% (1998)

Central African Republic:
2.6% (1999 est.)

Chad:
12% (1998 est.)

Chile:
3.4% (1999 est.)

China:
-1.3% (1999 est.)

Christmas Island:
NA%

Cocos (Keeling) Islands:
NA%

Colombia:
9.2% (1999)

Comoros:
4% (1998)

Congo, Democratic Republic of the:
46% (1999 est.)

Congo, Republic of the:
4% (1999 est.)

Cook Islands:
2.6% (1994 est.)

Costa Rica:
10.8% (1999 est.)

Cote d'Ivoire:
2.5% (1999 est.)

Croatia:
4.4% (1999)

Cuba:
0.3% (1999 est.)

Cyprus:
Greek Cypriot area: 2.3% (1998 est.); Turkish Cypriot area: 66% (1998 est.)

Czech Republic:
2.5% (1999 est.)

Denmark:
2.5% (1999 est.)

Djibouti:
0% (1999 est.)

Dominica:
1.1% (1998)

Dominican Republic:
5.1% (1999)

Ecuador:
59.9% (1999 est.)

Egypt:
3.7% (1999)

El Salvador:
1.3% (1999 est.)

Equatorial Guinea:
6% (1999 est.)

Eritrea:
9% (1998 est.)

Estonia:
3.7% (1999 est.)

Ethiopia:
4% (1999 est.)

Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas):
3.6% (1998)

Faroe Islands:
2.8% (1996 est.)

Fiji:
0% (1999 est.)

Finland:
1% (1999 est.)

France:
0.5% (1999 est.)

French Guiana:
2.5% (1992)

French Polynesia:
1.5% (1994)

Gabon:
2.9% (1999 est.)

Gambia, The:
2.5% (1999 est.)

Gaza Strip:
5% (includes West Bank) (1999 est.)

Georgia:
19% (1999 est.)

Germany:
0.8% (1999 est.)

Ghana:
12.8% (1999 est.)

Gibraltar:
1.5% (1998)

Greece:
2.6% (1999 est.)

Greenland:
1.2% (1998 est.)

Grenada:
1.3% (1998)

Guadeloupe:
NA

Guam:
4% (1992 est.)

Guatemala:
6.8% (1999 est.)

Guernsey:
4.7% (1997 est.)

Guinea:
4.5% (1999 est.)

Guinea-Bissau:
5.5% (1999)

Guyana:
5.5% (1999 est.)

Haiti:
9% (1999 est.)

Honduras:
14% (1999 est.)

Hong Kong:
-4% (1999 est.)

Hungary:
10% (1999 est.)

Iceland:
1.9% (1999 est.)

India:
6.7% (1999 est.)

Indonesia:
2% (1999 est.)

Iran:
30% (1999 est.)

Iraq:
135% (1999 est.)

Ireland:
2.2% (1999)

Israel:
1.3% (1999 est.)

Italy:
1.7% (1999 est.)

Jamaica:
9.4% (1999 est.)

Japan:
-0.8% (1999 est.)

Jersey:
4.7% (1998)

Jordan:
3% (1999 est.)

Kazakhstan:
8.3% (1999 est.)

Kenya:
6% (1999 est.)

Kiribati:
2% (1999 est.)

Korea, North:
NA%

Korea, South:
0.8% (1999 est.)

Kuwait:
2% (1999 est.)

Kyrgyzstan:
37% (1999 est.)

Laos:
140% (1999 est.)

Latvia:
3.2% (1999 est.)

Lebanon:
4.5% (1999 est.)

Lesotho:
8% (1998 est.)

Liberia:
3% (1998 est.)

Libya:
18% (1999 est.)

Liechtenstein:
0.5% (1997 est.)

Lithuania:
0.3% (1999 est.)

Luxembourg:
1.1% (1999 est.)

Macau:
-3% (1999 est.)

Macedonia, The Former Yugoslav Republic of:
1% (1999 est.)

Madagascar:
9.5% (1999 est.)

Malawi:
45% (1999)

Malaysia:
2.8% (1999)

Maldives:
3% (1999 est.)

Mali:
3% (1999 est.)

Malta:
1.8% (1999 est.)

Man, Isle of:
2% (1999 est.)

Marshall Islands:
5% (1997)

Martinique:
3.9% (1990)

Mauritania:
9.8% (1998)

Mauritius:
6.8% (1999)

Mayotte:
NA%

Mexico:
15% (1999 est.)

Micronesia, Federated States of:
4% (1996 est.)

Moldova:
38% (1999 est.)

Monaco:
NA%

Mongolia:
9.5% (1998)

Montserrat:
5% (1998)

Morocco:
1.9% (1999 est.)

Mozambique:
4% (1999 est.)

Namibia:
8.5% (1999)

Nauru:
-3.6% (1993)

Nepal:
11.8% (FY98/99 est.)

Netherlands:
2.2% (1999 est.)

Netherlands Antilles:
1.1% (1998)

New Caledonia:
1.5% (1998 est.)

New Zealand:
1.3% (1999 est.)

Nicaragua:
12% (1999 est.)

Niger:
4.8% (1999)

Nigeria:
12.5% (1999 est.)

Niue:
1% (1995)

Norfolk Island:
NA%

Northern Mariana Islands:
6.5% (1994 est.)

Norway:
2.8% (1999 est.)

Oman:
-0.07% (1999 est.)

Pakistan:
6% (1999 est.)

Palau:
NA%

Panama:
1.5% (1999 est.)

Papua New Guinea:
16.5% (1999 est.)

Paraguay:
5% (1999)

Peru:
5.5% (1999 est.)

Philippines:
6.8% (1999)

Pitcairn Islands:
NA%

Poland:
8.4% (1999 est.)

Portugal:
2.4% (1999 est.)

Puerto Rico:
5.2% (1999 est.)

Qatar:
2% (1999)

Reunion:
NA%

Romania:
44% (1999 est.)

Russia:
86% (1999 est.)

Rwanda:
10% (1998)

Saint Helena:
NA%

Saint Kitts and Nevis:
1% (1998 est.)

Saint Lucia:
3.7% (1998 est.)

Saint Pierre and Miquelon:
2.1% (1991-96 average)

Saint Vincent and the Grenadines:
2% (1999 est.)

Samoa:
2.2% (1998 est.)

San Marino:
2% (1997)

Sao Tome and Principe:
10.5% (yearend 1999 est.)

Saudi Arabia:
-1.2% (1999)

Senegal:
2% (1999 est.)

Serbia and Montenegro:
42% (1999 est.)

Seychelles:
3% (1999)

Sierra Leone:
30% (1999 est.)

Singapore:
0.4% (1999)

Slovakia:
14% (1999 est.)

Slovenia:
6.3% (1999 est.)

Solomon Islands:
10% (1999 est.)

Somalia:
NA%

South Africa:
5.5% (1999 est.)

Spain:
2.3% (1999 est.)

Sri Lanka:
6% (1999 est.)

Sudan:
20% (1999 est.)

Suriname:
170% (1999 est.)

Svalbard:
NA%

Swaziland:
6% (1999 est.)

Sweden:
0.4% (1999 est.)

Switzerland:
1% (1999 est.)

Syria:
2.3% (1999 est.)

Tajikistan:
22% (1999 est.)

Tanzania:
8.8% (1999 est.)

Thailand:
2.4% (1999 est.)

Togo:
3% (1999 est.)

Tokelau:
NA%

Tonga:
3.2% (1998 est.)

Trinidad and Tobago:
3.5% (1999 est.)

Tunisia:
2.7% (1999 est.)

Turkey:
65% (1999 est.)

Turkmenistan:
30% (1999 est.)

Turks and Caicos Islands:
4% (1995)

Tuvalu:
3.9% (average 1985-93)

Uganda:
7% (1999)

Ukraine:
20% (1999 est.)

United Arab Emirates:
4% (1999 est.)

United Kingdom:
2.3% (1999)

United States:
2.2% (1999)

Uruguay:
4% (1999 est.)

Uzbekistan:
29% (1999 est.)

Vanuatu:
3.9% (1998 est.)

Venezuela:
20% (1999)

Vietnam:
4% (1999 est.)

Virgin Islands:
NA%

Wallis and Futuna:
NA%

West Bank:
5% (includes Gaza Strip) (1999 est.)

Western Sahara:
NA%

World:
all countries 25%; developed countries 1% to 3% typically; developing countries 5% to 60% typically (1999 est.)
note: national inflation rates vary widely in individual cases, from stable prices in Japan to hyperinflation in a number of Third World countries

Yemen:
10% (1999 est.)

Zambia:
27.4% (1999 est.)

Zimbabwe:
59% (1999 est.)

Taiwan:
0.4% (1999 est.)