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Country
Inflation rate (consumer prices) (%)
Afghanistan 16.3% (2005 est.)
Albania 2.4% (2005 est.)
Algeria 4.7% (2005 est.)
American Samoa NA%
Andorra 3.4% (2004)
Angola 17.7% (2005 est.)
Anguilla 2.3%
Antigua and Barbuda 0.4% (2000 est.)
Argentina 12.3% (2005 est.)
Armenia -0.2% (2005 est.)
Aruba 3.8% (2005 est.)
Australia 2.7% (2005 est.)
Austria 2.3% (2005)
Azerbaijan 12% (2005 est.)
Bahamas, The 1.2% (2004)
Bahrain 2.7% (2005 est.)
Bangladesh 6.7% (2005 est.)
Barbados -0.5% (2003 est.)
Belarus 8% (2005 est.)
Belgium 2.7% (2005 est.)
Belize 3% (2005 est.)
Benin 3.2% (2005 est.)
Bermuda 2.8% (November 2005)
Bhutan 3% (2002 est.)
Bolivia 4.9% (2005 est.)
Bosnia and Herzegovina 1.4% (2005 est.)
Botswana 8.3% (2005 est.)
Brazil 5.7% (2005 est.)
British Virgin Islands 2.5% (2003)
Brunei 0.9% (2004)
Bulgaria 4.5% (2005 est.)
Burkina Faso 3% (2005 est.)
Burma 25% (2005 est.)
Burundi 14% (2005 est.)
Cambodia 4.3% (2005 est.)
Cameroon 1.5% (2005 est.)
Canada 2.2% (2005)
Cape Verde 1.8% (2005 est.)
Cayman Islands 2.8% (2002)
Central African Republic 3.6% (2001 est.)
Chad 5.5% (2005 est.)
Chile 3.2% (2005 est.)
China 1.9% (2005 est.)
Colombia 4.9% (2005)
Comoros 3% (2005 est.)
Congo, Democratic Republic of the 9% (2004 est.)
Congo, Republic of the 2% (2005 est.)
Cook Islands 3.2% (2000 est.)
Costa Rica 13.8% (2005 est.)
Cote d'Ivoire 2% (2005 est.)
Croatia 3.2% (2005 est.)
Cuba 4.2% (2005 est.)
Cyprus Republic of Cyprus: 2.5% (2005 est.); north Cyprus: 9.1% (2004 est.)
Czech Republic 2% (2005 est.)
Denmark 1.9% (2005 est.)
Djibouti 2% (2002 est.)
Dominica 1% (2001 est.)
Dominican Republic 4.3% (2005 est.)
East Timor 1.8% (2004)
Ecuador 3.1% (2005)
Egypt 4.3% (2005 est.)
El Salvador 4.3% (2005 est.)
Equatorial Guinea 5% (2005 est.)
Eritrea 15% (2005 est.)
Estonia 4% (2005 est.)
Ethiopia 6% (2005 est.)
European Union 2.2% (2005 est.)
Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas) 3.6% (1998)
Faroe Islands 5.1% (1999)
Fiji 1.6% (2002 est.)
Finland 1.2% (2005 est.)
France 1.9% (2005 est.)
French Guiana 1.5% (2002 est.)
French Polynesia 1.5% (2002 est.)
Gabon 1.5% (2005 est.)
Gambia, The 8.8% (2005 est.)
Gaza Strip 3% (includes West Bank) (2004)
Georgia 8% (2005 est.)
Germany 2% (2005 est.)
Ghana 15% (2005 est.)
Gibraltar 1.5% (1998)
Greece 3.8% (2005 est.)
Greenland 1.6% (1999 est.)
Grenada 2.8% (2001 est.)
Guadeloupe NA%
Guam 2.5% (2005 est.)
Guatemala 9.1% (2005 est.)
Guernsey 4.9% (2004 est.)
Guinea 25% (2005 est.)
Guinea-Bissau 4% (2002 est.)
Guyana 5.5% (2005 est.)
Haiti 15.2% (2005 est.)
Honduras 9.2% (2005 est.)
Hong Kong 1.2% (2005 est.)
Hungary 3.7% (2005 est.)
Iceland 4.1% (2005 est.)
India 4.6% (2005 est.)
Indonesia 10.4% (2005 est.)
Iran 16% (2005 est.)
Iraq 40% (2005 est.)
Ireland 2.7% (2005 est.)
Isle of Man 3.6% (March 2003 est.)
Israel 1.3% (2005 est.)
Italy 1.9% (2005 est.)
Jamaica 12.9% (2005 est.)
Japan -0.2% (2005 est.)
Jersey 5.3% (2004)
Jordan 5% (2005 est.)
Kazakhstan 7.4% (2005 est.)
Kenya 12% (2005 est.)
Kiribati 2.5% (2001 est.)
Korea, North NA%
Korea, South 2.6% (2005 est.)
Kuwait 3.5% (2005 est.)
Kyrgyzstan 4.2% (2005 est.)
Laos 9.4% (2005 est.)
Latvia 5.9% (2005 est.)
Lebanon 2.4% (2005 est.)
Lesotho 4.7% (2005 est.)
Liberia 15% (2003 est.)
Libya -1% (2005 est.)
Liechtenstein 1% (2001)
Lithuania 2.6% (2005 est.)
Luxembourg 3.6% (2005 est.)
Macau 3.8% (2nd quarter, 2005)
Macedonia 0.5% (2005)
Madagascar 10% (2005 est.)
Malawi 15.4% (2005 est.)
Malaysia 2.9% (2005 est.)
Maldives 5.6% (2005 est.)
Mali 4.5% (2002 est.)
Malta 2.8% (2005 est.)
Marshall Islands 2% (2001 est.)
Martinique 3.9% (1990)
Mauritania 7% (2003 est.)
Mauritius 5.6% (2005 est.)
Mayotte NA%
Mexico 3.3% (2005)
Micronesia, Federated States of 1% (2002 est.)
Moldova 12% (2005 est.)
Monaco 1.9% (2000)
Mongolia 9.5% (2005 est.)
Montserrat 2.6% (2002 est.)
Morocco 2.1% (2005 est.)
Mozambique 7.8% (2005 est.)
Namibia 2.7% (2005 est.)
Nauru -3.6% (1993)
Nepal 7.8% (October 2005 est.)
Netherlands 1.7% (2005 est.)
Netherlands Antilles 2.1% (2003 est.)
New Caledonia -0.6% (2000 est.)
New Zealand 3% (2005 est.)
Nicaragua 9.6% (2005)
Niger 0.2% (2004 est.)
Nigeria 15.6% (2005 est.)
Niue 1% (1995)
Northern Mariana Islands 1.2% (1997 est.)
Norway 2.1% (2005 est.)
Oman 0.4% (2005 est.)
Pakistan 9.2% (2005 est.)
Palau 3.4% (2000 est.)
Panama 2.5% (2005 est.)
Papua New Guinea 1.7% (2005 est.)
Paraguay 7.5% (2005 est.)
Peru 1.6% (2005 est.)
Philippines 7.9% (2005 est.)
Poland 2.1% (2005 est.)
Portugal 2.4% (2005 est.)
Puerto Rico 6.5% (2003 est.)
Qatar 7.8% (2005 est.)
Reunion NA%
Romania 8.6% (2005)
Russia 11% (2005 est.)
Rwanda 8% (2005 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 15.1% (2005 est.)
Saudi Arabia 0.4% (2005 est.)
Senegal 1.7% (2005 est.)
Serbia and Montenegro 15.5% (2005 est.)
Seychelles 4.4% (2005 est.)
Sierra Leone 1% (2002 est.)
Singapore 1% (2005)
Slovakia 2.7% (2005)
Slovenia 2.4% (2005 est.)
Solomon Islands 10% (2003 est.)
Somalia NA%; note - businesses print their own money, so inflation rates cannot be easily determined
South Africa 4.6% (2005 est.)
Spain 3.4% (2005 est.)
Sri Lanka 11.2% (2005 est.)
Sudan 11% (2005 est.)
Suriname 9.5% (2005 est.)
Swaziland 4% (2005 est.)
Sweden 0.5% (2005 est.)
Switzerland 1.2% (2005 est.)
Syria 2.6% (2005 est.)
Taiwan 2.3% (2005 est.)
Tajikistan 8% (2005 est.)
Tanzania 4% (2005 est.)
Thailand 4.8% (2005 est.)
Togo 5.5% (2005 est.)
Tokelau NA%
Tonga 10.3% (2002 est.)
Trinidad and Tobago 6.8% (2005 est.)
Tunisia 3.2% (2005 est.)
Turkey 7.7% (2005 est.)
Turkmenistan 10% (2005 est.)
Turks and Caicos Islands 4% (1995)
Tuvalu 5% (2000 est.)
Uganda 9.7% (2005 est.)
Ukraine 10.3% (2005 est.)
United Arab Emirates 4.5% (2005 est.)
United Kingdom 2.2% (2005 est.)
United States 3.2% (2005 est.)
Uruguay 4.9% (2005 est.)
Uzbekistan 8.8% (2005 est.)
Vanuatu 3.1% (2003 est.)
Venezuela 15.7% (2005 est.)
Vietnam 8.4% (2005 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 20% typically; national inflation rates vary widely in individual cases, from declining prices in Japan to hyperinflation in one Third World countries (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 (2005 est.)
Yemen 9.6% (2005 est.)
Zambia 19% (2005 est.)
Zimbabwe 585% official data; private sector estimates are much higher (yearend 2005 est.)

This page was last updated on 16 May, 2006
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