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Country
Inflation rate (consumer prices) (%)
Afghanistan 13% (2007 est.)
Albania 4% (2008 est.)
Algeria 3.6% (2008 est.)
American Samoa NA%
Andorra 3.9% (2007)
Angola 12.5% (2008 est.)
Anguilla 5.3% (2006 est.)
Antigua and Barbuda 1.5% (2007 est.)
Argentina 22% based on non-official estimates; the much lower official rate lacks credibility (2008 est.)
Armenia 10.2% (2008 est.)
Aruba 3.4% (2005)
Australia 4.7% (2008 est.)
Austria 3.7% (2008 est.)
Azerbaijan 21.6% (2008 est.)
Bahamas, The 2.4% (2007 est.)
Bahrain 7% (2008 est.)
Bangladesh 9.4% (2008 est.)
Barbados 5.5% (2007 est.)
Belarus 15.5% (2008 est.)
Belgium 4.5% (2008)
Belize 4.5% (2008 est.)
Benin 5.2% (2008 est.)
Bermuda 2.8% (November 2005)
Bhutan 4.9% (2007 est.)
Bolivia 11.5% (2008 est.)
Bosnia and Herzegovina 8% (2008 est.)
Botswana 12.5% (2008 est.)
Brazil 5.8% (2008 est.)
British Virgin Islands 2% (2005)
Brunei 0.3% (2007 est.)
Bulgaria 7.8% (2008)
Burkina Faso 7.3% (2008 est.)
Burma 27.3% (2008 est.)
Burundi 12% (2008 est.)
Cambodia 20.2% (2008 est.)
Cameroon 4.4% (2008 est.)
Canada 1% (January 2009 est.)
Cape Verde 5% (2008 est.)
Cayman Islands 4.4% (2004)
Central African Republic 0.9% (2007 est.)
Chad 10% (2008 est.)
Chile 8.8% (2008 est.)
China 6% (2008 est.)
Colombia 7.7% (2008 est.)
Comoros 3% (2007 est.)
Congo, Democratic Republic of the 16.7% (2007 est.)
Congo, Republic of the 5% (2008 est.)
Cook Islands 2.1% (2005 est.)
Costa Rica 13.9% (2008 est.)
Cote d'Ivoire 6.1% (2008 est.)
Croatia 6.3% (2008 est.)
Cuba 4.2% (2008 est.)
Cyprus 5.1% (2008 est.)
Czech Republic 3.6% (2008)
Denmark 3.5% (2008 est.)
Djibouti 5% (2007 est.)
Dominica 2.7% (2007 est.)
Dominican Republic 12.2% (2008 est.)
Ecuador 8.6% (2008 est.)
Egypt 18% (2008 est.)
El Salvador 4.7% (2008 est.)
Equatorial Guinea 7.5% (2008 est.)
Eritrea 18% (2008 est.)
Estonia 10.4% (2008 est.)
Ethiopia 41% (2008 est.)
European Union 3% (2008 est.)
Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas) 3.6% (1998)
Faroe Islands 1.8% (2005)
Fiji 4.8% (2007)
Finland 4.1% (2008 est.)
France 1% (2008 est.)
French Polynesia 1.1% (2007)
Gabon 5% (2008 est.)
Gambia, The 6% (2008 est.)
Gaza Strip 11.5%
note: includes West Bank (2008)
Georgia 11.3% (2008 est.)
Germany 2.8% (2008 est.)
Ghana 16.4% (2008 est.)
Gibraltar 2.9% (2005)
Greece 4.4% (2008 est.)
Greenland 1% (2005 est.)
Grenada 3.7% (2007 est.)
Guam 2.5% (2005 est.)
Guatemala 12.2% (2008 est.)
Guernsey 3.4% (June 2006)
Guinea 30% (2008 est.)
Guinea-Bissau 3.8% (2007 est.)
Guyana 7.8% (2008 est.)
Haiti 15.8% (2008 est.)
Honduras 11.9% (2008 est.)
Hong Kong 2.1% (2008 est.)
Hungary 6.1% (2008 est.)
Iceland 13.4% (2008 est.)
India 7.8% (2008 est.)
Indonesia 11.1% (2008 est.)
Iran 28%
note: official Iranian estimate (2008 est.)
Iraq 6.8% (2008 est.)
Ireland 4% (2008 est.)
Isle of Man 3.1% (December 2006 est.)
Israel 4.7% (2008 est.)
Italy 3.6% (2008 est.)
Jamaica 22.5% (2008 est.)
Japan 1.8% (2008 est.)
Jersey 3.7% (December 2006)
Jordan 14.9% (2008 est.)
Kazakhstan 18.6% (2008 est.)
Kenya 25.5% (2008 est.)
Kiribati 0.2% (2007 est.)
Korea, North NA%
Korea, South 4.7% (2008 est.)
Kosovo 5.3% (2007 est.)
Kuwait 11.7% (2008 est.)
Kyrgyzstan 22.5% (2008 est.)
Laos 8.5% (2008 est.)
Latvia 10.5% (2008 est.)
Lebanon 10% (2008 est.)
Lesotho 10% (2008 est.)
Liberia 11.2% (2007 est.)
Libya 10.5% (2008 est.)
Liechtenstein 1% (2001)
Lithuania 11% (2008 est.)
Luxembourg 4% (2008 est.)
Macau 6.2% (December 2008)
Macedonia 8.4% (2008 est.)
Madagascar 9.2% (2008 est.)
Malawi 9% (2008 est.)
Malaysia 5.8%
note: approximately 30% of goods are price-controlled (2008 est.)
Maldives 12.8% (October 2008 est.)
Mali 2.5% (2007 est.)
Malta 4.4% (2008 est.)
Marshall Islands 12.9% (2008 est.)
Mauritania 7.3% (2007 est.)
Mauritius 10.1% (2008 est.)
Mayotte 1.7% (2005)
Mexico 6.2% (2008 est.)
Micronesia, Federated States of 2.2% (2005)
Moldova 7.5% (2008)
Monaco 1.9% (2000)
Mongolia 28% (2008 est.)
Montenegro 3.4% (2007)
Montserrat 2.6% (2002 est.)
Morocco 4.6% (2008 est.)
Mozambique 11.2% (2008 est.)
Namibia 10.3% (2008 est.)
Nauru NA
Nepal 7.7% (2008 est.)
Netherlands 1.5% (2008 est.)
Netherlands Antilles 2.1% (2003 est.)
New Caledonia 1.4% (2000 est.)
New Zealand 4.3% (2008 est.)
Nicaragua 20.6% (2008 est.)
Niger 0.1% (2007 est.)
Nigeria 10.6% (2008 est.)
Niue 4% (2005)
Northern Mariana Islands -0.8% (2000)
Norway 3.6% (2008 est.)
Oman 12.5% (2008 est.)
Pakistan 20.8% (2008 est.)
Palau 2.7% (2005 est.)
Panama 10.6% (2008 est.)
Papua New Guinea 8.8% (2008 est.)
Paraguay 11% (2008 est.)
Peru 6.7% (2008 est.)
Philippines 9.3% (2008 est.)
Poland 4.3% (2008 est.)
Portugal 2.9% (2008 est.)
Puerto Rico 6.5% (2003 est.)
Qatar 15.2% (2008 est.)
Romania 7.8% (2008 est.)
Russia 13.9% (2008 est.)
Rwanda 9.5% (2008 est.)
Saint Helena NA
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)
Sao Tome and Principe 27% (2008 est.)
Saudi Arabia 10.3% (2008 est.)
Senegal 6.6% (2008 est.)
Serbia 6.8% (2007)
Seychelles 25.8% (2008 est.)
Sierra Leone 11.7% (2007 est.)
Singapore 4.3% (2008 est.)
Slovakia 4.6% (2008)
Slovenia 6% (2008 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.)
Spain 1.4% (2008 est.)
Sri Lanka 14.4% (2008 est.)
Sudan 16.5% (2008 est.)
Suriname 6.4% (2007 est.)
Swaziland 12.7% (2008 est.)
Sweden 1.6% (November 2008 est.)
Switzerland 2.4% (2008 est.)
Syria 14.9% (2008 est.)
Taiwan 3.7% (2008 est.)
Tajikistan 11.8% (2008)
Tanzania 9.3% (2008 est.)
Thailand 5.5% (2008 est.)
Timor-Leste 7.8% (2007 est.)
Togo 9.8% (2008 est.)
Tokelau NA%
Tonga 5.9% (2007 est.)
Trinidad and Tobago 14.5% (2008 est.)
Tunisia 5% (2008 est.)
Turkey 10.2% (2008 est.)
Turkmenistan 18% (2008 est.)
Turks and Caicos Islands NA
Tuvalu 3.8% (2006 est.)
Uganda 10.5% (2008 est.)
Ukraine 25% (2008 est.)
United Arab Emirates 14.4% (2008 est.)
United Kingdom 3.8% (2008 est.)
United States 4.2% (2008 est.)
Uruguay 9.2% (2008)
Uzbekistan 13.5% officially, but 38% based on analysis of consumer prices (2008 est.)
Vanuatu 3.9% (2007 est.)
Venezuela 31% (2008 est.)
Vietnam 24.5% (2008 est.)
Virgin Islands 2.2% (2003)
Wallis and Futuna 2.8% (2005)
West Bank 11.5% (includes Gaza Strip) (2008)
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 (2008 est.)
Yemen 18% (2008 est.)
Zambia 11.8% (2008 est.)
Zimbabwe 11.2 million% (2008 est.)

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