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Field Listing :: Inflation rate (consumer prices)
This entry furnishes the annual percent change in consumer prices compared with the previous year's consumer prices.
Country Comparison to the World
Country
 Inflation rate (consumer prices)(%)
Afghanistan 30.5% (2009 est.)
20.7% (2008 est.)
Albania 2.1% (2009 est.)
3.4% (2008 est.)
Algeria 4.1% (2009 est.)
4.4% (2008 est.)
American Samoa NA%
Andorra 2.3% (2008)
3.9% (2007)
Angola 13.1% (2009 est.)
12.5% (2008 est.)
Anguilla 5.3% (2006 est.)
Antigua and Barbuda 1.5% (2007 est.)
Argentina 7.7% (2009 est.)
7.2% (2008 est.)
note: based on official estimates, which lack credibility; non-official estimates put inflation at 22% in 2008
Armenia 4.2% (2009 est.)
9% (2008 est.)
Aruba 3.4% (2005)
Australia 1.9% (2009 est.)
4.4% (2008 est.)
Austria 0.4% (2009 est.)
3.2% (2008 est.)
Azerbaijan 1.5% (2009)
20.8% (2008)
Bahamas, The 2.4% (2007 est.)
Bahrain 3% (2009 est.)
7% (2008 est.)
Bangladesh 5.1% (2009 est.)
8.9% (2008 est.)
Barbados 5.5% (2007 est.)
Belarus 10% (2009 est.)
14.8% (2008 est.)
Belgium 0% (2009 est.)
4.5% (2008 est.)
Belize 0.3% (2009 est.)
6.4% (2008 est.)
Benin 4% (2009 est.)
7.9% (2008 est.)
Bermuda 2.8% (November 2005)
Bhutan 8% (2008 est.)
4.9% (2007 est.)
Bolivia 4.3% (2009 est.)
14% (2008 est.)
Bosnia and Herzegovina 0.6% (2009 est.)
7.3% (2008 est.)
Botswana 7.3% (2009 est.)
12.6% (2008 est.)
Brazil 4.2% (2009 est.)
5.9% (2008)
British Virgin Islands 7.1% (2008)
2% (2005)
Brunei 2.7% (2008 est.)
0.3% (2007 est.)
Bulgaria 1.6% (2009)
7.2% (2008)
Burkina Faso 3.7% (2009 est.)
10.7% (2008 est.)
Burma 7.7% (2009 est.)
26.8% (2008 est.)
Burundi 14.1% (2009 est.)
24.1% (2008 est.)
Cambodia 7.5% (2009 est.)
25% (2008 est.)
Cameroon 2.5% (2009 est.)
5.3% (2008 est.)
Canada 0.2% (2009 est.)
2.4% (2008 est.)
Cape Verde 4% (2009 est.)
6.8% (2008 est.)
Cayman Islands 4.1% (2008)
4.4% (2004)
Central African Republic 0.9% (2007 est.)
Chad 6% (2009 est.)
10.3% (2008 est.)
Chile 1.7% (2009 est.)
8.7% (2008 est.)
China -0.8% (2009 est.)
5.9% (2008 est.)
Colombia 2% (2009 est.)
7.7% (2008 est.)
Comoros 3% (2007 est.)
Congo, Democratic Republic of the 16.7% (2007 est.)
Congo, Republic of the 4% (2009 est.)
7.3% (2008 est.)
Cook Islands 2.1% (2005 est.)
Costa Rica 8.3% (2009 est.)
13.4% (2008 est.)
Cote d'Ivoire 2% (2009 est.)
6.3% (2008 est.)
Croatia 2.4% (2009 est.)
6.1% (2008 est.)
Cuba 4.3% (2009 est.)
3.4% (2008 est.)
Cyprus 0.9% (2009 est.)
4.7% (2008 est.)
Czech Republic 1.1% (2009 est.)
6.3% (2008 est.)
Denmark 1.3% (2009 est.)
3.4% (2008 est.)
Djibouti 5% (2007 est.)
Dominica 2.7% (2007 est.)
Dominican Republic 1.4% (2009 est.)
10.6% (2008 est.)
Ecuador 4.3% (2009 est.)
8.4% (2008 est.)
Egypt 10.1% (2009 est.)
18.3% (2008 est.)
El Salvador 1% (2009 est.)
7.3% (2008 est.)
Equatorial Guinea 4.5% (2009 est.)
7.5% (2008 est.)
Eritrea 15.5% (2009 est.)
18% (2008 est.)
Estonia -0.4% (2009 est.)
10.4% (2008 est.)
Ethiopia 11% (2009 est.)
44.4% (2008 est.)
European Union 0.6% (2009 est.)
1.8% (2008 est.)
Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas) 3.6% (1998)
Faroe Islands -1.1% (2009)
6.4% (2008)
Fiji 4.8% (2007)
Finland 0% (2009 est.)
4.1% (2008 est.)
France 0.1% (2009 est.)
2.8% (2008 est.)
French Polynesia 1.1% (2007)
1.1% (2006 est.)
Gabon 3% (2009 est.)
5.3% (2008 est.)
Gambia, The 6% (2009 est.)
4.5% (2008 est.)
Gaza Strip 9.9% (2009 est.)
11.5% (2008)
note: includes West Bank
Georgia 1.5% (2009 est.)
10% (2008)
Germany 0% (2009 est.)
2.7% (2008 est.)
Ghana 19.6% (2009 est.)
16.5% (2008 est.)
Gibraltar 2.9% (2005)
Greece 1.2% (2009 est.)
4.1% (2008 est.)
Greenland 9.4% (2008 est.)
1% (2005 est.)
Grenada 3.7% (2007 est.)
Guam 2.5% (2005 est.)
Guatemala 2.2% (2009 est.)
11.4% (2008 est.)
Guernsey 3.4% (June 2006)
Guinea 9% (2009 est.)
15% (2008 est.)
Guinea-Bissau 3.8% (2007 est.)
Guyana 5.2% (2009 est.)
8.3% (2008 est.)
Haiti 0.4% (2009 est.)
15.5% (2008 est.)
Honduras 5.9% (2009 est.)
11.4% (2008 est.)
Hong Kong -0.5% (2009 est.)
4.3% (2008 est.)
Hungary 2% (2009 est.)
6.1% (2008 est.)
Iceland 12% (2009 est.)
12.7% (2008 est.)
India 10.7% (2009 est.)
8.3% (2008 est.)
Indonesia 5% (2009 est.)
9.9% (2008 est.)
Iran 16.8% (2009 est.)
25.6% (2008 est.)
note: official Iranian estimate
Iraq 6.8% (2009 est.)
2.7% (2008 est.)
Ireland -1.7% (2009 est.)
4.1% (2008 est.)
Isle of Man 3.1% (December 2006 est.)
Israel 3.9% (2009 est.)
3.5% (2008 est.)
Italy 0.6% (2009 est.)
3.4% (2008 est.)
Jamaica 8.6% (2009 est.)
22% (2008 est.)
Japan -1.3% (2009 est.)
1.4% (2008 est.)
Jersey 3.7% (December 2006)
Jordan 1.7% (2009 est.)
14.9% (2008 est.)
Kazakhstan 7.3% (2009)
17% (2008 est.)
Kenya 20.5% (2009 est.)
26.2% (2008 est.)
Kiribati 0.2% (2007 est.)
Korea, North NA%
Korea, South 2.8% (2009 est.)
4.7% (2008 est.)
Kosovo 5.3% (2007 est.)
Kuwait 9.9% (2009 est.)
10.6% (2008 est.)
Kyrgyzstan 7.9% (2009 est.)
24.5% (2008 est.)
Laos 0% (2009 est.)
8.6% (2008 est.)
Latvia 3.3% (2009 est.)
15.4% (2008 est.)
Lebanon 3.4% (2009)
10.8% (2008)
Lesotho 8.5% (2009 est.)
10.7% (2008 est.)
Liberia 11.2% (2007 est.)
Libya 2% (2009 est.)
10.4% (2008 est.)
Liechtenstein 0.5% (2009)
Lithuania 4.2% (2009 est.)
10.9% (2008 est.)
Luxembourg 0.5% (2009 est.)
3.4% (2008 est.)
Macau 1.2% (December 2009)
8.6% (2008)
Macedonia -0.8% (2009 est.)
8.3% (2008 est.)
Madagascar 8% (2009 est.)
9.2% (2008 est.)
Malawi 8.5% (2009 est.)
8.7% (2008 est.)
Malaysia 0.4% (2009 est.)
5.4% (2008 est.)
note: approximately 30% of goods are price-controlled
Maldives 7.3% (2009 est.)
12.3% (2008 est.)
Mali 2.5% (2007 est.)
Malta 1.8% (2009)
4.8% (2008 est.)
Marshall Islands 12.9% (2008 est.)
3% (2005 est.)
Mauritania 7.3% (2007 est.)
Mauritius 3.4% (2009 est.)
9.7% (2008 est.)
Mayotte 1.7% (2005)
Mexico 3.6% (2009)
6.5% (2008)
Micronesia, Federated States of 2.2% (2005)
Moldova 0% (2009 est.)
12.8% (2008 est.)
Monaco 1.9% (2000)
Mongolia 4.2% (2009 est.)
28% (2008 est.)
Montenegro 3.4% (2007)
Montserrat 2.6% (2002 est.)
Morocco 2% (2009 est.)
3.8% (2008 est.)
Mozambique 3.5% (2009 est.)
10.3% (2008 est.)
Namibia 8.8% (2009 est.)
10.3% (2008 est.)
Nauru NA%
Nepal 13.2% (September 2009 est.)
7.7% (2008 est.)
Netherlands 1.2% (2009 est.)
2.5% (2008 est.)
Netherlands Antilles 2.1% (2003 est.)
New Caledonia 1.4% (2000 est.)
New Zealand 1.8% (2009 est.)
4% (2008 est.)
Nicaragua 4.3% (2009 est.)
19.9% (2008 est.)
Niger 0.1% (2007 est.)
Nigeria 11.5% (2009 est.)
11.6% (2008 est.)
Niue 4% (2005)
Northern Mariana Islands -0.8% (2000)
Norway 2.3% (2009 est.)
3.8% (2008 est.)
Oman 5.3% (2009 est.)
12.5% (2008 est.)
Pakistan 14.2% (2009 est.)
20.3% (2008 est.)
Palau 2.7% (2005 est.)
Panama 2.3% (2009 est.)
8.8% (2008 est.)
Papua New Guinea 6.5% (2009 est.)
10.7% (2008 est.)
Paraguay 1.9% (2009)
7.5% (2008)
Peru 1.2% (2009 est.)
6.7% (2008 est.)
Philippines 3.2% (2009 est.)
9.3% (2008 est.)
Poland 3.4% (2009 est.)
4.2% (2008 est.)
Portugal -0.9% (2009 est.)
2.6% (2008 est.)
Puerto Rico 6.5% (2003 est.)
Qatar -3.9% (2009 est.)
15.2% (2008 est.)
Romania 5% (2009 est.)
7.8% (2008 est.)
Russia 11.9% (2009 est.)
14.1% (2008 est.)
Rwanda 14.2% (2009 est.)
15.4% (2008 est.)
Saint Helena, Ascension, and Tristan da Cunha 3.2% (1997 est.)
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)
-1.5% (2006)
Sao Tome and Principe 19% (2009 est.)
26% (2008 est.)
Saudi Arabia 5% (2009 est.)
9.9% (2008 est.)
Senegal 0.8% (2009 est.)
5.8% (2008 est.)
Serbia 6.6% (2009)
6.8% (2007)
Seychelles 34% (2009 est.)
37% (2008 est.)
Sierra Leone 11.7% (2007 est.)
Singapore 0.2% (2009 est.)
6.5% (2008 est.)
Slovakia 1.6% (2009)
4.6% (2008)
Slovenia 0.8% (2009 est.)
5.7% (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 7.2% (2009 est.)
11.3% (2008 est.)
Spain -0.8% (2009 est.)
4.1% (2008 est.)
Sri Lanka 3.4% (2009 est.)
22.6% (2008)
Sudan 12.3% (2009 est.)
14.3% (2008 est.)
Suriname 6.4% (2007 est.)
Swaziland 8.5% (2009 est.)
13.4% (2008 est.)
Sweden -0.5% (2009 est.)
3.5% (2008 est.)
Switzerland 0.1% (2009 est.)
-0.5% (2008 est.)
Syria 3.8% (2009 est.)
15.7% (2008 est.)
Taiwan -0.9% (2009)
3.5% (2008)
Tajikistan 6.4% (2009 est.)
20.5% (2008 est.)
Tanzania 11.6% (2009 est.)
10.3% (2008 est.)
Thailand -0.9% (2009)
5.5% (2008 est.)
Timor-Leste 7.8% (2007 est.)
Togo 3.3% (2009 est.)
8.7% (2008 est.)
Tokelau NA%
Tonga 5.9% (2007 est.)
Trinidad and Tobago 7.6% (2009 est.)
12% (2008 est.)
Tunisia 3.7% (2009 est.)
5% (2008 est.)
Turkey 6.5% (2009)
10.1% (2008 est.)
Turkmenistan 15% (2009 est.)
13% (2008 est.)
Turks and Caicos Islands 4% (1995)
Tuvalu 3.8% (2006 est.)
Uganda 12.6% (2009 est.)
12.1% (2008 est.)
Ukraine 12.3% (2009)
22.3% (2008)
United Arab Emirates 1.5% (2009 est.)
15.8% (2008 est.)
United Kingdom 2.1% (2009 est.)
3.6% (2008 est.)
United States -0.7% (2009 est.)
3.8% (2008 est.)
Uruguay 7.3% (2009 est.)
7.9% (2008 est.)
Uzbekistan 8.6% (2009 est.)
14% (2008 est.)
note: official data; based on independent analysis of consumer prices, inflation reached 38% in 2008
Vanuatu 3.9% (2007 est.)
Venezuela 27.1% (2009 est.)
30.4% (2008 est.)
Vietnam 6.9% (2009 est.)
23% (2008 est.)
Virgin Islands 2.2% (2003)
Wallis and Futuna 2.8% (2005)
West Bank 9.9% (2009 est.)
11.5% (2008)
note: data include Gaza Strip
Western Sahara NA%
World developed countries 0% to 4% typically; developing countries 5% to 20% typically; national inflation rates vary widely in individual cases; inflation rates have declined for most countries for the last several years, held in check by increasing international competition from several low wage countries and lower oil prices
Yemen 3.6% (2009 est.)
19% (2008 est.)
Zambia 13.5% (2009 est.)
12.4% (2008 est.)
Zimbabwe 5.1% (2009 est.)
14.9 billion% (2008 est.)
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