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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	13.3% (2009 est.) 20.7% (2008 est.)


Albania	3.6% (2010 est.) 3.7% (2009 est.)


Algeria	5% (2010 est.) 5.7% (2009 est.)


American Samoa	NA%


Andorra	1.6% (2010) 0% (2009)


Angola	13.3% (2010 est.) 13.7% (2009 est.)


Anguilla	5.3% (2006 est.)


Antigua and Barbuda	1.5% (2007 est.)


Argentina	22% (2010 est.) 16% (2009 est.) note: data are derived from private estimates


Armenia	6.9% (2010 est.) 3.4% (2009 est.)


Aruba	3.4% (2005)


Australia	2.9% (2010 est.) 1.8% (2009 est.)


Austria	1.9% (2010 est.) 0.5% (2009 est.)


Azerbaijan	5.1% (2010 est.) 1.5% (2009 est.)


Bahamas, The	2.4% (2007 est.)


Bahrain	3.3% (2010 est.) 2.8% (2009 est.)


Bangladesh	8.1% (2010 est.) 5.4% (2009 est.)


Barbados	5.5% (2007 est.)


Belarus	7% (2010 est.) 12.9% (2009 est.)


Belgium	2.3% (2010 est.) 0% (2009 est.)


Belize	4.1% (2010 est.) -1.1% (2009 est.)


Benin	1.6% (2010 est.) 2.2% (2009 est.)


Bermuda	2.8% (November 2005)


Bhutan	4.3% (2008 est.) 4.9% (2007 est.)


Bolivia	7.2% (2010 est.) 0.3% (2009 est.)


Bosnia and Herzegovina	3.1% (2010 est.) 0.8% (2009 est.)


Botswana	7.1% (2010 est.) 8.1% (2009 est.)


Brazil	4.9% (2010 est.) 4.9% (2009 est.)


British Virgin Islands	7.1% (2008) 2% (2005)


Brunei	2.7% (2008 est.) 0.3% (2007 est.)


Bulgaria	4.4% (2010) 1.6% (2009)


Burkina Faso	1.4% (2010 est.) 2.6% (2009 est.)


Burma	9.6% (2010 est.) 1.5% (2009 est.)


Burundi	9.8% (2010 est.) 28.4% (2009)


Cambodia	4.1% (2010 est.) -0.7% (2009)


Cameroon	1.9% (2010 est.) 3% (2009 est.)


Canada	1.6% (2010 est.) 0.3% (2009 est.)


Cape Verde	2.5% (2010 est.) 1% (2009 est.)


Cayman Islands	4.1% (2008) 4.4% (2004)


Central African Republic	0.9% (2007 est.)


Chad	4% (2010 est.) 10% (2009 est.)


Chile	1.7% (2010 est.) 1.5% (2009 est.)


China	5% (2010 est.) -0.7% (2009 est.)


Colombia	3.1% (2010 est.) 4% (2009 est.)


Comoros	3% (2007 est.)


Congo, Democratic Republic of the	26.2% (2010 est.) 53.4% (2009 est.)


Congo, Republic of the	5.2% (2010 est.) 4.3% (2009 est.)


Cook Islands	2.1% (2005 est.)


Costa Rica	5.8% (2010 est.) 7.8% (2009 est.)


Cote d'Ivoire	1.4% (2010 est.) 0.9% (2009 est.)


Croatia	1.3% (2010 est.) 2.4% (2009 est.)


Cuba	0.7% (2010 est.) -0.5% (2009 est.)


Curacao	1.7% (2009 est.) 6.8% (2008 est.)


Cyprus	2.4% (2010 est.) 0.3% (2009)


Czech Republic	1.5% (2010 est.) 1% (2009 est.)


Denmark	2.6% (2010 est.) 1.3% (2009 est.)


Djibouti	6% (2009 est.) 5% (2007 est.)


Dominica	0.1% (2009 est.) 2.7% (2007 est.)


Dominican Republic	6.3% (2010 est.) 1.4% (2009 est.)


Ecuador	3.3% (2010 est.) 4.3% (2009 est.)


Egypt	12.8% (2010 est.) 11.9% (2009 est.)


El Salvador	0.8% (2010 est.) -0.2% (2009)


Equatorial Guinea	8.2% (2010 est.) 7.1% (2009 est.)


Eritrea	20% (2010 est.) 20% (2009 est.)


Estonia	2.4% (2010 est.) 0.2% (2009)


Ethiopia	7% (2010 est.) 8.5% (2009 est.)


European Union	1.8% (2010 est.) 1.8% (2009 est.)


Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas)	3.6% (1998)


Faroe Islands	-1.1% (2009) 6.4% (2008)


Fiji	4.8% (2007)


Finland	1.2% (2010 est.) 0% (2009 est.)


France	1.5% (2010 est.) 0.1% (2009 est.)


French Polynesia	1.1% (2007) 1.1% (2006 est.)


Gabon	-1.3% (2010 est.) 1.9% (2009 est.)


Gambia, The	5.5% (2010 est.) 4.6% (2009 est.)


Gaza Strip	3.5% (2010 est.) 9.9% (2009 est.) note: includes West Bank


Georgia	5.7% (2010 est.) 1.7% (2009 est.)


Germany	1.1% (2010 est.) 0.4% (2009 est.)


Ghana	10.9% (2010 est.) 19.3% (2009 est.)


Gibraltar	2.8% (2008) 2.6% (2006)


Greece	4.5% (2010 est.) 1.2% (2009 est.)


Greenland	9.4% (2008 est.) 1% (2005 est.)


Grenada	3.7% (2007 est.)


Guam	2.5% (2005 est.)


Guatemala	3.9% (2010 est.) 1.9% (2009 est.)


Guernsey	3.4% (June 2006)


Guinea	15% (2010 est.) 9% (2009 est.)


Guinea-Bissau	3.8% (2007 est.)


Guyana	6.8% (2010 est.) 2.9% (2009 est.)


Haiti	4.7% (2010 est.) -4.7% (2009 est.)


Honduras	4.6% (2010 est.) 5.5% (2009 est.)


Hong Kong	4.5% (2010 est.) 2.4% (2009 est.)


Hungary	4.9% (2010 est.) 4.2% (2009)


Iceland	5.5% (2010 est.) 12% (2009 est.)


India	11.7% (2010 est.) 10.9% (2009 est.)


Indonesia	5.1% (2010 est.) 4.8% (2009 est.)


Iran	11.8% (2010 est.) 13.5% (2009 est.) note: official Iranian estimate


Iraq	4.2% (2010 est.) 6.8% (2009 est.)


Ireland	-1.6% (2010 est.) -1.7% (2009 est.)


Isle of Man	3.1% (2006 est.)


Israel	2.6% (2010 est.) 3.3% (2009 est.)


Italy	1.4% (2010 est.) 0.8% (2009 est.)


Jamaica	13% (2010 est.) 9.6% (2009 est.)


Japan	-0.7% (2010 est.) -1.4% (2009 est.)


Jersey	3.7% (2006)


Jordan	4.4% (2010 est.) -0.7% (2009 est.)


Kazakhstan	7.8% (2010 est.) 7.3% (2009 est.)


Kenya	4.2% (2010 est.) 9.3% (2009 est.)


Kiribati	0.2% (2007 est.)


Korea, North	NA%


Korea, South	3% (2010 est.) 2.8% (2009 est.)


Kosovo	3.5% (2010 est.)


Kuwait	3.8% (2010 est.) 4% (2009 est.)


Kyrgyzstan	4.8% (2010 est.) 6.9% (2009 est.)


Laos	6% (2010 est.) 0% (2009 est.)


Latvia	-1.2% (2010 est.) 3.5% (2009 est.)


Lebanon	3.7% (2010 est.) 1.2% (2009 est.)


Lesotho	6.1% (2010 est.) 7.2% (2009 est.)


Liberia	11.2% (2007 est.)


Libya	3% (2010 est.) 2.4% (2009 est.)


Liechtenstein	0.7% (2010) 0.3% (2009)


Lithuania	0.9% (2010 est.) 4.5% (2009 est.)


Luxembourg	2.1% (2010 est.) 0.4% (2009 est.)


Macau	2.8% (2010) 1.2% (2009)


Macedonia	1.6% (2010 est.) -0.8% (2009 est.)


Madagascar	8.1% (2010 est.) 9% (2009 est.)


Malawi	8% (2010 est.) 8.4% (2009 est.)


Malaysia	1.7% (2010 est.) 0.6% (2009 est.) note: approximately 30% of goods are price-controlled


Maldives	6% (2010 est.) 7.3% (2009 est.)


Mali	2.5% (2007 est.)


Malta	3.3% (2010 est.) -0.7% (2009 est.)


Marshall Islands	12.9% (2008 est.) 3% (2005 est.)


Mauritania	7.3% (2007 est.)


Mauritius	2.9% (2010 est.) 2.5% (2009 est.)


Mexico	4.1% (2010 est.) 3.6% (2009)


Micronesia, Federated States of	2.2% (2005)


Moldova	7.3% (2010 est.) -0.1% (2009 est.)


Monaco	1.9% (2000)


Mongolia	13% (2010 est.) 4.2% (2009 est.)


Montenegro	3.4% (2007)


Montserrat	2.6% (2002 est.)


Morocco	2.5% (2010 est.) 1% (2009 est.)


Mozambique	13.5% (2010 est.) 3.3% (2009 est.)


Namibia	4.6% (2010 est.) 8.8% (2009 est.)


Nauru	NA%


Nepal	8.6% (September 2010 est.) 13.2% (September 2009 est.)


Netherlands	1.1% (2010 est.) 1.2% (2009 est.)


New Caledonia	1.4% (2000 est.)


New Zealand	2.6% (2010 est.) 2.1% (2009 est.)


Nicaragua	4.7% (2010 est.) 3.7% (2009 est.)


Niger	0.1% (2007 est.)


Nigeria	13.9% (2010 est.) 11.5% (2009 est.)


Niue	4% (2005)


Northern Mariana Islands	-0.8% (2000)


Norway	2.4% (2010 est.) 2.1% (2009 est.)


Oman	4% (2010 est.) 3.5% (2009 est.)


Pakistan	13.4% (2010 est.) 13.6% (2009 est.)


Palau	2.7% (2005 est.)


Panama	3.5% (2010 est.) 2.4% (2009 est.)


Papua New Guinea	6.8% (2010 est.) 6.9% (2009 est.)


Paraguay	7.2% (2010 est.) 1.9% (2009 est.)


Peru	1.5% (2010) 2.9% (2009 est.) note: data are for metropolitan Lima


Philippines	3.8% (2010 est.) 3.2% (2009 est.)


Poland	2.6% (2010 est.) 3.5% (2009 est.)


Portugal	1.1% (2010 est.) -0.8% (2009 est.)


Puerto Rico	6.5% (2003 est.)


Qatar	1.1% (2010 est.) -4.9% (2009 est.)


Romania	6% (2010 est.) 5.6% (2009 est.)


Russia	6.7% (2010 est.) 11.7% (2009)


Rwanda	6.4% (2010 est.) 10.4% (2009 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	0.8% (2009 est.) 5.3% (2008 est.)


Samoa	6% (2007 est.)


San Marino	2.8% (June 2010) -3.5% (2008)


Sao Tome and Principe	13% (2010 est.) 16.7% (2009 est.)


Saudi Arabia	5.7% (2010 est.) 5.1% (2009 est.)


Senegal	1.2% (2010 est.) -1% (2009 est.)


Serbia	10.3% (2010 est.) 8.4% (2009 est.)


Seychelles	-2.2% (2010 est.) 31.8% (2009 est.)


Sierra Leone	11.7% (2007 est.)


Singapore	2.8% (2010 est.) 0.6% (2009 est.)


Sint Maarten	0.7% (2009 est.) 4.6% (2008 est.)


Slovakia	1% (2010 est.) 1.6% (2009 est.)


Slovenia	2.1% (2010 est.) 0.9% (2009 est.)


Solomon Islands	6.3% (2007 est.)


Somalia	NA% note: businesses print their own money, so inflation rates cannot be easily determined


South Africa	4.5% (2010 est.) 7.2% (2009 est.)


Spain	1.3% (2010 est.) -0.3% (2009 est.)


Sri Lanka	5.6% (2010 est.) 3% (2009 est.)


Sudan	11.8% (2010 est.) 11.2% (2009 est.)


Suriname	6.4% (2007 est.)


Swaziland	5% (2010 est.) 7.3% (2009 est.)


Sweden	1.4% (2010 est.) -0.3% (2009 est.)


Switzerland	0.7% (2010 est.) -0.5% (2009 est.)


Syria	5.9% (2010 est.) 2.6% (2009 est.)


Taiwan	1% (2010 est.) -0.9% (2009)


Tajikistan	5.8% (2010 est.) 6.4% (2009 est.)


Tanzania	7.2% (2010 est.) 12.1% (2009 est.)


Thailand	3.3% (2010 est.) -0.9% (2009 est.)


Timor-Leste	7.8% (2007 est.)


Togo	2.6% (2010 est.) 2% (2009 est.)


Tokelau	NA%


Tonga	5.9% (2007 est.)


Trinidad and Tobago	11.3% (2010 est.) 7% (2009 est.)


Tunisia	4.5% (2010 est.) 3.5% (2009 est.)


Turkey	8.7% (2010 est.) 6.3% (2009 est.)


Turkmenistan	12% (2010 est.) 10% (2009 est.)


Turks and Caicos Islands	4% (1995)


Tuvalu	3.8% (2006 est.)


Uganda	9.4% (2010 est.) 14.2% (2009 est.)


Ukraine	9.8% (2010 est.) 15.9% (2009 est.)


United Arab Emirates	2.2% (2010 est.) 1.6% (2009 est.)


United Kingdom	3.3% (2010 est.) 2.2% (2009 est.)


United States	1.4% (2010 est.) -0.3% (2009 est.)


Uruguay	6.9% (2010) 5.9% (2009)


Uzbekistan	15% (2010 est.) 14.1% (2009 est.) note: official data; based on independent analysis of consumer prices, inflation reached 38% in 2008


Vanuatu	3.9% (2007 est.)


Venezuela	29.8% (2010 est.) 27.1% (2009 est.)


Vietnam	11.8% (2010 est.) 6.5% (2009 est.)


Virgin Islands	2.2% (2003)


Wallis and Futuna	2.8% (2005)


West Bank	3.5% (2010 est.) 9.9% (2009 est.) note: includes Gaza Strip


Western Sahara	NA%

World

developed countries 2.5%
developing countries 5.6%
note: developed countries 0% to 4% typically; developing countries 5% to 10% 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 by soft demand as a result of the world financial crisis (2010 est.)


Yemen	12.2% (2010 est.) 5.4% (2009 est.)


Zambia	8.5% (2010 est.) 13.4% (2009 est.)


Zimbabwe	5.03% (2010 est.) 5.1% (2009 est.)

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