| 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.) |