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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	13.8% (2011 est.) 0.9% (2010 est.)


Albania	2% (2012 est.) 3.5% (2011 est.)


Algeria	8.5% (2012 est.) 4.5% (2011 est.)


American Samoa	NA%


Andorra	2.7% (2012 est.) -1.6% (2011 est.)


Angola	10.3% (2012 est.) 13.5% (2011 est.)


Anguilla	4.5% (2012 est.) 6.1% (2011 est.)


Antigua and Barbuda	1.4% (2012 est.) 3.3% (2011 est.)


Argentina	25% (2012 est.) 21% (2011 est.) note: data are derived from private estimates


Armenia	4% (2012 est.) 7.7% (2011 est.)


Aruba	2.3% (2012 est.) 4.4% (2011 est.)


Australia	2.1% (2012 est.) 3.4% (2011 est.)


Austria	2.3% (2012 est.) 3.5% (2011 est.)


Azerbaijan	7.4% (2012 est.) 8.1% (2011 est.)


Bahamas, The	2.5% (2012 est.) 3.2% (2011 est.)


Bahrain	3% (2012 est.) -0.4% (2011 est.)


Bangladesh	8.8% (2012 est.) 10.7% (2011 est.)


Barbados	6.1% (2012 est.) 9.4% (2011 est.)


Belarus	70% (2012 est.) 53.3% (2011 est.)


Belgium	2.4% (2012 est.) 3.5% (2011 est.)


Belize	2.8% (2012 est.) -2.5% (2011 est.)


Benin	6.5% (2012 est.) 2.7% (2011 est.)


Bermuda	2.7% (2012 est.) 2.7% (2011 est.)


Bhutan	8.3% (2012 est.) 8.9% (2011 est.)


Bolivia	4.7% (2012 est.) 9.9% (2011 est.)


Bosnia and Herzegovina	2.2% (2012 est.) 3.7% (2011 est.)


Botswana	6.9% (2012 est.) 8.5% (2011 est.)


Brazil	5.5% (2012 est.) 6.6% (2011 est.)


British Virgin Islands	4% (2012 est.) 4.1% (2011 est.)


Brunei	1.2% (2012 est.) 2% (2011 est.)


Bulgaria	2.4% (2012 est.) 4.2% (2011 est.)


Burkina Faso	4.5% (2012 est.) 2.8% (2011 est.)


Burma	3.1% (2012 est.) 5% (2011 est.)


Burundi	16% (2012 est.) 9.7% (2011 est.)


Cambodia	4.5% (2012 est.) 5.5% (2011 est.)


Cameroon	2.9% (2012 est.) 2.9% (2011 est.)


Canada	1.8% (2012 est.) 2.9% (2011 est.)


Cape Verde	2.4% (2012 est.) 4.5% (2011 est.)


Cayman Islands	1.2% (2012 est.) 1.9% (2011 est.)


Central African Republic	5.5% (2012 est.) 0.1% (2011 est.)


Chad	5% (2012 est.) 2% (2011 est.)


Chile	2.8% (2012 est.) 3.3% (2011 est.)


China	3.1% (2012 est.) 5.5% (2011 est.)


Colombia	3.2% (2012 est.) 3.4% (2011 est.)


Comoros	6% (2012 est.) 1.8% (2011 est.)


Congo, Democratic Republic of the	13.8% (2012 est.) 15.5% (2011 est.)


Congo, Republic of the	3.5% (2012 est.) 1.9% (2011 est.)


Cook Islands	2.2% (2011 est.) 2.1% (2007 est.)


Costa Rica	4.5% (2012 est.) 4.9% (2011 est.)


Cote d'Ivoire	1.4% (2012 est.) 5.1% (2011 est.)


Croatia	2.9% (2012 est.) 2.3% (2011 est.)


Cuba	5.5% (2012 est.) 4.7% (2011 est.)


Curacao	2.3% (2011 est.) 1.3% (2010 est.)


Cyprus	3.4% (2012 est.) 3.3% (2011 est.)


Czech Republic	3.3% (2012 est.) 1.9% (2011 est.)


Denmark	2.6% (2012 est.) 2.8% (2011 est.)


Djibouti	4.3% (2012 est.) 4.4% (2011 est.)


Dominica	2% (2012 est.) 2.8% (2011 est.)


Dominican Republic	3.7% (2012 est.) 8.5% (2011 est.)


Ecuador	5.3% (2012 est.) 4.5% (2011 est.)


Egypt	8.5% (2012 est.) 10.2% (2011 est.)


El Salvador	2.4% (2012 est.) 5.1% (2011 est.)


Equatorial Guinea	6.2% (2012 est.) 7% (2011 est.)


Eritrea	17% (2012 est.) 20% (2011 est.)


Estonia	3.3% (2012 est.) 5% (2011 est.)


Ethiopia	21.7% (2012 est.) 33% (2011 est.)


European Union	2.6% (2012 est.) 1.8% (2011 est.)


Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas)	1.2% (2003) 3.6% (1998)


Faroe Islands	2.3% (2011) 0.4% (2010)


Fiji	4.7% (2012 est.) 8.5% (2011 est.)


Finland	3% (2012 est.) 3.3% (2011 est.)


France	2.3% (2012 est.) 2.3% (2011 est.)


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


Gabon	2.7% (2012 est.) 1.3% (2011 est.)


Gambia, The	6.2% (2012 est.) 4.8% (2011 est.)


Gaza Strip	3.5% (2012 est.) 2.9% (2011 est.) note: includes West Bank


Georgia	4.5% (2012 est.) 9% (2011 est.)


Germany	2.2% (2012 est.) 2.5% (2011 est.)


Ghana	9.1% (2012 est.) 8.7% (2011 est.)


Gibraltar	2.8% (2008) 2.6% (2006)


Greece	1.1% (2012 est.) 3.3% (2011 est.)


Greenland	2.8% (2011 est.) 1.7% (2010 est.)


Grenada	3.2% (2012 est.) 3% (2011 est.)


Guam	2.5% (2005 est.)


Guatemala	4% (2012 est.) 6.2% (2011 est.)


Guernsey	3.4% (June 2006)


Guinea	15% (2012 est.) 21.4% (2011 est.)


Guinea-Bissau	6.4% (2012 est.) 5% (2011 est.)


Guyana	3.1% (2012 est.) 2.6% (2011 est.)


Haiti	5.9% (2012 est.) 8.4% (2011 est.)


Honduras	5.1% (2012 est.) 6.8% (2011 est.)


Hong Kong	3.7% (2012 est.) 5.3% (2011 est.)


Hungary	5.6% (2012 est.) 3.9% (2011 est.)


Iceland	5.3% (2012 est.) 4% (2011 est.)


India	9.2% (2012 est.) 8.9% (2011 est.)


Indonesia	4.5% (2012 est.) 5.4% (2011 est.)


Iran	23.6% (2012 est.) 20.6% (2011 est.) note: official Iranian estimate


Iraq	6.4% (2012 est.) 5.6% (2011 est.)


Ireland	1.3% (2012 est.) 2.6% (2011 est.)


Isle of Man	5% (2010 est.) 3.1% (2006)


Israel	2.1% (2012 est.) 3.5% (2011 est.)


Italy	3% (2012 est.) 2.9% (2011 est.)


Jamaica	6.8% (2012 est.) 7.5% (2011 est.)


Japan	0.1% (2012 est.) -0.3% (2011 est.)


Jersey	3.7% (2006)


Jordan	4.3% (2012 est.) 4.4% (2011 est.)


Kazakhstan	5.2% (2012 est.) 8.3% (2011 est.)


Kenya	10.1% (2012 est.) 14% (2011 est.)


Kiribati	0.2% (2007 est.)


Korea, North	NA%


Korea, South	2.2% (2012 est.) 4% (2011 est.)


Kosovo	8.3% (2011 est.) 3.5% (2010 est.)


Kuwait	3.2% (2012 est.) 4.7% (2011 est.)


Kyrgyzstan	4% (2012 est.) 16.6% (2011 est.)


Laos	4.9% (2012 est.) 7.6% (2011 est.)


Latvia	2.5% (2012 est.) 4.4% (2011 est.)


Lebanon	5.5% (2012 est.) 5.1% (2011 est.)


Lesotho	6.1% (2012 est.) 5% (2011 est.)


Liberia	5.5% (2012 est.) 7.4% (2011 est.)


Libya	3.6% (2012 est.) 15.9% (2011 est.)


Liechtenstein	0.3% (2011) 0.7% (2010)


Lithuania	3.4% (2012 est.) 4.1% (2011 est.)


Luxembourg	2.6% (2012 est.) 3.4% (2011 est.)


Macau	5.4% (2012 est.) 5.8% (2011 est.)


Macedonia	3.3% (2012 est.) 3.9% (2011 est.)


Madagascar	9.2% (2012 est.) 9.5% (2011 est.)


Malawi	18.4% (2012 est.) 7.6% (2011 est.)


Malaysia	1.9% (2012 est.) 3.2% (2011 est.) note: approximately 30% of goods are price-controlled


Maldives	12.8% (2011 est.) 6% (2010 est.)


Mali	6.5% (2012 est.) 2.9% (2011 est.)


Malta	2.5% (2012 est.) 2.7% (2011 est.)


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


Mauritania	7% (2011 est.) 7.5% (2010 est.)


Mauritius	4.7% (2012 est.) 6.5% (2011 est.)


Mexico	4.1% (2012 est.) 3.4% (2011 est.)


Micronesia, Federated States of	3.4% (2011 est.) 3.5% (2010 est.)


Moldova	4.5% (2012 est.) 7.6% (2011 est.)


Monaco	1.5% (2010)


Mongolia	12.9% (2012 est.) 9.5% (2011 est.)


Montenegro	3% (2011) 3.4% (2007)


Montserrat	3.3% (2012 est.) 3.7% (2011 est.)


Morocco	1.4% (2012 est.) 0.9% (2011 est.)


Mozambique	3.5% (2012 est.) 10.4% (2011 est.)


Namibia	5.8% (2012 est.) 5% (2011 est.)


Nauru	NA%


Nepal	8.3% (2012 est.) 7.7% (2011 est.)


Netherlands	2.4% (2012 est.) 2.3% (2011 est.)


New Caledonia	1.7% (2012 est.) 2.4% (2011 est.)


New Zealand	1.2% (2012 est.) 4% (2011 est.)


Nicaragua	7.4% (2012 est.) 8.1% (2011 est.)


Niger	3.9% (2012 est.) 2.9% (2011 est.)


Nigeria	12.1% (2012 est.) 10.8% (2011 est.)


Niue	4% (2005)


Northern Mariana Islands	-0.8% (2000)


Norway	0.6% (2012 est.) 1.3% (2011 est.)


Oman	3.5% (2012 est.) 4.1% (2011 est.)


Pakistan	11.3% (2012 est.) 11.9% (2011 est.)


Palau	2.7% (2011 est.) 1.6% (2010 est.)


Panama	6.1% (2012 est.) 5.9% (2011 est.)


Papua New Guinea	6.2% (2012 est.) 8.4% (2011 est.)


Paraguay	4.6% (2012 est.) 8.3% (2011 est.)


Peru	3.6% (2012 est.) 3.4% (2011 est.) note: data are for metropolitan Lima, annual average


Philippines	3.4% (2012 est.) 4.7% (2011 est.)


Poland	3.6% (2012 est.) 4.2% (2011 est.)


Portugal	2.9% (2012 est.) 3.7% (2011 est.)


Puerto Rico	1.2% (2012 est.) 2.9% (2011 est.)


Qatar	1.9% (2012 est.) 1.9% (2011 est.)


Romania	3% (2012 est.) 5.8% (2011 est.)


Russia	5.3% (2012 est.) 8.4% (2011 est.)


Rwanda	8.5% (2012 est.) 4.9% (2011 est.)


Saint Helena, Ascension, and Tristan da Cunha	3.2% (1997 est.)


Saint Kitts and Nevis	0.7% (2012 est.) 9.8% (2011 est.)


Saint Lucia	4.4% (2012 est.) 2.8% (2011 est.)


Saint Pierre and Miquelon	8.1% (2005)


Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	5.1% (2012 est.) 1.9% (2011 est.)


Samoa	3.7% (2012 est.) 5.2% (2011 est.)


San Marino	3.1% (December 2011) -3.5% (2008)


Sao Tome and Principe	10.2% (2012 est.) 14.3% (2011 est.)


Saudi Arabia	4.6% (2012 est.) 5% (2011 est.)


Senegal	1.5% (2012 est.) 3.4% (2011 est.)


Serbia	6.2% (2012 est.) 11.2% (2011 est.)


Seychelles	7.2% (2012 est.) 2.6% (2011 est.)


Sierra Leone	12.6% (2012 est.) 16.2% (2011 est.)


Singapore	4.4% (2012 est.) 5.2% (2011 est.)


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


Slovakia	3.6% (2012 est.) 3.9% (2011 est.)


Slovenia	2.5% (2012 est.) 1.8% (2011 est.)


Solomon Islands	4% (2012 est.) 4.2% (2011 est.)


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


South Africa	5.2% (2012 est.) 5% (2011 est.)


South Sudan	79% (May 2012 est.)


Spain	2.5% (2012 est.) 3.1% (2011 est.)


Sri Lanka	9.5% (November 2012) 7% (2011 est.)


Sudan	31.5% (2012 est.) 18% (2011 est.)


Suriname	6% (2012 est.) 17.7% (2011 est.)


Swaziland	8.4% (2012 est.) 6.1% (2011 est.)


Sweden	1.4% (2012 est.) 3% (2011 est.)


Switzerland	-0.9% (2012 est.) 0.2% (2011 est.)


Syria	33.7% (2012 est.) 4.8% (2011 est.)


Taiwan	2.3% (2012 est.) 1.4% (2011 est.)


Tajikistan	6.3% (2012 est.) 12.4% (2011 est.)


Tanzania	15.3% (2012 est.) 12.7% (2011 est.)


Thailand	3.1% (2012 est.) 3.8% (2011 est.)


Timor-Leste	9% (2012 est.) 13.5% (2011 est.)


Togo	2.8% (2012 est.) 3.6% (2011 est.)


Tokelau	NA%


Tonga	4.5% (2012 est.) 6.6% (2011 est.)


Trinidad and Tobago	8.7% (2012 est.) 5.1% (2011 est.)


Tunisia	5.9% (2012 est.) 3.5% (2011 est.)


Turkey	9.1% (2012 est.) 6.5% (2011 est.)


Turkmenistan	10.5% (2012 est.) 12% (2011 est.)


Turks and Caicos Islands	2.5% (2012 est.) 2.2% (2011 est.)


Tuvalu	3.8% (2006 est.)


Uganda	14.7% (2012 est.) 18.7% (2011 est.)


Ukraine	2% (2012 est.) 8% (2011 est.)


United Arab Emirates	1.1% (2012 est.) 0.9% (2011 est.)


United Kingdom	2.8% (2012 est.) 4.5% (2011 est.)


United States	2% (2012 est.) 3.1% (2011 est.)


Uruguay	7.8% (2012 est.) 8.1% (2011 est.)


Uzbekistan	12.5% (2012 est.) 12.8% (2011 est.) note: official data; based on independent analysis of consumer prices, inflation reached 22% in 2011


Vanuatu	2.8% (2012 est.) 0.9% (2011 est.)


Venezuela	20.9% (2012 est.) 26.1% (2011 est.)


Vietnam	9.2% (2012 est.) 18.7% (2011 est.)


Virgin Islands	2.2% (2003)


Wallis and Futuna	2.8% (2005)


West Bank	3.5% (2012 est.) 2.9% (2011 est.) note: includes Gaza Strip


Western Sahara	NA%

World

world average 4.2% (2012 est.)
developed countries 2.2% (2011 est.)
developing countries 5.5% (2012 est.)
note: the above estimates are weighted averages; inflation in developed countries is 0% to 4% typically, in 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 (2012 est.)


Yemen	11.4% (2012 est.) 19.5% (2011 est.)


Zambia	6.5% (2012 est.) 8.7% (2011 est.)


Zimbabwe	8.3% (2012 est.) 5.4% (2011 est.)

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