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)(%) |
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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.) |