| 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 |
6.8% (2012 est.)
5.7% (2011 est.) |
| Albania |
2% (2012 est.)
3.5% (2011 est.) |
| Algeria |
8.9% (2012 est.)
4.5% (2011 est.) |
| American Samoa | NA% |
| Andorra |
1.1% (2012 est.)
-2.5% (2011 est.) |
| Angola |
10.3% (2012 est.)
13.5% (2011 est.) |
| Anguilla |
4.4% (2012 est.)
6.1% (2011 est.) |
| Antigua and Barbuda |
3.4% (2012 est.)
3.3% (2011 est.) |
| Argentina |
25.3% (2012 est.)
24.4% (2011 est.) note: data are derived from private estimates |
| Armenia |
2.6% (2012 est.)
7.6% (2011 est.) |
| Aruba |
0.6% (2012 est.)
4.4% (2011 est.) |
| Australia |
1.8% (2012 est.)
3.3% (2011 est.) |
| Austria |
1.1% (2012 est.)
-2.5% (2011 est.) |
| Azerbaijan |
1.1% (2012 est.)
7.8% (2011 est.) |
| Bahamas, The |
2% (2012 est.)
3.2% (2011 est.) |
| Bahrain |
2.8% (2012 est.)
-0.4% (2011 est.) |
| Bangladesh |
6.6% (2012 est.)
10.3% (2011 est.) |
| Barbados |
4.8% (2012 est.)
9.4% (2011 est.) |
| Belarus |
59.1% (2012 est.)
53.3% (2011 est.) |
| Belgium |
2.6% (2012 est.)
3.4% (2011 est.) |
| Belize |
1.3% (2012 est.)
-3.6% (2011 est.) |
| Benin |
6.8% (2012 est.)
2.7% (2011 est.) |
| Bermuda |
2.4% (2012 est.)
2.7% (2011 est.) |
| Bhutan |
10.9% (2012 est.)
8.9% (2011 est.) |
| Bolivia |
4.5% (2012 est.)
9.9% (2011 est.) |
| Bosnia and Herzegovina |
2.1% (2012 est.)
3.7% (2011 est.) |
| Botswana |
7.5% (2012 est.)
8.5% (2011 est.) |
| Brazil |
5.4% (2012 est.)
6.6% (2011 est.) |
| British Virgin Islands |
2.2% (2012 est.)
2.5% (2011 est.) |
| Brunei |
0.5% (2012 est.)
2.1% (2011 est.) |
| Bulgaria |
3% (2012 est.)
4.2% (2011 est.) |
| Burkina Faso |
3.8% (2012 est.)
2.8% (2011 est.) |
| Burma |
1.5% (2012 est.)
5% (2011 est.) |
| Burundi |
18% (2012 est.)
9.7% (2011 est.) |
| Cabo Verde |
2.5% (2012 est.)
4.5% (2011 est.) |
| Cambodia |
2.9% (2012 est.)
5.5% (2011 est.) |
| Cameroon |
2.9% (2012 est.)
2.9% (2011 est.) |
| Canada |
1.5% (2012 est.)
2.9% (2011 est.) |
| Cayman Islands |
1.2% (2012 est.)
1.3% (2011 est.) |
| Central African Republic |
5.8% (2012 est.)
1.3% (2011 est.) |
| Chad |
10.2% (2012 est.)
-4.9% (2011 est.) |
| Chile |
3% (2012 est.)
3.3% (2011 est.) |
| China |
2.6% (2012 est.)
5.5% (2011 est.) |
| Colombia |
3.2% (2012 est.)
3.4% (2011 est.) |
| Comoros |
6.3% (2012 est.)
6.8% (2011 est.) |
| Congo, Democratic Republic of the |
9.5% (2012 est.)
15.5% (2011 est.) |
| Congo, Republic of the |
3.9% (2012 est.)
1.3% (2011 est.) |
| Cook Islands |
2.2% (2011 est.)
2.2% (2011 est.) |
| Costa Rica |
4.5% (2012 est.)
4.9% (2011 est.) |
| Cote d'Ivoire |
1.3% (2012 est.)
5.1% (2011 est.) |
| Croatia |
3.4% (2012 est.)
2.3% (2011 est.) |
| Cuba |
5.5% (2012 est.)
4.8% (2011 est.) |
| Curacao |
2.3% (2011 est.)
1.3% (2010 est.) |
| Cyprus |
2.4% (2012 est.)
3.3% (2011 est.) |
| Czech Republic |
3.3% (2012 est.)
1.9% (2011 est.) |
| Denmark |
2.4% (2012 est.)
2.8% (2011 est.) |
| Djibouti |
7.9% (2012 est.)
4.4% (2011 est.) |
| Dominica |
1.4% (2012 est.)
2.4% (2011 est.) |
| Dominican Republic |
3.7% (2012 est.)
8.5% (2011 est.) |
| Ecuador |
5.1% (2012 est.)
4.5% (2011 est.) |
| Egypt |
7.1% (2012 est.)
10.1% (2011 est.) |
| El Salvador |
1.8% (2012 est.)
5.1% (2011 est.) |
| Equatorial Guinea |
6.1% (2012 est.)
7% (2011 est.) |
| Eritrea |
17% (2012 est.)
20% (2011 est.) |
| Estonia |
3.9% (2012 est.)
5% (2011 est.) |
| Ethiopia |
22.9% (2012 est.)
33.1% (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 |
4.4% (2012 est.)
8.7% (2011 est.) |
| Finland |
3.2% (2012 est.)
3.3% (2011 est.) |
| France |
2.2% (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 |
4.6% (2012 est.)
4.8% (2011 est.) |
| Gaza Strip |
2.8% (2012 est.)
2.9% (2011 est.) note: includes West Bank |
| Georgia |
-0.9% (2012 est.)
8.5% (2011 est.) |
| Germany |
2.1% (2012 est.)
2.5% (2011 est.) |
| Ghana |
9.2% (2012 est.)
8.7% (2011 est.) |
| Gibraltar |
2.8% (2008)
2.6% (2006) |
| Greece |
1.5% (2012 est.)
3.3% (2011 est.) |
| Greenland |
2.8% (2011 est.)
1.7% (2010 est.) |
| Grenada |
2.4% (2012 est.)
3% (2011 est.) |
| Guam | 4% (2011 est.) |
| Guatemala |
3.8% (2012 est.)
6.2% (2011 est.) |
| Guernsey | 3.4% (June 2006) |
| Guinea |
15.2% (2012 est.)
21.4% (2011 est.) |
| Guinea-Bissau |
2.1% (2012 est.)
5% (2011 est.) |
| Guyana |
2.4% (2012 est.)
5% (2011 est.) |
| Haiti |
6.3% (2012 est.)
8.4% (2011 est.) |
| Honduras |
5.2% (2012 est.)
6.8% (2011 est.) |
| Hong Kong |
4.1% (2012 est.)
5.3% (2011 est.) |
| Hungary |
5.7% (2012 est.)
3.9% (2011 est.) |
| Iceland |
5.2% (2012 est.)
4% (2011 est.) |
| India |
9.7% (2012 est.)
9.6% (2011 est.) |
| Indonesia |
4.3% (2012 est.)
5.4% (2011 est.) |
| Iran |
19.9% (2012 est.)
20.6% (2011 est.) note: official Iranian estimate |
| Iraq |
6.1% (2012 est.)
5.6% (2011 est.) |
| Ireland |
1.7% (2012 est.)
2.6% (2011 est.) |
| Isle of Man |
5% (2010 est.)
3.1% (2006) |
| Israel |
1.7% (2012 est.)
3.5% (2011 est.) |
| Italy |
3.3% (2012 est.)
2.9% (2011 est.) |
| Jamaica |
6.9% (2012 est.)
7.5% (2011 est.) |
| Japan |
0% (2012 est.)
-0.3% (2011 est.) |
| Jersey | 3.7% (2006) |
| Jordan |
4.8% (2012 est.)
4.4% (2011 est.) |
| Kazakhstan |
5.1% (2012 est.)
8.4% (2011 est.) |
| Kenya |
9.4% (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 |
2.9% (2012 est.)
4.7% (2011 est.) |
| Kyrgyzstan |
2.7% (2012 est.)
16.5% (2011 est.) |
| Laos |
4.3% (2012 est.)
7.6% (2011 est.) |
| Latvia |
2.3% (2012 est.)
4.4% (2011 est.) |
| Lebanon |
6.4% (2012 est.)
5.1% (2011 est.) |
| Lesotho |
6.1% (2012 est.)
5% (2011 est.) |
| Liberia |
6.8% (2012 est.)
8.5% (2011 est.) |
| Libya |
6.1% (2012 est.)
15.9% (2011 est.) |
| Liechtenstein |
0.2% (2011)
0.7% (2010) |
| Lithuania |
3.1% (2012 est.)
4.1% (2011 est.) |
| Luxembourg |
2.7% (2012 est.)
3.4% (2011 est.) |
| Macau |
6.1% (2012 est.)
5.8% (2011 est.) |
| Macedonia |
3.3% (2012 est.)
3.9% (2011 est.) |
| Madagascar |
6.4% (2012 est.)
9.5% (2011 est.) |
| Malawi |
21.4% (2012 est.)
7.6% (2011 est.) |
| Malaysia |
1.7% (2012 est.)
3.2% (2011 est.) note: approximately 30% of goods are price-controlled |
| Maldives |
5.1% (2012 est.)
16.7% (2011 est.) |
| Mali |
5.4% (2012 est.)
2.9% (2011 est.) |
| Malta |
2.4% (2012 est.)
2.7% (2011 est.) |
| Marshall Islands |
12.9% (2008 est.)
3% (2005 est.) |
| Mauritania |
4.9% (2012 est.)
5.6% (2011 est.) |
| Mauritius |
3.9% (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 |
15% (2012 est.)
9.5% (2011 est.) |
| Montenegro |
4% (2012)
3% (2011) |
| Montserrat |
4.8% (2012 est.)
3.7% (2011 est.) |
| Morocco |
1.2% (2012 est.)
0.9% (2011 est.) |
| Mozambique |
2.1% (2012 est.)
10.4% (2011 est.) |
| Namibia |
6.5% (2012 est.)
5% (2011 est.) |
| Nauru | NA% (2011 est.) |
| Nepal |
9.5% (2012 est.)
9.5% (2011 est.) |
| Netherlands |
2.8% (2012 est.)
2.5% (2011 est.) |
| New Caledonia |
1.7% (2012 est.)
2.4% (2011 est.) |
| New Zealand |
1.1% (2012 est.)
4% (2011 est.) |
| Nicaragua |
7.2% (2012 est.)
8.1% (2011 est.) |
| Niger |
0.5% (2012 est.)
2.9% (2011 est.) |
| Nigeria |
12.2% (2012 est.)
10.8% (2011 est.) |
| Niue | 4% (2005) |
| Northern Mariana Islands | -2.7% (2012 est.) |
| Norway |
0.7% (2012 est.)
1.3% (2011 est.) |
| Oman |
2.9% (2012 est.)
4% (2011 est.) |
| Pakistan |
9.7% (2012 est.)
11.9% (2011 est.) |
| Palau |
2.7% (2011 est.)
1.6% (2010 est.) |
| Panama |
5.7% (2012 est.)
5.9% (2011 est.) |
| Papua New Guinea |
2.3% (2012 est.)
8.4% (2011 est.) |
| Paraguay |
3.7% (2012 est.)
8.3% (2011 est.) |
| Peru |
3.7% (2012 est.)
3.4% (2011 est.) note: data are for metropolitan Lima, annual average |
| Philippines |
3.2% (2012 est.)
4.7% (2011 est.) |
| Poland |
3.7% (2012 est.)
4.2% (2011 est.) |
| Portugal |
2.8% (2012 est.)
3.7% (2011 est.) |
| Puerto Rico |
2.6% (2012 est.)
1.8% (2011 est.) |
| Qatar |
1.9% (2012 est.)
1.9% (2011 est.) |
| Romania |
3.3% (2012 est.)
5.8% (2011 est.) |
| Russia |
5.1% (2012 est.)
8.4% (2011 est.) |
| Rwanda |
6.3% (2012 est.)
5.7% (2011 est.) |
| Saint Helena, Ascension, and Tristan da Cunha | 4% (2012 est.) |
| Saint Kitts and Nevis |
1.4% (2012 est.)
7.1% (2011 est.) |
| Saint Lucia |
4.2% (2012 est.)
2.8% (2011 est.) |
| Saint Pierre and Miquelon |
4.5% (2010)
8.1% (2005) |
| Saint Vincent and the Grenadines |
2.6% (2012 est.)
3.2% (2011 est.) |
| Samoa |
2.1% (2012 est.)
5.2% (2011 est.) |
| San Marino |
2.5% (2012)
3.1% (December 2011) |
| Sao Tome and Principe |
10.6% (2012 est.)
14.3% (2011 est.) |
| Saudi Arabia |
2.9% (2012 est.)
3.9% (2011 est.) |
| Senegal |
1.4% (2012 est.)
3.4% (2011 est.) |
| Serbia |
7.3% (2012 est.)
11.2% (2011 est.) |
| Seychelles |
7.1% (2012 est.)
2.6% (2011 est.) |
| Sierra Leone |
12.9% (2012 est.)
16.2% (2011 est.) |
| Singapore |
4.6% (2012 est.)
5.2% (2011 est.) |
| Sint Maarten |
4% (2012 est.)
0.7% (2009 est.) |
| Slovakia |
3.6% (2012 est.)
3.9% (2011 est.) |
| Slovenia |
2.6% (2012 est.)
1.8% (2011 est.) |
| Solomon Islands |
2.6% (2012 est.)
7.4% (2011 est.) |
| Somalia |
NA%
note: businesses print their own money, so inflation rates cannot be easily determined |
| South Africa |
5.7% (2012 est.)
5% (2011 est.) |
| South Sudan | 79% (May 2012 est.) |
| Spain |
2.4% (2012 est.)
3% (2011 est.) |
| Sri Lanka |
7.5% (2012 est.)
6.7% (2011 est.) |
| Sudan |
37.4% (2012 est.)
22.1% (2011 est.) |
| Suriname |
5% (2012 est.)
17.7% (2011 est.) |
| Swaziland |
8.9% (2012 est.)
6.1% (2011 est.) |
| Sweden |
0.9% (2012 est.)
3% (2011 est.) |
| Switzerland |
-0.7% (2012 est.)
0.2% (2011 est.) |
| Syria |
36.9% (2012 est.)
4.8% (2011 est.) |
| Taiwan |
1.9% (2012 est.)
1.4% (2011 est.) |
| Tajikistan |
5.8% (2012 est.)
12.4% (2011 est.) |
| Tanzania |
16% (2012 est.)
12.7% (2011 est.) |
| Thailand |
3% (2012 est.)
3.8% (2011 est.) |
| Timor-Leste |
11.8% (2012 est.)
13.5% (2011 est.) |
| Togo |
2.6% (2012 est.)
3.6% (2011 est.) |
| Tokelau | NA% |
| Tonga |
1.2% (2012 est.)
6.3% (2011 est.) |
| Trinidad and Tobago |
9.2% (2012 est.)
5.1% (2011 est.) |
| Tunisia |
5.6% (2012 est.)
3.5% (2011 est.) |
| Turkey |
8.9% (2012 est.)
6.5% (2011 est.) |
| Turkmenistan |
8.5% (2012 est.)
12% (2011 est.) |
| Turks and Caicos Islands |
2.5% (2012 est.)
2.2% (2011 est.) |
| Tuvalu | 3.8% (2006 est.) |
| Uganda |
14% (2012 est.)
18.7% (2011 est.) |
| Ukraine |
0.6% (2012 est.)
8% (2011 est.) |
| United Arab Emirates |
0.7% (2012 est.)
0.9% (2011 est.) |
| United Kingdom |
2.8% (2012 est.)
4.5% (2011 est.) |
| United States |
2.1% (2012 est.)
3.1% (2011 est.) |
| Uruguay |
8.1% (2012 est.)
8.1% (2011 est.) |
| Uzbekistan |
11.4% (2012 est.)
12.8% (2011 est.) note: official data; based on independent analysis of consumer prices, inflation reached 22% in 2012 |
| Vanuatu |
1.4% (2012 est.)
0.9% (2011 est.) |
| Venezuela |
21.1% (2012 est.)
26.1% (2011 est.) |
| Vietnam |
9.1% (2012 est.)
18.7% (2011 est.) |
| Virgin Islands | 2.2% (2003) |
| Wallis and Futuna | 2.8% (2005) |
| West Bank |
2.8% (2012 est.)
2.9% (2011 est.) note: includes Gaza Strip |
| Western Sahara | NA% |
| World |
world average 4.1% (2012 est.)
developed countries 2.3% (2012 est.) developing countries 5.1% (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 (2011 est.) |
| Yemen |
9.9% (2012 est.)
19.5% (2011 est.) |
| Zambia |
6.6% (2012 est.)
8.7% (2011 est.) |
| Zimbabwe |
8.2% (2012 est.)
5.4% (2011 est.) |