| The World Factbook. 2008. |
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| Inflation rate (consumer prices) |
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| Country | Inflation rate (consumer prices) |
| Afghanistan | 16.3% (2005 est.) |
| Albania | 3% (2007 est.) |
| Algeria | 4.6% (2007 est.) |
| American Samoa | NA% |
| Andorra | 3.2% (2005) |
| Angola | 12.5% (2007 est.) |
| Anguilla | 5.3% (2006 est.) |
| Antigua and Barbuda | 2.8% (2007 est.) |
| Argentina | 8.5% official rate; actual rate may be double the official rate (2007 est.) |
| Armenia | 6.6% (2007 est.) |
| Aruba | 3.4% (2005) |
| Australia | 3% (2007 est.) |
| Austria | 1.9% (2007 est.) |
| Azerbaijan | 16% (2007 est.) |
| Bahamas, The | 2.4% (2007 est.) |
| Bahrain | 3.5% (2007 est.) |
| Bangladesh | 8.8% (2007 est.) |
| Barbados | 5.5% (2007 est.) |
| Belarus | 8.3% (2007 est.) |
| Belgium | 1.7% (2007 est.) |
| Belize | 2.8% (2007 est.) |
| Benin | 2.5% (2007 est.) |
| Bermuda | 2.8% (November 2005) |
| Bhutan | 5.5% (2005 est.) |
| Bolivia | 12% (2007 est.) |
| Bosnia and Herzegovina | 1.5% (2007 est.) |
| Botswana | 7.2% (2007 est.) |
| Brazil | 4.1% (2007 est.) |
| British Virgin Islands | 2% (2005) |
| Brunei | 1.1% (2005) |
| Bulgaria | 7.8% (2007 est.) |
| Burkina Faso | 0.7% (2007 est.) |
| Burma | 39.5% (2007 est.) |
| Burundi | 7% (2007 est.) |
| Cambodia | 4.4% (2007 est.) |
| Cameroon | 2% (2007 est.) |
| Canada | 2.4% (2007 est.) |
| Cape Verde | 3% (2007 est.) |
| Cayman Islands | 4.4% (2004) |
| Central African Republic | 4% (2007 est.) |
| Chad | 4% (2007 est.) |
| Chile | 6.5% (2007 est.) |
| China | 4.7% (2007 est.) |
| Colombia | 5.5% (2007 est.) |
| Comoros | 3% (2005 est.) |
| Congo, Democratic Republic of the | 18.2% (2006 est.) |
| Congo, Republic of the | 7% (2007 est.) |
| Cook Islands | 2.1% (2005 est.) |
| Costa Rica | 9.3% (2007 est.) |
| Cote d'Ivoire | 1.8% (2007 est.) |
| Croatia | 2.2% (2007 est.) |
| Cuba | 3.6% (2007 est.) |
| Cyprus | area under government control: 2.3% (2007 est.)
area administered by Turkish Cypriots: 9.1% (2004 est.) |
| Czech Republic | 2.6% (2007 est.) |
| Denmark | 1.5% (2007 est.) |
| Djibouti | 3% (2005 est.) |
| Dominica | -0.1% (2005 est.) |
| Dominican Republic | 5.8% (2007 est.) |
| Ecuador | 3.3% (2007 est.) |
| Egypt | 8.8% (2007 est.) |
| El Salvador | 4.9% (2007 est.) |
| Equatorial Guinea | 5.5% (2007 est.) |
| Eritrea | 15.5% (2007 est.) |
| Estonia | 6.3% (2007 est.) |
| Ethiopia | 15.9% (2007 est.) |
| European Union | 1.8% (2006 est.) |
| Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas) | 3.6% (1998) |
| Faroe Islands | 1.8% (2005) |
| Fiji | 3% (2005) |
| Finland | 2.7% (2007 est.) |
| France | 1.5% (2007 est.) |
| French Polynesia | 1.1% (2006 est.) |
| Gabon | 5% (2007 est.) |
| Gambia, The | 3.5% (2007 est.) |
| Gaza Strip | 3.6% (includes West Bank) (2006) |
| Georgia | 11% (2007 est.) |
| Germany | 2% (2007 est.) |
| Ghana | 11% (2007 est.) |
| Gibraltar | 2.9% (2005) |
| Greece | 2.6% (2007 est.) |
| Greenland | 1% (2005 est.) |
| Grenada | 3% (2005 est.) |
| Guam | 2.5% (2005 est.) |
| Guatemala | 6.6% (2007 est.) |
| Guernsey | 3.4% (June 2006) |
| Guinea | 20% (2007 est.) |
| Guinea-Bissau | 4% (2002 est.) |
| Guyana | 10.4% (2007 est.) |
| Haiti | 8.9% (2007 est.) |
| Honduras | 6.4% (2007 est.) |
| Hong Kong | 2% (2007 est.) |
| Hungary | 7.8% (2007 est.) |
| Iceland | 4.9% (2007 est.) |
| India | 5.9% (2007 est.) |
| Indonesia | 6.3% (2007 est.) |
| Iran | 17% (July 2007 est.) |
| Iraq | 4.7% (2007 est.) |
| Ireland | 4.7% (2007 est.) |
| Isle of Man | 3.1% (December 2006 est.) |
| Israel | 0.4% (2007 est.) |
| Italy | 1.7% (2007 est.) |
| Jamaica | 7.1% (2007 est.) |
| Japan | 0% (2007 est.) |
| Jersey | 3.7% (December 2006) |
| Jordan | 5.4% (2007 est.) |
| Kazakhstan | 9.5% (2007 est.) |
| Kenya | 9.3% (2007 est.) |
| Kiribati | 0.5% (2005 est.) |
| Korea, North | NA% |
| Korea, South | 2.5% (2007) |
| Kosovo | 2% (2007 est.) |
| Kosovo | 2% (2007 est.) |
| Kuwait | 3.9% (2007 est.) |
| Kyrgyzstan | 6.4% (2007 est.) |
| Laos | 5% (2007 est.) |
| Latvia | 9.6% (2007 est.) |
| Lebanon | 5.6% (2007 est.) |
| Lesotho | 12% (2007 est.) |
| Liberia | 15% (2003 est.) |
| Libya | 3.3% (2007 est.) |
| Liechtenstein | 1% (2001) |
| Lithuania | 5.4% (2007 est.) |
| Luxembourg | 2.1% (2007 est.) |
| Macau | 7.2% (2006) |
| Macedonia | 2% (2007 est.) |
| Madagascar | 10% (2007 est.) |
| Malawi | 8% (2007 est.) |
| Malaysia | 2.1%
note: approximately 30% of goods are price-controlled (2007 est.) |
| Maldives | 6% (2005 est.) |
| Mali | 4.5% (2002 est.) |
| Malta | 0.9% (2007 est.) |
| Marshall Islands | 3% (2005 est.) |
| Mauritania | 7% (2003 est.) |
| Mauritius | 9.1% (2007 est.) |
| Mayotte | 1.7% (2005) |
| Mexico | 3.8% (2007) |
| Micronesia, Federated States of | 2.2% (2005) |
| Moldova | 12.5% (2007 est.) |
| Monaco | 1.9% (2000) |
| Mongolia | 9.5% (2005 est.) |
| Montenegro | 3.4% (2004) |
| Montserrat | 2.6% (2002 est.) |
| Morocco | 2.1% (2007 est.) |
| Mozambique | 8% (2007 est.) |
| Namibia | 6.7% (2007 est.) |
| Nauru | -3.6% (1993) |
| Nepal | 8.6% (November 2006 est.) |
| Netherlands | 1.8% (2007 est.) |
| Netherlands Antilles | 2.1% (2003 est.) |
| New Caledonia | 1.4% (2000 est.) |
| New Zealand | 2.5% (2007 est.) |
| Nicaragua | 9.8% (2007 est.) |
| Niger | 0.2% (2004 est.) |
| Nigeria | 6.5% (2007 est.) |
| Niue | 4% (2005) |
| Northern Mariana Islands | -0.8% (2000) |
| Norway | 0.4% (2007 est.) |
| Oman | 4% (2007 est.) |
| Pakistan | 6.9% (2007 est.) |
| Palau | 2.7% (2005 est.) |
| Panama | 5.1% (2007 est.) |
| Papua New Guinea | 1.8% (2007 est.) |
| Paraguay | 6% (2007) |
| Peru | 3.5% (2007 est.) |
| Philippines | 2.8% (2007 est.) |
| Poland | 2.1% (2007 est.) |
| Portugal | 2.4% (2007 est.) |
| Puerto Rico | 6.5% (2003 est.) |
| Qatar | 12% (2007 est.) |
| Romania | 4.6% (2007 est.) |
| Russia | 11.9% annual average
note: 12% at year-end (2007 est.) |
| Rwanda | 8% (2007 est.) |
| Saint Helena | 3.2% (1997 est.) |
| Saint Kitts and Nevis | 8.7% (2005 est.) |
| Saint Lucia | 2.9% (2005 est.) |
| Saint Pierre and Miquelon | 8.1% (2005) |
| Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 1% (2005 est.) |
| Samoa | 3.3% (2005) |
| San Marino | -1.5% (2006) |
| Sao Tome and Principe | 17% (2007 est.) |
| Saudi Arabia | 3.4% (2007 est.) |
| Senegal | 5.4% (2007 est.) |
| Serbia | 8.9% (2007 est.) |
| Seychelles | 2.9% (2007 est.) |
| Sierra Leone | 1% (2002 est.) |
| Singapore | 4.4% (2007) |
| Slovakia | 2.7% (2007 est.) |
| Slovenia | 5.6% (2007 est.) |
| Solomon Islands | 6.6% (2005 est.) |
| Somalia | NA%; note - businesses print their own money, so inflation rates cannot be easily determined |
| South Africa | 6.5% (2007 est.) |
| Spain | 2.4% (2007 est.) |
| Sri Lanka | 15.6% (2007 est.) |
| Sudan | 5.3% (2007 est.) |
| Suriname | 9.5% (2005 est.) |
| Swaziland | 6% (2007 est.) |
| Sweden | 2% (2007 est.) |
| Switzerland | 0.6% (2007 est.) |
| Syria | 7% (2007 est.) |
| Taiwan | 1.8% (2007 est.) |
| Tajikistan | 9.8% (2007 est.) |
| Tanzania | 7% (2007 est.) |
| Thailand | 2.2% (2007) |
| Timor-Leste | 5.4% (2007 est.) |
| Togo | 3% (2007 est.) |
| Tokelau | NA% |
| Tonga | 11.1% (2005 est.) |
| Trinidad and Tobago | 7.6% (2007 est.) |
| Tunisia | 2.9% (2007 est.) |
| Turkey | 8.5% (2007 est.) |
| Turkmenistan | 11.3% (2007 est.) |
| Turks and Caicos Islands | 4% (1995) |
| Tuvalu | 3.9% (2005 est.) |
| Uganda | 5.8% (2007 est.) |
| Ukraine | 11.3% (2007 est.) |
| United Arab Emirates | 12% (2007 est.) |
| United Kingdom | 2.4% (2007 est.) |
| United States | 2.7% (2007 est.) |
| Uruguay | 8.5% (2007) |
| Uzbekistan | 16% officially, but 38% based on analysis of consumer prices (2007 est.) |
| Vanuatu | -1.6% (2005 est.) |
| Venezuela | 20.7% (Year ending November 2007) |
| Vietnam | 8.3% (2007 est.) |
| Virgin Islands | 2.2% (2003) |
| Wallis and Futuna | 2.8% (2005) |
| West Bank | 3.6% (includes Gaza Strip) (2006) |
| Western Sahara | NA% |
| World | developed countries 1% to 4% typically; developing countries 5% to 20% typically; national inflation rates vary widely in individual cases, from declining prices in Japan to hyperinflation in one Third World countries (Zimbabwe); inflation rates have declined for most countries for the last several years, held in check by increasing international competition from several low wage countries (2005 est.) |
| Yemen | 10.7% (2007 est.) |
| Zambia | 8.9% (2007 est.) |
| Zimbabwe | 26,470% official data; private sector estimates are much higher (2007) |
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