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Country | Inflation rate (consumer prices) (%)
Afghanistan | 13% (2007 est.)
Albania | 2.9% (2007 est.)
Algeria | 3.7% (2007 est.)
American Samoa | NA%
Andorra | 3.2% (2005)
Angola | 12.2% (2007 est.)
Anguilla | 5.3% (2006 est.)
Antigua and Barbuda | 1.5% (2007 est.)
Argentina | 8.8% official rate; actual rate may be double the official rate (2007 est.)
Armenia | 4.4% (2007 est.)
Aruba | 3.4% (2005)
Australia | 2.3% (2007 est.)
Austria | 2.2% (2007 est.)
Azerbaijan | 16.6% (2007 est.)
Bahamas, The | 2.4% (2007 est.)
Bahrain | 3.4% (2007 est.)
Bangladesh | 8.4% (2007 est.)
Barbados | 5.5% (2007 est.)
Belarus | 8.4% (2007 est.)
Belgium | 1.8% (2007 est.)
Belize | 3% (2007 est.)
Benin | 2% (2007 est.)
Bermuda | 2.8% (November 2005)
Bhutan | 4.9% (2007 est.)
Bolivia | 8.7% (2007 est.)
Bosnia and Herzegovina | 1.3% (2007 est.)
Botswana | 7.1% (2007 est.)
Brazil | 3.6% (2007 est.)
British Virgin Islands | 2% (2005)
Brunei | 0.4% (2007 est.)
Bulgaria | 7.6% (2007 est.)
Burkina Faso | -0.2% (2007 est.)
Burma | 34.4% (2007 est.)
Burundi | 8.4% (2007 est.)
Cambodia | 5.9% (2007 est.)
Cameroon | 0.9% (2007 est.)
Canada | 2.1% (2007 est.)
Cape Verde | 4.4% (2007 est.)
Cayman Islands | 4.4% (2004)
Central African Republic | 0.9% (2007 est.)
Chad | -8.8% (2007 est.)
Chile | 4.4% (2007 est.)
China | 4.8% (2007 est.)
Colombia | 5.5% (2007 est.)
Comoros | 3% (2007 est.)
Congo, Democratic Republic of the | 16.7% (2007 est.)
Congo, Republic of the | 2.6% (2007 est.)
Cook Islands | 2.1% (2005 est.)
Costa Rica | 9.4% (2007 est.)
Cote d'Ivoire | 2.1% (2007 est.)
Croatia | 2.9% (2007 est.)
Cuba | 3.1% (2007 est.)
Cyprus | 2.2% (2007 est.)
Czech Republic | 2.8% (2007 est.)
Denmark | 1.7% (2007 est.)
Djibouti | 5% (2007 est.)
Dominica | 2.7% (2007 est.)
Dominican Republic | 6.1% (2007 est.)
Ecuador | 2.2% (2007 est.)
Egypt | 11% (2007 est.)
El Salvador | 3.9% (2007 est.)
Equatorial Guinea | 4.6% (2007 est.)
Eritrea | 9.3% (2007 est.)
Estonia | 6.6% (2007 est.)
Ethiopia | 17% (2007 est.)
European Union | 1.8% (2006 est.)
Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas) | 3.6% (1998)
Faroe Islands | 1.8% (2005)
Fiji | 4.8% (2007)
Finland | 1.6% (2007 est.)
France | 1.6% (2007 est.)
French Polynesia | 1.1% (2006 est.)
Gabon | 5% (2007 est.)
Gambia, The | 5% (2007 est.)
Gaza Strip | 3.6% (includes West Bank) (2006)
Georgia | 9.2% (2007 est.)
Germany | 2.3% (2007 est.)
Ghana | 9.6% (2007 est.)
Gibraltar | 2.9% (2005)
Greece | 3% (2007 est.)
Greenland | 1% (2005 est.)
Grenada | 3.7% (2007 est.)
Guam | 2.5% (2005 est.)
Guatemala | 6.8% (2007 est.)
Guernsey | 3.4% (June 2006)
Guinea | 22.9% (2007 est.)
Guinea-Bissau | 3.8% (2007 est.)
Guyana | 12.2% (2007 est.)
Haiti | 9% (2007 est.)
Honduras | 6.9% (2007 est.)
Hong Kong | 2% (2007 est.)
Hungary | 7.9% (2007 est.)
Iceland | 5% (2007 est.)
India | 6.4% (2007 est.)
Indonesia | 6.4% (2007 est.)
Iran | 17.5% (2007 est.)
Iraq | 4.7% (2007 est.)
Ireland | 3% (2007 est.)
Isle of Man | 3.1% (December 2006 est.)
Israel | 0.5% (2007 est.)
Italy | 2% (2007 est.)
Jamaica | 9.3% (2007 est.)
Japan | 0% (2007 est.)
Jersey | 3.7% (December 2006)
Jordan | 5.4% (2007 est.)
Kazakhstan | 10.8% (2007)
Kenya | 9.8% (2007 est.)
Kiribati | 0.2% (2007 est.)
Korea, North | NA%
Korea, South | 2.5% (2007)
Kosovo | 2% (2007 est.)
Kuwait | 5% (2007 est.)
Kyrgyzstan | 10.2% (2007 est.)
Laos | 4.5% (2007 est.)
Latvia | 10.1% (2007 est.)
Lebanon | 4.1% (2007 est.)
Lesotho | 8% (2007 est.)
Liberia | 11.2% (2007 est.)
Libya | 6.7% (2007 est.)
Liechtenstein | 1% (2001)
Lithuania | 5.8% (2007 est.)
Luxembourg | 2.3% (2007 est.)
Macau | 7.2% (2006)
Macedonia | 2.3% (2007 est.)
Madagascar | 10.3% (2007 est.)
Malawi | 8.1% (2007 est.)
Malaysia | 2.1% note: approximately 30% of goods are price-controlled (2007 est.)
Maldives | 5% (2007 est.)
Mali | 2.5% (2007 est.)
Malta | 0.7% (2007 est.)
Marshall Islands | 3% (2005 est.)
Mauritania | 7.3% (2007 est.)
Mauritius | 8.8% (2007 est.)
Mayotte | 1.7% (2005)
Mexico | 4% (2007)
Micronesia, Federated States of | 2.2% (2005)
Moldova | 12.6% (2007 est.)
Monaco | 1.9% (2000)
Mongolia | 9% (2007)
Montenegro | 3.4% (2007)
Montserrat | 2.6% (2002 est.)
Morocco | 2% (2007 est.)
Mozambique | 7.9% (2007 est.)
Namibia | 6.7% (2007 est.)
Nauru | -3.6% (1993)
Nepal | 6.4% (2007 est.)
Netherlands | 1.6% (2007 est.)
Netherlands Antilles | 2.1% (2003 est.)
New Caledonia | 1.4% (2000 est.)
New Zealand | 2.4% (2007 est.)
Nicaragua | 11.1% (2007 est.)
Niger | 0.1% (2007 est.)
Nigeria | 5.5% (2007 est.)
Niue | 4% (2005)
Northern Mariana Islands | -0.8% (2000)
Norway | 0.8% (2007 est.)
Oman | 5.5% (2007 est.)
Pakistan | 7.8% (2007 est.)
Palau | 2.7% (2005 est.)
Panama | 4.2% (2007 est.)
Papua New Guinea | 1.7% (2007 est.)
Paraguay | 8.1% (2007)
Peru | 1.8% (2007 est.)
Philippines | 2.8% (2007 est.)
Poland | 2.5% (2007 est.)
Portugal | 2.4% (2007)
Puerto Rico | 6.5% (2003 est.)
Qatar | 13.8% (2007 est.)
Romania | 4.8% (2007 est.)
Russia | 11.9% annual average note: 12% at year-end (2007 est.)
Rwanda | 9.4% (2007 est.)
Saint Helena | 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 | 6.1% (2007 est.)
Samoa | 6% (2007 est.)
San Marino | -1.5% (2006)
Sao Tome and Principe | 19.9% (2007 est.)
Saudi Arabia | 4.1% (2007 est.)
Senegal | 5.9% (2007)
Serbia | 6.8% (2007)
Seychelles | 5.7% (2007 est.)
Sierra Leone | 11.7% (2007 est.)
Singapore | 2.1% (2007)
Slovakia | 2.8% (2007 est.)
Slovenia | 3.6% (2007 est.)
Solomon Islands | 6.3% (2007 est.)
Somalia | NA%; note - businesses print their own money, so inflation rates cannot be easily determined
South Africa | 7.1% (2007 est.)
Spain | 2.8% (2007 est.)
Sri Lanka | 19.7% (2007 est.)
Sudan | 8% (2007 est.)
Suriname | 6.4% (2007 est.)
Swaziland | 8.2% (2007 est.)
Sweden | 1.7% (2007 est.)
Switzerland | 0.9% (2007 est.)
Syria | 7% (2007 est.)
Taiwan | 1.8% (2007 est.)
Tajikistan | 13.2% (2007 est.)
Tanzania | 7% (2007 est.)
Thailand | 2.2% (2007 est.)
Timor-Leste | 7.8% (2007 est.)
Togo | 1% (2007 est.)
Tokelau | NA%
Tonga | 5.9% (2007 est.)
Trinidad and Tobago | 7.9% (2007 est.)
Tunisia | 3.1% (2007 est.)
Turkey | 8.8% (2007 est.)
Turkmenistan | 6.4% (2007 est.)
Turks and Caicos Islands | 4% (1995)
Tuvalu | 3.8% (2006 est.)
Uganda | 6.8% (2007 est.)
Ukraine | 12.8% (2007 est.)
United Arab Emirates | 11% (2007 est.)
United Kingdom | 2.3% (2007 est.)
United States | 2.9% (2007 est.)
Uruguay | 8.1% (2007)
Uzbekistan | 12.3% officially, but 38% based on analysis of consumer prices (2007 est.)
Vanuatu | 3.9% (2007 est.)
Venezuela | 18.7% (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 country (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 | 12.5% (2007 est.)
Zambia | 10.7% (2007 est.)
Zimbabwe | 10,453% official data; private sector estimates are much higher (2007 est.)
This page was last updated on 19 June 2008