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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	6.8% (2012 est.) 5.7% (2011 est.)


Albania	1.7% (2013 est.) 2.1% (2012 est.)


Algeria	3.9% (2013 est.) 8.9% (2012 est.)


American Samoa	NA%


Andorra	1.1% (2012 est.) -2.5% (2011 est.)


Angola	8.9% (2013 est.) 10.3% (2012 est.)


Anguilla	3.1% (2013 est.) 4.4% (2012 est.)


Antigua and Barbuda	3% (2013 est.) 3.4% (2012 est.)


Argentina	20.8% (2013 est.) 25.3% (2012 est.) note: data are derived from private estimates


Armenia	6.2% (2013 est.) 2.6% (2012 est.)


Aruba	-2% (2013 est.) 0.6% (2012 est.)


Australia	2.4% (2013 est.) 1.8% (2012 est.)


Austria	2.1% (2013 est.) 2.6% (2012 est.)


Azerbaijan	2.4% (2013 est.) 1.1% (2012 est.)


Bahamas, The	1% (2013 est.) 2% (2012 est.)


Bahrain	3.1% (2013 est.) 2.8% (2012 est.)


Bangladesh	7.6% (2013 est.) 6.6% (2012 est.)


Barbados	2.1% (2013 est.) 4.8% (2012 est.)


Belarus	19% (2013 est.) 59.1% (2012 est.)


Belgium	1.3% (2013 est.) 2.6% (2012 est.)


Belize	1.3% (2013 est.) 1.3% (2012 est.)


Benin	2.4% (2013 est.) 6.8% (2012 est.)


Bermuda	1.8% (2013 est.) 2.4% (2012 est.)


Bhutan	11% (2013 est.) 10.9% (2012 est.)


Bolivia	6.5% (2013 est.) 4.5% (2012 est.)


Bosnia and Herzegovina	0.2% (2013 est.) 1.8% (2012 est.)


Botswana	6.1% (2013 est.) 7.5% (2012 est.)


Brazil	6.2% (2013 est.) 5.4% (2012 est.)


British Virgin Islands	1.6% (2013 est.) 2.2% (2012 est.)


Brunei	1% (2013 est.) 0.5% (2012 est.)


Bulgaria	1.5% (2013 est.) 3% (2012 est.)


Burkina Faso	2.1% (2013 est.) 3.8% (2012 est.)


Burma	5.7% (2013 est.) 1.5% (2012 est.)


Burundi	9.3% (2013 est.) 18% (2012 est.)


Cabo Verde	1.9% (2013 est.) 2.5% (2012 est.)


Cambodia	3.2% (2013 est.) 2.9% (2012 est.)


Cameroon	2.6% (2013 est.) 2.9% (2012 est.)


Canada	1% (2013 est.) 1.5% (2012 est.)


Cayman Islands	1.8% (2013 est.) 1.2% (2012 est.)


Central African Republic	7% (2013 est.) 5.8% (2012 est.)


Chad	4.5% (2013 est.) 10.2% (2012 est.)


Chile	1.7% (2013 est.) 3% (2012 est.)


China	2.6% (2013 est.) 2.6% (2012 est.)


Colombia	2.2% (2013 est.) 3.4% (2011 est.)


Comoros	2.5% (2013 est.) 6.3% (2012 est.)


Congo, Democratic Republic of the	7.1% (2013 est.) 9.5% (2012 est.)


Congo, Republic of the	1.7% (2013 est.) 3.9% (2012 est.)


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


Costa Rica	5.6% (2013 est.) 4.5% (2012 est.)


Cote d'Ivoire	2.9% (2013 est.) 1.3% (2012 est.)


Croatia	2.2% (2013 est.) 3.4% (2012 est.)


Cuba	6% (2013 est.) 5.5% (2012 est.)


Curacao	3.2% (2012 est.) 2.3% (2011 est.)


Cyprus	0.2% (2013 est.) $NA (2012 est.)


Czech Republic	1.4% (2013 est.) 3.3% (2012 est.)


Denmark	0.8% (2013 est.) 2.4% (2012 est.)


Djibouti	2.5% (2013 est.) 7.9% (2012 est.)


Dominica	1.8% (2013 est.) 1.4% (2012 est.)


Dominican Republic	5% (2013 est.) 3.7% (2012 est.)


Ecuador	2.6% (2013 est.) 4.5% (2011 est.)


Egypt	9% (2013 est.) 7.1% (2012 est.)


El Salvador	0.9% (2013 est.) 1.8% (2012 est.)


Equatorial Guinea	6% (2013 est.) 6.1% (2012 est.)


Eritrea	13% (2013 est.) 17% (2012 est.)


Estonia	3.4% (2013 est.) 3.9% (2012 est.)


Ethiopia	8.4% (2013 est.) 22.9% (2012 est.)


European Union	1.5% (2013 est.) 2.6% (2012 est.)


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


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


Fiji	3% (2013 est.) 4.4% (2012 est.)


Finland	2.2% (2013 est.) 3.2% (2012 est.)


France	0.9% (2013 est.) 2% (2012 est.)


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


Gabon	1.2% (2013 est.) 2.7% (2012 est.)


Gambia, The	6% (2013 est.) 4.6% (2012 est.)


Gaza Strip	1.7% (2013 est.) 2.8% (2012 est.) note: includes West Bank


Georgia	-0.5% (2013 est.) -0.9% (2012 est.)


Germany	1.6% (2013 est.) 2.1% (2012 est.)


Ghana	11% (2013 est.) 9.2% (2012 est.)


Gibraltar	2.8% (2008) 2.6% (2006)


Greece	-0.8% (2013 est.) 1.5% (2012 est.)


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


Grenada	2.4% (2013 est.) 2.4% (2012 est.)


Guam	4% (2011 est.)


Guatemala	4.4% (2013 est.) 3.8% (2012 est.)


Guernsey	3.4% (June 2006)


Guinea	11.9% (2013 est.) 15.2% (2012 est.)


Guinea-Bissau	1.9% (2013 est.) 2.1% (2012 est.)


Guyana	3.9% (2013 est.) 2.4% (2012 est.)


Haiti	6.3% (2013 est.) 6.3% (2012 est.)


Honduras	5.2% (2013 est.) 5.2% (2012 est.)


Hong Kong	4.4% (2013 est.) 4.1% (2012 est.)


Hungary	1.9% (2013 est.) 5.7% (2012 est.)


Iceland	3.9% (2013 est.) $NA (2012 est.)


India	9.6% (2013 est.) 9.7% (2012 est.)


Indonesia	7.7% (2013 est.) 4.3% (2012 est.)


Iran	42.3% (2013 est.) 30.5% (2012 est.) note: official Iranian estimate


Iraq	2% (2013 est.) 6.1% (2012 est.)


Ireland	0.6% (2013 est.) 1.7% (2012 est.)


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


Israel	1.7% (2013 est.) 1.7% (2012 est.)


Italy	1.2% (2013 est.) 3% (2012 est.)


Jamaica	9.4% (2013 est.) 6.9% (2012 est.)


Japan	0.2% (2013 est.) 0% (2012 est.)


Jersey	3.7% (2006)


Jordan	5.9% (2013 est.) 4.8% (2012 est.)


Kazakhstan	5.8% (2013 est.) 5.1% (2012 est.)


Kenya	5.8% (2013 est.) 9.4% (2012 est.)


Kiribati	0.2% (2007 est.)


Korea, North	NA%


Korea, South	1.1% (2013 est.) 2.2% (2012 est.)


Kosovo	1.8% (2013 est.) 2.5% (2012 est.)


Kuwait	2.8% (2013 est.) 2.9% (2012 est.)


Kyrgyzstan	6.8% (2013 est.) 2.7% (2012 est.)


Laos	6.5% (2013 est.) 4.3% (2012 est.)


Latvia	0.2% (2013 est.) 2.3% (2012 est.)


Lebanon	5% (2013 est.) 6.4% (2012 est.)


Lesotho	5% (2013 est.) 6.1% (2012 est.)


Liberia	5.2% (2013 est.) 6.8% (2012 est.)


Libya	3.2% (2013 est.) 6.1% (2012 est.)


Liechtenstein	-0.7% (2012) 0.2% (2011)


Lithuania	1.2% (2013 est.) 3.1% (2012 est.)


Luxembourg	1.8% (2013 est.) 2.9% (2012 est.)


Macau	5.5% (2013 est.) 6.1% (2012 est.)


Macedonia	2.8% (2013 est.) 3.3% (2012 est.)


Madagascar	8.8% (2013 est.) 6.4% (2012 est.)


Malawi	26.9% (2013 est.) 21.4% (2012 est.)


Malaysia	2.2% (2013 est.) 1.7% (2012 est.) note: approximately 30% of goods are price-controlled


Maldives	5.1% (2012 est.) 16.7% (2011 est.)


Mali	0.1% (2013 est.) 5.4% (2012 est.)


Malta	1% (2013 est.) 3.2% (2012 est.)


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


Mauritania	4.6% (2013 est.) 4.9% (2012 est.)


Mauritius	3.5% (2013 est.) 3.9% (2012 est.)


Mexico	4% (2013 est.) 3.6% (2012 est.)


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


Moldova	4.6% (2013 est.) 4.6% (2012 est.)


Monaco	1.5% (2010)


Mongolia	8.2% (2013 est.) 15% (2012 est.)


Montenegro	4% (2012) 3% (2011)


Montserrat	4.5% (2013 est.) 4.8% (2012 est.)


Morocco	2.5% (2013 est.) 1.2% (2012 est.)


Mozambique	4.4% (2013 est.) 2.1% (2012 est.)


Namibia	5.5% (2013 est.) 6.5% (2012 est.)


Nauru	NA% (2011 est.)


Nepal	NA% (2013 est.) 9.5% (2012 est.)


Netherlands	2.5% (2013 est.) 2.5% (2012 est.)


New Caledonia	1.7% (2013 est.) 1.7% (2012 est.)


New Zealand	1.3% (2013 est.) 1.1% (2012 est.)


Nicaragua	5.7% (2013 est.) 6.6% (2012 est.)


Niger	1.9% (2013 est.) 0.5% (2012 est.)


Nigeria	8.7% (2013 est.) 12.2% (2012 est.)


Niue	4% (2005)


Northern Mariana Islands	-2.7% (2012 est.)


Norway	1.9% (2013 est.) 0.7% (2012 est.)


Oman	1.6% (2013 est.) 2.9% (2012 est.)


Pakistan	7.7% (2013 est.) 9.7% (2012 est.)


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


Panama	4.1% (2013 est.) 5.7% (2012 est.)


Papua New Guinea	3.8% (2013 est.) 2.3% (2012 est.)


Paraguay	2.3% (2013 est.) 3.7% (2012 est.)


Peru	2.9% (2013 est.) 3.4% (2011 est.) note: data are for metropolitan Lima, annual average


Philippines	2.8% (2013 est.) 3.2% (2012 est.)


Poland	1% (2013 est.) 3.7% (2012 est.)


Portugal	0.4% (2013 est.) 2.8% (2012 est.)


Puerto Rico	0.9% (2013 est.) 2.6% (2012 est.)


Qatar	3.1% (2013 est.) 1.9% (2012 est.)


Romania	3.2% (2013 est.) 3.4% (2012 est.)


Russia	6.8% (2013 est.) 5.1% (2012 est.)


Rwanda	5.9% (2013 est.) 6.3% (2012 est.)


Saint Helena, Ascension, and Tristan da Cunha	4% (2012 est.)


Saint Kitts and Nevis	2.2% (2013 est.) 1.4% (2012 est.)


Saint Lucia	5.3% (2013 est.) 4.2% (2012 est.)


Saint Pierre and Miquelon	4.5% (2010) 8.1% (2005)


Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	2.8% (2013 est.) 2.6% (2012 est.)


Samoa	2.7% (2013 est.) 2.1% (2012 est.)


San Marino	2.8% (2012 est.) 2% (2011)


Sao Tome and Principe	8.7% (2013 est.) 10.6% (2012 est.)


Saudi Arabia	3.7% (2013 est.) 2.9% (2012 est.)


Senegal	0.8% (2013 est.) 1.4% (2012 est.)


Serbia	2.2% (2013 est.) 12.2% (2012 est.)


Seychelles	4.3% (2013 est.) 7.1% (2012 est.)


Sierra Leone	11.1% (2013 est.) 12.9% (2012 est.)


Singapore	2.4% (2013 est.) 4.6% (2013 est.)


Sint Maarten	4% (2012 est.) 0.7% (2009 est.)


Slovakia	1.7% (2013 est.) 3.6% (2012 est.)


Slovenia	1.8% (2013 est.) 2.7% (2012 est.)


Solomon Islands	2.6% (2012 est.) 2.6% (2012 est.)


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


South Africa	5.8% (2013 est.) 5.7% (2012 est.)


South Sudan	1.7% (2013 est.) 79% (May 2012 est.)


Spain	1.8% (2013 est.) 2.4% (2012 est.)


Sri Lanka	4.7% (2013 est.) 9.2% (2012 est.)


Sudan	25% (2013 est.) 37.4% (2012 est.)


Suriname	4.2% (2013 est.) 5% (2012 est.)


Swaziland	6.1% (2013 est.) 8.9% (2012 est.)


Sweden	0% (2013 est.) 0.9% (2012 est.)


Switzerland	-0.4% (2013 est.) -0.7% (2012 est.)


Syria	59.1% (2013 est.) 36.9% (2012 est.)


Taiwan	1.1% (2013 est.) 1.9% (2012 est.)


Tajikistan	3.7% (2013 est.) 5.8% (2012 est.)


Tanzania	7.8% (2013 est.) 16% (2012 est.)


Thailand	2.2% (2013 est.) 3% (2012 est.)


Timor-Leste	4.5% (2013 est.) 11.8% (2012 est.)


Togo	2.2% (2013 est.) 2.6% (2012 est.)


Tokelau	NA%


Tonga	2% (2013 est.) 1.2% (2012 est.)


Trinidad and Tobago	5.4% (2013 est.) 9.2% (2012 est.)


Tunisia	6.1% (2013 est.) 5.6% (2012 est.)


Turkey	7.6% (2013 est.) 8.9% (2012 est.)


Turkmenistan	9% (2013 est.) 8.5% (2012 est.)


Turks and Caicos Islands	2.5% (2013 est.) 2.5% (2012 est.)


Tuvalu	3.8% (2006 est.)


Uganda	6.2% (2013 est.) 14% (2012 est.)


Ukraine	0.7% (2013 est.) 0.6% (2012 est.)


United Arab Emirates	1.3% (2013 est.) 0.7% (2012 est.)


United Kingdom	2% (2013 est.) 2.7% (2012 est.)


United States	1.5% (2013 est.) 2.1% (2012 est.)


Uruguay	8.3% (2013 est.) 8.1% (2012 est.)


Uzbekistan	10.1% (2013 est.) 11.4% (2012 est.) note: official data; based on independent analysis of consumer prices, inflation reached 22% in 2012


Vanuatu	1.9% (2013 est.) 1.4% (2012 est.)


Venezuela	56.2% (2013 est.) 21.1% (2012 est.)


Vietnam	6.8% (2013 est.) 9.1% (2012 est.)


Virgin Islands	2.2% (2003)


Wallis and Futuna	2.8% (2005)


West Bank	1.7% (2013 est.) 2.8% (2012 est.) note: includes Gaza Strip


Western Sahara	NA%

World

world average 3.9% (2013 est.)
developed countries 1.5% (2013 est.)
developing countries 5.6% (2013 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 (2013 est.)


Yemen	11.8% (2013 est.) 9.9% (2012 est.)


Zambia	7.1% (2013 est.) 6.6% (2012 est.)


Zimbabwe	8.5% (2013 est.) 8.2% (2012 est.)

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