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
|
4.5% (2007 est.)
|
Aruba
|
3.4% (2005)
|
Australia
|
2.4% (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
|
1.2% (2007 est.)
|
Burma
|
40.2% (2007 est.)
|
Burundi
|
7% (2007 est.)
|
Cambodia
|
4.4% (2007 est.)
|
Cameroon
|
2% (2007 est.)
|
Canada
|
2.1% (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% 2.3% (2005 est.)
area administered by Turkish Cypriots: 9.1% (2004 est.) (2007 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
|
2.2% (2007 est.)
|
Egypt
|
8.8% (2007 est.)
|
El Salvador
|
4.3% (2007 est.)
|
Equatorial Guinea
|
5.5% (2007 est.)
|
Eritrea
|
15.5% (2007 est.)
|
Estonia
|
6% (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
|
8% (2007 est.)
|
Germany
|
2% (2007 est.)
|
Ghana
|
10% (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
|
20% (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
|
4.9% (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 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
|
4.4% (2005)
|
Macedonia
|
2% (2007 est.)
|
Madagascar
|
10% (2007 est.)
|
Malawi
|
8% (2007 est.)
|
Malaysia
|
2.1% (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
|
4% (2007 est.)
|
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
|
8.6% (2007 est.)
|
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
|
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
|
1.8% (2007 est.)
|
Slovakia
|
2.7% (2007 est.)
|
Slovenia
|
3.2% (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% (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
|
1.1% (2007 est.)
|
Tajikistan
|
9.8% (2007 est.)
|
Tanzania
|
7% (2007 est.)
|
Thailand
|
2% (2007 est.)
|
Timor-Leste
|
1.4% (2005)
|
Togo
|
3% (2007 est.)
|
Tokelau
|
NA%
|
Tonga
|
11.1% (2005 est.)
|
Trinidad and Tobago
|
8% (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
|
8.3% (2007 est.)
|
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
|
8.1% (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
|
10.5% (2007 est.)
|
Zimbabwe
|
6,072% official data; private sector estimates are much higher (2007 est.)
|