Inflation rate (consumer prices) (%)

Definition Field Listing Rank Order

Others A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z

Others

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.)
European Union: 1.5% (2013 est.)
2.6% (2012 est.)
Taiwan: 1.1% (2013 est.)
1.9% (2012 est.)

A

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.)

B

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.)

C

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.)

D

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.)

E

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.)

F

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.)

G

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.)

H

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.)

I

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.)

J

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.)

K

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.)

L

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.)

M

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.)

N

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.)

O

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

P

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.)

Q

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

R

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.)

S

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.)

T

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.)

U

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

V

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)

W

Wallis and Futuna: 2.8% (2005)
West Bank: 1.7% (2013 est.)
2.8% (2012 est.)
note: includes Gaza Strip
Western Sahara: NA%

X

Y

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

Z

Zambia: 7.1% (2013 est.)
6.6% (2012 est.)
Zimbabwe: 8.5% (2013 est.)
8.2% (2012 est.)