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Country
Inflation rate (consumer prices) (%)
Afghanistan 16.3% (2005 est.)
Albania 2.5% (2006)
Algeria 3% (2006 est.)
American Samoa NA%
Andorra 3.2% (2005)
Angola 13.2% (2006 est.)
Anguilla 5.3% (2006 est.)
Antigua and Barbuda 0.9% (2005 est.)
Argentina 10% (November 2006 est.)
Armenia 2.9% (2006 est.)
Aruba 3.4% (2005)
Australia 3.8% (2006 est.)
Austria 1.6% (2006 est.)
Azerbaijan 8% (2006 est.)
Bahamas, The 1.2% (2004)
Bahrain 3.5% (2006 est.)
Bangladesh 7.2% (2006 est.)
Barbados -0.5% (2003 est.)
Belarus 9.5% (2006 est.)
Belgium 2.1% (2006 est.)
Belize 4.5% (2006 est.)
Benin 3% (2006 est.)
Bermuda 2.8% (November 2005)
Bhutan 5.5% (2005 est.)
Bolivia 4.3% (2006 est.)
Bosnia and Herzegovina 8.2% (2006 est.)
Botswana 11.4% (2006 est.)
Brazil 3% (2006 est.)
British Virgin Islands 2% (2005)
Brunei 1.1% (2005)
Bulgaria 6.5% (2006 est.)
Burkina Faso 4% (2006 est.)
Burma 21.4% (2006 est.)
Burundi 11% (2006 est.)
Cambodia 5% (2006 est.)
Cameroon 2.4% (2006 est.)
Canada 2% (2006 est.)
Cape Verde 4.7% (2006 est.)
Cayman Islands 4.4% (2004)
Central African Republic 3.6% (2001 est.)
Chad 4% (2006 est.)
Chile 2.6% (2006)
China 1.5% (2006 est.)
Colombia 4.3% (2006 est.)
Comoros 3% (2005 est.)
Congo, Democratic Republic of the 18.2% (2006 est.)
Congo, Republic of the 2.6% (2006 est.)
Cook Islands 2.1% (2005 est.)
Costa Rica 12.1% (2006 est.)
Cote d'Ivoire 3.2% (2006 est.)
Croatia 3.4% (2006 est.)
Cuba 5% (2006 est.)
Cyprus area under government control: 2.8% (2005 est.)
area administered by Turkish Cypriots: 9.1% (2004 est.)
Czech Republic 2.7% (2006 est.)
Denmark 1.8% (2006 est.)
Djibouti 3% (2005 est.)
Dominica -0.1% (2005 est.)
Dominican Republic 8.2% (2006 est.)
East Timor 1.4% (2005)
Ecuador 3.4% (2006 est.)
Egypt 6.5% (2006 est.)
El Salvador 4.9% (2006 est.)
Equatorial Guinea 5.2% (2006 est.)
Eritrea 14% (2006 est.)
Estonia 4.4% (2006 est.)
Ethiopia 13% (2006 est.)
European Union 1.8% (2006 est.)
Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas) 3.6% (1998)
Faroe Islands 1.8% (2005)
Fiji 3% (2005)
Finland 1.7% (2006 est.)
France 1.5% (2006 est.)
French Polynesia 1.1% (2006 est.)
Gabon 2.2% (2006 est.)
Gambia, The 14% (2006 est.)
Gaza Strip 2.9% (includes West Bank) (2005)
Georgia 10% (2006 est.)
Germany 1.7% (2006 est.)
Ghana 10.9% (2006 est.)
Gibraltar 1.5% (1998)
Greece 3.3% (2006 est.)
Greenland 1% (2005 est.)
Grenada 3% (2005 est.)
Guam 2.5% (2005 est.)
Guatemala 5.8% (2006)
Guernsey 3.4% (June 2006)
Guinea 29% (2006 est.)
Guinea-Bissau 4% (2002 est.)
Guyana 6% (2006 est.)
Haiti 14.4% (2006 est.)
Honduras 5.7% (2006 est.)
Hong Kong 2.2% (2006 est.)
Hungary 3.7% (2006 est.)
Iceland 6.8% (2006 est.)
India 5.3% (2006 est.)
Indonesia 13.2% (2006 est.)
Iran 15.8% (2006 est.)
Iraq 64.8% (2006 est.)
Ireland 3.9% (2006 est.)
Isle of Man 3.1% (December 2006 est.)
Israel -0.1% (2006)
Italy 2.3% (2006 est.)
Jamaica 5.8% (2006 est.)
Japan 0.3% (2006 est.)
Jersey 3.7% (December 2006)
Jordan 6.3% (2006 est.)
Kazakhstan 8.6% (2006 est.)
Kenya 10.5% (2006 est.)
Kiribati 0.5% (2005 est.)
Korea, North NA%
Korea, South 2.2% (2006 est.)
Kuwait 3% (2006 est.)
Kyrgyzstan 6.4% (2006 est.)
Laos 6.8% (2006 est.)
Latvia 6.8% (December 2006 est.)
Lebanon 4.8% (2006 est.)
Lesotho 5% (2006 est.)
Liberia 15% (2003 est.)
Libya 3.1% (2006 est.)
Liechtenstein 1% (2001)
Lithuania 3.8% (2006 est.)
Luxembourg 2.6% (2006 est.)
Macau 4.4% (2005)
Macedonia 3% (2006 est.)
Madagascar 12% (2006 est.)
Malawi 13.9% (2006)
Malaysia 3.8% (2006 est.)
Maldives 6% (2005 est.)
Mali 4.5% (2002 est.)
Malta 2.6% (2006 est.)
Marshall Islands 3% (2005 est.)
Mauritania 7% (2003 est.)
Mauritius 8.9% (2006 est.)
Mayotte 1.7% (2005)
Mexico 3.4% (2006 est.)
Micronesia, Federated States of 2.2% (2005)
Moldova 14.1% (2006 est.)
Monaco 1.9% (2000)
Mongolia 9.5% (2005 est.)
Montenegro 3.4% (2004)
Montserrat 2.6% (2002 est.)
Morocco 2.8% (2006 est.)
Mozambique 12.8% (2006 est.)
Namibia 5% (2006 est.)
Nauru -3.6% (1993)
Nepal 8.6% (November 2006 est.)
Netherlands 1.4% (2006 est.)
Netherlands Antilles 2.1% (2003 est.)
New Caledonia 1.4% (2000 est.)
New Zealand 3.8% (2006 est.)
Nicaragua 9.4% (2006 est.)
Niger 0.2% (2004 est.)
Nigeria 10.5% (2006 est.)
Niue 4% (2005)
Northern Mariana Islands -0.8% (2000)
Norway 2.3% (2006 est.)
Oman 3% (2006 est.)
Pakistan 7.9% (2006 est.)
Palau 2.7% (2005 est.)
Panama 2.6% (2006 est.)
Papua New Guinea 2.5% (2006 est.)
Paraguay 12.5% (2006 est.)
Peru 2.1% (2006 est.)
Philippines 6.2% (2006 est.)
Poland 1.3% (2006 est.)
Portugal 2.5% (2006 est.)
Puerto Rico 6.5% (2003 est.)
Qatar 7.2% (2006 est.)
Romania 6.8% (2006 est.)
Russia 9.8% (2006 est.)
Rwanda 6.7% (2006 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 15% (2006 est.)
Saudi Arabia 1.9% (2006 est.)
Senegal 2% (2006 est.)
Serbia 15.5% (2005 est.)
Seychelles 0.7% (2006 est.)
Sierra Leone 1% (2002 est.)
Singapore 1% (2006 est.)
Slovakia 4.4% (2006 est.)
Slovenia 2.4% (2006 est.)
Solomon Islands 6.6% (2005 est.)
Somalia NA%; note - businesses print their own money, so inflation rates cannot be easily determined
South Africa 5% (2006 est.)
Spain 3.5% (2006 est.)
Sri Lanka 12.1% (2006 est.)
Sudan 9% (2006 est.)
Suriname 9.5% (2005 est.)
Swaziland 5.4% (2006 est.)
Sweden 1.4% (2006 est.)
Switzerland 1.2% (2006 est.)
Syria 8% (2006 est.)
Taiwan 1% (2006 est.)
Tajikistan 7.5% (2006 est.)
Tanzania 5.9% (2006 est.)
Thailand 5.1% (2006 est.)
Togo 2.8% (2006 est.)
Tokelau NA%
Tonga 11.1% (2005 est.)
Trinidad and Tobago 8% (2006 est.)
Tunisia 4.6% (2006 est.)
Turkey 9.8% (2006 est.)
Turkmenistan 11% (2006 est.)
Turks and Caicos Islands 4% (1995)
Tuvalu 3.9% (2005 est.)
Uganda 6% (2006 est.)
Ukraine 11.6% (2006)
United Arab Emirates 10% (2006 est.)
United Kingdom 3% (2006 est.)
United States 2.5% (2006 est.)
Uruguay 6.5% (2006 est.)
Uzbekistan 7.6% officially, but 38% based on analysis of consumer prices (2006)
Vanuatu -1.6% (2005 est.)
Venezuela 15.8% (2006 est.)
Vietnam 7.5% (2006 est.)
Virgin Islands 2.2% (2003)
Wallis and Futuna 2.8% (2005)
West Bank 2.9% (includes Gaza Strip) (2005)
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 14.8% (2006 est.)
Zambia 8.8% (2006 est.)
Zimbabwe 976.4% official data; private sector estimates are much higher (2006 est.)

This page was last updated on 15 March, 2007
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