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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 13.3% (2009 est.)
20.7% (2008 est.)
Albania 3.4% (2010 est.)
2.2% (2009 est.)
Algeria 5% (2010 est.)
5.7% (2009 est.)
American Samoa NA%
Andorra 2.3% (2008)
3.9% (2007)
Angola 13.3% (2010 est.)
13.7% (2009 est.)
Anguilla 5.3% (2006 est.)
Antigua and Barbuda 1.5% (2007 est.)
Argentina 11% (2010 est.)
7.7% (2009 est.)
note: based on official estimates; actual inflation may be 2-3 times this level
Armenia 6.9% (2010 est.)
3.4% (2009 est.)
Aruba 3.4% (2005)
Australia 2.9% (2010 est.)
1.8% (2009 est.)
Austria 1.5% (2010 est.)
0.4% (2009 est.)
Azerbaijan 5.1% (2010 est.)
1.5% (2009 est.)
Bahamas, The 2.4% (2007 est.)
Bahrain 3.3% (2010 est.)
2.8% (2009 est.)
Bangladesh 8.1% (2010 est.)
5.4% (2009 est.)
Barbados 5.5% (2007 est.)
Belarus 7% (2010 est.)
12.9% (2009 est.)
Belgium 2.3% (2010 est.)
0% (2009 est.)
Belize 4.1% (2010 est.)
-1.1% (2009 est.)
Benin 1.6% (2010 est.)
2.2% (2009 est.)
Bermuda 2.8% (November 2005)
Bhutan 4.3% (2008 est.)
4.9% (2007 est.)
Bolivia 2.1% (2010 est.)
3.3% (2009 est.)
Bosnia and Herzegovina 1.9% (2010 est.)
-0.4% (2009 est.)
Botswana 7.1% (2010 est.)
8.1% (2009 est.)
Brazil 4.9% (2010 est.)
4.9% (2009 est.)
British Virgin Islands 7.1% (2008)
2% (2005)
Brunei 2.7% (2008 est.)
0.3% (2007 est.)
Bulgaria 2.1% (2010 est.)
1.6% (2009)
Burkina Faso 1.4% (2010 est.)
2.6% (2009 est.)
Burma 9.6% (2010 est.)
1.5% (2009 est.)
Burundi 7.2% (2010 est.)
10.7% (2009 est.)
Cambodia 4.1% (2010 est.)
-0.7% (2009 est.)
Cameroon 1.9% (2010 est.)
3% (2009 est.)
Canada 1.6% (2010 est.)
0.3% (2009 est.)
Cape Verde 2.5% (2010 est.)
1% (2009 est.)
Cayman Islands 4.1% (2008)
4.4% (2004)
Central African Republic 0.9% (2007 est.)
Chad 4% (2010 est.)
10% (2009 est.)
Chile 1.7% (2010 est.)
1.5% (2009 est.)
China 5% (2010 est.)
-0.7% (2009 est.)
Colombia 2.6% (2010 est.)
4.2% (2009 est.)
Comoros 3% (2007 est.)
Congo, Democratic Republic of the 26.2% (2010 est.)
46.2% (2009 est.)
Congo, Republic of the 5.2% (2010 est.)
4.3% (2009 est.)
Cook Islands 2.1% (2005 est.)
Costa Rica 5.8% (2010 est.)
7.8% (2009 est.)
Cote d'Ivoire 1.4% (2010 est.)
0.9% (2009 est.)
Croatia 1.3% (2010 est.)
2.4% (2009 est.)
Cuba 0.7% (2010 est.)
-0.5% (2009 est.)
Curacao 1.7% (2009 est,)
6.8% (2008 est.)
Cyprus 2.2% (2010 est.)
0.4% (2009 est.)
Czech Republic 1.6% (2010 est.)
1% (2009 est.)
Denmark 2.2% (2010 est.)
1.3% (2009 est.)
Djibouti 6% (2009 est.) 5%
Dominica 0.1% (2009 est.)
2.7% (2007 est.)
Dominican Republic 6.3% (2010 est.)
1.4% (2009 est.)
Ecuador 3.6% (2010 est.)
8.4% (2008 est.)
Egypt 12.8% (2010 est.)
11.9% (2009 est.)
El Salvador 0.8% (2010 est.)
-0.2% (2009)
Equatorial Guinea 8.2% (2010 est.)
7.1% (2009 est.)
Eritrea 20% (2010 est.)
20% (2009 est.)
Estonia 2.4% (2010 est.)
-0.1% (2009 est.)
Ethiopia 7% (2010 est.)
8.5% (2009 est.)
European Union 1.7% (2010 est.)
1.8% (2009 est.)
Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas) 3.6% (1998)
Faroe Islands -1.1% (2009)
6.4% (2008)
Fiji 4.8% (2007)
Finland 1.1% (2010 est.)
0% (2009 est.)
France 1.5% (2010 est.)
0.1% (2009 est.)
French Polynesia 1.1% (2007)
1.1% (2006 est.)
Gabon -1.3% (2010 est.)
1.9% (2009 est.)
Gambia, The 5.5% (2010 est.)
4.6% (2009 est.)
Gaza Strip 9.9% (2009 est.)
11.5% (2008)
note: includes West Bank
Georgia 5.7% (2010 est.)
1.7% (2009 est.)
Germany 1% (2010 est.)
0.3% (2009 est.)
Ghana 10.9% (2010 est.)
19.3% (2009 est.)
Gibraltar 2.6% (2006)
2.9% (2005)
Greece 4.5% (2010 est.)
1.2% (2009 est.)
Greenland 9.4% (2008 est.)
1% (2005 est.)
Grenada 3.7% (2007 est.)
Guam 2.5% (2005 est.)
Guatemala 3.9% (2010 est.)
1.9% (2009 est.)
Guernsey 3.4% (June 2006)
Guinea 15% (2010 est.)
9% (2009 est.)
Guinea-Bissau 3.8% (2007 est.)
Guyana 6.8% (2010 est.)
2.9% (2009 est.)
Haiti 4.6% (2010 est.)
2% (2009 est.)
Honduras 4.6% (2010 est.)
5.5% (2009 est.)
Hong Kong 2.2% (2010 est.)
-0.5% (2009 est.)
Hungary 4.5% (2010 est.)
4.2% (2009 est.)
Iceland 5.5% (2010 est.)
12% (2009 est.)
India 11.7% (2010 est.)
10.9% (2009 est.)
Indonesia 5.2% (2010 est.)
4.8% (2009 est.)
Iran 11.8% (2010 est.)
13.5% (2009 est.)
note: official Iranian estimate
Iraq 4.2% (2010 est.)
6.8% (2009 est.)
Ireland -1.5% (2010 est.)
-4.5% (2009 est.)
Isle of Man 3.1% (December 2006 est.)
Israel 2.6% (2010 est.)
3.3% (2009 est.)
Italy 1.4% (2010 est.)
0.8% (2009 est.)
Jamaica 13% (2010 est.)
9.6% (2009 est.)
Japan -0.9% (2010 est.)
-1.4% (2009 est.)
Jersey 3.7% (December 2006)
Jordan 4.4% (2010 est.)
-0.7% (2009 est.)
Kazakhstan 6.7% (2010 est.)
7.3% (2009 est.)
Kenya 4.2% (2010 est.)
9.3% (2009 est.)
Kiribati 0.2% (2007 est.)
Korea, North NA%
Korea, South 3% (2010 est.)
2.8% (2009 est.)
Kosovo 5.3% (2007 est.)
Kuwait 3.8% (2010 est.)
4% (2009 est.)
Kyrgyzstan 4.8% (2010 est.)
6.9% (2009 est.)
Laos 6.2% (2010 est.)
0% (2009 est.)
Latvia -1.2% (2010 est.)
3.5% (2009 est.)
Lebanon 3.7% (2010 est.)
1.2% (2009 est.)
Lesotho 6.1% (2010 est.)
7.2% (2009 est.)
Liberia 11.2% (2007 est.)
Libya 3% (2010 est.)
2.4% (2009 est.)
Liechtenstein 0.5% (2009)
Lithuania 0.9% (2010 est.)
4.5% (2009 est.)
Luxembourg 2.1% (2010 est.)
0.4% (2009 est.)
Macau 1.2% (December 2009)
8.6% (2008)
Macedonia 1.5% (2010 est.)
-0.8% (2009 est.)
Madagascar 8.1% (2010 est.)
9% (2009 est.)
Malawi 8% (2010 est.)
8.4% (2009 est.)
Malaysia 1.8% (2010 est.)
0.6% (2009 est.)
note: approximately 30% of goods are price-controlled
Maldives 7.3% (2009 est.)
12.3% (2008 est.)
Mali 2.5% (2007 est.)
Malta 1.7% (2010 est.)
2.1% (2009 est.)
Marshall Islands 12.9% (2008 est.)
3% (2005 est.)
Mauritania 7.3% (2007 est.)
Mauritius 2.9% (2010 est.)
2.5% (2009 est.)
Mayotte 1.7% (2005)
Mexico 4.1% (2010 est.)
3.6% (2009)
Micronesia, Federated States of 2.2% (2005)
Moldova 7.3% (2010 est.)
-0.1% (2009 est.)
Monaco 1.9% (2000)
Mongolia 4.2% (2009 est.)
28% (2008 est.)
Montenegro 3.4% (2007)
Montserrat 2.6% (2002 est.)
Morocco 2.5% (2010 est.)
1% (2009 est.)
Mozambique 13.5% (2010 est.)
3.3% (2009 est.)
Namibia 4.6% (2010 est.)
8.8% (2009 est.)
Nauru NA%
Nepal 8.6% (September 2010)
13.2% (2009 est.)
Netherlands 1.1% (2010 est.)
1.2% (2009 est.)
Netherlands Antilles 2.1% (2003 est.)
New Caledonia 1.4% (2000 est.)
New Zealand 2.6% (2010 est.)
2.1% (2009 est.)
Nicaragua 4.7% (2010 est.)
3.7% (2009 est.)
Niger 0.1% (2007 est.)
Nigeria 13.9% (2010 est.)
11.5% (2009 est.)
Niue 4% (2005)
Northern Mariana Islands -0.8% (2000)
Norway 2.4% (2010 est.)
2.1% (2009 est.)
Oman 4% (2010 est.)
3.5% (2009 est.)
Pakistan 13.4% (2010 est.)
13.6% (2009 est.)
Palau 2.7% (2005 est.)
Panama 3.3% (2010 est.)
2.4% (2009 est.)
Papua New Guinea 6.8% (2010 est.)
6.9% (2009 est.)
Paraguay 4.2% (2010 est.)
2.6% (2009 est.)
Peru 1.8% (2010 est.)
2.9% (2009 est.)
Philippines 4.2% (2010 est.)
3.2% (2009 est.)
Poland 2.4% (2010 est.)
3.5% (2009 est.)
Portugal 1.1% (2010 est.)
-0.8% (2009 est.)
Puerto Rico 6.5% (2003 est.)
Qatar 1.1% (2010 est.)
-4.9% (2009 est.)
Romania 6% (2010 est.)
5.6% (2009 est.)
Russia 6.7% (2010 est.)
11.7% (2009)
Rwanda 6.4% (2010 est.)
10.4% (2009 est.)
Saint Helena, Ascension, and Tristan da Cunha 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 0.8% (2009 est.)
5.3% (2008 est.)
Samoa 6% (2007 est.)
San Marino -3.5% (2008)
-1.5% (2006)
Sao Tome and Principe 13% (2010 est.)
16.7% (2009 est.)
Saudi Arabia 5.7% (2010 est.)
5.1% (2009 est.)
Senegal 1.2% (2010 est.)
-1% (2009 est.)
Serbia 4.9% (2010 est.)
8.4% (2009 est.)
Seychelles -2.2% (2010 est.)
31.8% (2009 est.)
Sierra Leone 11.7% (2007 est.)
Singapore 2.6% (2010 est.)
0.6% (2009 est.)
Sint Maarten 0.7% (2009 est.)
4.6% (2008 est.)
Slovakia 1.2% (2010 est.)
1.6% (2009 est.)
Slovenia 2.1% (2010 est.)
0.9% (2009 est.)
Solomon Islands 6.3% (2007 est.)
Somalia NA%
note: businesses print their own money, so inflation rates cannot be easily determined
South Africa 4.5% (2010 est.)
7.2% (2009 est.)
Spain 1.3% (2010 est.)
-0.3% (2009 est.)
Sri Lanka 5.6% (2010 est.)
3% (2009 est.)
Sudan 11.8% (2010 est.)
11.2% (2009 est.)
Suriname 6.4% (2007 est.)
Swaziland 5% (2010 est.)
7.3% (2009 est.)
Sweden 1.4% (2010 est.)
-0.3% (2009 est.)
Switzerland 0.7% (2010 est.)
-0.5% (2009 est.)
Syria 5.9% (2010 est.)
2.6% (2009 est.)
Taiwan 1.3% (2010 est.)
3.5% (2008)
Tajikistan 5.8% (2010 est.)
6.4% (2009 est.)
Tanzania 7.2% (2010 est.)
12.1% (2009 est.)
Thailand 3.3% (2010 est.)
-0.9% (2009 est.)
Timor-Leste 7.8% (2007 est.)
Togo 2.6% (2010 est.)
2% (2009 est.)
Tokelau NA%
Tonga 5.9% (2007 est.)
Trinidad and Tobago 11.3% (2010 est.)
7% (2009 est.)
Tunisia 4.5% (2010 est.)
3.5% (2009 est.)
Turkey 8.7% (2010 est.)
6.3% (2009 est.)
Turkmenistan 12% (2010 est.)
10% (2009 est.)
Turks and Caicos Islands 4% (1995)
Tuvalu 3.8% (2006 est.)
Uganda 9.4% (2010 est.)
14.2% (2009 est.)
Ukraine 9.8% (2010 est.)
15.9% (2009 est.)
United Arab Emirates 2.2% (2010 est.)
1.6% (2009 est.)
United Kingdom 3.3% (2010 est.)
2.2% (2009 est.)
United States 1.4% (2010 est.)
-0.3% (2009 est.)
Uruguay 6.8% (2010 est.)
7.1% (2009 est.)
Uzbekistan 15% (2010 est.)
14.1% (2009 est.)
note: official data; based on independent analysis of consumer prices, inflation reached 38% in 2008
Vanuatu 3.9% (2007 est.)
Venezuela 29.8% (2010 est.)
27.1% (2009 est.)
Vietnam 11.1% (2010 est.)
7% (2009 est.)
Virgin Islands 2.2% (2003)
Wallis and Futuna 2.8% (2005)
West Bank 3.5% (2010 est.)
9.9% (2009 est.)
note: includes Gaza Strip
Western Sahara NA%
World developed countries 0% to 4% typically; developing countries 5% to 20% 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 lower oil prices
Yemen 12.2% (2010 est.)
5.4% (2009 est.)
Zambia 8.5% (2010 est.)
13.4% (2009 est.)
Zimbabwe 5.03% (2010 est.)
5.1% (2009 est.)
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