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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 0.9% (2009 est.)
-8.3% (2008 est.)
Albania 3.5% (2010 est.)
2.3% (2009 est.)
Algeria 3.9% (2010 est.)
5.7% (2009 est.)
American Samoa NA%
Andorra 1.6% (2010)
0% (2009)
Angola 14.5% (2010 est.)
13.9% (2009 est.)
Anguilla 1.1% (2010 est.)
-0.7% (2009 est.)
Antigua and Barbuda 2.9% (2010 est.)
-0.1% (2009 est.)
Argentina 22% (2010 est.)
16% (2009 est.)
note: data are derived from private estimates
Armenia 8.2% (2010 est.)
3.4% (2009 est.)
Aruba 2.1% (2010 est.)
-2.1% (2009 est.)
Australia 2.8% (2010 est.)
1.8% (2009 est.)
Austria 1.7% (2010 est.)
0.4% (2009 est.)
Azerbaijan 5.7% (2010 est.)
1.5% (2009 est.)
Bahamas, The 1.3% (2010 est.)
2.1% (2009 est.)
Bahrain 2% (2010 est.)
2.8% (2009 est.)
Bangladesh 8.1% (2010 est.)
5.4% (2009 est.)
Barbados 5.4% (2010 est.)
4.4% (2009 est.)
Belarus 7.8% (2010 est.)
12.9% (2009 est.)
Belgium 2.3% (2010 est.)
0% (2009 est.)
Belize 0.9% (2010 est.)
-1.1% (2009 est.)
Benin 2.3% (2010 est.)
2.2% (2009 est.)
Bermuda 2.4% (2010 est.)
1.8% (2009 est.)
Bhutan 7.1% (2010 est.)
4.3% (2009 est.)
Bolivia 2.5% (2010 est.)
3.3% (2009 est.)
Bosnia and Herzegovina 2.1% (2010 est.)
-0.4% (2009 est.)
Botswana 7% (2010 est.)
8.1% (2009 est.)
Brazil 5% (2010 est.)
4.9% (2009 est.)
British Virgin Islands 3.8% (2010 est.)
3.3% (2009 est.)
Brunei 0.4% (2010 est.)
1.1% (2009 est.)
Bulgaria 2.4% (2010 est.)
2.8% (2009 est.)
Burkina Faso -0.8% (2010 est.)
2.6% (2009 est.)
Burma 7.7% (2010 est.)
1.5% (2009 est.)
Burundi 6.4% (2010 est.)
11% (2009 est.)
Cambodia 4% (2010 est.)
-0.7% (2009 est.)
Cameroon 1.3% (2010 est.)
3% (2009 est.)
Canada 1.8% (2010 est.)
0.3% (2009 est.)
Cape Verde 2.1% (2010 est.)
1% (2009 est.)
Cayman Islands 0.3% (2010 est.)
-1.5% (2009 est.)
Central African Republic 1.5% (2010 est.)
3.5% (2009 est.)
Chad -2% (2010 est.)
10% (2009 est.)
Chile 1.4% (2010 est.)
1.5% (2009 est.)
China 3.2% (2010 est.)
-0.7% (2009 est.)
Colombia 2.3% (2010 est.)
4.2% (2009 est.)
Comoros 2.7% (2010 est.)
4.8% (2009 est.)
Congo, Democratic Republic of the 23.1% (2010 est.)
46.1% (2009 est.)
Congo, Republic of the 5.2% (2010 est.)
5% (2009 est.)
Cook Islands 2.1% (2005 est.)
Costa Rica 5.7% (2010 est.)
7.8% (2009 est.)
Cote d'Ivoire 1.1% (2010 est.)
0.9% (2009 est.)
Croatia 1.1% (2010 est.)
2.4% (2009 est.)
Cuba 2.9% (2010 est.)
1.4% (2009 est.)
Curacao 3% (2010 est.)
1.8% (2009 est.)
Cyprus 2.4% (2010 est.)
0.4% (2009 est.)
Czech Republic 1.5% (2010 est.)
1% (2009 est.)
Denmark 2.3% (2010 est.)
1.3% (2009 est.)
Djibouti 4% (2010 est.)
1.7% (2009 est.)
Dominica 3.2% (2010 est.)
0% (2009 est.)
Dominican Republic 6.3% (2010 est.)
1.4% (2009 est.)
Ecuador 3.6% (2010 est.)
5.2% (2009 est.)
Egypt 11.1% (2010 est.)
11.8% (2009 est.)
El Salvador 1.2% (2010 est.)
1.1% (2009 est.)
Equatorial Guinea 8.2% (2010 est.)
7.1% (2009 est.)
Eritrea 18% (2010 est.)
20% (2009 est.)
Estonia 3% (2010 est.)
-0.1% (2009 est.)
Ethiopia 8.1% (2010 est.)
8.5% (2009 est.)
European Union 1.9% (2010 est.)
1.8% (2009 est.)
Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas) 3.6% (1998)
Faroe Islands -1.1% (2009)
6.4% (2008)
Fiji 5.5% (2010 est.)
3.7% (2009 est.)
Finland 1.7% (2010 est.)
1.6% (2009 est.)
France 1.7% (2010 est.)
0.1% (2009 est.)
French Polynesia 1.1% (2007)
1.1% (2006 est.)
Gabon 1.5% (2010 est.)
1.9% (2009 est.)
Gambia, The 5% (2010 est.)
4.6% (2009 est.)
Gaza Strip 6% (2010 est.)
2.5% (2009 est.)
note: includes West Bank
Georgia 7.1% (2010 est.)
1.7% (2009 est.)
Germany 1.1% (2010 est.)
0.3% (2009 est.)
Ghana 10.7% (2010 est.)
19.3% (2009 est.)
Gibraltar 2.8% (2008)
2.6% (2006)
Greece 4.7% (2010 est.)
1.2% (2009 est.)
Greenland 9.4% (2008 est.)
1% (2005 est.)
Grenada 5% (2010 est.)
-0.3% (2009 est.)
Guam 2.5% (2005 est.)
Guatemala 3.9% (2010 est.)
1.9% (2009 est.)
Guernsey 3.4% (June 2006)
Guinea 20% (2010 est.)
9% (2009 est.)
Guinea-Bissau 2.5% (2010 est.)
-1.7% (2009 est.)
Guyana 4.5% (2010 est.)
2.9% (2009 est.)
Haiti 5.7% (2010 est.)
0% (2009 est.)
Honduras 4.7% (2010 est.)
5.5% (2009 est.)
Hong Kong 2.3% (2010 est.)
0.6% (2009 est.)
Hungary 4.9% (2010 est.)
4.2% (2009 est.)
Iceland 5.4% (2010 est.)
12% (2009 est.)
India 12% (2010 est.)
10.9% (2009 est.)
Indonesia 5.1% (2010 est.)
4.8% (2009 est.)
Iran 10.1% (2010 est.)
13.5% (2009 est.)
note: official Iranian estimate
Iraq 2.4% (2010 est.)
-2.8% (2009 est.)
Ireland -0.9% (2010 est.)
-4.5% (2009 est.)
Isle of Man 3.1% (2006 est.)
Israel 2.7% (2010 est.)
3.3% (2009 est.)
Italy 1.6% (2010 est.)
0.8% (2009 est.)
Jamaica 12.6% (2010 est.)
9.6% (2009 est.)
Japan -0.7% (2010 est.)
-1.3% (2009 est.)
Jersey 3.7% (2006)
Jordan 5% (2010 est.)
-0.7% (2009 est.)
Kazakhstan 7.1% (2010 est.)
7.3% (2009 est.)
Kenya 4% (2010 est.)
9.2% (2009 est.)
Kiribati 0.2% (2007 est.)
Korea, North NA%
Korea, South 3% (2010 est.)
2.8% (2009 est.)
Kosovo 3.5% (2010 est.)
Kuwait 4% (2010 est.)
4% (2009 est.)
Kyrgyzstan 8% (2010 est.)
6.9% (2009 est.)
Laos 5.7% (2010 est.)
0% (2009 est.)
Latvia -1.1% (2010 est.)
3.5% (2009 est.)
Lebanon 4% (2010 est.)
1.2% (2009 est.)
Lesotho 3.6% (2010 est.)
7.2% (2009 est.)
Liberia 7.3% (2010 est.)
7.4% (2009 est.)
Libya 2.5% (2010 est.)
2.4% (2009 est.)
Liechtenstein 0.7% (2010)
0.3% (2009)
Lithuania 1.3% (2010 est.)
4.5% (2009 est.)
Luxembourg 2.3% (2010 est.)
0.4% (2009 est.)
Macau 2.8% (2010 est.)
1.1% (2009 est.)
Macedonia 1.6% (2010 est.)
-0.8% (2009 est.)
Madagascar 9.2% (2010 est.)
9% (2009 est.)
Malawi 7.4% (2010 est.)
8.4% (2009 est.)
Malaysia 1.7% (2010 est.)
0.6% (2009 est.)
note: approximately 30% of goods are price-controlled
Maldives 6% (2010 est.)
7.3% (2009 est.)
Mali 1.1% (2010 est.)
2.2% (2009 est.)
Malta 1.5% (2010 est.)
2.1% (2009 est.)
Marshall Islands 12.9% (2008 est.)
3% (2005 est.)
Mauritania 6.3% (2010 est.)
2% (2009 est.)
Mauritius 2.9% (2010 est.)
2.5% (2009 est.)
Mexico 4.2% (2010 est.)
5.3% (2009 est.)
Micronesia, Federated States of 2.2% (2005)
Moldova 7.4% (2010 est.)
-0.1% (2009 est.)
Monaco 1.9% (2000)
Mongolia 10.2% (2010 est.)
6.3% (2009 est.)
Montenegro 3.4% (2007)
Montserrat 0.6% (2010 est.)
3.1% (2009 est.)
Morocco 1% (2010 est.)
1% (2009 est.)
Mozambique 13% (2010 est.)
3% (2009 est.)
Namibia 4.5% (2010 est.)
8.8% (2009 est.)
Nauru NA%
Nepal 10% (2010 est.)
11.6% (2009 est.)
Netherlands 1.3% (2010 est.)
1.2% (2009 est.)
New Caledonia 2.7% (2010 est.)
0.9% (2009 est.)
New Zealand 2.3% (2010 est.)
2.1% (2009 est.)
Nicaragua 5.5% (2010 est.)
3.7% (2009 est.)
Niger 0.8% (2010 est.)
4.3% (2009 est.)
Nigeria 13.7% (2010 est.)
11.5% (2009 est.)
Niue 4% (2005)
Northern Mariana Islands -0.8% (2000)
Norway 2.5% (2010 est.)
2.1% (2009 est.)
Oman 3.2% (2010 est.)
3.5% (2009 est.)
Pakistan 13.9% (2010 est.)
13.6% (2009 est.)
Palau 2.7% (2005 est.)
Panama 3.5% (2010 est.)
2.4% (2009 est.)
Papua New Guinea 6% (2010 est.)
6.9% (2009 est.)
Paraguay 4.7% (2010 est.)
2.6% (2009 est.)
Peru 1.5% (2010 est.)
2.9% (2009 est.)
note: data are for metropolitan Lima
Philippines 3.8% (2010 est.)
4.2% (2009 est.)
Poland 2.6% (2010 est.)
3.5% (2009 est.)
Portugal 1.4% (2010 est.)
-0.8% (2009 est.)
Puerto Rico 2.5% (2010 est.)
0.3% (2009 est.)
Qatar -2.4% (2010 est.)
-4.9% (2009 est.)
Romania 6.1% (2010 est.)
5.6% (2009 est.)
Russia 6.9% (2010 est.)
11.7% (2009 est.)
Rwanda 2.3% (2010 est.)
10.4% (2009 est.)
Saint Helena, Ascension, and Tristan da Cunha 3.2% (1997 est.)
Saint Kitts and Nevis 0.5% (2010 est.)
2% (2009 est.)
Saint Lucia 1.8% (2010 est.)
1% (2009 est.)
Saint Pierre and Miquelon 8.1% (2005)
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 1.5% (2010 est.)
0.4% (2009 est.)
Samoa 1% (2010 est.)
6.3% (2009 est.)
San Marino 2.8% (June 2010)
-3.5% (2008)
Sao Tome and Principe 14.4% (2010 est.)
17% (2009 est.)
Saudi Arabia 5.4% (2010 est.)
5.1% (2009 est.)
Senegal 1.2% (2010 est.)
-1.1% (2009 est.)
Serbia 6.3% (2010 est.)
8.4% (2009 est.)
Seychelles -2.4% (2010 est.)
31.8% (2009 est.)
Sierra Leone 16.6% (2010 est.)
9.3% (2009 est.)
Singapore 2.8% (2010 est.)
0.6% (2009 est.)
Sint Maarten 0.7% (2009 est.)
4.6% (2008 est.)
Slovakia 1% (2010 est.)
1.6% (2009 est.)
Slovenia 1.8% (2010 est.)
0.9% (2009 est.)
Solomon Islands 1.3% (2010 est.)
7.1% (2009 est.)
Somalia NA%
note: businesses print their own money, so inflation rates cannot be easily determined
South Africa 4.1% (2010 est.)
7.2% (2009 est.)
Spain 2% (2010 est.)
-0.2% (2009 est.)
Sri Lanka 5.9% (2010 est.)
3.4% (2009 est.)
Sudan 13% (2010 est.)
11.2% (2009 est.)
Suriname 6.9% (2010 est.)
-0.1% (2009 est.)
Swaziland 4.5% (2010 est.)
7.4% (2009 est.)
Sweden 1.3% (2010 est.)
-0.3% (2009 est.)
Switzerland 0.7% (2010 est.)
-0.5% (2009 est.)
Syria 4.4% (2010 est.)
2.6% (2009 est.)
Taiwan 1% (2010 est.)
-0.9% (2009 est.)
Tajikistan 6.4% (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 6.9% (2010 est.)
0.7% (2009 est.)
Togo 1.4% (2010 est.)
2% (2009 est.)
Tokelau NA%
Tonga 3.6% (2010 est.)
1.4% (2009 est.)
Trinidad and Tobago 10.5% (2010 est.)
7% (2009 est.)
Tunisia 4.4% (2010 est.)
3.5% (2009 est.)
Turkey 8.6% (2010 est.)
6.3% (2009 est.)
Turkmenistan 10% (2010 est.)
4% (2009 est.)
Turks and Caicos Islands 2% (2010 est.)
1.5% (2009 est.)
Tuvalu 3.8% (2006 est.)
Uganda 4% (2010 est.)
13.4% (2009 est.)
Ukraine 9.4% (2010 est.)
15.9% (2009 est.)
United Arab Emirates 0.9% (2010 est.)
1.6% (2009 est.)
United Kingdom 3.3% (2010 est.)
2.2% (2009 est.)
United States 1.6% (2010 est.)
-0.3% (2009 est.)
Uruguay 6.7% (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 2.8% (2010 est.)
4.2% (2009 est.)
Venezuela 28.2% (2010 est.)
27.1% (2009 est.)
Vietnam 9% (2010 est.)
7% (2009 est.)
Virgin Islands 2.2% (2003)
Wallis and Futuna 2.8% (2005)
West Bank 6% (2010 est.)
2.5% (2009 est.)
note: includes Gaza Strip
Western Sahara NA%
World developed countries 2.5%
developing countries 5.6%
note: developed countries 0% to 4% typically; 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 (2010 est.)
Yemen 11.2% (2010 est.)
5.4% (2009 est.)
Zambia 8.5% (2010 est.)
13.4% (2009 est.)
Zimbabwe 3.7% (2010 est.)
5.1% (2009 est.)
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