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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	7.7% (2011 est.) 0.9% (2010 est.)


Albania	3.5% (2011 est.) 3.6% (2010 est.)


Algeria	4.5% (2011 est.) 3.9% (2010 est.)


American Samoa	NA%


Andorra	1.6% (2010) 0% (2009)


Angola	13.5% (2011 est.) 14.5% (2010 est.)


Anguilla	2.8% (2011 est.) 1.1% (2010 est.)


Antigua and Barbuda	3.3% (2011 est.) 3.1% (2010 est.)


Argentina	22% (2010 est.) 16% (2009 est.) note: data are derived from private estimates


Armenia	7.7% (2011 est.) 8.2% (2010 est.)


Aruba	4.4% (2011 est.) 2.1% (2010 est.)


Australia	3.4% (2011 est.) 2.8% (2010 est.)


Austria	3.5% (2011 est.) 1.7% (2010 est.)


Azerbaijan	8.1% (2011 est.) 5.7% (2010 est.)


Bahamas, The	3.2% (2011 est.) 1.3% (2010 est.)


Bahrain	-0.4% (2011 est.) 2% (2010 est.)


Bangladesh	10.7% (2011 est.) 8.1% (2010 est.)


Barbados	9.1% (2011 est.) 5.4% (2010 est.)


Belarus	52.4% (2011 est.) 7.8% (2010 est.)


Belgium	3.5% (2011 est.) 2.3% (2010 est.)


Belize	1.8% (2011 est.) 0.9% (2010 est.)


Benin	2.7% (2011 est.) 2.3% (2010 est.)


Bermuda	2.7% (2011 est.) 2.4% (2010 est.)


Bhutan	7.7% (2011 est.) 7.1% (2010 est.)


Bolivia	9.9% (2011 est.) 2.5% (2010 est.)


Bosnia and Herzegovina	3.7% (2011 est.) 2.1% (2010 est.)


Botswana	8.5% (2011 est.) 7% (2010 est.)


Brazil	6.6% (2011 est.) 5% (2010 est.)


British Virgin Islands	4.1% (2011 est.) 3.8% (2010 est.)


Brunei	2% (2011 est.) 0.4% (2010 est.)


Bulgaria	4.2% (2011 est.) 2.4% (2010 est.)


Burkina Faso	2.8% (2011 est.) -0.8% (2010 est.)


Burma	5.2% (2011 est.) 7.7% (2010 est.)


Burundi	9.7% (2011 est.) 6.4% (2010 est.)


Cambodia	5.5% (2011 est.) 4% (2010 est.)


Cameroon	2.9% (2011 est.) 1.3% (2010 est.)


Canada	2.9% (2011 est.) 1.8% (2010 est.)


Cape Verde	4.5% (2011 est.) 2.1% (2010 est.)


Cayman Islands	2% (2011 est.) 0.3% (2010 est.)


Central African Republic	1.7% (2011 est.) 1.5% (2010 est.)


Chad	2% (2011 est.) -2% (2010 est.)


Chile	3.3% (2011 est.) 1.4% (2010 est.)


China	5.5% (2011 est.) 3.3% (2010 est.)


Colombia	3.4% (2011 est.) 2.3% (2010 est.)


Comoros	4% (2011 est.) 2.8% (2010 est.)


Congo, Democratic Republic of the	17% (2011 est.) 23.1% (2010 est.)


Congo, Republic of the	6% (2011 est.) 5% (2010 est.)


Cook Islands	2.1% (2007 est.)


Costa Rica	4.9% (2011 est.) 5.7% (2010 est.)


Cote d'Ivoire	5.1% (2011 est.) 1.1% (2010 est.)


Croatia	2.3% (2011 est.) 1.1% (2010 est.)


Cuba	4.7% (2011 est.) 2.9% (2010 est.)


Curacao	2.6% (2011 est.) 3% (2010 est.)


Cyprus	3.3% (2011 est.) 2.4% (2010 est.)


Czech Republic	1.9% (2011 est.) 1.5% (2010 est.)


Denmark	2.8% (2011 est.) 2.3% (2010 est.)


Djibouti	5.1% (2011 est.) 4% (2010 est.)


Dominica	3.5% (2011 est.) 3.2% (2010 est.)


Dominican Republic	8.5% (2011 est.) 6.3% (2010 est.)


Ecuador	4.5% (2011 est.) 3.6% (2010 est.)


Egypt	10.2% (2011 est.) 11.1% (2010 est.)


El Salvador	5.1% (2011 est.) 1.2% (2010 est.)


Equatorial Guinea	7% (2011 est.) 8.2% (2010 est.)


Eritrea	20% (2011 est.) 18% (2010 est.)


Estonia	5% (2011 est.) 3% (2010 est.)


Ethiopia	33.2% (2011 est.) 8.1% (2010 est.)


European Union	3% (2011 est.) 1.8% (2010 est.)


Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas)	1.2% (2003) 3.6% (1998)


Faroe Islands	2.3% (2011) 0.4% (2010)


Fiji	8.7% (2011 est.) 5.5% (2010 est.)


Finland	3.3% (2011 est.) 1.7% (2010 est.)


France	2.3% (2011 est.) 1.7% (2010 est.)


French Polynesia	1.1% (2007) 1.1% (2006 est.)


Gabon	1.2% (2011 est.) 1.5% (2010 est.)


Gambia, The	4.8% (2011 est.) 5% (2010 est.)


Gaza Strip	5% (2011 est.) 6% (2010 est.) note: includes West Bank


Georgia	8.5% (2011 est.) 7.1% (2010 est.)


Germany	2.3% (2011 est.) 1.1% (2010 est.)


Ghana	8.7% (2011 est.) 10.7% (2010 est.)


Gibraltar	2.8% (2008) 2.6% (2006)


Greece	3.3% (2011 est.) 4.7% (2010 est.)


Greenland	2.8% (2011 est.) 2% (2010 est.)


Grenada	4% (2011 est.) 3.5% (2010 est.)


Guam	2.5% (2005 est.)


Guatemala	6.2% (2011 est.) 3.9% (2010 est.)


Guernsey	3.4% (June 2006)


Guinea	16% (2011 est.) 20% (2010 est.)


Guinea-Bissau	5% (2011 est.) 2.5% (2010 est.)


Guyana	2.2% (2011 est.) 4.5% (2010 est.)


Haiti	8.5% (2011 est.) 5.7% (2010 est.)


Honduras	6.8% (2011 est.) 4.7% (2010 est.)


Hong Kong	5.3% (2011 est.) 2.3% (2010 est.)


Hungary	3.9% (2011 est.) 4.9% (2010 est.)


Iceland	4% (2011 est.) 5.4% (2010 est.)


India	8.9% (2011 est.) 12% (2010 est.)


Indonesia	5.4% (2011 est.) 5.1% (2010 est.)


Iran	22.5% (2011 est.) 12.4% (2010 est.) note: official Iranian estimate


Iraq	5.6% (2011 est.) 2.4% (2010 est.)


Ireland	2.6% (2011 est.) -0.9% (2010 est.)


Isle of Man	5% (2010 est.) 3.1% (2006)


Israel	3.5% (2011 est.) 2.7% (2010 est.)


Italy	2.9% (2011 est.) 1.6% (2010 est.)


Jamaica	7.5% (2011 est.) 12.6% (2010 est.)


Japan	-0.3% (2011 est.) -0.7% (2010 est.)


Jersey	3.7% (2006)


Jordan	4.4% (2011 est.) 5% (2010 est.)


Kazakhstan	8.4% (2011 est.) 7.1% (2010 est.)


Kenya	14% (2011 est.) 4% (2010 est.)


Kiribati	0.2% (2007 est.)


Korea, North	NA%


Korea, South	4% (2011 est.) 2.9% (2010 est.)


Kosovo	8.3% (2011 est.) 3.5% (2010 est.)


Kuwait	4.7% (2011 est.) 4% (2010 est.)


Kyrgyzstan	16.6% (2011 est.) 8% (2010 est.)


Laos	7.6% (2011 est.) 6% (2010 est.)


Latvia	4.4% (2011 est.) -1.1% (2010 est.)


Lebanon	5.1% (2011 est.) 4% (2010 est.)


Lesotho	5% (2011 est.) 3.6% (2010 est.)


Liberia	7.4% (2011 est.) 7.3% (2010 est.)


Libya	15.9% (2011 est.) 2.5% (2010 est.)


Liechtenstein	0.3% (2011) 0.7% (2010)


Lithuania	4.1% (2011 est.) 1.3% (2010 est.)


Luxembourg	3.4% (2011 est.) 2.3% (2010 est.)


Macau	5.8% (2011 est.) 2.8% (2010 est.)


Macedonia	3.9% (2011 est.) 1.6% (2010 est.)


Madagascar	9.5% (2011 est.) 9.2% (2010 est.)


Malawi	7.6% (2011 est.) 7.4% (2010 est.)


Malaysia	3.2% (2011 est.) 1.7% (2010 est.) note: approximately 30% of goods are price-controlled


Maldives	6% (2010 est.) 7.3% (2009 est.)


Mali	2.9% (2011 est.) 1.1% (2010 est.)


Malta	2.7% (2011 est.) 1.5% (2010 est.)


Marshall Islands	12.9% (2008 est.) 3% (2005 est.)


Mauritania	7.5% (2011 est.) 6.3% (2010 est.)


Mauritius	6.5% (2011 est.) 2.9% (2010 est.)


Mexico	3.4% (2011 est.) 4.2% (2010 est.)


Micronesia, Federated States of	2.2% (2005)


Moldova	7.6% (2011 est.) 7.4% (2010 est.)


Monaco	1.5% (2010)


Mongolia	9.5% (2011 est.) 10.2% (2010 est.)


Montenegro	3% (2011) 3.4% (2007)


Montserrat	3.7% (2011 est.) 1.4% (2010 est.)


Morocco	1.4% (2011 est.) 1% (2010 est.)


Mozambique	10.4% (2011 est.) 13% (2010 est.)


Namibia	5% (2011 est.) 4.5% (2010 est.)


Nauru	NA%


Nepal	9.1% (2011 est.) 10% (2010 est.)


Netherlands	2.3% (2011 est.) 1.3% (2010 est.)


New Caledonia	2.4% (2011 est.) 2.7% (2010 est.)


New Zealand	4% (2011 est.) 2.3% (2010 est.)


Nicaragua	8.1% (2011 est.) 5.5% (2010 est.)


Niger	2.9% (2011 est.) 0.8% (2010 est.)


Nigeria	10.8% (2011 est.) 13.7% (2010 est.)


Niue	4% (2005)


Northern Mariana Islands	-0.8% (2000)


Norway	1.3% (2011 est.) 2.4% (2010 est.)


Oman	4.1% (2011 est.) 3.2% (2010 est.)


Pakistan	11.9% (2011 est.) 12.9% (2010 est.)


Palau	2.7% (2005 est.)


Panama	5.9% (2011 est.) 3.5% (2010 est.)


Papua New Guinea	8.5% (2011 est.) 6.1% (2010 est.)


Paraguay	8.3% (2011 est.) 4.7% (2010 est.)


Peru	3.4% (2011 est.) 1.5% (2010 est.) note: data are for metropolitan Lima, annual average


Philippines	4.8% (2011 est.) 4.1% (2010 est.)


Poland	4.3% (2011 est.) 2.6% (2010 est.)


Portugal	3.7% (2011 est.) 1.4% (2010 est.)


Puerto Rico	3.6% (2011 est.) 2.5% (2010 est.)


Qatar	1.9% (2011 est.) -2.4% (2010 est.)


Romania	5.8% (2011 est.) 6.1% (2010 est.)


Russia	8.4% (2011 est.) 6.9% (2010 est.)


Rwanda	3.9% (2011 est.) 2.3% (2010 est.)


Saint Helena, Ascension, and Tristan da Cunha	3.2% (1997 est.)


Saint Kitts and Nevis	3.8% (2011 est.) 0.5% (2010 est.)


Saint Lucia	2.6% (2011 est.) 0.6% (2010 est.)


Saint Pierre and Miquelon	8.1% (2005)


Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	2.3% (2011 est.) 1.5% (2010 est.)


Samoa	5.2% (2011 est.) 0.8% (2010 est.)


San Marino	3.1% (December 2011) -3.5% (2008)


Sao Tome and Principe	12.4% (2011 est.) 13.3% (2010 est.)


Saudi Arabia	5% (2011 est.) 5.4% (2010 est.)


Senegal	3.4% (2011 est.) 1.2% (2010 est.)


Serbia	11.2% (2011 est.) 6.2% (2010 est.)


Seychelles	2.6% (2011 est.) -2.4% (2010 est.)


Sierra Leone	18% (2011 est.) 16.6% (2010 est.)


Singapore	5.2% (2011 est.) 2.8% (2010 est.)


Sint Maarten	0.7% (2009 est.) 4.6% (2008 est.)


Slovakia	3.9% (2011 est.) 1% (2010 est.)


Slovenia	1.8% (2011 est.) 1.8% (2010 est.)


Solomon Islands	7.4% (2011 est.) 1% (2010 est.)


Somalia	NA% note: businesses print their own money, so inflation rates cannot be easily determined


South Africa	5% (2011 est.) 4.1% (2010 est.)


Spain	3.1% (2011 est.) 2% (2010 est.)


Sri Lanka	7% (2011 est.) 5.9% (2010 est.)


Sudan	18% (2011 est.) 13% (2010 est.)


Suriname	19.5% (2011 est.) 6.9% (2010 est.)


Swaziland	6.1% (2011 est.) 4.5% (2010 est.)


Sweden	3% (2011 est.) 1.2% (2010 est.)


Switzerland	0.2% (2011 est.) 0.7% (2010 est.)


Syria	4.8% (2011 est.) 4.4% (2010 est.)


Taiwan	1.4% (2011 est.) 1% (2010 est.)


Tajikistan	12.5% (2011 est.) 6.4% (2010 est.)


Tanzania	12.7% (2011 est.) 7.2% (2010 est.)


Thailand	3.8% (2011 est.) 3.3% (2010 est.)


Timor-Leste	12.3% (2011 est.) 6.8% (2010 est.)


Togo	3.6% (2011 est.) 1.8% (2010 est.)


Tokelau	NA%


Tonga	6.6% (2011 est.) 3.6% (2010 est.)


Trinidad and Tobago	5.1% (2011 est.) 10.5% (2010 est.)


Tunisia	3.5% (2011 est.) 4.4% (2010 est.)


Turkey	6.5% (2011 est.) 8.6% (2010 est.)


Turkmenistan	12% (2011 est.) 10% (2010 est.)


Turks and Caicos Islands	2.2% (2011 est.) 2% (2010 est.)


Tuvalu	3.8% (2006 est.)


Uganda	18.7% (2011 est.) 4% (2010 est.)


Ukraine	8% (2011 est.) 9.4% (2010 est.)


United Arab Emirates	0.9% (2011 est.) 0.9% (2010 est.)


United Kingdom	4.5% (2011 est.) 3.3% (2010 est.)


United States	3.1% (2011 est.) 1.6% (2010 est.)


Uruguay	8.1% (2011 est.) 6.7% (2010 est.)


Uzbekistan	13.5% (2011 est.) 9.4% (2010 est.) note: official data; based on independent analysis of consumer prices, inflation reached 22% in 2011


Vanuatu	0.9% (2011 est.) 2.8% (2010 est.)


Venezuela	26.1% (2011 est.) 28.2% (2010 est.)


Vietnam	18.7% (2011 est.) 10% (2010 est.)


Virgin Islands	2.2% (2003)


Wallis and Futuna	2.8% (2005)


West Bank	5% (2011 est.) 6% (2010 est.) note: includes Gaza Strip


Western Sahara	NA%

World

world average 5% (2011 est.)
developed countries 3% (2011 est.)
developing countries 6.3% (2011 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 (2010 est.)


Yemen	20% (2011 est.) 11.2% (2010 est.)


Zambia	8.7% (2011 est.) 8.5% (2010 est.)


Zimbabwe	5.4% (2011 est.) 3.7% (2010 est.)

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