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.)