| 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.) |