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Country
Inflation rate (consumer prices) (%)
Afghanistan 13% (2007 est.)
Albania 2.9% (2007 est.)
Algeria 3.5% (2007 est.)
American Samoa NA%
Andorra 3.2% (2005)
Angola 12.2% (2007 est.)
Anguilla 5.3% (2006 est.)
Antigua and Barbuda 1.5% (2007 est.)
Argentina 8.8% official rate; actual rate may be double the official rate (2007 est.)
Armenia 4.4% (2007 est.)
Aruba 3.4% (2005)
Australia 2.3% (2007 est.)
Austria 2.2% (2007 est.)
Azerbaijan 16.7% (2007 est.)
Bahamas, The 2.4% (2007 est.)
Bahrain 3.3% (2007 est.)
Bangladesh 9.1% (2007 est.)
Barbados 5.5% (2007 est.)
Belarus 8.4% (2007 est.)
Belgium 1.8% (2007 est.)
Belize 2.3% (2007 est.)
Benin 1.3% (2007 est.)
Bermuda 2.8% (November 2005)
Bhutan 4.9% (2007 est.)
Bolivia 8.7% (2007 est.)
Bosnia and Herzegovina 1.6% (2007 est.)
Botswana 7.1% (2007 est.)
Brazil 3.6% (2007 est.)
British Virgin Islands 2% (2005)
Brunei 0.4% (2007 est.)
Bulgaria 9.8% (2007 est.)
Burkina Faso -0.2% (2007 est.)
Burma 35% (2007 est.)
Burundi 8.3% (2007 est.)
Cambodia 5.9% (2007 est.)
Cameroon 1.1% (2007 est.)
Canada 2.1% (2007 est.)
Cape Verde 4.4% (2007 est.)
Cayman Islands 4.4% (2004)
Central African Republic 0.9% (2007 est.)
Chad 4% (2007 est.)
Chile 4.4% (2007 est.)
China 4.8% (2007 est.)
Colombia 5.5% (2007 est.)
Comoros 3% (2007 est.)
Congo, Democratic Republic of the 16.7% (2007 est.)
Congo, Republic of the 2.7% (2007 est.)
Cook Islands 2.1% (2005 est.)
Costa Rica 9.4% (2007 est.)
Cote d'Ivoire 1.9% (2007 est.)
Croatia 4.5% (2007 est.)
Cuba 3.1% (2007 est.)
Cyprus 2.4% (2007 est.)
Czech Republic 2.9% (2007 est.)
Denmark 1.7% (2007 est.)
Djibouti 5% (2007 est.)
Dominica 2.7% (2007 est.)
Dominican Republic 6.1% (2007 est.)
Ecuador 2.3% (2007 est.)
Egypt 9.5% (2007 est.)
El Salvador 4.6% (2007 est.)
Equatorial Guinea 6% (2007 est.)
Eritrea 17% (2007 est.)
Estonia 6.6% (2007 est.)
Ethiopia 17.2% (2007 est.)
European Union 1.8% (2006 est.)
Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas) 3.6% (1998)
Faroe Islands 1.8% (2005)
Fiji 4.8% (2007)
Finland 2.5% (2007 est.)
France 1.5% (2007 est.)
French Polynesia 1.1% (2006 est.)
Gabon 5% (2007 est.)
Gambia, The 5.1% (2007 est.)
Gaza Strip 3.6% (includes West Bank) (2006)
Georgia 9.3% (2007 est.)
Germany 2.3% (2007 est.)
Ghana 10.7% (2007 est.)
Gibraltar 2.9% (2005)
Greece 2.9% (2007 est.)
Greenland 1% (2005 est.)
Grenada 3.7% (2007 est.)
Guam 2.5% (2005 est.)
Guatemala 6.8% (2007 est.)
Guernsey 3.4% (June 2006)
Guinea 23.4% (2007 est.)
Guinea-Bissau 3.8% (2007 est.)
Guyana 12.3% (2007 est.)
Haiti 8.5% (2007 est.)
Honduras 6.9% (2007 est.)
Hong Kong 2% (2007 est.)
Hungary 8% (2007 est.)
Iceland 5.1% (2007 est.)
India 6.4% (2007 est.)
Indonesia 6.3% (2007 est.)
Iran 17.1% (2007 est.)
Iraq 4.7% (2007 est.)
Ireland 4.9% (2007 est.)
Isle of Man 3.1% (December 2006 est.)
Israel 0.5% (2007 est.)
Italy 1.8% (2007 est.)
Jamaica 9.5% (2007 est.)
Japan 0.1% (2007 est.)
Jersey 3.7% (December 2006)
Jordan 5.4% (2007 est.)
Kazakhstan 10.8% (2007 est.)
Kenya 9.7% (2007 est.)
Kiribati 0.2% (2007 est.)
Korea, North NA%
Korea, South 2.5% (2007 est.)
Kosovo 2% (2007 est.)
Kuwait 5.5% (2007 est.)
Kyrgyzstan 10.2% (2007 est.)
Laos 4.5% (2007 est.)
Latvia 10.1% (2007 est.)
Lebanon 4.2% (2007 est.)
Lesotho 8% (2007 est.)
Liberia 11.2% (2007 est.)
Libya 6.3% (2007 est.)
Liechtenstein 1% (2001)
Lithuania 5.7% (2007 est.)
Luxembourg 2.3% (2007 est.)
Macau 7.2% (2006)
Macedonia 2.3% (2007 est.)
Madagascar 10.3% (2007 est.)
Malawi 7.9% (2007 est.)
Malaysia 2%
note: approximately 30% of goods are price-controlled (2007 est.)
Maldives 5% (2007 est.)
Mali 2.5% (2007 est.)
Malta 1.3% (2007 est.)
Marshall Islands 3% (2005 est.)
Mauritania 7.3% (2007 est.)
Mauritius 8.8% (2007 est.)
Mayotte 1.7% (2005)
Mexico 4% (2007 est.)
Micronesia, Federated States of 2.2% (2005)
Moldova 12.3% (2007 est.)
Monaco 1.9% (2000)
Mongolia 9% (2007)
Montenegro 3.4% (2007)
Montserrat 2.6% (2002 est.)
Morocco 2% (2007 est.)
Mozambique 8.2% (2007 est.)
Namibia 6.7% (2007 est.)
Nauru -3.6% (1993)
Nepal 6.4% (2007 est.)
Netherlands 1.6% (2007 est.)
Netherlands Antilles 2.1% (2003 est.)
New Caledonia 1.4% (2000 est.)
New Zealand 2.4% (2007 est.)
Nicaragua 11.1% (2007 est.)
Niger 0.1% (2007 est.)
Nigeria 5.4% (2007 est.)
Niue 4% (2005)
Northern Mariana Islands -0.8% (2000)
Norway 0.8% (2007 est.)
Oman 5.9% (2007 est.)
Pakistan 7.6% (2007 est.)
Palau 2.7% (2005 est.)
Panama 4.2% (2007 est.)
Papua New Guinea 0.9% (2007 est.)
Paraguay 8.1% (2007 est.)
Peru 1.8% (2007 est.)
Philippines 2.8% (2007 est.)
Poland 2.5% (2007 est.)
Portugal 2.4% (2007 est.)
Puerto Rico 6.5% (2003 est.)
Qatar 13.7% (2007 est.)
Romania 4.8% (2007 est.)
Russia 9% annual average
note: 12% at year-end (2007 est.)
Rwanda 9.1% (2007 est.)
Saint Helena 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 6.1% (2007 est.)
Samoa 6% (2007 est.)
San Marino -1.5% (2006)
Sao Tome and Principe 18% (2007 est.)
Saudi Arabia 4.1% (2007 est.)
Senegal 5.9% (2007 est.)
Serbia 6.8% (2007)
Seychelles 5.3% (2007 est.)
Sierra Leone 11.7% (2007 est.)
Singapore 2.1% (2007 est.)
Slovakia 2.8% (2007 est.)
Slovenia 3.6% (2007 est.)
Solomon Islands 6.3% (2007 est.)
Somalia NA%; note - businesses print their own money, so inflation rates cannot be easily determined
South Africa 6.5% (2007 est.)
Spain 2.8% (2007 est.)
Sri Lanka 15.8% (2007 est.)
Sudan 8% (2007 est.)
Suriname 6.4% (2007 est.)
Swaziland 8.1% (2007 est.)
Sweden 2.2% (2007 est.)
Switzerland 0.7% (2007 est.)
Syria 12.2% (2007 est.)
Taiwan 1.8% (2007 est.)
Tajikistan 13.1% (2007 est.)
Tanzania 7% (2007 est.)
Thailand 2.2% (2007 est.)
Timor-Leste 7.8% (2007 est.)
Togo 1% (2007 est.)
Tokelau NA%
Tonga 5.9% (2007 est.)
Trinidad and Tobago 7.9% (2007 est.)
Tunisia 3.1% (2007 est.)
Turkey 8.7% (2007 est.)
Turkmenistan 11.3% (2007 est.)
Turks and Caicos Islands 4% (1995)
Tuvalu 3.8% (2006 est.)
Uganda 6.1% (2007 est.)
Ukraine 12.8% (2007 est.)
United Arab Emirates 14% (2007 est.)
United Kingdom 2.3% (2007 est.)
United States 2.9% (2007 est.)
Uruguay 8.1% (2007 est.)
Uzbekistan 12% officially, but 38% based on analysis of consumer prices (2007 est.)
Vanuatu 3.9% (2007 est.)
Venezuela 18.7% (2007 est.)
Vietnam 8.3% (2007 est.)
Virgin Islands 2.2% (2003)
Wallis and Futuna 2.8% (2005)
West Bank 3.6% (includes Gaza Strip) (2006)
Western Sahara NA%
World developed countries 1% to 4% typically; developing countries 5% to 20% typically; national inflation rates vary widely in individual cases, from declining prices in Japan to hyperinflation in one Third World country (Zimbabwe); inflation rates have declined for most countries for the last several years, held in check by increasing international competition from several low wage countries (2005 est.)
Yemen 10% (2007 est.)
Zambia 10.6% (2007 est.)
Zimbabwe 12,563% official data; private sector estimates are much higher (2007 est.)

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