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DEFINITION
Inflation as measured by the consumer price index reflects the annual percentage change in the cost to the average consumer of acquiring a fixed basket of goods and services that may be fixed or changed at specified intervals, such as yearly. The Laspeyres formula is generally used.
Economy Statistics > Inflation, consumer prices > annual % (most recent) by country
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Rank
Countries
Amount
(top to bottom)
Date
#1
Zimbabwe :
140.08 annual %
2002 ...
#2
Afghanistan :
56.66 annual %
1991 ...
#3
Suriname :
22.97 annual %
2003 ...
#4
Angola :
22.96 annual %
2005 ...
#5
Congo, Democratic Republic of the :
21.32 annual %
2005 ...
#6
Madagascar :
18.51 annual %
2005 ...
#7
Zambia :
18.32 annual %
2005 ...
#8
Venezuela :
15.95 annual %
2005 ...
#9
Haiti :
15.73 annual %
2005 ...
#10
Malawi :
15.41 annual %
2005 ...
#11
Jamaica :
15.3 annual %
2005 ...
#12
Ghana :
15.12 annual %
2005 ...
#13
Costa Rica :
13.8 annual %
2005 ...
#14
Ukraine :
13.52 annual %
2005 ...
#15
Nigeria :
13.51 annual %
2005 ...
#16
Iran :
13.43 annual %
2005 ...
#17
Moldova :
13.11 annual %
2005 ...
#18
Burundi :
13.02 annual %
2005 ...
#19
Russia :
12.69 annual %
2005 ...
#20
Mauritania :
12.13 annual %
2005 ...
#21
Sierra Leone :
12.05 annual %
2005 ...
#22
Sri Lanka :
11.64 annual %
2005 ...
#23
Ethiopia :
11.61 annual %
2005 ...
#24
Yemen :
10.83 annual %
2003 ...
#25
Indonesia :
10.45 annual %
2005 ...
#26
Belarus :
10.34 annual %
2005 ...
#27
Kenya :
10.31 annual %
2005 ...
#28
Argentina :
9.64 annual %
2005 ...
#29
Azerbaijan :
9.48 annual %
2005 ...
#30
Nicaragua :
9.42 annual %
2005 ...
#31
Burma :
9.37 annual %
2005 ...
#32
Rwanda :
9.13 annual %
2005 ...
#33
Liberia :
9.09 annual %
1989 ...
#34
Pakistan :
9.06 annual %
2005 ...
#35
Romania :
8.99 annual %
2005 ...
#36
Mongolia :
8.86 annual %
2005 ...
#37
Qatar :
8.81 annual %
2005 ...
#38
Honduras :
8.81 annual %
2005 ...
#39
Tanzania :
8.63 annual %
2005 ...
#40
Botswana :
8.6 annual %
2005 ...
#41
Sudan :
8.5 annual %
2005 ...
#42
Guatemala :
8.42 annual %
2005 ...
#43
Tonga :
8.32 annual %
2005 ...
#44
Vietnam :
8.25 annual %
2005 ...
#45
Georgia :
8.23 annual %
2005 ...
#46
Turkey :
8.18 annual %
2005 ...
#47
Uganda :
8.15 annual %
2005 ...
#48
Chad :
7.89 annual %
2005 ...
#49
Niger :
7.8 annual %
2005 ...
#50
Philippines :
7.64 annual %
2005 ...
#51
Kazakhstan :
7.58 annual %
2005 ...
#52
Solomon Islands :
7.17 annual %
2005 ...
#53
Mozambique :
7.17 annual %
2005 ...
#54
Laos :
7.17 annual %
2005 ...
#55
Bangladesh :
7.04 annual %
2005 ...
#56
Trinidad and Tobago :
6.89 annual %
2005 ...
#57
Brazil :
6.87 annual %
2005 ...
#58
Nepal :
6.84 annual %
2005 ...
#59
Togo :
6.8 annual %
2005 ...
#60
Lebanon :
6.8 annual %
1994 ...
#61
Paraguay :
6.79 annual %
2005 ...
#62
Latvia :
6.76 annual %
2005 ...
#63
Burkina Faso :
6.42 annual %
2005 ...
#64
Mali :
6.4 annual %
2005 ...
#65
Guyana :
6.34 annual %
2005 ...
#66
Barbados :
6.06 annual %
2005 ...
#67
Cambodia :
5.65 annual %
2005 ...
#68
Bolivia :
5.4 annual %
2005 ...
#69
Benin :
5.36 annual %
2005 ...
#70
Bhutan :
5.29 annual %
2005 ...
#71
Congo, Republic of the :
5.28 annual %
2005 ...
#72
Colombia :
5.05 annual %
2005 ...
#73
Bulgaria :
5.04 annual %
2005 ...
#74
Mauritius :
4.91 annual %
2005 ...
#75
Egypt :
4.87 annual %
2005 ...
#76
Swaziland :
4.77 annual %
2005 ...
#77
Uruguay :
4.7 annual %
2005 ...
#78
El Salvador :
4.69 annual %
2005 ...
#79
Iraq :
4.61 annual %
1978 ...
#80
Thailand :
4.54 annual %
2005 ...
#81
Macau :
4.4 annual %
2005 ...
#82
Kyrgyzstan :
4.35 annual %
2005 ...
#83
India :
4.25 annual %
2005 ...
#84
Equatorial Guinea :
4.23 annual %
2004 ...
#85
Dominican Republic :
4.19 annual %
2005 ...
#86
Iceland :
4.16 annual %
2005 ...
#87
Kuwait :
4.12 annual %
2005 ...
#88
Estonia :
4.09 annual %
2005 ...
#89
Djibouti :
4.09 annual %
1987 ...
#90
Mexico :
3.99 annual %
2005 ...
#91
Saint Lucia :
3.91 annual %
2005 ...
#92
Côte d'Ivoire :
3.89 annual %
2005 ...
#93
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines :
3.74 annual %
2005 ...
#94
Belize :
3.64 annual %
2005 ...
#95
Greece :
3.56 annual %
2005 ...
#96
Hungary :
3.55 annual %
2005 ...
#97
Jordan :
3.49 annual %
2005 ...
#98
Lesotho :
3.44 annual %
2005 ...
#99
Aruba :
3.4 annual %
2005 ...
#100
South Africa :
3.4 annual %
2005 ...
#101
United States :
3.39 annual %
2005 ...
#102
Netherlands Antilles :
3.38 annual %
2005 ...
#103
Spain :
3.37 annual %
2005 ...
#104
Croatia :
3.34 annual %
2005 ...
#105
Guinea-Bissau :
3.33 annual %
2005 ...
#106
Maldives :
3.29 annual %
2005 ...
#107
Panama :
3.26 annual %
2005 ...
#108
Gambia, The :
3.17 annual %
2005 ...
#109
Chile :
3.05 annual %
2005 ...
#110
New Zealand :
3.04 annual %
2005 ...
#111
Malta :
3.01 annual %
2005 ...
#112
Malaysia :
2.96 annual %
2005 ...
#113
Central African Republic :
2.88 annual %
2005 ...
#114
United Kingdom :
2.83 annual %
2005 ...
#115
Belgium :
2.78 annual %
2005 ...
#116
Korea, South :
2.73 annual %
2005 ...
#117
Slovakia :
2.71 annual %
2005 ...
#118
Australia :
2.67 annual %
2005 ...
#119
Lithuania :
2.66 annual %
2005 ...
#120
Bahrain :
2.59 annual %
2005 ...
#121
Cyprus :
2.56 annual %
2005 ...
#122
Luxembourg :
2.49 annual %
2005 ...
#123
Slovenia :
2.48 annual %
2005 ...
#124
Ireland :
2.43 annual %
2005 ...
#125
Ecuador :
2.41 annual %
2005 ...
#126
Fiji :
2.37 annual %
2005 ...
#127
Albania :
2.37 annual %
2005 ...
#128
Austria :
2.3 annual %
2005 ...
#129
Portugal :
2.29 annual %
2005