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Economy Statistics > Inflation rate (consumer prices) (most recent) by country

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Rank   Countries  Amount  Date  
# 1   Zimbabwe: 12,563%  2007 Time series
# 2   Burma: 35%  2007 Time series
# 3   Guinea: 23.4%  2007 Time series
# 4   Venezuela: 18.7%  2007 Time series
# 5   São Tomé and Príncipe: 18%  2007 Time series
# 6   Ethiopia: 17.2%  2007 Time series
= 7   Iran: 17%  2007 Time series
= 7   Eritrea: 17%  2007 Time series
= 9   Congo, Democratic Republic of the: 16.7%  2007 Time series
= 9   Azerbaijan: 16.7%  2007 Time series
# 11   Sri Lanka: 15.8%  2007 Time series
# 12   United Arab Emirates: 14%  2007 Time series
# 13   Qatar: 13.7%  2007 Time series
# 14   Tajikistan: 13.1%  2007 Time series
# 15   Afghanistan: 13%  2007 Time series
# 16   Ukraine: 12.8%  2007 Time series
= 17   Guyana: 12.3%  2007 Time series
= 17   Moldova: 12.3%  2007 Time series
= 19   Angola: 12.2%  2007 Time series
= 19   Syria: 12.2%  2007 Time series
# 21   Sierra Leone: 11.7%  2007 Time series
# 22   Turkmenistan: 11.3%  2007 Time series
# 23   Liberia: 11.2%  2007 Time series
# 24   Nicaragua: 11.1%  2007 Time series
# 25   Kazakhstan: 10.8%  2007 Time series
# 26   Ghana: 10.7%  2007 Time series
# 27   Zambia: 10.6%  2007 Time series
# 28   Madagascar: 10.3%  2007 Time series
# 29   Kyrgyzstan: 10.2%  2007 Time series
= 30   Serbia and Montenegro: 10.1%  2007 Time series
= 30   Latvia: 10.1%  2007 Time series
# 32   Yemen: 10%  2007 Time series
# 33   Bulgaria: 9.8%  2007 Time series
# 34   Kenya: 9.7%  2007 Time series
= 35   Egypt: 9.5%  2007 Time series
= 35   Jamaica: 9.5%  2007 Time series
# 37   Costa Rica: 9.4%  2007 Time series
# 38   Georgia: 9.3%  2007 Time series
= 39   Bangladesh: 9.1%  2007 Time series
= 39   Rwanda: 9.1%  2007 Time series
= 41   Russia: 9%  2007 Time series
= 41   Mongolia: 9%  2007 Time series
= 43   Mauritius: 8.8%  2007 Time series
= 43   Argentina: 8.8%  2007 Time series
= 45   Turkey: 8.7%  2007 Time series
= 45   Bolivia: 8.7%  2007 Time series
# 47   Haiti: 8.5%  2007 Time series
# 48   Belarus: 8.4%  2007 Time series
= 49   Burundi: 8.3%  2007 Time series
= 49   Vietnam: 8.3%  2007 Time series
# 51   Mozambique: 8.2%  2007 Time series
= 52   Paraguay: 8.1%  2007 Time series
= 52   Saint Pierre and Miquelon: 8.1%  2005 Time series
= 52   Uruguay: 8.1%  2007 Time series
= 52   Swaziland: 8.1%  2007 Time series
= 56   Hungary: 8%  2007 Time series
= 56   Lesotho: 8%  2007 Time series
= 56   Sudan: 8%  2007 Time series
= 59   Malawi: 7.9%  2007 Time series
= 59   Trinidad and Tobago: 7.9%  2007 Time series
# 61   East Timor: 7.8%  2007 Time series
# 62   Pakistan: 7.6%  2007 Time series
# 63   Mauritania: 7.3%  2007 Time series
# 64   Macau: 7.2%  2006 Time series
# 65   Botswana: 7.1%  2007 Time series
# 66   Tanzania: 7%  2007 Time series
= 67   Honduras: 6.9%  2007 Time series
= 67   Uzbekistan: 6.9%  2005 Time series
# 69   Guatemala: 6.8%  2007 Time series
# 70   Namibia: 6.7%  2007 Time series
# 71   Estonia: 6.6%  2007 Time series
= 72   South Africa: 6.5%  2007 Time series
= 72   Puerto Rico: 6.5%  2003 Time series
= 74   India: 6.4%  2007 Time series
= 74   Nepal: 6.4%  2007 Time series
= 74   Suriname: 6.4%  2007 Time series
= 77   Indonesia: 6.3%  2007 Time series
= 77   Libya: 6.3%  2007 Time series
= 77   Solomon Islands: 6.3%  2007 Time series
= 80   Saint Vincent and the Grenadines: 6.1%  2007 Time series
= 80   Uganda: 6.1%  2007 Time series
= 80   Dominican Republic: 6.1%  2007 Time series
= 83   Samoa: 6%  2007 Time series
= 83   Equatorial Guinea: 6%  2007 Time series
= 85   Senegal: 5.9%  2007 Time series
= 85   Oman: 5.9%  2007 Time series
= 85   Tonga: 5.9%  2007 Time series
= 85   Cambodia: 5.9%  2007 Time series
# 89   Lithuania: 5.7%  2007 Time series
= 90   Barbados: 5.5%  2007 Time series
= 90   Kuwait: 5.5%  2007 Time series
= 90   Colombia: 5.5%  2007 Time series
= 93   Nigeria: 5.4%  2007 Time series
= 93   Jordan: 5.4%  2007 Time series
= 95   Seychelles: 5.3%  2007 Time series
= 95   Anguilla: 5.3%  2006 Time series
= 97   Iceland: 5.1%  2007 Time series
= 97   Gambia, The: 5.1%  2007 Time series
= 99   Djibouti: 5%  2007 Time series
= 99   Gabon: 5%  2007 Time series
= 99   Maldives: 5%  2007 Time series
= 102   Bhutan: 4.9%  2007 Time series
= 102   Ireland: 4.9%  2007 Time series
= 104   Romania: 4.8%  2007 Time series
= 104   Fiji: 4.8%  2007 Time series
= 104   China: 4.8%  2007 Time series
# 107   Iraq: 4.7%  2007 Time series
# 108   El Salvador: 4.6%  2007 Time series
= 109   Croatia: 4.5%  2007 Time series
= 109   Saint Kitts and Nevis: 4.5%  2007 Time series
= 109   Laos: 4.5%  2007 Time series
= 112   Armenia: 4.4%  2007 Time series
= 112   Chile: 4.4%  2007 Time series
= 112   Cayman Islands: 4.4%  2004 Time series
= 112   Cape Verde: 4.4%  2007 Time series
= 116   Lebanon: 4.2%  2007 Time series
= 116   Panama: 4.2%  2007 Time series
= 118   Poland: 4.1%  2007 Time series
= 118   Saudi Arabia: 4.1%  2007 Time series
= 120   Chad: 4%  2007 Time series
= 120   Mexico: 4%  2007 Time series
= 120   Niue: 4%  2005 Time series
# 123   Vanuatu: 3.9%  2007 Time series
= 124   Guinea-Bissau: 3.8%  2007 Time series
= 124   Tuvalu: 3.8%  2006 Time series
= 126   Jersey: 3.7%  2006 Time series
= 126   Grenada: 3.7%  2007 Time series
= 128   Slovenia: 3.6%  2007 Time series
= 128   Gaza Strip: 3.6%  2006 Time series
= 128   West Bank: 3.6%  2006 Time series
= 128   Brazil: 3.6%  2007 Time series
# 132   Algeria: 3.5%  2007 Time series
= 133   Aruba: 3.4%  2005 Time series
= 133   Montenegro: 3.4%  2007 Time series
= 133   Guernsey: 3.4%  2006 Time series
# 136   Bahrain: 3.3%  2007 Time series
# 137   Andorra: 3.2%  2005 Time series
= 138   Tunisia: 3.1%  2007 Time series
= 138   Man, Isle of: 3.1%  2006 Time series
= 138   Cuba: 3.1%  2007 Time series
= 141   Marshall Islands: 3%  2005 Time series
= 141   Comoros: 3%  2007 Time series
= 143   Greece: 2.9%  2007 Time series
= 143   Czech Republic: 2.9%  2007 Time series
= 143   Gibraltar: 2.9%  2005 Time series
= 143   United States: 2.9%  2007 Time series
= 143   Albania: 2.9%  2007 Time series
= 148   Philippines: 2.8%  2007 Time series
= 148   Bermuda: 2.8%  2005 Time series
= 148   Wallis and Futuna: 2.8%  2005 Time series
= 148   Spain: 2.8%  2007 Time series
= 148   Slovakia: 2.8%  2007 Time series
= 153   Congo, Republic of the: 2.7%  2007 Time series
= 153   Dominica: 2.7%  2007 Time series
= 153   Palau: 2.7%  2005 Time series
# 156   Montserrat: 2.6%  2002 Time series
= 157   Korea, South: 2.5%  2007 Time series
= 157   Guam: 2.5%  2005 Time series
= 157   Mali: 2.5%  2007 Time series
= 157   Finland: 2.5%  2007 Time series
= 161   Portugal: 2.4%  2007 Time series
= 161   Cyprus: 2.4%  2007 Time series
= 161   Bahamas, The: 2.4%  2007 Time series
= 161   New Zealand: 2.4%  2007 Time series
= 165   Australia: 2.3%  2007 Time series
= 165   Luxembourg: 2.3%  2007 Time series
= 165   United Kingdom: 2.3%  2007 Time series
= 165   Germany: 2.3%  2007 Time series
= 165   Ecuador: 2.3%  2007 Time series
= 165   Macedonia, Republic of: 2.3%  2007 Time series
= 165   Belize: 2.3%  2007 Time series
= 172   Sweden: 2.2%  2007 Time series
= 172   Micronesia, Federated States of: 2.2%  2005 Time series
= 172   Thailand: 2.2%  2007 Time series
= 172   Virgin Islands: 2.2%  2003 Time series
= 172   Austria: 2.2%  2007 Time series
= 177   Singapore: 2.1%  2007 Time series
= 177   Cook Islands: 2.1%  2005 Time series
= 177   Netherlands Antilles: 2.1%  2003 Time series
= 177   Canada: 2.1%  2007 Time series
= 181   Hong Kong: 2%  2007 Time series
= 181   Morocco: 2%  2007 Time series
= 181   Malaysia: 2%  2007 Time series
= 181   British Virgin Islands: 2%  2005 Time series
= 185   Monaco: 1.9%  2000 Time series
= 185   Saint Lucia: 1.9%  2007 Time series
= 185   Côte d'Ivoire: 1.9%  2007 Time series
= 188   Italy: 1.8%  2007 Time series
= 188   Taiwan: 1.8%  2007 Time series
= 188   Belgium: 1.8%  2007 Time series
= 188   Peru: 1.8%  2007 Time series
= 188   Faroe Islands: 1.8%  2005 Time series
= 194   Denmark: 1.7%  2007 Time series
= 194   Mayotte: 1.7%  2005 Time series
= 196   Netherlands: 1.6%  2007 Time series
= 196   Bosnia and Herzegovina: 1.6%  2007 Time series
= 198   Antigua and Barbuda: 1.5%  2007 Time series
= 198   France: 1.5%  2007 Time series
# 200   New Caledonia: 1.4%  2000 Time series
= 201   Benin: 1.3%  2007 Time series
= 201   Malta: 1.3%  2007 Time series
= 203   French Polynesia: 1.1%  2006 Time series
= 203   Cameroon: 1.1%  2007 Time series
= 205   Togo: 1%  2007 Time series
= 205   Greenland: 1%  2005 Time series
= 205   French Guiana: 1%  2003 Time series
= 205   Liechtenstein: 1%  2001 Time series
= 209   Papua New Guinea: 0.9%  2007 Time series
= 209   Central African Republic: 0.9%  2007 Time series
# 211   Norway: 0.8%  2007 Time series
# 212   Switzerland: 0.7%  2007 Time series
# 213   Israel: 0.5%  2007 Time series
# 214   Brunei: 0.4%  2007 Time series
# 215   Kiribati: 0.2%  2007 Time series
= 216   Japan: 0.1%  2007 Time series
= 216   Niger: 0.1%  2007 Time series
# 218   Burkina Faso: -0.2%  2007 Time series
# 219   Northern Mariana Islands: -0.8%  2000 Time series
# 220   San Marino: -1.5%  2006 Time series
Weighted average: 62.7%  

Historical countries, unions or other regions:
European Union 1.8%  



DEFINITION: This entry furnishes the annual percent change in consumer prices compared with the previous year's consumer prices.

SOURCE: All CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 18 December 2008

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COMMENTARY     

Ian Graham
Staff Editor
7th March 2005 		Hyperinflation is when prices rise so rapidly that currency loses its value. It often occurs during times of war or internal strife. The problem usually becomes worse when governments respond by printing more money.

On his website, Thayer Watkins of San Jose State University gives the maximum monthly price increases during some of history’s worst hyperinflation crises. These include Hungary in 1945-1946, when prices rose 4.19 quintillion percent; Greece in 1943-1944, when inflation was 8.55 billion percent; and Germany in 1920-1923, with monthly price increases of up to 3.25 million percent.

In 1993, the Serbian government printed a 500 billion Serbian dinar bill. The largest denomination banknote ever officially issued for circulation was in 1946 by the Hungarian National Bank for the amount of 100 million billion pengő. Sometimes bills were just stamped to indicate denomination changes because new bills would be obsolete by the time they were printed. http://www.answers.com/topic/hyperinflation

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