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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 Ranking

By Country Listing of the values for the Inflation rate (consumer prices) field
Country Inflation rate (consumer prices)
Afghanistan
5% (2017 est.)
4.4% (2016 est.)
Albania
1.4% (2019 est.)
2% (2018 est.)
1.9% (2017 est.)
Algeria
1.9% (2019 est.)
4.2% (2018 est.)
5.6% (2017 est.)
American Samoa
-0.5% (2015 est.)
1.4% (2014 est.)
Andorra
-0.9% (2015 est.)
-0.1% (2014 est.)
Angola
17.2% (2019 est.)
20.3% (2018 est.)
32.1% (2017 est.)
Anguilla
1.3% (2017 est.)
-0.6% (2016 est.)
Antigua and Barbuda
2.5% (2017 est.)
-0.5% (2016 est.)
Argentina
25.7% (2017 est.)
26.5% (2016 est.)

note: data are derived from private estimates

Armenia
1.4% (2019 est.)
2.5% (2018 est.)
0.9% (2017 est.)
Aruba
-0.5% (2017 est.)
-0.9% (2016 est.)
Australia
1.6% (2019 est.)
1.9% (2018 est.)
1.9% (2017 est.)
Austria
1.5% (2019 est.)
2% (2018 est.)
2% (2017 est.)
Azerbaijan
2.6% (2019 est.)
2.3% (2018 est.)
12.8% (2017 est.)
Bahamas, The
1.4% (2017 est.)
-0.3% (2016 est.)
Bahrain
1.4% (2017 est.)
2.8% (2016 est.)
Bangladesh
5.5% (2019 est.)
5.5% (2018 est.)
5.6% (2017 est.)
Barbados
4.4% (2017 est.)
1.5% (2016 est.)
Belarus
5.6% (2019 est.)
4.8% (2018 est.)
6% (2017 est.)
Belgium
1.4% (2019 est.)
2% (2018 est.)
2.1% (2017 est.)
Belize
1.1% (2017 est.)
0.7% (2016 est.)
Benin
-0.8% (2019 est.)
1.7% (2018 est.)
0% (2017 est.)
Bermuda
1.9% (2017 est.)
1.4% (2016 est.)
Bhutan
5.8% (2017 est.)
7.6% (2016 est.)
Bolivia
1.8% (2019 est.)
2.2% (2018 est.)
2.8% (2017 est.)
Bosnia and Herzegovina
1.2% (2017 est.)
-1.1% (2016 est.)
Botswana
2.7% (2019 est.)
3.2% (2018 est.)
3.2% (2017 est.)
Brazil
3.7% (2019 est.)
3.6% (2018 est.)
3.4% (2017 est.)
British Virgin Islands
1.1% (2017 est.)
1.1% (2016 est.)
Brunei
-0.2% (2017 est.)
-0.7% (2016 est.)
Bulgaria
3.1% (2019 est.)
2.8% (2018 est.)
2% (2017 est.)
Burkina Faso
-3.2% (2019 est.)
1.9% (2018 est.)
1.4% (2017 est.)
Burma
8.8% (2019 est.)
6.8% (2018 est.)
4.6% (2017 est.)
Burundi
-0.6% (2019 est.)
-2.5% (2018 est.)
15.9% (2017 est.)
Cabo Verde
1.1% (2019 est.)
1.2% (2018 est.)
0.7% (2017 est.)
Cambodia
2.9% (2017 est.)
3% (2016 est.)
Cameroon
2.4% (2019 est.)
1% (2018 est.)
0.6% (2017 est.)
Canada
1.9% (2019 est.)
2.2% (2018 est.)
1.5% (2017 est.)
Cayman Islands
2% (2017 est.)
-0.6% (2016 est.)
Central African Republic
2.7% (2019 est.)
1.6% (2018 est.)
4.2% (2017 est.)
Chad
-0.9% (2019 est.)
4.2% (2018 est.)
-1.5% (2017 est.)
Chile
2.2% (2019 est.)
2.7% (2018 est.)
2.1% (2017 est.)
China
2.8% (2019 est.)
2% (2018 est.)
1.5% (2017 est.)
Colombia
3.5% (2019 est.)
3.2% (2018 est.)
4.3% (2017 est.)
Comoros
1% (2017 est.)
1.8% (2016 est.)
Congo, Democratic Republic of the
41.5% (2017 est.)
18.2% (2016 est.)
Congo, Republic of the
2.2% (2019 est.)
1.1% (2018 est.)
0.4% (2017 est.)
Cook Islands
2.2% (2011 est.)
Costa Rica
2% (2019 est.)
2.2% (2018 est.)
1.6% (2017 est.)
Cote d'Ivoire
-1.1% (2019 est.)
0.3% (2018 est.)
0.6% (2017 est.)
Croatia
0.7% (2019 est.)
1.4% (2018 est.)
1.1% (2017 est.)
Cuba
5.5% (2017 est.)
4.5% (2016 est.)
Curacao
2.6% (2013 est.)
2.8% (2012 est.)
Cyprus
0.2% (2019 est.)
1.4% (2018 est.)
0.5% (2017 est.)
Czechia
2.8% (2019 est.)
2.1% (2018 est.)
2.4% (2017 est.)
Denmark
0.7% (2019 est.)
0.8% (2018 est.)
1.1% (2017 est.)
Djibouti
0.7% (2017 est.)
2.7% (2016 est.)
Dominica
0.6% (2017 est.)
0% (2016 est.)
Dominican Republic
1.8% (2019 est.)
3.5% (2018 est.)
3.2% (2017 est.)
Ecuador
0.2% (2019 est.)
-0.2% (2018 est.)
0.4% (2017 est.)
Egypt
9.3% (2019 est.)
14.4% (2018 est.)
29.6% (2017 est.)
El Salvador
0% (2019 est.)
1% (2018 est.)
1% (2017 est.)
Equatorial Guinea
1.2% (2019 est.)
1.3% (2018 est.)
0.7% (2017 est.)
Eritrea
9% (2017 est.)
9% (2016 est.)
Estonia
2.2% (2019 est.)
3.4% (2018 est.)
3.4% (2017 est.)
Eswatini
6.2% (2017 est.)
7.8% (2016 est.)
Ethiopia
15.7% (2019 est.)
13.9% (2018 est.)
10.8% (2017 est.)
European Union
1.1% (2019 est.)
1.7% (2018 est.)
1.5% (2017 est.)
Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas)
1.4% (2014 est.)
Faroe Islands
-0.3% (2016)
-1.7% (2015)
Fiji
3.4% (2017 est.)
3.9% (2016 est.)
Finland
1% (2019 est.)
1% (2018 est.)
0.7% (2017 est.)
France
1.1% (2019 est.)
1.8% (2018 est.)
1% (2017 est.)
French Polynesia
0% (2015 est.)
0.3% (2014 est.)
Gabon
2.4% (2019 est.)
4.7% (2018 est.)
2.6% (2017 est.)
Gambia, The
7.1% (2019 est.)
6.5% (2018 est.)
8% (2017 est.)
Gaza Strip
0.2% (2017 est.)
-0.2% (2016 est.)

note: excludes the West Bank

Georgia
4.8% (2019 est.)
2.6% (2018 est.)
6% (2017 est.)
Germany
1.4% (2019 est.)
1.7% (2018 est.)
1.5% (2017 est.)
Ghana
8.4% (2019 est.)
9.8% (2018 est.)
12.3% (2017 est.)
Gibraltar
2.5% (2013 est.)
2.2% (2012 est.)
Greece
0.2% (2019 est.)
0.6% (2018 est.)
1.1% (2017 est.)
Greenland
0.3% (January 2017 est.)
1.2% (January 2016 est.)
Grenada
0.9% (2017 est.)
1.7% (2016 est.)
Guam
1% (2017 est.)
0% (2016 est.)
Guatemala
3.7% (2019 est.)
3.7% (2018 est.)
4.4% (2017 est.)
Guernsey
3.4% (June 2006 est.)
Guinea
9.4% (2019 est.)
9.8% (2018 est.)
8.9% (2017 est.)
Guinea-Bissau
0.2% (2019 est.)
0.3% (2018 est.)
1.6% (2017 est.)
Guyana
2% (2017 est.)
0.8% (2016 est.)
Haiti
14.7% (2017 est.)
13.4% (2016 est.)
Honduras
4.3% (2019 est.)
4.3% (2018 est.)
3.9% (2017 est.)
Hong Kong
2.8% (2019 est.)
2.4% (2018 est.)
1.4% (2017 est.)
Hungary
3.3% (2019 est.)
2.8% (2018 est.)
2.3% (2017 est.)
Iceland
3% (2019 est.)
2.6% (2018 est.)
1.7% (2017 est.)
India
3.7% (2019 est.)
3.9% (2018 est.)
3.3% (2017 est.)
Indonesia
2.8% (2019 est.)
3.2% (2018 est.)
3.8% (2017 est.)
Iran
10% (2017 est.)
9.6% (2017 est.)
9.1% (2016 est.)

note: official Iranian estimate

Iraq
-0.1% (2019 est.)
0.3% (2018 est.)
0.2% (2017 est.)
Ireland
0.9% (2019 est.)
0.4% (2018 est.)
0.3% (2017 est.)
Isle of Man
4.1% (2017 est.)
1% (2016 est.)
Israel
0.8% (2019 est.)
0.8% (2018 est.)
0.2% (2017 est.)
Italy
0.6% (2019 est.)
1.1% (2018 est.)
1.2% (2017 est.)
Jamaica
3.9% (2019 est.)
3.7% (2018 est.)
4.3% (2017 est.)
Japan
0.4% (2019 est.)
0.9% (2018 est.)
0.4% (2017 est.)
Jersey
3.7% (2006)
Jordan
0.3% (2019 est.)
4.4% (2018 est.)
3.3% (2017 est.)
Kazakhstan
5.2% (2019 est.)
6% (2018 est.)
7.3% (2017 est.)
Kenya
5.1% (2019 est.)
4.6% (2018 est.)
8% (2017 est.)
Kiribati
0.4% (2017 est.)
1.9% (2016 est.)
Korea, North

NA

Korea, South
0.3% (2019 est.)
1.4% (2018 est.)
1.9% (2017 est.)
Kosovo
2.6% (2019 est.)
1% (2018 est.)
1.4% (2017 est.)
Kuwait
1.5% (2017 est.)
3.5% (2016 est.)
Kyrgyzstan
1.1% (2019 est.)
1.5% (2018 est.)
3.1% (2017 est.)
Laos
0.8% (2017 est.)
1.6% (2016 est.)
Latvia
2.8% (2019 est.)
2.5% (2018 est.)
2.9% (2017 est.)
Lebanon
2.8% (2019 est.)
6% (2018 est.)
4.4% (2017 est.)
Lesotho
5.3% (2019 est.)
3.8% (2018 est.)
5.1% (2017 est.)
Liberia
12.4% (2017 est.)
8.8% (2016 est.)
Libya
28.5% (2017 est.)
25.9% (2016 est.)
Liechtenstein
-0.4% (2016 est.)
-0.2% (2013)
Lithuania
2.3% (2019 est.)
2.7% (2018 est.)
3.7% (2017 est.)
Luxembourg
1.7% (2019 est.)
1.5% (2018 est.)
1.7% (2017 est.)
Macau
2.7% (2019 est.)
3% (2018 est.)
1.2% (2017 est.)
Madagascar
5.6% (2019 est.)
8.6% (2018 est.)
8.5% (2017 est.)
Malawi
9.3% (2019 est.)
12.4% (2018 est.)
11.7% (2017 est.)
Malaysia
0.6% (2019 est.)
0.9% (2018 est.)
3.8% (2017 est.)

note: approximately 30% of goods are price-controlled

Maldives
2.3% (2017 est.)
0.8% (2016 est.)
Mali
1.9% (2018 est.)
1.8% (2017 est.)
1.7% (2017 est.)
Malta
1.6% (2019 est.)
1.1% (2018 est.)
1.3% (2017 est.)
Marshall Islands
0% (2017 est.)
-1.5% (2016 est.)
Mauritania
2.2% (2019 est.)
3.1% (2018 est.)
2.2% (2017 est.)
Mauritius
0.4% (2019 est.)
3.2% (2018 est.)
3.6% (2017 est.)
Mexico
3.6% (2019 est.)
4.9% (2018 est.)
6% (2017 est.)
Micronesia, Federated States of
0.5% (2017 est.)
0.5% (2016 est.)
Moldova
4.8% (2019 est.)
3% (2018 est.)
6.5% (2017 est.)
Monaco
1.5% (2010)
Mongolia
4.6% (2017 est.)
0.5% (2016 est.)
Montenegro
0.3% (2019 est.)
2.6% (2018 est.)
2.3% (2017 est.)
Montserrat
1.2% (2017 est.)
-0.2% (2016 est.)
Morocco
0.2% (2019 est.)
2% (2018 est.)
0.7% (2017 est.)
Mozambique
2.7% (2019 est.)
3.9% (2018 est.)
15.4% (2017 est.)
Namibia
3.7% (2019 est.)
4.2% (2018 est.)
6.1% (2017 est.)
Nauru
5.1% (2017 est.)
8.2% (2016 est.)
Nepal
4.5% (2017 est.)
9.9% (2016 est.)
Netherlands
2.6% (2019 est.)
1.7% (2018 est.)
1.3% (2017 est.)
New Caledonia
1.4% (2017 est.)
0.6% (2016 est.)
New Zealand
1.6% (2019 est.)
1.5% (2018 est.)
1.8% (2017 est.)
Nicaragua
5.3% (2019 est.)
4.9% (2018 est.)
3.8% (2017 est.)
Niger
-2.5% (2019 est.)
6.3% (2018 est.)
2.3% (2017 est.)
Nigeria
11.3% (2019 est.)
12.1% (2018 est.)
16.5% (2017 est.)
Niue
4% (2005)
North Macedonia
0.7% (2019 est.)
1.4% (2018 est.)
1.3% (2017 est.)
Northern Mariana Islands
0.3% (2016 est.)
0.1% (2015 est.)
Norway
2.1% (2019 est.)
2.7% (2018 est.)
1.8% (2017 est.)
Oman
0.1% (2019 est.)
0.7% (2018 est.)
1.7% (2017 est.)
Pakistan
9.3% (2019 est.)
5.2% (2018 est.)
4.2% (2017 est.)
Palau
0.9% (2017 est.)
-1% (2016 est.)
Panama
0.9% (2017 est.)
0.7% (2016 est.)
Papua New Guinea
5.4% (2017 est.)
6.7% (2016 est.)
Paraguay
3.6% (2017 est.)
4.1% (2016 est.)
Peru
2.1% (2019 est.)
1.3% (2018 est.)
2.8% (2017 est.)

note: data are for metropolitan Lima, annual average

Philippines
2.4% (2019 est.)
5.2% (2018 est.)
2.8% (2017 est.)
Poland
2.1% (2019 est.)
1.7% (2018 est.)
2% (2017 est.)
Portugal
0.3% (2019 est.)
0.9% (2018 est.)
1.3% (2017 est.)
Puerto Rico
1.8% (2017 est.)
-0.3% (2016 est.)
Qatar
-0.6% (2019 est.)
0.2% (2018 est.)
0.3% (2017 est.)
Romania
3.8% (2019 est.)
4.6% (2018 est.)
1.3% (2017 est.)
Russia
4.4% (2019 est.)
2.8% (2018 est.)
3.7% (2017 est.)
Rwanda
3.3% (2019 est.)
-0.3% (2018 est.)
8.4% (2017 est.)
Saint Helena, Ascension, and Tristan da Cunha
4% (2012 est.)
Saint Kitts and Nevis
0% (2017 est.)
-0.3% (2016 est.)
Saint Lucia
0.1% (2017 est.)
-3.1% (2016 est.)
Saint Pierre and Miquelon
1.5% (2015)
4.5% (2010)
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
2.2% (2017 est.)
-0.2% (2016 est.)
Samoa
1.3% (2017 est.)
0.1% (2016 est.)
San Marino
1% (2017 est.)
0.6% (2016 est.)
Sao Tome and Principe
7.8% (2018 est.)
5.6% (2017 est.)
5.7% (2017 est.)
Saudi Arabia
-2% (2019 est.)
-4.5% (2018 est.)
-0.8% (2017 est.)
Senegal
-0.8% (2019 est.)
0.4% (2018 est.)
1.3% (2017 est.)
Serbia
-0.1% (2019 est.)
-1.1% (2018 est.)
2% (2017 est.)
Seychelles
1.8% (2019 est.)
3.7% (2018 est.)
2.8% (2017 est.)
Sierra Leone
14.8% (2019 est.)
16% (2018 est.)
18.2% (2017 est.)
Singapore
0.5% (2019 est.)
0.4% (2018 est.)
0.5% (2017 est.)
Sint Maarten
4% (2012 est.)
0.7% (2009 est.)
Slovakia
2.6% (2019 est.)
2.5% (2018 est.)
1.3% (2017 est.)
Slovenia
1.6% (2019 est.)
1.7% (2018 est.)
1.4% (2017 est.)
Solomon Islands
0.5% (2017 est.)
0.5% (2016 est.)
Somalia
1.5% (2017 est.)
-71.1% (2016 est.)
South Africa
4.1% (2019 est.)
4.6% (2018 est.)
5.2% (2017 est.)
South Sudan
187.9% (2017 est.)
379.8% (2016 est.)
Spain
0.7% (2019 est.)
1.6% (2018 est.)
1.9% (2017 est.)
Sri Lanka
4.3% (2019 est.)
4.2% (2018 est.)
6.5% (2017 est.)
Sudan
50.2% (2019 est.)
62.8% (2018 est.)
32.5% (2017 est.)
Suriname
22% (2017 est.)
55.5% (2016 est.)
Sweden
1.7% (2019 est.)
1.9% (2018 est.)
1.7% (2017 est.)
Switzerland
0.3% (2019 est.)
0.9% (2018 est.)
0.5% (2017 est.)
Syria
28.1% (2017 est.)
47.3% (2016 est.)
Taiwan
0.5% (2019 est.)
1.3% (2018 est.)
0.6% (2017 est.)
Tajikistan
7.7% (2019 est.)
3.9% (2018 est.)
7.3% (2017 est.)
Tanzania
3.4% (2019 est.)
3.5% (2018 est.)
5.3% (2017 est.)
Thailand
0.7% (2019 est.)
1% (2018 est.)
0.6% (2017 est.)
Timor-Leste
0.6% (2017 est.)
-1.3% (2016 est.)
Togo
0.6% (2019 est.)
0.9% (2018 est.)
-0.9% (2017 est.)
Tokelau
4% (2020 est.)
2.5% (2019 est.)
11% (2017 est.)

note: Tokelau notes that its wide inflation swings are due almost entirely due to cigarette prices, a chief import.

Tonga
7.4% (2017 est.)
2.6% (2016 est.)
Trinidad and Tobago
1.9% (2017 est.)
3.1% (2016 est.)
Tunisia
6.7% (2019 est.)
7.2% (2018 est.)
5.3% (2017 est.)
Turkey
15.4% (2019 est.)
16.2% (2018 est.)
11.1% (2017 est.)
Turkmenistan
8% (2017 est.)
3.6% (2016 est.)
Turks and Caicos Islands
4% (2017 est.)
0.7% (2016 est.)
Tuvalu
4.1% (2017 est.)
3.5% (2016 est.)
Uganda
2.8% (2019 est.)
2.6% (2018 est.)
5.6% (2017 est.)
Ukraine
7.9% (2019 est.)
11% (2018 est.)
14.4% (2017 est.)

note: Excluding the temporarily occupied territories of the Autonomous Republic of Crimea, the city of Sevastopol and part of the anti-terrorist operation zone

United Arab Emirates
-1.9% (2019 est.)
3% (2018 est.)
1.9% (2017 est.)
United Kingdom
1.7% (2019 est.)
2.4% (2018 est.)
2.6% (2017 est.)
United States
1.8% (2019 est.)
2.4% (2018 est.)
2.1% (2017 est.)
Uruguay
7.8% (2019 est.)
7.5% (2018 est.)
6.2% (2017 est.)
Uzbekistan
12.5% (2017 est.)
8% (2016 est.)

note: official data; based on independent analysis of consumer prices, inflation reached 22% in 2012

Vanuatu
3.1% (2017 est.)
0.8% (2016 est.)
Venezuela
146,101.7% (2019 est.)
45,518.1% (2018 est.)
416.8% (2017 est.)
Vietnam
2.7% (2019 est.)
3.5% (2018 est.)
3.5% (2017 est.)
Virgin Islands
1% (2016 est.)
2.6% (2015 est.)
Wallis and Futuna
0.9% (2015)
2.8% (2005)
West Bank
0.2% (2017 est.)
-0.2% (2016 est.)

note: excludes Gaza Strip

World
6.4% (2017 est.)
3.7% (2016 est.)
developed countries: 1.9% (2017 est.) 0.9% (2016 est.)
developing countries: 8.8% (2017 est.) 3.7% (2016 est.)
note: the above estimates are weighted averages; inflation in developed countries is 0% to 4% typically, in developing countries, 4% 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 due to the world financial crisis
Yemen
24.7% (2017 est.)
-12.6% (2016 est.)
Zambia
9.1% (2019 est.)
7.4% (2018 est.)
6.5% (2017 est.)
Zimbabwe
241.7% (2019 est.)
10.6% (2018 est.)
0.9% (2017 est.)