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@2092 Inflation rate (consumer prices) (%)
Afghanistan
NA%
Albania
6% (2002 est.)
Algeria
3% (2002 est.)
American Samoa
NA%
Andorra
4.3% (2000)
Angola
106% (2002 est.)
Anguilla
2.3%
Antigua and Barbuda
0.4% (2000 est.)
Argentina
41% (2002, yearend)
Armenia
1.1% (2002 est.)
Aruba
3.2% (2002 est.)
Australia
2.8% (2002 est.)
Austria
1.8% (2002 est.)
Azerbaijan
2.6% (2002 est.)
Bahamas, The
1.8% (2001 est.)
Bahrain
0.5% (2002 est.)
Bangladesh
3.1% (2002 est.)
Barbados
-0.6% (2002 est.)
Belarus
42.8% (2002 est.)
Belgium
1.7% (2002 est.)
Belize
1.9% (2002 est.)
Benin
3.3% (2002 est.)
Bermuda
2.3% (July 2002)
Bhutan
3% (2002 est.)
Bolivia
2% (2001 est.)
Bosnia and Herzegovina
3.5% (2002 est.)
Botswana
8.1% (2002 est.)
Brazil
8.3% (2002)
British Virgin Islands
2.5% (2002)
Brunei
-2% (2002 est.)
Bulgaria
5.9% (2002 est.)
Burkina Faso
3.5% (2001 est.)
Burma
53.7% (2002 est.)
Burundi
12% (2002 est.)
Cambodia
3.3% (2002 est.)
Cameroon
4.5% (2002 est.)
Canada
2.2% (2002 est.)
Cape Verde
3% (2002)
Cayman Islands
2.8% (2002)
Central African Republic
3.6% (2001 est.)
Chad
6% (2002 est.)
Chile
2.5% (2002 est.)
China
-0.8% (2002 est.)
Christmas Island
NA%
Cocos (Keeling) Islands
NA%
Colombia
6.2% (2002 est.)
Comoros
3.5% (2001 est.)
Congo, Democratic Republic of the
16% (2002 est.)
Congo, Republic of the
4% (2002 est.)
Cook Islands
3.2% (2000 est.)
Costa Rica
9.1% (2002 est.)
Cote d'Ivoire
3.2% (2002 est.)
Croatia
2.2% (2002 est.)
Cuba
7.1% (2002 est.)
Cyprus
Greek Cypriot area: 2.8% (2001 est.); Turkish Cypriot area:
24.5% (2002 est.)
Czech Republic
0.6% (2002 est.)
Denmark
2.3% (2002 est.)
Djibouti
2% (2002 est.)
Dominica
1% (2001 est.)
Dominican Republic
5.3% (2002 est.)
East Timor
NA%
Ecuador
12.5% (2002 est.)
Egypt
4.3% (2002 est.)
El Salvador
3.8% (2001 est.)
Equatorial Guinea
6% (2002 est.)
Eritrea
15% (2001)
Estonia
3.7% (2002 est.)
Ethiopia
4% (2003 est.)
Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas)
3.6% (1998)
Faroe Islands
5.1% (1999)
Fiji
2% (2002 est.)
Finland
1.9% (2002 est.)
France
1.8% (2002 est.)
French Guiana
1.5% (2002 est.)
French Polynesia
1.5%
Gabon
2.3% (2002 est.)
Gambia, The
5.5% (2002 est.)
Gaza Strip
2.2% (includes West Bank) (2001 est.)
Georgia
5.2% (2002 est.)
Germany
1.3% (2002 est.)
Ghana
14.5% (2002 est.)
Gibraltar
1.5% (1998)
Greece
3.6% (2002 est.)
Greenland
1.6% (1999 est.)
Grenada
2.8% (2001 est.)
Guadeloupe
NA%
Guam
0% (1999 est.)
Guatemala
8.1% (2002 est.)
Guernsey
3.99% (2000 est.)
Guinea
6% (2002 est.)
Guinea-Bissau
4% (2002 est.)
Guyana
4.7% (2002 est.)
Haiti
11.9% (2001 est.)
Honduras
7.7% (2002 est.)
Hong Kong
3% (2002 est.)
Hungary
5.3% (2002 est.)
Iceland
5.2% (2002 est.)
India
5.4% (2002 est.)
Indonesia
11.9% (2002 est.)
Iran
15.3% (2002 est.)
Iraq
70% (2002 est.)
Ireland
4.6% (2002 est.)
Israel
5.7% (2002 est.)
Italy
2.4% (2002 est.)
Jamaica
7% (2002 est.)
Japan
-0.9% (2002 est.)
Jersey
4.7% (1998)
Jordan
3.3% (2002 est.)
Kazakhstan
6% (2002 est.)
Kenya
1.9% (2002 est.)
Kiribati
2.5% (2001 est.)
Korea, North
NA%
Korea, South
2.8% (2002 est.)
Kuwait
2% (2002 est.)
Kyrgyzstan
2.1% (2002 est.)
Laos
10% (2002 est.)
Latvia
2% (2002 est.)
Lebanon
3.5% (2002 est.)
Lesotho
10% (2002 est.)
Liberia
15% (2002 est.)
Libya
1% (2001 est.)
Liechtenstein
1% (2001)
Lithuania
0.8% (2002 est.)
Luxembourg
1.6% (2002 est.)
Macau
-2.6% (2002 est.)
Macedonia, The Former Yugoslav Republic of
1.1% (2002 est.)
Madagascar
7.4% (2001 est.)
Malawi
27.4% (2001 est.)
Malaysia
1.9% (2002 est.)
Maldives
1% (2002 est.)
Mali
4.5% (2002 est.)
Malta
2.4% (2002 est.)
Man, Isle of
3.6% (March 2003 est.)
Marshall Islands
2% (2001 est.)
Martinique
3.9% (1990)
Mauritania
3% (2002 est.)
Mauritius
6.4% (2002 est.)
Mayotte
NA%
Mexico
6.4% (2002 est.)
Micronesia, Federated States of
1% (2002 est.)
Moldova
5.5% (2002 est.)
Monaco
NA%
Mongolia
3% (2002 est.)
Montserrat
2.6% (2002 est.)
Morocco
3.6% (2002 est.)
Mozambique
15.2% (2002 est.)
Namibia
8% (2001)
Nauru
-3.6% (1993)
Nepal
2.8% (2001 est.)
Netherlands
3.4% (2002 est.)
Netherlands Antilles
0.4% (2002 est.)
New Caledonia
-0.6% (2000 est.)
New Zealand
2.7% (2002 est.)
Nicaragua
3.7% (2002 est.)
Niger
3% (2002 est.)
Nigeria
14.2% (2002 est.)
Niue
1% (1995)
Norfolk Island
NA%
Northern Mariana Islands
1.2% (1997 est.)
Norway
1.3% (2001 est.)
Oman
-0.5% (2002 est.)
Pakistan
3.9% (2002 est.)
Palau
3.4% (2000 est.)
Panama
1.1% (2001 est.)
Papua New Guinea
9.8% (2002 est.)
Paraguay
10.5% (2002 est.)
Peru
0.2% (2002 est.)
Philippines
3.1% (2002 est.)
Pitcairn Islands
NA%
Poland
1.9% (2002 est.)
Portugal
3.7% (2002 est.)
Puerto Rico
5% (2002 est.)
Qatar
1.9% (2002)
Reunion
NA%
Romania
22.5% (2002 est.)
Russia
15% (2002 est.)
Rwanda
5.5% (2002 est.)
Saint Helena
3.2% (1997 est.)
Saint Kitts and Nevis
1.7% (2001 est.)
Saint Lucia
3% (2001 est.)
Saint Pierre and Miquelon
2.1% (1991-96 average)
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
-0.4% (2001 est.)
Samoa
4% (2001 est.)
San Marino
3.3% (2001)
Sao Tome and Principe
9% (2002 est.)
Saudi Arabia
1% (2002 est.)
Senegal
3% (2002 est.)
Serbia and Montenegro
19% (2002 est.)
Seychelles
0.5% (2002 est.)
Sierra Leone
1% (2002 est.)
Singapore
-0.4% (2002 est.)
Slovakia
3.3% (2002 est.)
Slovenia
7.4% (2002 est.)
Solomon Islands
1.8% (2001 est.)
Somalia
over 100% (businesses print their own money)
South Africa
9.9% (2002 est.)
Spain
3% (2002 est.)
Sri Lanka
9.6% (2002 est.)
Sudan
9.2% (2002 est.)
Suriname
17% (2002 est.)
Svalbard
NA%
Swaziland
11.8% (2002 est.)
Sweden
2.2% (2002 est.)
Switzerland
0.5% (2002 est.)
Syria
0.9% (2002 est.)
Taiwan
-0.2% (2002 est.)
Tajikistan
12% (2001 est.)
Tanzania
4.8% (2002 est.)
Thailand
0.6% (2002 est.)
Togo
4% (2002 est.)
Tokelau
NA%
Tonga
8.4% (2001 est.)
Trinidad and Tobago
4.3% (2002 est.)
Tunisia
2.5% (2002 est.)
Turkey
45.2% (2002 est.)
Turkmenistan
5% (2002 est.)
Turks and Caicos Islands
4% (1995)
Tuvalu
5% (2000 est.)
Uganda
0.1% (2002 est.)
Ukraine
-1.2% (2002 est.)
United Arab Emirates
2.8% (2002 est.)
United Kingdom
2.1% (2002 est.)
United States
1.6% (2002)
Uruguay
14.1% (2002 est.)
Uzbekistan
26% (2001 est.)
Vanuatu
3.2% (2001 est.)
Venezuela
31.2% (2002 est.)
Vietnam
3.9% (2002 est.)
Virgin Islands
2% (1992)
Wallis and Futuna
NA%
West Bank
2.2% (includes Gaza Strip) (2001 est.)
Western Sahara
NA%
World
developed countries 1% to 4% typically; developing countries
5% to 60% typically; national inflation rates vary widely in
individual cases, from declining prices in Japan to hyperinflation
in several Third World countries
Yemen
12.2% (2002 est.)
Zambia
21% (2002 est.)
Zimbabwe
134.5% (2002 est.)