 | Afghanistan |
16.3% (2005 est.) |
 | Albania |
2.4% (2005 est.) |
 | Algeria |
1.9% (2005 est.) |
 | American Samoa |
NA% |
 | Andorra |
3.4% (2004) |
 | Angola |
23% (2005 est.) |
 | Anguilla |
5.3% |
 | Antigua and Barbuda |
0.9% (2005 est.) |
 | Argentina |
9.6% (2005 est.) |
 | Armenia |
0.6% (2005 est.) |
 | Aruba |
3.4% (2005) |
 | Australia |
2.7% (2005 est.) |
 | Austria |
2.3% (2005 est.) |
 | Azerbaijan |
9.6% (2005 est.) |
 | Bahamas, The |
1.2% ( 2004) |
 | Bahrain |
2.7% (2005 est.) |
 | Bangladesh |
7% (2005 est.) |
 | Barbados |
-0.5% (2003 est.) |
 | Belarus |
10.3% (2005 est.) |
 | Belgium |
2.8% (2005 est.) |
 | Belize |
3% (2005 est.) |
 | Benin |
3.5% (2005 est.) |
 | Bermuda |
2.8% (November 2005) |
 | Bhutan |
7% (2005 est.) |
 | Bolivia |
5.4% (2005 est.) |
 | Bosnia and Herzegovina |
4.4% (2005 est.) |
 | Botswana |
8.6% (2005 est.) |
 | Brazil |
6.9% (2005 est.) |
 | British Virgin Islands |
2% (2005) |
 | Brunei |
0.9% (2004) |
 | Bulgaria |
5% (2005) |
 | Burkina Faso |
6.4% (2005 est.) |
 | Burma |
20.2% (2005 est.) |
 | Burundi |
16% (2005 est.) |
 | Cambodia |
5.8% (2005 est.) |
 | Cameroon |
2% (2005 est.) |
 | Canada |
2.2% (2005 est.) |
 | Cape Verde |
0.4% (2005 est.) |
 | Cayman Islands |
4.4% (2004) |
 | Central African Republic |
3.6% (2001 est.) |
 | Chad |
3% (2005 est.) |
 | Chile |
3.1% (2005 est.) |
 | China |
1.8% (2005 est.) |
 | Colombia |
5% (2005 est.) |
 | Comoros |
3% (2005 est.) |
 | Congo, Democratic Republic of the |
9% (2004 est.) |
 | Congo, Republic of the |
2.2% (2005 est.) |
 | Cook Islands |
2.1% (2005 est.) |
 | Costa Rica |
13.8% (2005 est.) |
 | Cote d'Ivoire |
3.9% (2005 est.) |
 | Croatia |
3.3% (2005 est.) |
 | Cuba |
7% (2005 est.) |
 | Cyprus |
Republic of Cyprus: 2.6% (2005 est.); north Cyprus: 9.1% (2004 est.) |
 | Czech Republic |
1.9% (2005 est.) |
 | Denmark |
1.8% (2005 est.) |
 | Djibouti |
3% (2005 est.) |
 | Dominica |
-0.1% (2005 est.) |
 | Dominican Republic |
4.2% (2005 est.) |
 | East Timor |
1.4% (2005) |
 | Ecuador |
2.1% (2005 est.) |
 | Egypt |
4.9% (2005 est.) |
 | El Salvador |
4.7% (2005 est.) |
 | Equatorial Guinea |
5% (2005 est.) |
 | Eritrea |
15% (2005 est.) |
 | Estonia |
4.1% (2005 est.) |
 | Ethiopia |
11.6% (2005 est.) |
 | European Union |
2.2% (2005 est.) |
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3.6% (1998) |
 | Faroe Islands |
5.1% (1999) |
 | Fiji |
3% (2005) |
 | Finland |
0.9% (2005 est.) |
 | France |
1.7% (2005 est.) |
 | French Guiana |
1% (2003) |
 | French Polynesia |
1.1% (2006 est.) |
 | Gabon |
-0.1% (2005 est.) |
 | Gambia, The |
8.8% (2005 est.) |
 | Gaza Strip |
7% (includes West Bank) (2003) |
 | Georgia |
8.2% (2005 est.) |
 | Germany |
2% (2005 est.) |
 | Ghana |
15.1% (2005 est.) |
 | Gibraltar |
1.5% (1998) |
 | Greece |
3.5% (2005 est.) |
 | Greenland |
1.6% (1999 est.) |
 | Grenada |
3% (2005 est.) |
 | Guadeloupe |
NA% |
 | Guam |
2.5% (2005 est.) |
 | Guatemala |
9.1% (2005 est.) |
 | Guernsey |
4.9% (2004 est.) |
 | Guinea |
25% (2005 est.) |
 | Guinea-Bissau |
4% (2002 est.) |
 | Guyana |
6.9% (2005 est.) |
 | Haiti |
15.7% (2005 est.) |
 | Honduras |
8.8% (2005 est.) |
 | Hong Kong |
0.9% (2005 est.) |
 | Hungary |
3.6% (2005 est.) |
 | Iceland |
4% (2005 est.) |
 | India |
4.2% (2005 est.) |
 | Indonesia |
10.5% (2005 est.) |
 | Iran |
13.5% (2005 est.) |
 | Iraq |
33% (2005 est.) |
 | Ireland |
2.4% (2005 est.) |
 | Isle of Man |
2.7% (2003 est.) |
 | Israel |
1.3% (2005 est.) |
 | Italy |
2% (2005 est.) |
 | Jamaica |
15.3% (2005 est.) |
 | Japan |
-0.3% (2005 est.) |
 | Jersey |
5.3% (2004) |
 | Jordan |
4.5% (2005 est.) |
 | Kazakhstan |
7.6% (2005 est.) |
 | Kenya |
10.3% (2005 est.) |
 | Kiribati |
0.5% (2005 est.) |
 | Korea, North |
NA% |
 | Korea, South |
2.8% (2005 est.) |
 | Kuwait |
4.1% (2005 est.) |
 | Kyrgyzstan |
5.2% (2005 est.) |
 | Laos |
7% (2005 est.) |
 | Latvia |
6.8% (2005 est.) |
 | Lebanon |
2.4% (2005 est.) |
 | Lesotho |
4.7% (2005 est.) |
 | Liberia |
15% (2003 est.) |
 | Libya |
3.4% (2005 est.) |
 | Liechtenstein |
1% (2001) |
 | Lithuania |
2.7% (2005) |
 | Luxembourg |
2.5% (2005 est.) |
 | Macau |
3.8% (2nd quarter, 2005) |
 | Macedonia |
0% (2005 est.) |
 | Madagascar |
15% (2005 est.) |
 | Malawi |
15.4% (2005 est.) |
 | Malaysia |
3% (2005 est.) |
 | Maldives |
6% (2005 est.) |
 | Mali |
4.5% (2002 est.) |
 | Malta |
3% (2005 est.) |
 | Marshall Islands |
3% (2005 est.) |
 | Martinique |
NA |
 | Mauritania |
7% (2003 est.) |
 | Mauritius |
5% (2005 est.) |
 | Mayotte |
NA% |
 | Mexico |
4% (2005 est.) |
 | Micronesia, Federated States of |
2.2% (2005) |
 | Moldova |
11.9% (2005 est.) |
 | Monaco |
1.9% (2000) |
 | Mongolia |
9.5% (2005 est.) |
 | Montenegro |
3.4% (2004) |
 | Montserrat |
2.6% (2002 est.) |
 | Morocco |
1% (2005 est.) |
 | Mozambique |
6.5% (2005 est.) |
 | Namibia |
2.3% (2005 est.) |
 | Nauru |
-3.6% (1993) |
 | Nepal |
7.8% (October 2005 est.) |
 | Netherlands |
1.7% (2005 est.) |
 | Netherlands Antilles |
2.1% (2003 est.) |
 | New Caledonia |
-0.6% (2000 est.) |
 | New Zealand |
3% (2005 est.) |
 | Nicaragua |
9.6% (2005 est.) |
 | Niger |
0.2% (2004 est.) |
 | Nigeria |
13.5% (2005 est.) |
 | Niue |
4% (2005) |
 | Northern Mariana Islands |
-0.8% (2000) |
 | Norway |
1.6% (2005 est.) |
 | Oman |
1.2% (2005 est.) |
 | Pakistan |
9.1% (2005 est.) |
 | Palau |
2.7% (2005 est.) |
 | Panama |
2.9% (2005 est.) |
 | Papua New Guinea |
1.7% (2005 est.) |
 | Paraguay |
6.8% (2005 est.) |
 | Peru |
1.6% (2005 est.) |
 | Philippines |
7.6% (2005 est.) |
 | Poland |
2.2% (2005 est.) |
 | Portugal |
2.3% (2005 est.) |
 | Puerto Rico |
6.5% (2003 est.) |
 | Qatar |
8.8% (2005 est.) |
 | Reunion |
NA% |
 | Romania |
9% (2005) |
 | Russia |
12.7% (2005 est.) |
 | Rwanda |
8% (2005 est.) |
 | Saint Helena |
3.2% (1997 est.) |
 | Saint Kitts and Nevis |
8.7% (2005 est.) |
 | Saint Lucia |
2.9% (2005 est.) |
 | Saint Pierre and Miquelon |
2.1% (1991-96 average) |
 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines |
1% (2005 est.) |
 | Samoa |
3.3% (2005) |
 | San Marino |
-1.7% (2001) |
 | Sao Tome and Principe |
15.2% (2005 est.) |
 | Saudi Arabia |
0.4% (2005 est.) |
 | Senegal |
1.7% (2005 est.) |
 | Serbia |
15.5% (2005 est.) |
 | Seychelles |
1.6% (2005 est.) |
 | Sierra Leone |
1% (2002 est.) |
 | Singapore |
0.4% (2005 est.) |
 | Slovakia |
2.7% (2005 est.) |
 | Slovenia |
2.5% (2005 est.) |
 | Solomon Islands |
6.6% (2005 est.) |
 | Somalia |
NA%; note - businesses print their own money, so inflation rates cannot be easily determined |
 | South Africa |
4% (2005 est.) |
 | Spain |
3.4% (2005 est.) |
 | Sri Lanka |
11.6% (2005 est.) |
 | Sudan |
9% (2005 est.) |
 | Suriname |
9.5% (2005 est.) |
 | Swaziland |
4% (2005 est.) |
 | Sweden |
0.5% (2005 est.) |
 | Switzerland |
1.2% (2005 est.) |
 | Syria |
5% (2005 est.) |
 | Taiwan |
2.3% (2005 est.) |
 | Tajikistan |
7.1% (2005 est.) |
 | Tanzania |
4.3% (2005 est.) |
 | Thailand |
4.5% (2005 est.) |
 | Togo |
6% (2005 est.) |
 | Tokelau |
NA% |
 | Tonga |
11.1% (2005 est.) |
 | Trinidad and Tobago |
6.9% (2005 est.) |
 | Tunisia |
2.1% (2005 est.) |
 | Turkey |
8.2% (2005 est.) |
 | Turkmenistan |
10.5% (2005 est.) |
 | Turks and Caicos Islands |
4% (1995) |
 | Tuvalu |
3.7% (2003 est.) |
 | Uganda |
8.1% (2005 est.) |
 | Ukraine |
13.5% (2005 est.) |
 | United Arab Emirates |
10.5% (2005 est.) |
 | United Kingdom |
2.1% (2005 est.) |
 | United States |
3.2% (2005 est.) |
 | Uruguay |
4.7% (2005 est.) |
 | Uzbekistan |
6.9% (2005 est.) |
 | Vanuatu |
-1.6% (2005 est.) |
 | Venezuela |
16% (2005 est.) |
 | Vietnam |
8.3% (2005 est.) |
 | Virgin Islands |
2.2% (2003) |
 | Wallis and Futuna |
2.8% NA% |
 | West Bank |
7% (includes Gaza Strip) (2003 est.) |
 | 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 countries (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 |
11.8% (2005 est.) |
 | Zambia |
18.3% (2005 est.) |
 | Zimbabwe |
266.8% official data; private sector estimates are much higher (2005 est.) |