The CIA World Factbook Edition 1998 Economy

Inflation rate (consumer prices) In 36 editions of 36.

Inflation rate (consumer prices) was published in 36 editions of the CIA World Factbook, from 1990 to 2025. The 1998 edition carries it in 234 entries, in its Economy section, under the heading “Inflation rate-consumer price index”. Every entry is shown as that edition published it.

entries in the 1998 edition
234
the first edition with it
1990
the latest edition with it
2025

Published as “Inflation rate (consumer prices)” (1990 to 2025), “Inflation rate - consumer price index” (1997) and “Inflation rate-consumer price index” (1998).

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World

1 entry

World

  • all countries 25%;
  • developed countries 2% to 4% typically;
  • developing countries 10% to 60% typically (1997 est.)

note: national inflation rates vary widely in individual cases, from stable prices in Japan to hyperinflation in a number of Third World countries

Africa

57 entries

Algeria

7% (1997 est.)

Angola

92% (mid-1997 est.)

Benin

3.5% (1997 est.)

Botswana

10% (1996 est.)

Burkina Faso

3% (1996 est.)

Burundi

26% (1996 est.)

Cape Verde now Cabo Verde

6.2% (1996)

Cameroon

3% (1997 est.)

Central African Republic

4% (1996 est.)

Chad

15% (1997 est.)

Comoros

3.5% (1996 est.)

Congo, Democratic Republic of the now Democratic Republic of the Congo

NA%

Congo, Republic of the now Republic of the Congo

3% (1996 est.)

Cote d'Ivoire

3.4% (1997 est.)

Djibouti

3% (1997 est.)

Egypt

4.9% (1997)

Equatorial Guinea

6% (1996 est.)

Eritrea

4% (1997 est.)

Swaziland now Eswatini

9.5% (1997)

Ethiopia

0% (1996 est.)

Gabon

6.2% (1996 est.)

Gambia, The now The Gambia

2.2% (1997)

Ghana

27.7% (1997 est.)

Guinea

3.5% (1996 est.)

Guinea-Bissau

65% (1996)

Kenya

8.8% (1996)

Lesotho

8.7% (1996 est.)

Liberia

NA%

Libya

30% (1997 est.)

Madagascar

19.8% (1996)

Malawi

83.4% (1995)

Mali

3% (1997 est.)

Mauritania

4.7% (1996)

Mauritius

6.5% (1996)

Mayotte

NA%

Morocco

3% (1997 est.)

Mozambique

5.8% (1997)

Namibia

8% (1996 est.)

Niger

5.3% (1996)

Nigeria

12% (1997 est.)

Reunion

NA%

Rwanda

7.4% (1996)

Saint Helena now Saint Helena, Ascension, and Tristan da Cunha

NA%

Sao Tome and Principe

60% (1996 est.)

Senegal

2.5% (1997 est.)

Seychelles

-0.3% (1995 est.)

Sierra Leone

40% (1997 est.)

Somalia

NA%

South Africa

9.7% (1997 est.)

Sudan

27% (mid-1997 est.)

Tanzania

15% (1997 est.)

Togo

15.7% (1995)

Tunisia

4.6% (1997 est.)

Uganda

6% (1997)

Western Sahara

NA%

Zambia

43.9% (1996)

Zimbabwe

21.4% (1996)

Arctic Region

2 entries

Greenland

0.6% (1997 est.)

Iceland

2.3% (1996)

Asia

22 entries

Afghanistan

240% (1996 est.)

Armenia

13.2% (1997 est.)

Azerbaijan

3.7% (1997 est.)

Bangladesh

2.5% (1996)

Bhutan

7% (FY96/97 est.)

China

2.8% (1997 est.)

Georgia

7.1% (1997 est.)

India

7% (1997 est.)

Japan

1.7% (1997)

Kazakhstan

12% (1997 est.)

Korea, North now North Korea

NA%

Korea, South now South Korea

5% (1996)

Kyrgyzstan

15% (1997 est.)

Maldives

6.3% (1996)

Mongolia

17.5% (1997 est.)

Nepal

7.5% (1997 est.)

Pakistan

11.8% (FY96/97)

Russia

11% (1997 est.)

Sri Lanka

9.6% (1997)

Tajikistan

40% (1996 est.)

Turkmenistan

992% (1996 est.)

Uzbekistan

55% (1996 est.)

Central America and the Caribbean

31 entries

Anguilla

3.6% (1996 est.)

Antigua and Barbuda

2.5% (1996)

Aruba

3.2% (1996)

Bahamas, The now The Bahamas

0.4% (1997)

Barbados

2.4% (1996)

Belize

1% (1997 est.)

British Virgin Islands

2.5% (1990 est.)

Cayman Islands

2.1% (1996 est.)

Costa Rica

11.2% (1997 est.)

Cuba

NA%

Dominica

1.7% (1996)

Dominican Republic

10.9% (1997 est.)

El Salvador

2% (1997)

Grenada

3.2% (1996 est.)

Guadeloupe

3.7% (1990)

Guatemala

9% (1997 est.)

Haiti

17% (1997 est.)

Honduras

15% (1997 est.)

Jamaica

17% (1996 est.)

Martinique

3.9% (1990)

Montserrat

6.2% (1996 est.)

Netherlands Antilles

3.6% (1997)

Nicaragua

11.6% (1996)

Panama

1.2% (1997)

Puerto Rico

5.5% (1997 est.)

Saint Kitts and Nevis

3.1% (1996)

Saint Lucia

-2.3% (1996 est.)

Saint Vincent and the Grenadines

3.6% (1996)

Trinidad and Tobago

3.4% (1996)

Turks and Caicos Islands

8% (1994 est.)

Virgin Islands

NA%

Europe

45 entries

Albania

40% (1997 est.)

Andorra

NA%

Austria

1.3% (1997)

Belarus

65% (1997 est.)

Belgium

1.7% (1997 est.)

Bosnia and Herzegovina

NA%

Bulgaria

1% (1998 est.)

Croatia

3.7% (1997 est.)

Czech Republic now Czechia

10% (1997)

Denmark

2.2% (1997 est.)

Estonia

11.2% (1997 est.)

Faroe Islands

2.8% (1996 est.)

Finland

1.2% (1997 est.)

France

2% (1996)

Germany

1.8% (1997)

Gibraltar

2.1% (1996)

Greece

6% (1997 est.)

Guernsey

7% (1988)

Hungary

18% (1997 est.)

Ireland

1.6% (1997)

Man, Isle of now Isle of Man

2% (1996 est.)

Italy

1.9% (1997 est.)

Jersey

NA%

Latvia

7.4% (1997 est.)

Liechtenstein

0.5% (1997 est.)

Lithuania

8.6% (1997 est.)

Luxembourg

2.3% (1995)

Malta

2.3% (1996)

Moldova

11.2% (1997 est.)

Monaco

NA%

Netherlands

2% (1997)

Macedonia, The Former Yugoslav Republic of now North Macedonia

3.5% (1997 est.)

Norway

2% (1997 est.)

Poland

15% (1997 est.)

Portugal

2.3% (1997 est.)

Romania

151% (1997 est.)

San Marino

5.3% (1995)

Serbia and Montenegro

7% (1997)

Slovakia

6% (1997)

Slovenia

9.7% (1996)

Spain

2.1% (1997 est.)

Sweden

2% (1997 est.)

Switzerland

-0.1% (1997)

Ukraine

10% (yearend 1997 est.)

United Kingdom

3.1% (1997)

Middle East

17 entries

Bahrain

-0.2% (1996 est.)

Cyprus

Greek Cypriot area:
3.5% (1997 est.); Turkish Cypriot area: 87.5% (1997 est.)

Gaza Strip

8.4% (1996 est.)

Iran

23% (1996)

Iraq

NA%

Israel

9% (1997)

Jordan

3% (1997 est.)

Kuwait

3.2% (1996)

Lebanon

9% (1997 est.)

Oman

1% (1996 est.)

Qatar

2.5% (1996)

Saudi Arabia

0% (1997 est.)

Syria

  • 15%-20% (1997 est.)

Turkey now Turkiye

99% (1997)

United Arab Emirates

3.6% (1997 est.)

West Bank

8.4% (1996 est.)

Yemen

5% (1997 est.)

North America

5 entries

Bermuda

1.8% (November 1997)

Canada

1.8% (1997)

Mexico

15.7% (1997 est.)

Saint Pierre and Miquelon

NA%

United States

2% (1997)

Oceania

25 entries

American Samoa

NA %

Australia

1% (1997 est.)

Cook Islands

2.6% (1994 est.)

Fiji

3% (1997 est.)

French Polynesia

1.5% (1994)

Guam

4% (1992 est.)

Kiribati

-0.6% (1996 est.)

Marshall Islands

4% (FY95/96)

Micronesia, Federated States of now Federated States of Micronesia

4% (1996 est.)

Nauru

-3.6% (1993)

New Caledonia

1.7% (1996 est.)

New Zealand

2% (1997 est.)

Niue

5% (1992)

Norfolk Island

NA%

Northern Mariana Islands

6.5% (1994 est.)

Palau

NA%

Papua New Guinea

11.6% (1996)

Pitcairn Islands

NA%

Samoa

7.5% (1996)

Solomon Islands

11.8% (1996)

Tokelau

NA%

Tonga

2% (1997 est.)

Tuvalu

3.9% (average 1985-93)

Vanuatu

2.2% (1997 est.)

Wallis and Futuna

NA%

South America

14 entries

Argentina

0.3% (1997)

Bolivia

7% (1997)

Brazil

4.8% (1997)

Chile

6% (1997)

Colombia

17.7% (1997 est.)

Ecuador

31% (1997 est.)

Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas)

NA%

French Guiana

2.5% (1992)

Guyana

4.5% (1997 est.)

Paraguay

6.2% (1997)

Peru

6.7% (1997 est.)

Suriname

8% (1997 est.)

Uruguay

15.2% (1997)

Venezuela

38% (1997)

Southeast Asia

15 entries

Brunei

2% (1997 est.)

Burma now Burma (Myanmar)

  • 30%-40% (1997 est.)

Cambodia

9.5% (1997 est.)

Christmas Island

NA%

Cocos (Keeling) Islands

NA%

Hong Kong

5.1% (1997 est.)

Indonesia

50% (1998 est.)

Laos

16% (1997 est.)

Macau

3.9% (1997 est.)

Malaysia

36% (1996)

Philippines

5.1% (1997)

Singapore

1.8% (1997 est.)

Taiwan

0.9% (1997)

Thailand

5.6% (1997 est.)

Vietnam

5% (1997)

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Central Intelligence Agency. The World Factbook 1998, “Inflation rate (consumer prices)”, all entries. Archived by The Factbook, thefactbook.org/fields/inflation-rate-consumer-prices/1998.

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