The CIA World Factbook Edition 1999 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 1999 edition carries it in 235 entries, in its Economy section. Every entry is shown as that edition published it.

entries in the 1999 edition
235
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 (1998 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

9% (1998 est.)

Angola

90% (1998 est.)

Benin

5.6% (1998 est.)

Botswana

9% (1997 est.)

Burkina Faso

2.5% (1998 est.)

Burundi

17% (1998 est.)

Cape Verde now Cabo Verde

4.3% (1998)

Cameroon

2.5% (1998 est.)

Central African Republic

2.6% (1998 est.)

Chad

15% (1997 est.)

Comoros

2.5% (1997)

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

147% (1998 est.)

Congo, Republic of the now Republic of the Congo

5% (1997 est.)

Cote d'Ivoire

6% (1998 est.)

Djibouti

3% (1997 est.)

Egypt

3.6% (1998)

Equatorial Guinea

6% (1996 est.)

Eritrea

8% (1998 est.)

Swaziland now Eswatini

8% (1998)

Ethiopia

3.9% (1998 est.)

Gabon

1% (1998 est.)

Gambia, The now The Gambia

3% (1998 est.)

Ghana

27.7% (1997 est.)

Guinea

3.5% (1998 est.)

Guinea-Bissau

25.6% (1997)

Kenya

2.5% (1998)

Lesotho

8% (1997 est.)

Liberia

NA%

Libya

24.2% (1998 est.)

Madagascar

4.5% (1997)

Malawi

83.4% (1995)

Mali

5% (1998 est.)

Mauritania

4.7% (1996)

Mauritius

6.8% (1997)

Mayotte

NA%

Morocco

  • 2%-3% (1998 est.)

Mozambique

-1.3% (1998 est.)

Namibia

7% (1996 est.)

Niger

4.8% (1998)

Nigeria

15% (1998 est.)

Reunion

NA%

Rwanda

10% (1998)

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

NA%

Sao Tome and Principe

21% (1998 est.)

Senegal

1.8% (1998 est.)

Seychelles

0.6% (1997)

Sierra Leone

37.4% (1998 est.)

Somalia

NA%

South Africa

9% (1998 est.)

Sudan

27% (mid-1997 est.)

Tanzania

13.5% (1998)

Togo

7.2% (1997)

Tunisia

3.3% (1998 est.)

Uganda

2.6% (1998)

Western Sahara

NA%

Zambia

43.9% (1996)

Zimbabwe

32% (1998 est.)

Arctic Region

3 entries

Greenland

0.6% (1997 est.)

Iceland

1.7% (1998)

Svalbard

NA%

Asia

22 entries

Afghanistan

240% (1996 est.)

Armenia

10% (1998 est.)

Azerbaijan

-7.6% (1998 est.)

Bangladesh

7% (1998)

Bhutan

7.4% (1997 est.)

China

-0.8% (1998 est.)

Georgia

10.5% (1998 est.)

India

14% (1998 est.)

Japan

0.9% (1998 est.)

Kazakhstan

10% (1998 est.)

Korea, North now North Korea

NA%

Korea, South now South Korea

7.5% (1998)

Kyrgyzstan

18.4% (1998 est.)

Maldives

6.3% (1996)

Mongolia

6% (1998)

Nepal

7.8% (1998 est.)

Pakistan

7.8% (FY97/98)

Russia

84% (1998 est.)

Sri Lanka

9.3% (1998)

Tajikistan

46.3% (1998 est.)

Turkmenistan

19.8% (1998 est.)

Uzbekistan

40% (1998 est.)

Central America and the Caribbean

31 entries

Anguilla

0.6% (1997)

Antigua and Barbuda

-1.1% (1997)

Aruba

3% (1997)

Bahamas, The now The Bahamas

0.4% (1997)

Barbados

3.6% (1997)

Belize

-0.5% (1998 est.)

British Virgin Islands

6.5% (1997)

Cayman Islands

2.7% (1997)

Costa Rica

12% (1998 est.)

Cuba

NA%

Dominica

2.2% (1997)

Dominican Republic

6% (1998 est.)

El Salvador

2.6% (1998)

Grenada

1.4% (1998)

Guadeloupe

3.7% (1990)

Guatemala

6.4% (1998)

Haiti

8% (1998 est.)

Honduras

14.5% (1998 est.)

Jamaica

9.9% (1998 est.)

Martinique

3.9% (1990)

Montserrat

5% (1997)

Netherlands Antilles

3.3% (1997)

Nicaragua

16% (1998 est.)

Panama

1.4% (1998)

Puerto Rico

5.7% (1998 est.)

Saint Kitts and Nevis

11.3% (1997)

Saint Lucia

1.9% (1997)

Saint Vincent and the Grenadines

3.6% (1996)

Trinidad and Tobago

3.7% (1997)

Turks and Caicos Islands

4% (1995)

Virgin Islands

NA%

Europe

45 entries

Albania

40% (1997 est.)

Andorra

NA%

Austria

0.9% (1998)

Belarus

182% (1998)

Belgium

1% (1998 est.)

Bosnia and Herzegovina

NA%

Bulgaria

1% (1998 est.)

Croatia

5.4% (1998)

Czech Republic now Czechia

10.7% (1998)

Denmark

1.8% (1998 est.)

Estonia

6.5% (1998 est.)

Faroe Islands

2.8% (1996 est.)

Finland

1.5% (1998 est.)

France

0.7% (1998)

Germany

0.9% (1998 est.)

Gibraltar

2.1% (1996)

Greece

3.9% (1998 est.)

Guernsey

7% (1988)

Hungary

14% (1998 est.)

Ireland

2.4% (1998)

Man, Isle of now Isle of Man

2.9% (1998 est.)

Italy

1.8% (1998 est.)

Jersey

3.7% (1996)

Latvia

4.7% (1998 est.)

Liechtenstein

0.5% (1997 est.)

Lithuania

5.1% (1998 est.)

Luxembourg

1.4% (1998)

Malta

2.8% (1997 est.)

Moldova

18.3% (1998 est.)

Monaco

NA%

Netherlands

2% (1998)

Macedonia, The Former Yugoslav Republic of now North Macedonia

3% (1998 est.)

Norway

2.3% (1998 est.)

Poland

11% (1998 est.)

Portugal

2.8% (1998 est.)

Romania

41% (1998 est.)

San Marino

5.3% (1995)

Serbia and Montenegro

48% (1998 est.)

Slovakia

7.4% (1998)

Slovenia

8% (1998 est.)

Spain

2% (1998 est.)

Sweden

2% (1998 est.)

Switzerland

0% (1998)

Ukraine

20% (yearend 1998 est.)

United Kingdom

2.7% (1998)

Middle East

17 entries

Bahrain

-0.2% (1996 est.)

Cyprus

Greek Cypriot area:
2.3% (1998 est.); Turkish Cypriot area: 87.5% (1997 est.)

Gaza Strip

8.8% (1997 est.)

Iran

24% (1998 est.)

Iraq

NA%

Israel

5.4% (1998 est.)

Jordan

4% (1998 est.)

Kuwait

1% (1997 est.)

Lebanon

5% (1998 est.)

Oman

-0.2% (1997 est.)

Qatar

7.4% (1996)

Saudi Arabia

-0.2% (1998 est.)

Syria

  • 15%-20% (1997 est.)

Turkey now Turkiye

70% (1998)

United Arab Emirates

5% (1997 est.)

West Bank

7.6% (1997 est.)

Yemen

11% (1998 est.)

North America

5 entries

Bermuda

2.1% (1997)

Canada

0.9% (1998)

Mexico

18.6% (1998)

Saint Pierre and Miquelon

NA%

United States

1.6% (1998)

Oceania

25 entries

American Samoa

NA%

Australia

1% (1998)

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

5% (1997)

Micronesia, Federated States of now Federated States of Micronesia

4% (1996 est.)

Nauru

-3.6% (1993)

New Caledonia

1.7% (1996 est.)

New Zealand

1.1% (1998)

Niue

5% (1992)

Norfolk Island

NA%

Northern Mariana Islands

6.5% (1994 est.)

Palau

NA%

Papua New Guinea

12% (FY97/98 est.)

Pitcairn Islands

NA%

Samoa

2.2% (1998 est.)

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

1% (1998 est.)

Bolivia

4.4% (1998 est.)

Brazil

2% (1998)

Chile

4.7% (1998)

Colombia

16.7% (1998 est.)

Ecuador

43% (1998 est.)

Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas)

NA%

French Guiana

2.5% (1992)

Guyana

4.1% (1998)

Paraguay

14.6% (1998)

Peru

6.7% (1997 est.)

Suriname

20% (1998 est.)

Uruguay

8.6% (1998)

Venezuela

29.9% (1998)

Southeast Asia

15 entries

Brunei

2% (1997 est.)

Burma now Burma (Myanmar)

50% (1998 est.)

Cambodia

15% (1998 est.)

Christmas Island

NA%

Cocos (Keeling) Islands

NA%

Hong Kong

2.9% (1998 est.)

Indonesia

77% (1998 est.)

Laos

112% (1998 est.)

Macau

3.5% (1997)

Malaysia

5.3% (1998)

Philippines

9.7% (1998)

Singapore

-0.5% (1998 est.)

Taiwan

2.1% (1998)

Thailand

4.3% (1998 est.)

Vietnam

9% (1998)

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Central Intelligence Agency. The World Factbook 1999, “Inflation rate (consumer prices)”, all entries. Archived by The Factbook, thefactbook.org/fields/inflation-rate-consumer-prices/1999.

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