The CIA World Factbook Edition 2006 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 2006 edition carries it in 233 entries, in its Economy section. Every entry is shown as that edition published it.

entries in the 2006 edition
233
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

  • 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.)

Africa

57 entries

Algeria

1.9% (2005 est.)

Angola

23% (2005 est.)

Benin

3.5% (2005 est.)

Botswana

8.6% (2005 est.)

Burkina Faso

6.4% (2005 est.)

Burundi

16% (2005 est.)

Cape Verde now Cabo Verde

0.4% (2005 est.)

Cameroon

2% (2005 est.)

Central African Republic

3.6% (2001 est.)

Chad

3% (2005 est.)

Comoros

3% (2005 est.)

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

9% (2004 est.)

Congo, Republic of the now Republic of the Congo

2.2% (2005 est.)

Cote d'Ivoire

3.9% (2005 est.)

Djibouti

3% (2005 est.)

Egypt

4.9% (2005 est.)

Equatorial Guinea

5% (2005 est.)

Eritrea

15% (2005 est.)

Swaziland now Eswatini

4% (2005 est.)

Ethiopia

11.6% (2005 est.)

Gabon

-0.1% (2005 est.)

Gambia, The now The Gambia

8.8% (2005 est.)

Ghana

15.1% (2005 est.)

Guinea

25% (2005 est.)

Guinea-Bissau

4% (2002 est.)

Kenya

10.3% (2005 est.)

Lesotho

4.7% (2005 est.)

Liberia

15% (2003 est.)

Libya

3.4% (2005 est.)

Madagascar

15% (2005 est.)

Malawi

15.4% (2005 est.)

Mali

4.5% (2002 est.)

Mauritania

7% (2003 est.)

Mauritius

5% (2005 est.)

Mayotte

NA%

Morocco

1% (2005 est.)

Mozambique

6.5% (2005 est.)

Namibia

2.3% (2005 est.)

Niger

0.2% (2004 est.)

Nigeria

13.5% (2005 est.)

Reunion

NA%

Rwanda

8% (2005 est.)

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

3.2% (1997 est.)

Sao Tome and Principe

15.2% (2005 est.)

Senegal

1.7% (2005 est.)

Seychelles

1.6% (2005 est.)

Sierra Leone

1% (2002 est.)

Somalia

NA%; note - businesses print their own money, so inflation rates cannot be easily determined

South Africa

4% (2005 est.)

Sudan

9% (2005 est.)

Tanzania

4.3% (2005 est.)

Togo

6% (2005 est.)

Tunisia

2.1% (2005 est.)

Uganda

8.1% (2005 est.)

Western Sahara

NA%

Zambia

18.3% (2005 est.)

Zimbabwe

  • 266.8% official data; private sector estimates are much higher (2005 est.)

Arctic Region

2 entries

Greenland

1.6% (1999 est.)

Iceland

4% (2005 est.)

Asia

22 entries

Afghanistan

16.3% (2005 est.)

Armenia

0.6% (2005 est.)

Azerbaijan

9.6% (2005 est.)

Bangladesh

7% (2005 est.)

Bhutan

7% (2005 est.)

China

1.8% (2005 est.)

Georgia

8.2% (2005 est.)

India

4.2% (2005 est.)

Japan

-0.3% (2005 est.)

Kazakhstan

7.6% (2005 est.)

Korea, North now North Korea

NA%

Korea, South now South Korea

2.8% (2005 est.)

Kyrgyzstan

5.2% (2005 est.)

Maldives

6% (2005 est.)

Mongolia

9.5% (2005 est.)

Nepal

7.8% (October 2005 est.)

Pakistan

9.1% (2005 est.)

Russia

12.7% (2005 est.)

Sri Lanka

11.6% (2005 est.)

Tajikistan

7.1% (2005 est.)

Turkmenistan

10.5% (2005 est.)

Uzbekistan

6.9% (2005 est.)

Central America and the Caribbean

31 entries

Anguilla

5.3%

Antigua and Barbuda

0.9% (2005 est.)

Aruba

3.4% (2005)

Bahamas, The now The Bahamas

1.2% ( 2004)

Barbados

-0.5% (2003 est.)

Belize

3% (2005 est.)

British Virgin Islands

2% (2005)

Cayman Islands

4.4% (2004)

Costa Rica

13.8% (2005 est.)

Cuba

7% (2005 est.)

Dominica

-0.1% (2005 est.)

Dominican Republic

4.2% (2005 est.)

El Salvador

4.7% (2005 est.)

Grenada

3% (2005 est.)

Guadeloupe

NA%

Guatemala

9.1% (2005 est.)

Haiti

15.7% (2005 est.)

Honduras

8.8% (2005 est.)

Jamaica

15.3% (2005 est.)

Martinique

NA

Montserrat

2.6% (2002 est.)

Netherlands Antilles

2.1% (2003 est.)

Nicaragua

9.6% (2005 est.)

Panama

2.9% (2005 est.)

Puerto Rico

6.5% (2003 est.)

Saint Kitts and Nevis

8.7% (2005 est.)

Saint Lucia

2.9% (2005 est.)

Saint Vincent and the Grenadines

1% (2005 est.)

Trinidad and Tobago

6.9% (2005 est.)

Turks and Caicos Islands

4% (1995)

Virgin Islands

2.2% (2003)

Europe

47 entries

Albania

2.4% (2005 est.)

Andorra

3.4% (2004)

Austria

2.3% (2005 est.)

Belarus

10.3% (2005 est.)

Belgium

2.8% (2005 est.)

Bosnia and Herzegovina

4.4% (2005 est.)

Bulgaria

5% (2005)

Croatia

3.3% (2005 est.)

Czech Republic now Czechia

1.9% (2005 est.)

Denmark

1.8% (2005 est.)

Estonia

4.1% (2005 est.)

European Union

2.2% (2005 est.)

Faroe Islands

5.1% (1999)

Finland

0.9% (2005 est.)

France

1.7% (2005 est.)

Germany

2% (2005 est.)

Gibraltar

1.5% (1998)

Greece

3.5% (2005 est.)

Guernsey

4.9% (2004 est.)

Hungary

3.6% (2005 est.)

Ireland

2.4% (2005 est.)

Isle of Man

2.7% (2003 est.)

Italy

2% (2005 est.)

Jersey

5.3% (2004)

Latvia

6.8% (2005 est.)

Liechtenstein

1% (2001)

Lithuania

2.7% (2005)

Luxembourg

2.5% (2005 est.)

Malta

3% (2005 est.)

Moldova

11.9% (2005 est.)

Monaco

1.9% (2000)

Montenegro

3.4% (2004)

Netherlands

1.7% (2005 est.)

Macedonia now North Macedonia

0% (2005 est.)

Norway

1.6% (2005 est.)

Poland

2.2% (2005 est.)

Portugal

2.3% (2005 est.)

Romania

9% (2005)

San Marino

-1.7% (2001)

Serbia

15.5% (2005 est.)

Slovakia

2.7% (2005 est.)

Slovenia

2.5% (2005 est.)

Spain

3.4% (2005 est.)

Sweden

0.5% (2005 est.)

Switzerland

1.2% (2005 est.)

Ukraine

13.5% (2005 est.)

United Kingdom

2.1% (2005 est.)

Middle East

17 entries

Bahrain

2.7% (2005 est.)

Cyprus

Republic of Cyprus:
2.6% (2005 est.); north Cyprus: 9.1% (2004 est.)

Gaza Strip

  • 7% (includes West Bank) (2003)

Iran

13.5% (2005 est.)

Iraq

33% (2005 est.)

Israel

1.3% (2005 est.)

Jordan

4.5% (2005 est.)

Kuwait

4.1% (2005 est.)

Lebanon

2.4% (2005 est.)

Oman

1.2% (2005 est.)

Qatar

8.8% (2005 est.)

Saudi Arabia

0.4% (2005 est.)

Syria

5% (2005 est.)

Turkey now Turkiye

8.2% (2005 est.)

United Arab Emirates

10.5% (2005 est.)

West Bank

  • 7% (includes Gaza Strip) (2003 est.)

Yemen

11.8% (2005 est.)

North America

5 entries

Bermuda

2.8% (November 2005)

Canada

2.2% (2005 est.)

Mexico

4% (2005 est.)

Saint Pierre and Miquelon

2.1% (1991-96 average)

United States

3.2% (2005 est.)

Oceania

23 entries

American Samoa

NA%

Australia

2.7% (2005 est.)

Cook Islands

2.1% (2005 est.)

Fiji

3% (2005)

French Polynesia

1.1% (2006 est.)

Guam

2.5% (2005 est.)

Kiribati

0.5% (2005 est.)

Marshall Islands

3% (2005 est.)

Micronesia, Federated States of now Federated States of Micronesia

2.2% (2005)

Nauru

-3.6% (1993)

New Caledonia

-0.6% (2000 est.)

New Zealand

3% (2005 est.)

Niue

4% (2005)

Northern Mariana Islands

-0.8% (2000)

Palau

2.7% (2005 est.)

Papua New Guinea

1.7% (2005 est.)

Samoa

3.3% (2005)

Solomon Islands

6.6% (2005 est.)

Tokelau

NA%

Tonga

11.1% (2005 est.)

Tuvalu

3.7% (2003 est.)

Vanuatu

-1.6% (2005 est.)

Wallis and Futuna

2.8% NA%

South America

14 entries

Argentina

9.6% (2005 est.)

Bolivia

5.4% (2005 est.)

Brazil

6.9% (2005 est.)

Chile

3.1% (2005 est.)

Colombia

5% (2005 est.)

Ecuador

2.1% (2005 est.)

Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas)

3.6% (1998)

French Guiana

1% (2003)

Guyana

6.9% (2005 est.)

Paraguay

6.8% (2005 est.)

Peru

1.6% (2005 est.)

Suriname

9.5% (2005 est.)

Uruguay

4.7% (2005 est.)

Venezuela

16% (2005 est.)

Southeast Asia

14 entries

Brunei

0.9% (2004)

Burma now Burma (Myanmar)

20.2% (2005 est.)

Cambodia

5.8% (2005 est.)

Hong Kong

0.9% (2005 est.)

Indonesia

10.5% (2005 est.)

Laos

7% (2005 est.)

Macau

3.8% (2nd quarter, 2005)

Malaysia

3% (2005 est.)

Philippines

7.6% (2005 est.)

Singapore

0.4% (2005 est.)

Taiwan

2.3% (2005 est.)

Thailand

4.5% (2005 est.)

East Timor now Timor-Leste

1.4% (2005)

Vietnam

8.3% (2005 est.)

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Central Intelligence Agency. The World Factbook 2006, “Inflation rate (consumer prices)”, all entries. Archived by The Factbook, thefactbook.org/fields/inflation-rate-consumer-prices/2006.

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