The CIA World Factbook Edition 2007 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 2007 edition carries it in 229 entries, in its Economy section. Every entry is shown as that edition published it.

entries in the 2007 edition
229
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

56 entries

Algeria

2.6% (2006 est.)

Angola

13.3% (2006 est.)

Benin

3.8% (2006 est.)

Botswana

11.5% (2006 est.)

Burkina Faso

2.3% (2006 est.)

Burundi

2.8% (2006 est.)

Cape Verde now Cabo Verde

5.4% (2006 est.)

Cameroon

5.1% (2006 est.)

Central African Republic

3.6% (2001 est.)

Chad

8% (2006 est.)

Comoros

3% (2005 est.)

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

18.2% (2006 est.)

Congo, Republic of the now Republic of the Congo

5.5% (2006 est.)

Cote d'Ivoire

2.4% (2006 est.)

Djibouti

3% (2005 est.)

Egypt

7.7% (2006 est.)

Equatorial Guinea

5% (2006 est.)

Eritrea

15% (2006 est.)

Swaziland now Eswatini

5.7% (2006 est.)

Ethiopia

13.5% (2006 est.)

Gabon

4% (2006 est.)

Gambia, The now The Gambia

1.5% (2006 est.)

Ghana

10.9% (2006 est.)

Guinea

30% (2006 est.)

Guinea-Bissau

4% (2002 est.)

Kenya

14.5% (2006 est.)

Lesotho

6.1% (2006 est.)

Liberia

15% (2003 est.)

Libya

2.7% (2006 est.)

Madagascar

10.8% (2006 est.)

Malawi

14% (2006 est.)

Mali

4.5% (2002 est.)

Mauritania

7% (2003 est.)

Mauritius

8.9% (2006 est.)

Mayotte

1.7% (2005)

Morocco

3.4% (2006 est.)

Mozambique

13.2% (2006 est.)

Namibia

5.1% (2006 est.)

Niger

0.2% (2004 est.)

Nigeria

8.2% (2006 est.)

Rwanda

8.8% (2006 est.)

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

3.2% (1997 est.)

Sao Tome and Principe

23.1% (2006 est.)

Senegal

2.1% (2006 est.)

Seychelles

-0.4% (2006 est.)

Sierra Leone

1% (2002 est.)

Somalia

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

South Africa

4.6% (2006 est.)

Sudan

7.2% (2006 est.)

Tanzania

6.1% (2006 est.)

Togo

2.2% (2006 est.)

Tunisia

4.5% (2006 est.)

Uganda

6.6% (2006 est.)

Western Sahara

NA%

Zambia

9% (2006 est.)

Zimbabwe

  • 1,033.5% official data; private sector estimates are much higher (2006 est.)

Arctic Region

2 entries

Greenland

1% (2005 est.)

Iceland

6.7% (2006 est.)

Asia

22 entries

Afghanistan

16.3% (2005 est.)

Armenia

2.9% (2006 est.)

Azerbaijan

8.3% (2006 est.)

Bangladesh

6.8% (2006 est.)

Bhutan

5.5% (2005 est.)

China

1.7% (2006 est.)

Georgia

9.2% (2006 est.)

India

6.2% (2006 est.)

Japan

0.2% (2006 est.)

Kazakhstan

8.6% (2006 est.)

Korea, North now North Korea

NA%

Korea, South now South Korea

2.2% (2006 est.)

Kyrgyzstan

5.6% (2006 est.)

Maldives

6% (2005 est.)

Mongolia

9.5% (2005 est.)

Nepal

8.6% (November 2006 est.)

Pakistan

7.9% (2006 est.)

Russia

9.7% (2006 est.)

Sri Lanka

13.7% (2006 est.)

Tajikistan

11.9% (2006 est.)

Turkmenistan

11.5% (2006 est.)

Uzbekistan

  • 19.8% officially, but 38% based on analysis of consumer prices (2006 est.)

Central America and the Caribbean

29 entries

Anguilla

5.3% (2006 est.)

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

4.3% (2006 est.)

British Virgin Islands

2% (2005)

Cayman Islands

4.4% (2004)

Costa Rica

11.5% (2006 est.)

Cuba

6.2% (2006 est.)

Dominica

-0.1% (2005 est.)

Dominican Republic

7.6% (2006 est.)

El Salvador

4% (2006 est.)

Grenada

3% (2005 est.)

Guatemala

6.6% (2006 est.)

Haiti

13.1% (2006 est.)

Honduras

5.6% (2006 est.)

Jamaica

8.6% (2006 est.)

Montserrat

2.6% (2002 est.)

Netherlands Antilles

2.1% (2003 est.)

Nicaragua

9.1% (2006 est.)

Panama

1.1% (2006 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

8.3% (2006 est.)

Turks and Caicos Islands

4% (1995)

Virgin Islands

2.2% (2003)

Europe

47 entries

Albania

2.4% (2006 est.)

Andorra

3.2% (2005)

Austria

1.4% (2006 est.)

Belarus

7% (2006 est.)

Belgium

1.8% (2006 est.)

Bosnia and Herzegovina

7.5% (2006 est.)

Bulgaria

7.3% (2006 est.)

Croatia

3.2% (2006 est.)

Czech Republic now Czechia

2.5% (2006 est.)

Denmark

1.9% (2006 est.)

Estonia

4.4% (2006 est.)

European Union

1.8% (2006 est.)

Faroe Islands

1.8% (2005)

Finland

1.6% (2006 est.)

France

1.7% (2006 est.)

Germany

1.7% (2006 est.)

Gibraltar

1.5% (1998)

Greece

3.2% (2006 est.)

Guernsey

3.4% (June 2006)

Hungary

4.1% (2006 est.)

Ireland

3.9% (2006 est.)

Isle of Man

3.1% (December 2006 est.)

Italy

2.1% (2006 est.)

Jersey

3.7% (December 2006)

Latvia

6.5% (2006 est.)

Liechtenstein

1% (2001)

Lithuania

3.8% (2006 est.)

Luxembourg

2.7% (2006 est.)

Malta

2.8% (2006 est.)

Moldova

12.7% (2006 est.)

Monaco

1.9% (2000)

Montenegro

3.4% (2004)

Netherlands

1.1% (2006 est.)

Macedonia now North Macedonia

3.2% (2006 est.)

Norway

2.3% (2006 est.)

Poland

1% (2006 est.)

Portugal

3.1% (2006 est.)

Romania

6.6% (2006 est.)

San Marino

-1.5% (2006)

Serbia

15.5% (2005 est.)

Slovakia

4.5% (2006 est.)

Slovenia

2.5% (2006 est.)

Spain

3.5% (2006 est.)

Sweden

1.4% (2006 est.)

Switzerland

1.1% (2006 est.)

Ukraine

9.1% (2006 est.)

United Kingdom

2.3% (2006 est.)

Middle East

17 entries

Bahrain

2.1% (2006 est.)

Cyprus

area under government control:
2.8% (2005 est.)
area administered by Turkish Cypriots:
9.1% (2004 est.) (2006 est.)

Gaza Strip

  • 1.2% (includes West Bank) (2005)

Iran

12% (2006 est.)

Iraq

53.2% (2006 est.)

Israel

2.1% (2006 est.)

Jordan

6.2% (2006 est.)

Kuwait

3% (2006 est.)

Lebanon

4% (2006 est.)

Oman

3.2% (2006 est.)

Qatar

11.8% (2006 est.)

Saudi Arabia

2.2% (2006 est.)

Syria

10% (2006 est.)

Turkey now Turkiye

10.5% (2006 est.)

United Arab Emirates

13.5% (2006 est.)

West Bank

  • 2.9% (includes Gaza Strip) (2005)

Yemen

20.8% (2006 est.)

North America

5 entries

Bermuda

2.8% (November 2005)

Canada

2% (2006 est.)

Mexico

3.6% (2006 est.)

Saint Pierre and Miquelon

8.1% (2005)

United States

3.2% (2006 est.)

Oceania

23 entries

American Samoa

NA%

Australia

3.5% (2006 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

1.4% (2000 est.)

New Zealand

3.4% (2006 est.)

Niue

4% (2005)

Northern Mariana Islands

-0.8% (2000)

Palau

2.7% (2005 est.)

Papua New Guinea

2.9% (2006 est.)

Samoa

3.3% (2005)

Solomon Islands

6.6% (2005 est.)

Tokelau

NA%

Tonga

11.1% (2005 est.)

Tuvalu

3.9% (2005 est.)

Vanuatu

-1.6% (2005 est.)

Wallis and Futuna

2.8% (2005)

South America

13 entries

Argentina

10.9% (2006 est.)

Bolivia

4.3% (2006 est.)

Brazil

4.2% (2006 est.)

Chile

3.4% (2006 est.)

Colombia

4.3% (2006 est.)

Ecuador

3.3% (2006 est.)

Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas)

3.6% (1998)

Guyana

7.2% (2006 est.)

Paraguay

9.6% (2006 est.)

Peru

2% (2006 est.)

Suriname

9.5% (2005 est.)

Uruguay

6.4% (2006 est.)

Venezuela

13.7% (2006 est.)

Southeast Asia

14 entries

Brunei

1.1% (2005)

Burma now Burma (Myanmar)

20% (2006 est.)

Cambodia

4.7% (2006 est.)

Hong Kong

2% (2006 est.)

Indonesia

13.1% (2006 est.)

Laos

6.8% (2006 est.)

Macau

4.4% (2005)

Malaysia

3.6% (2006 est.)

Philippines

6.3% (2006 est.)

Singapore

1% (2006 est.)

Taiwan

0.6% (2006 est.)

Thailand

4.6% (2006 est.)

Timor-Leste

1.4% (2005)

Vietnam

7.5% (2006 est.)

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Central Intelligence Agency. The World Factbook 2007, “Inflation rate (consumer prices)”, all entries. Archived by The Factbook, thefactbook.org/fields/inflation-rate-consumer-prices/2007.

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