The CIA World Factbook Edition 2008 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 2008 edition carries it in 230 entries, in its Economy section. Every entry is shown as that edition published it.

entries in the 2008 edition
230
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 country (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

3.5% (2007 est.)

Angola

12.2% (2007 est.)

Benin

1.3% (2007 est.)

Botswana

7.1% (2007 est.)

Burkina Faso

-0.2% (2007 est.)

Burundi

8.3% (2007 est.)

Cape Verde now Cabo Verde

4.4% (2007 est.)

Cameroon

1.1% (2007 est.)

Central African Republic

0.9% (2007 est.)

Chad

4% (2007 est.)

Comoros

3% (2007 est.)

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

16.7% (2007 est.)

Congo, Republic of the now Republic of the Congo

2.7% (2007 est.)

Cote d'Ivoire

1.9% (2007 est.)

Djibouti

5% (2007 est.)

Egypt

9.5% (2007 est.)

Equatorial Guinea

6% (2007 est.)

Eritrea

17% (2007 est.)

Swaziland now Eswatini

8.1% (2007 est.)

Ethiopia

17.2% (2007 est.)

Gabon

5% (2007 est.)

Gambia, The now The Gambia

5.1% (2007 est.)

Ghana

10.7% (2007 est.)

Guinea

23.4% (2007 est.)

Guinea-Bissau

3.8% (2007 est.)

Kenya

9.7% (2007 est.)

Lesotho

8% (2007 est.)

Liberia

11.2% (2007 est.)

Libya

6.3% (2007 est.)

Madagascar

10.3% (2007 est.)

Malawi

7.9% (2007 est.)

Mali

2.5% (2007 est.)

Mauritania

7.3% (2007 est.)

Mauritius

8.8% (2007 est.)

Mayotte

1.7% (2005)

Morocco

2% (2007 est.)

Mozambique

8.2% (2007 est.)

Namibia

6.7% (2007 est.)

Niger

0.1% (2007 est.)

Nigeria

5.4% (2007 est.)

Rwanda

9.1% (2007 est.)

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

3.2% (1997 est.)

Sao Tome and Principe

18% (2007 est.)

Senegal

5.9% (2007 est.)

Seychelles

5.3% (2007 est.)

Sierra Leone

11.7% (2007 est.)

Somalia

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

South Africa

6.5% (2007 est.)

Sudan

8% (2007 est.)

Tanzania

7% (2007 est.)

Togo

1% (2007 est.)

Tunisia

3.1% (2007 est.)

Uganda

6.1% (2007 est.)

Western Sahara

NA%

Zambia

10.6% (2007 est.)

Zimbabwe

  • 12,563% official data; private sector estimates are much higher (2007 est.)

Arctic Region

2 entries

Greenland

1% (2005 est.)

Iceland

5.1% (2007 est.)

Asia

22 entries

Afghanistan

13% (2007 est.)

Armenia

4.4% (2007 est.)

Azerbaijan

16.7% (2007 est.)

Bangladesh

9.1% (2007 est.)

Bhutan

4.9% (2007 est.)

China

4.8% (2007 est.)

Georgia

9.3% (2007 est.)

India

6.4% (2007 est.)

Japan

0.1% (2007 est.)

Kazakhstan

10.8% (2007 est.)

Korea, North now North Korea

NA%

Korea, South now South Korea

2.5% (2007 est.)

Kyrgyzstan

10.2% (2007 est.)

Maldives

5% (2007 est.)

Mongolia

9% (2007)

Nepal

6.4% (2007 est.)

Pakistan

7.6% (2007 est.)

Russia

9% annual average

note: 12% at year-end (2007 est.)

Sri Lanka

15.8% (2007 est.)

Tajikistan

13.1% (2007 est.)

Turkmenistan

11.3% (2007 est.)

Uzbekistan

  • 12% officially, but 38% based on analysis of consumer prices (2007 est.)

Central America and the Caribbean

29 entries

Anguilla

5.3% (2006 est.)

Antigua and Barbuda

1.5% (2007 est.)

Aruba

3.4% (2005)

Bahamas, The now The Bahamas

2.4% (2007 est.)

Barbados

5.5% (2007 est.)

Belize

2.3% (2007 est.)

British Virgin Islands

2% (2005)

Cayman Islands

4.4% (2004)

Costa Rica

9.4% (2007 est.)

Cuba

3.1% (2007 est.)

Dominica

2.7% (2007 est.)

Dominican Republic

6.1% (2007 est.)

El Salvador

4.6% (2007 est.)

Grenada

3.7% (2007 est.)

Guatemala

6.8% (2007 est.)

Haiti

8.5% (2007 est.)

Honduras

6.9% (2007 est.)

Jamaica

9.5% (2007 est.)

Montserrat

2.6% (2002 est.)

Netherlands Antilles

2.1% (2003 est.)

Nicaragua

11.1% (2007 est.)

Panama

4.2% (2007 est.)

Puerto Rico

6.5% (2003 est.)

Saint Kitts and Nevis

4.5% (2007 est.)

Saint Lucia

1.9% (2007 est.)

Saint Vincent and the Grenadines

6.1% (2007 est.)

Trinidad and Tobago

7.9% (2007 est.)

Turks and Caicos Islands

4% (1995)

Virgin Islands

2.2% (2003)

Europe

48 entries

Albania

2.9% (2007 est.)

Andorra

3.2% (2005)

Austria

2.2% (2007 est.)

Belarus

8.4% (2007 est.)

Belgium

1.8% (2007 est.)

Bosnia and Herzegovina

1.6% (2007 est.)

Bulgaria

9.8% (2007 est.)

Croatia

4.5% (2007 est.)

Czech Republic now Czechia

2.9% (2007 est.)

Denmark

1.7% (2007 est.)

Estonia

6.6% (2007 est.)

European Union

1.8% (2006 est.)

Faroe Islands

1.8% (2005)

Finland

2.5% (2007 est.)

France

1.5% (2007 est.)

Germany

2.3% (2007 est.)

Gibraltar

2.9% (2005)

Greece

2.9% (2007 est.)

Guernsey

3.4% (June 2006)

Hungary

8% (2007 est.)

Ireland

4.9% (2007 est.)

Isle of Man

3.1% (December 2006 est.)

Italy

1.8% (2007 est.)

Jersey

3.7% (December 2006)

Kosovo

2% (2007 est.)

Latvia

10.1% (2007 est.)

Liechtenstein

1% (2001)

Lithuania

5.7% (2007 est.)

Luxembourg

2.3% (2007 est.)

Malta

1.3% (2007 est.)

Moldova

12.3% (2007 est.)

Monaco

1.9% (2000)

Montenegro

3.4% (2007)

Netherlands

1.6% (2007 est.)

Macedonia now North Macedonia

2.3% (2007 est.)

Norway

0.8% (2007 est.)

Poland

2.5% (2007 est.)

Portugal

2.4% (2007 est.)

Romania

4.8% (2007 est.)

San Marino

-1.5% (2006)

Serbia

6.8% (2007)

Slovakia

2.8% (2007 est.)

Slovenia

3.6% (2007 est.)

Spain

2.8% (2007 est.)

Sweden

2.2% (2007 est.)

Switzerland

0.7% (2007 est.)

Ukraine

12.8% (2007 est.)

United Kingdom

2.3% (2007 est.)

Middle East

17 entries

Bahrain

3.3% (2007 est.)

Cyprus

2.4% (2007 est.)

Gaza Strip

  • 3.6% (includes West Bank) (2006)

Iran

17.1% (2007 est.)

Iraq

4.7% (2007 est.)

Israel

0.5% (2007 est.)

Jordan

5.4% (2007 est.)

Kuwait

5.5% (2007 est.)

Lebanon

4.2% (2007 est.)

Oman

5.9% (2007 est.)

Qatar

13.7% (2007 est.)

Saudi Arabia

4.1% (2007 est.)

Syria

12.2% (2007 est.)

Turkey now Turkiye

8.7% (2007 est.)

United Arab Emirates

14% (2007 est.)

West Bank

  • 3.6% (includes Gaza Strip) (2006)

Yemen

10% (2007 est.)

North America

5 entries

Bermuda

2.8% (November 2005)

Canada

2.1% (2007 est.)

Mexico

4% (2007 est.)

Saint Pierre and Miquelon

8.1% (2005)

United States

2.9% (2007 est.)

Oceania

23 entries

American Samoa

NA%

Australia

2.3% (2007 est.)

Cook Islands

2.1% (2005 est.)

Fiji

4.8% (2007)

French Polynesia

1.1% (2006 est.)

Guam

2.5% (2005 est.)

Kiribati

0.2% (2007 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

2.4% (2007 est.)

Niue

4% (2005)

Northern Mariana Islands

-0.8% (2000)

Palau

2.7% (2005 est.)

Papua New Guinea

0.9% (2007 est.)

Samoa

6% (2007 est.)

Solomon Islands

6.3% (2007 est.)

Tokelau

NA%

Tonga

5.9% (2007 est.)

Tuvalu

3.8% (2006 est.)

Vanuatu

3.9% (2007 est.)

Wallis and Futuna

2.8% (2005)

South America

13 entries

Argentina

  • 8.8% official rate; actual rate may be double the official rate (2007 est.)

Bolivia

8.7% (2007 est.)

Brazil

3.6% (2007 est.)

Chile

4.4% (2007 est.)

Colombia

5.5% (2007 est.)

Ecuador

2.3% (2007 est.)

Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas)

3.6% (1998)

Guyana

12.3% (2007 est.)

Paraguay

8.1% (2007 est.)

Peru

1.8% (2007 est.)

Suriname

6.4% (2007 est.)

Uruguay

8.1% (2007 est.)

Venezuela

18.7% (2007 est.)

Southeast Asia

14 entries

Brunei

0.4% (2007 est.)

Burma now Burma (Myanmar)

35% (2007 est.)

Cambodia

5.9% (2007 est.)

Hong Kong

2% (2007 est.)

Indonesia

6.3% (2007 est.)

Laos

4.5% (2007 est.)

Macau

7.2% (2006)

Malaysia

2%

note: approximately 30% of goods are price-controlled (2007 est.)

Philippines

2.8% (2007 est.)

Singapore

2.1% (2007 est.)

Taiwan

1.8% (2007 est.)

Thailand

2.2% (2007 est.)

Timor-Leste

7.8% (2007 est.)

Vietnam

8.3% (2007 est.)

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Central Intelligence Agency. The World Factbook 2008, “Inflation rate (consumer prices)”, all entries. Archived by The Factbook, thefactbook.org/fields/inflation-rate-consumer-prices/2008.

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