The CIA World Factbook Edition 2009 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 2009 edition carries it in 230 entries, in its Economy section. Every entry is shown as that edition published it.
- entries in the 2009 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 entryWorld
- 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
Africa
56 entriesCongo, Democratic Republic of the now Democratic Republic of the Congo
16.7% (2007 est.)
- country comparison to the world: 198
Congo, Republic of the now Republic of the Congo
7.3% (2008 est.)
- country comparison to the world: 118
- 2.7% (2007 est.)
Saint Helena now Saint Helena, Ascension, and Tristan da Cunha
3.2% (1997 est.)
- country comparison to the world: 40
- 3.2% (1997 est.)
Arctic Region
2 entriesAsia
22 entriesUzbekistan
14% (2008 est.)
- country comparison to the world: 185
- 12% (2007 est.)
note: official data; based on independent analysis of consumer prices, inflation reached 38% in 2008
Central America and the Caribbean
29 entriesEurope
48 entriesMiddle East
17 entriesNorth America
5 entriesOceania
23 entriesMicronesia, Federated States of now Federated States of Micronesia
2.2% (2005)
- country comparison to the world: 20
South America
13 entriesArgentina
8.6% (2008 est.)
- country comparison to the world: 132
- 8.8% (2007 est.)
note: based on official estimates, which lack credibility; non-official estimates put inflation at 22% in 2008
Southeast Asia
14 entriesMalaysia
5.4% (2008 est.)
- country comparison to the world: 92
- 2% (2007 est.)
note: approximately 30% of goods are price-controlled
Cite this page
Central Intelligence Agency. The World Factbook 2009, “Inflation rate (consumer prices)”, all entries. Archived by The Factbook, thefactbook.org/fields/inflation-rate-consumer-prices/2009.