The CIA World Factbook Edition 2018 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 2018 edition carries it in 231 entries, in its Economy section. Every entry is shown as that edition published it.

entries in the 2018 edition
231
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

6.4% (2017 est.)

  • 3.7% (2016 est.)
developed countries:
1.9% (2017 est.) 0.9% (2016 est.)
developing countries:
8.8% (2017 est.) 3.7% (2016 est.)

note: the above estimates are weighted averages; inflation in developed countries is 0% to 4% typically, in developing countries, 4% to 10% typically; national inflation rates vary widely in individual cases; inflation rates have declined for most countries for the last several years, held in check by increasing international competition from several low wage countries and by soft demand due to the world financial crisis

Africa

56 entries

Algeria

5.6% (2017 est.)

  • 6.4% (2016 est.)

Angola

29.8% (2017 est.)

  • 30.7% (2016 est.)

Benin

0.1% (2017 est.)

  • -0.8% (2016 est.)

Botswana

3.3% (2017 est.)

  • 2.8% (2016 est.)

Burkina Faso

0.4% (2017 est.)

  • -0.2% (2016 est.)

Burundi

16.6% (2017 est.)

  • 5.5% (2016 est.)

Cabo Verde

0.8% (2017 est.)

  • -1.4% (2016 est.)

Cameroon

0.6% (2017 est.)

  • 0.9% (2016 est.)

Central African Republic

4.1% (2017 est.)

  • 4.6% (2016 est.)

Chad

-0.9% (2017 est.)

  • -1.1% (2016 est.)

Comoros

1% (2017 est.)

  • 1.8% (2016 est.)

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

41.5% (2017 est.)

  • 18.2% (2016 est.)

Congo, Republic of the now Republic of the Congo

0.5% (2017 est.)

  • 3.2% (2016 est.)

Cote d'Ivoire now Cote d'Ivoire

0.8% (2017 est.)

  • 0.7% (2016 est.)

Djibouti

0.7% (2017 est.)

  • 2.7% (2016 est.)

Egypt

23.5% (2017 est.)

  • 10.2% (2016 est.)

Equatorial Guinea

0.7% (2017 est.)

  • 1.4% (2016 est.)

Eritrea

9% (2017 est.)

  • 9% (2016 est.)

Eswatini

6.2% (2017 est.)

  • 7.8% (2016 est.)

Ethiopia

9.9% (2017 est.)

  • 7.3% (2016 est.)

Gabon

2.7% (2017 est.)

  • 2.1% (2016 est.)

Gambia, The now The Gambia

8% (2017 est.)

  • 7.2% (2016 est.)

Ghana

12.4% (2017 est.)

  • 17.5% (2016 est.)

Guinea

8.9% (2017 est.)

  • 8.2% (2016 est.)

Guinea-Bissau

1.1% (2017 est.)

  • 1.5% (2016 est.)

Kenya

8% (2017 est.)

  • 6.3% (2016 est.)

Lesotho

5.3% (2017 est.)

  • 6.2% (2016 est.)

Liberia

12.4% (2017 est.)

  • 8.8% (2016 est.)

Libya

28.5% (2017 est.)

  • 25.9% (2016 est.)

Madagascar

8.3% (2017 est.)

  • 6.7% (2016 est.)

Malawi

12.2% (2017 est.)

  • 21.7% (2016 est.)

Mali

1.8% (2017 est.)

  • -1.8% (2016 est.)

Mauritania

2.3% (2017 est.)

  • 1.5% (2016 est.)

Mauritius

3.7% (2017 est.)

  • 1% (2016 est.)

Morocco

0.8% (2017 est.)

  • 1.6% (2016 est.)

Mozambique

15.3% (2017 est.)

  • 19.2% (2016 est.)

Namibia

6.1% (2017 est.)

  • 6.7% (2016 est.)

Niger

2.4% (2017 est.)

  • 0.2% (2016 est.)

Nigeria

16.5% (2017 est.)

  • 15.7% (2016 est.)

Rwanda

4.8% (2017 est.)

  • 5.7% (2016 est.)

Saint Helena, Ascension, and Tristan da Cunha

4% (2012 est.)

Sao Tome and Principe

5.7% (2017 est.)

  • 5.4% (2016 est.)

Senegal

1.3% (2017 est.)

  • 0.8% (2016 est.)

Seychelles

2.9% (2017 est.)

  • -1% (2016 est.)

Sierra Leone

18.2% (2017 est.)

  • 10.9% (2016 est.)

Somalia

1.5% (2017 est.)

  • -71.1% (2016 est.)

South Africa

5.3% (2017 est.)

  • 6.3% (2016 est.)

South Sudan

187.9% (2017 est.)

  • 379.8% (2016 est.)

Sudan

32.4% (2017 est.)

  • 17.8% (2016 est.)

Tanzania

5.3% (2017 est.)

  • 5.2% (2016 est.)

Togo

-0.7% (2017 est.)

  • 0.9% (2016 est.)

Tunisia

5.3% (2017 est.)

  • 3.7% (2016 est.)

Uganda

5.6% (2017 est.)

  • 5.5% (2016 est.)

Western Sahara

NA

Zambia

6.6% (2017 est.)

  • 17.9% (2016 est.)

Zimbabwe

0.9% (2017 est.)

  • -1.6% (2016 est.)

Arctic Region

2 entries

Greenland

0.3% (January 2017 est.)

  • 1.2% (January 2016 est.)

Iceland

1.8% (2017 est.)

  • 1.7% (2016 est.)

Asia

22 entries

Afghanistan

5% (2017 est.)

  • 4.4% (2016 est.)

Armenia

0.9% (2017 est.)

  • -1.4% (2016 est.)

Azerbaijan

13% (2017 est.)

  • 12.6% (2016 est.)

Bangladesh

5.6% (2017 est.)

  • 5.7% (2016 est.)

Bhutan

5.8% (2017 est.)

  • 7.6% (2016 est.)

China

1.6% (2017 est.)

  • 2% (2016 est.)

Georgia

6% (2017 est.)

  • 2.1% (2016 est.)

India

3.6% (2017 est.)

  • 4.5% (2016 est.)

Japan

0.5% (2017 est.)

  • -0.1% (2016 est.)

Kazakhstan

7.4% (2017 est.)

  • 14.6% (2016 est.)

Korea, North now North Korea

NA

Korea, South now South Korea

1.9% (2017 est.)

  • 1% (2016 est.)

Kyrgyzstan

3.2% (2017 est.)

  • 0.4% (2016 est.)

Maldives

2.3% (2017 est.)

  • 0.8% (2016 est.)

Mongolia

4.6% (2017 est.)

  • 0.5% (2016 est.)

Nepal

4.5% (2017 est.)

  • 9.9% (2016 est.)

Pakistan

4.1% (2017 est.)

  • 2.9% (2016 est.)

Russia

3.7% (2017 est.)

  • 7.1% (2016 est.)

Sri Lanka

6.5% (2017 est.)

  • 4% (2016 est.)

Tajikistan

7.3% (2017 est.)

  • 5.9% (2016 est.)

Turkmenistan

8% (2017 est.)

  • 3.6% (2016 est.)

Uzbekistan

12.5% (2017 est.)

  • 8% (2016 est.)

note: official data; based on independent analysis of consumer prices, inflation reached 22% in 2012

Central America and the Caribbean

30 entries

Anguilla

1.3% (2017 est.)

  • -0.6% (2016 est.)

Antigua and Barbuda

2.5% (2017 est.)

  • -0.5% (2016 est.)

Aruba

-0.5% (2017 est.)

  • -0.9% (2016 est.)

Bahamas, The now The Bahamas

1.4% (2017 est.)

  • -0.3% (2016 est.)

Barbados

4.4% (2017 est.)

  • 1.5% (2016 est.)

Belize

1.1% (2017 est.)

  • 0.7% (2016 est.)

British Virgin Islands

1.1% (2017 est.)

  • 1.1% (2016 est.)

Cayman Islands

2% (2017 est.)

  • -0.6% (2016 est.)

Costa Rica

1.6% (2017 est.)

  • 0% (2016 est.)

Cuba

5.5% (2017 est.)

  • 4.5% (2016 est.)

Curacao

2.6% (2013 est.)

  • 2.8% (2012 est.)

Dominica

0.6% (2017 est.)

  • 0% (2016 est.)

Dominican Republic

3.3% (2017 est.)

  • 1.6% (2016 est.)

El Salvador

1% (2017 est.)

  • 0.6% (2016 est.)

Grenada

0.9% (2017 est.)

  • 1.7% (2016 est.)

Guatemala

4.4% (2017 est.)

  • 4.4% (2016 est.)

Haiti

14.7% (2017 est.)

  • 13.4% (2016 est.)

Honduras

3.9% (2017 est.)

  • 2.7% (2016 est.)

Jamaica

4.4% (2017 est.)

  • 2.3% (2016 est.)

Montserrat

1.2% (2017 est.)

  • -0.2% (2016 est.)

Nicaragua

3.9% (2017 est.)

  • 3.5% (2016 est.)

Panama

0.9% (2017 est.)

  • 0.7% (2016 est.)

Puerto Rico

1.8% (2017 est.)

  • -0.3% (2016 est.)

Saint Kitts and Nevis

0% (2017 est.)

  • -0.3% (2016 est.)

Saint Lucia

0.1% (2017 est.)

  • -3.1% (2016 est.)

Saint Vincent and the Grenadines

2.2% (2017 est.)

  • -0.2% (2016 est.)

Sint Maarten

4% (2012 est.)

  • 0.7% (2009 est.)

Trinidad and Tobago

1.9% (2017 est.)

  • 3.1% (2016 est.)

Turks and Caicos Islands

4% (2017 est.)

  • 0.7% (2016 est.)

Virgin Islands

1% (2016 est.)

  • 2.6% (2015 est.)

Europe

48 entries

Albania

2% (2017 est.)

  • 1.3% (2016 est.)

Andorra

-0.9% (2015 est.)

  • -0.1% (2014 est.)

Austria

2.2% (2017 est.)

  • 1% (2016 est.)

Belarus

6% (2017 est.)

  • 11.8% (2016 est.)

Belgium

2.2% (2017 est.)

  • 1.8% (2016 est.)

Bosnia and Herzegovina

1.2% (2017 est.)

  • -1.1% (2016 est.)

Bulgaria

1.2% (2017 est.)

  • -1.3% (2016 est.)

Croatia

1.1% (2017 est.)

  • -1.1% (2016 est.)

Czechia

2.4% (2017 est.)

  • 0.7% (2016 est.)

Denmark

1.1% (2017 est.)

  • 0.3% (2016 est.)

Estonia

3.7% (2017 est.)

  • 0.8% (2016 est.)

European Union

1.5% (2017 est.)

  • 1.1% (2016 est.)

Faroe Islands

-0.3% (2016)

  • -1.7% (2015)

Finland

0.8% (2017 est.)

  • 0.4% (2016 est.)

France

1.2% (2017 est.)

  • 0.3% (2016 est.)

Germany

1.7% (2017 est.)

  • 0.4% (2016 est.)

Gibraltar

2.5% (2013 est.)

  • 2.2% (2012 est.)

Greece

1.1% (2017 est.)

  • 0% (2016 est.)

Guernsey

3.4% (June 2006 est.)

Hungary

2.4% (2017 est.)

  • 0.4% (2016 est.)

Ireland

0.3% (2017 est.)

  • -0.2% (2016 est.)

Isle of Man

4.1% (2017 est.)

  • 1% (2016 est.)

Italy

1.3% (2017 est.)

  • -0.1% (2016 est.)

Jersey

3.7% (2006)

Kosovo

1.5% (2017 est.)

  • 0.3% (2016 est.)

Latvia

2.9% (2017 est.)

  • 0.1% (2016 est.)

Liechtenstein

-0.4% (2016 est.)

  • -0.2% (2013)

Lithuania

3.7% (2017 est.)

  • 0.7% (2016 est.)

Luxembourg

2.1% (2017 est.)

  • 0% (2016 est.)

Malta

1.3% (2017 est.)

  • 0.9% (2016 est.)

Moldova

6.6% (2017 est.)

  • 6.4% (2016 est.)

Monaco

1.5% (2010)

Montenegro

2.4% (2017 est.)

  • -0.3% (2016 est.)

Netherlands

1.3% (2017 est.)

  • 0.1% (2016 est.)

Macedonia now North Macedonia

1.4% (2017 est.)

  • -0.2% (2016 est.)

Norway

1.9% (2017 est.)

  • 3.6% (2016 est.)

Poland

2% (2017 est.)

  • -0.6% (2016 est.)

Portugal

1.6% (2017 est.)

  • 0.6% (2016 est.)

Romania

1.3% (2017 est.)

  • -1.6% (2016 est.)

San Marino

1% (2017 est.)

  • 0.6% (2016 est.)

Serbia

3.1% (2017 est.)

  • 1.1% (2016 est.)

Slovakia

1.3% (2017 est.)

  • -0.5% (2016 est.)

Slovenia

1.4% (2017 est.)

  • -0.1% (2016 est.)

Spain

2% (2017 est.)

  • -0.2% (2016 est.)

Sweden

1.9% (2017 est.)

  • 1.1% (2016 est.)

Switzerland

0.5% (2017 est.)

  • -0.4% (2016 est.)

Ukraine

14.4% (2017 est.)

  • 13.9% (2016 est.)

note: Excluding the temporarily occupied territories of the Autonomous Republic of Crimea, the city of Sevastopol and part of the anti-terrorist operation zone

United Kingdom

2.7% (2017 est.)

  • 0.7% (2016 est.)

Middle East

17 entries

Bahrain

1.4% (2017 est.)

  • 2.8% (2016 est.)

Cyprus

0.7% (2017 est.)

  • -1.2% (2016 est.)

Gaza Strip

0.2% (2017 est.)

  • -0.2% (2016 est.)

note: excludes the West Bank

Iran

9.6% (2017 est.)

  • 9.1% (2016 est.)

note: official Iranian estimate

Iraq

0.1% (2017 est.)

  • 0.5% (2016 est.)

Israel

0.2% (2017 est.)

  • -0.5% (2016 est.)

Jordan

3.3% (2017 est.)

  • -0.8% (2016 est.)

Kuwait

1.5% (2017 est.)

  • 3.5% (2016 est.)

Lebanon

4.5% (2017 est.)

  • -0.8% (2016 est.)

Oman

1.6% (2017 est.)

  • 1.1% (2016 est.)

Qatar

0.4% (2017 est.)

  • 2.7% (2016 est.)

Saudi Arabia

-0.9% (2017 est.)

  • 2% (2016 est.)

Syria

28.1% (2017 est.)

  • 47.3% (2016 est.)

Turkey now Turkiye

11.1% (2017 est.)

  • 7.8% (2016 est.)

United Arab Emirates

2% (2017 est.)

  • 1.6% (2016 est.)

West Bank

0.2% (2017 est.)

  • -0.2% (2016 est.)

note: excludes Gaza Strip

Yemen

24.7% (2017 est.)

  • -12.6% (2016 est.)

North America

5 entries

Bermuda

1.9% (2017 est.)

  • 1.4% (2016 est.)

Canada

1.6% (2017 est.)

  • 1.4% (2016 est.)

Mexico

6% (2017 est.)

  • 2.8% (2016 est.)

Saint Pierre and Miquelon

1.5% (2015)

  • 4.5% (2010)

United States

2.1% (2017 est.)

  • 1.3% (2016 est.)

Oceania

23 entries

American Samoa

-0.5% (2015 est.)

  • 1.4% (2014 est.)

Australia

2% (2017 est.)

  • 1.3% (2016 est.)

Cook Islands

2.2% (2011 est.)

Fiji

3.4% (2017 est.)

  • 3.9% (2016 est.)

French Polynesia

0% (2015 est.)

  • 0.3% (2014 est.)

Guam

1% (2017 est.)

  • 0% (2016 est.)

Kiribati

0.4% (2017 est.)

  • 1.9% (2016 est.)

Marshall Islands

0% (2017 est.)

  • -1.5% (2016 est.)

Micronesia, Federated States of now Federated States of Micronesia

0.5% (2017 est.)

  • 0.5% (2016 est.)

Nauru

5.1% (2017 est.)

  • 8.2% (2016 est.)

New Caledonia

1.4% (2017 est.)

  • 0.6% (2016 est.)

New Zealand

1.9% (2017 est.)

  • 0.6% (2016 est.)

Niue

4% (2005)

Northern Mariana Islands

0.3% (2016 est.)

  • 0.1% (2015 est.)

Palau

0.9% (2017 est.)

  • -1% (2016 est.)

Papua New Guinea

5.4% (2017 est.)

  • 6.7% (2016 est.)

Samoa

1.3% (2017 est.)

  • 0.1% (2016 est.)

Solomon Islands

0.5% (2017 est.)

  • 0.5% (2016 est.)

Tokelau

NA

Tonga

7.4% (2017 est.)

  • 2.6% (2016 est.)

Tuvalu

4.1% (2017 est.)

  • 3.5% (2016 est.)

Vanuatu

3.1% (2017 est.)

  • 0.8% (2016 est.)

Wallis and Futuna

0.9% (2015)

  • 2.8% (2005)

South America

13 entries

Argentina

25.7% (2017 est.)

  • 26.5% (2016 est.)

note: data are derived from private estimates

Bolivia

2.8% (2017 est.)

  • 3.6% (2016 est.)

Brazil

3.4% (2017 est.)

  • 8.7% (2016 est.)

Chile

2.2% (2017 est.)

  • 3.8% (2016 est.)

Colombia

4.3% (2017 est.)

  • 7.5% (2016 est.)

Ecuador

0.4% (2017 est.)

  • 1.7% (2016 est.)

Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas)

1.4% (2014 est.)

Guyana

2% (2017 est.)

  • 0.8% (2016 est.)

Paraguay

3.6% (2017 est.)

  • 4.1% (2016 est.)

Peru

2.8% (2017 est.)

  • 3.6% (2016 est.)

note: data are for metropolitan Lima, annual average

Suriname

22% (2017 est.)

  • 55.5% (2016 est.)

Uruguay

6.2% (2017 est.)

  • 9.6% (2016 est.)

Venezuela

1,087.5% (2017 est.)

  • 254.4% (2016 est.)

Southeast Asia

14 entries

Brunei

-0.2% (2017 est.)

  • -0.7% (2016 est.)

Burma now Burma (Myanmar)

4% (2017 est.)

  • 6.8% (2016 est.)

Cambodia

2.9% (2017 est.)

  • 3% (2016 est.)

Hong Kong

1.5% (2017 est.)

  • 2.4% (2016 est.)

Indonesia

3.8% (2017 est.)

  • 3.5% (2016 est.)

Laos

0.8% (2017 est.)

  • 1.6% (2016 est.)

Macau

1.2% (2017 est.)

  • 2.4% (2016 est.)

Malaysia

3.8% (2017 est.)

  • 2.1% (2016 est.)

note: approximately 30% of goods are price-controlled

Philippines

2.9% (2017 est.)

  • 1.3% (2016 est.)

Singapore

0.6% (2017 est.)

  • -0.5% (2016 est.)

Taiwan

1.1% (2017 est.)

  • 1% (2016 est.)

Thailand

0.7% (2017 est.)

  • 0.2% (2016 est.)

Timor-Leste

0.6% (2017 est.)

  • -1.3% (2016 est.)

Vietnam

3.5% (2017 est.)

  • 2.7% (2016 est.)

Central Intelligence Agency. The World Factbook 2018, “Inflation rate (consumer prices)”, all entries. Archived by The Factbook, thefactbook.org/fields/inflation-rate-consumer-prices/2018.

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