Inflation Rates, List by Country

This page has a list of countries ranked by Inflation Rates. The most well known indicator of inflation is the Consumer Price Index (CPI) which measures the average price of consumer goods and services purchased by households. In sum, Inflation is the rate at which the general level of prices is rising. High rates of inflation are often associated with fast growing economies where the demand for goods and services is higher that the country’s productive capacity. The fight against inflation is done by central banks which control the money supply by increasing or decreasing short term interest rates. For instance, the Governing Council of the European Central Bank aims at keeping annual inflation under 2% to promote price stability and sustainable growth.

Country	Latest	2011	2010	2009	2008	2007
Venezuela	28.90	28.90	27.20	26.90	31.90	22.50
Tanzania	19.80	19.80	5.60	12.20	13.50	6.40
Kenya	18.93	18.93	4.51	5.32	27.72	12.00
Vietnam	18.13	18.13	11.75	6.52	19.87	12.75
Angola	11.38	11.38	15.31	14.00	13.18	11.78
Mongolia	11.10	11.10	14.30	1.90	20.80	15.10
Bangladesh	10.63	10.63	8.28	8.51
Turkey	10.61	10.45	6.40	6.53	10.10	8.39
Egypt	10.40	10.40	10.30	13.50	18.30	6.90
Nigeria	10.30	10.30	11.80	13.90	15.10	6.60
Pakistan	10.10	9.75	15.46	10.52	23.34	8.79
Argentina	9.50	9.50	10.90	7.70	7.20	8.50
Botswana	9.20	9.20	7.40	5.80	13.70	8.10
Ghana	8.58	8.58	8.58	16.00	18.10	12.70
Rwanda	8.34	8.34	0.20	5.70	22.30	6.60
Kazakhstan	7.40	7.40	7.80	7.30	17.00	10.80
Namibia	7.20	7.20	3.10	7.00	10.90	7.10
Bolivia	6.90	6.90	7.18	0.26	11.85	11.73
Brazil	6.50	6.50	5.91	4.31	5.90	4.46
Iceland	6.50	6.50	2.50	7.50	18.13	5.86
India	6.49	6.49	9.47	14.97	9.70	5.51
Mozambique	6.14	6.14	17.44	2.26
Russia	6.10	6.10	8.80	8.80	13.30	11.90
South Africa	6.10	6.10	3.50	6.30	9.50	8.90
Hong Kong	5.70	5.70	2.90	1.30	2.10	3.80
Singapore	5.50	5.50	4.60	-0.50	5.50	3.70
Saudi Arabia	5.30	5.30	5.40	4.25	8.98	6.47
Algeria	5.16	5.16	2.73	5.74	4.46	3.51
Peru	4.72	4.72	2.08	0.25	6.65	3.93
Poland	4.60	4.60	3.10	3.50	3.30	4.00
Ukraine	4.60	4.60	9.10	12.30	22.30	16.60
Chile	4.40	4.40	3.00	-1.06	7.76	6.27
Paraguay	4.40	4.90	7.20	1.90	7.50	6.00
Slovakia	4.40	4.40	1.30	0.50	4.40	3.40
Philippines	4.20	4.20	3.10	4.40	8.00	3.90
Tunisia	4.20	4.20	4.00	4.10	4.10	5.10
United Kingdom	4.20	4.20	3.70	2.90	3.10	2.10
China	4.10	4.10	4.60	1.90	1.20	6.50
Hungary	4.10	4.10	4.70	5.60	3.50	7.40
Latvia	4.00	4.00	2.40	-1.40	10.40	14.00
Mexico	3.82	3.82	4.40	3.57	6.53	3.76
Sri Lanka	3.80	4.90	6.90	4.80	14.40	18.80
Estonia	3.70	3.70	5.72	-1.71	6.98	9.57
Portugal	3.70	3.70	2.50	-0.10	0.80	2.70
Indonesia	3.65	3.79	6.96	2.78	11.06	6.59
Colombia	3.60	3.60	3.17	2.00	7.67	5.69
Lithuania	3.40	3.40	3.80	1.30	8.50	8.10
South Korea	3.40	4.20	3.50	2.80	4.14	3.61
Thailand	3.38	3.60	3.00	3.50	0.40	3.20
Austria	3.20	3.20	2.30	1.10	1.50	3.50
Belgium	3.20	3.20	3.40	0.30	2.70	3.10
Italy	3.20	3.30	1.90	1.00	2.20	2.60
Luxembourg	3.20	3.20	2.78	1.80	1.09	3.40
Romania	3.14	3.14	8.00	4.80	6.30	6.60
Australia	3.10	3.10	2.70	2.10	3.70	3.00
Malaysia	3.00	3.00	2.20	1.10	4.40	2.40
United States	3.00	3.00	1.50	2.70	0.10	4.10
Finland	2.90	2.90	2.90	-0.50	3.50	2.60
Bulgaria	2.80	2.80	4.50	0.60	7.80	12.50
Macedonia	2.80	2.80	3.00	-2.10	5.50	4.90
Euro Area	2.70	2.70	2.20	0.90	1.60	3.10
Denmark	2.50	2.50	2.80	1.40	2.40	2.30
France	2.50	2.50	1.80	0.90	1.00	2.60
Ireland	2.50	2.50	1.30	-5.00	1.15	4.70
Czech Republic	2.40	2.40	2.30	1.00	3.60	5.40
Greece	2.40	2.40	5.20	2.60	2.00	3.90
Netherlands	2.40	2.40	1.90	1.10	1.90	1.90
Spain	2.40	2.40	3.00	0.80	1.40	4.20
Canada	2.30	2.30	2.40	1.30	1.20	2.40
Sweden	2.30	2.30	2.30	0.90	0.90	3.50
Israel	2.20	2.20	2.70	3.90	3.80	3.40
Qatar	2.10	2.10	-0.14	-9.96	13.16
Taiwan	2.03	2.03	1.24	-0.25	1.27	3.33
Germany	2.00	2.10	1.70	0.80	1.10	3.10
Slovenia	2.00	2.00	1.90	1.80	2.10	5.60
New Zealand	1.80	1.80	4.00	2.00	3.40	3.20
Morocco	1.70	1.70	2.20	-1.60	4.00
Norway	0.20	0.20	2.80	2.00	2.10	2.80
United Arab Emirates	0.20	0.20	1.73	1.56	12.30	11.10
Japan	-0.20	-0.20	0.00	-1.70	0.40	0.70
Switzerland	-0.70	-0.70	0.50	0.28	0.70	2.00