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Country | Inflation rate (consumer prices) (%)
Afghanistan | 16.3% (2005 est.)
Albania | 2.4% (2005 est.)
Algeria | 4.7% (2005 est.)
American Samoa | NA%
Andorra | 3.4% (2004)
Angola | 17.7% (2005 est.)
Anguilla | 2.3%
Antigua and Barbuda | 0.4% (2000 est.)
Argentina | 12.3% (2005 est.)
Armenia | -0.2% (2005 est.)
Aruba | 3.8% (2005 est.)
Australia | 2.7% (2005 est.)
Austria | 2.3% (2005)
Azerbaijan | 12% (2005 est.)
Bahamas, The | 1.2% (2004)
Bahrain | 2.7% (2005 est.)
Bangladesh | 6.7% (2005 est.)
Barbados | -0.5% (2003 est.)
Belarus | 8% (2005 est.)
Belgium | 2.7% (2005 est.)
Belize | 3% (2005 est.)
Benin | 3.2% (2005 est.)
Bermuda | 2.8% (November 2005)
Bhutan | 3% (2002 est.)
Bolivia | 4.9% (2005 est.)
Bosnia and Herzegovina | 1.4% (2005 est.)
Botswana | 8.3% (2005 est.)
Brazil | 5.7% (2005 est.)
British Virgin Islands | 2.5% (2003)
Brunei | 0.9% (2004)
Bulgaria | 4.5% (2005 est.)
Burkina Faso | 3% (2005 est.)
Burma | 25% (2005 est.)
Burundi | 14% (2005 est.)
Cambodia | 4.3% (2005 est.)
Cameroon | 1.5% (2005 est.)
Canada | 2.2% (2005)
Cape Verde | 1.8% (2005 est.)
Cayman Islands | 2.8% (2002)
Central African Republic | 3.6% (2001 est.)
Chad | 5.5% (2005 est.)
Chile | 3.2% (2005 est.)
China | 1.9% (2005 est.)
Colombia | 4.9% (2005)
Comoros | 3% (2005 est.)
Congo, Democratic Republic of the | 9% (2004 est.)
Congo, Republic of the | 2% (2005 est.)
Cook Islands | 3.2% (2000 est.)
Costa Rica | 13.8% (2005 est.)
Cote d'Ivoire | 2% (2005 est.)
Croatia | 3.2% (2005 est.)
Cuba | 4.2% (2005 est.)
Cyprus | Republic of Cyprus: 2.5% (2005 est.); north Cyprus: 9.1% (2004 est.)
Czech Republic | 2% (2005 est.)
Denmark | 1.9% (2005 est.)
Djibouti | 2% (2002 est.)
Dominica | 1% (2001 est.)
Dominican Republic | 4.3% (2005 est.)
East Timor | 1.8% (2004)
Ecuador | 4.4% (2005)
Egypt | 4.3% (2005 est.)
El Salvador | 4.7% (2005 est.)
Equatorial Guinea | 5% (2005 est.)
Eritrea | 15% (2005 est.)
Estonia | 4% (2005 est.)
Ethiopia | 6% (2005 est.)
European Union | 2.2% (2005 est.)
Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas) | 3.6% (1998)
Faroe Islands | 5.1% (1999)
Fiji | 1.6% (2002 est.)
Finland | 1.2% (2005 est.)
France | 1.9% (2005 est.)
French Guiana | 1.5% (2002 est.)
French Polynesia | 1.5% (2002 est.)
Gabon | 1.5% (2005 est.)
Gambia, The | 8.8% (2005 est.)
Gaza Strip | 3% (includes West Bank) (2004)
Georgia | 8% (2005 est.)
Germany | 2% (2005 est.)
Ghana | 15% (2005 est.)
Gibraltar | 1.5% (1998)
Greece | 3.8% (2005 est.)
Greenland | 1.6% (1999 est.)
Grenada | 2.8% (2001 est.)
Guadeloupe | NA%
Guam | 2.5% (2005 est.)
Guatemala | 9.1% (2005 est.)
Guernsey | 4.9% (2004 est.)
Guinea | 25% (2005 est.)
Guinea-Bissau | 4% (2002 est.)
Guyana | 5.5% (2005 est.)
Haiti | 15.2% (2005 est.)
Honduras | 9.2% (2005 est.)
Hong Kong | 1.2% (2005 est.)
Hungary | 3.7% (2005 est.)
Iceland | 4.1% (2005 est.)
India | 4.6% (2005 est.)
Indonesia | 10.4% (2005 est.)
Iran | 16% (2005 est.)
Iraq | 40% (2005 est.)
Ireland | 2.7% (2005 est.)
Isle of Man | 3.6% (March 2003 est.)
Israel | 1.3% (2005 est.)
Italy | 1.9% (2005 est.)
Jamaica | 12.9% (2005 est.)
Japan | -0.2% (2005 est.)
Jersey | 5.3% (2004)
Jordan | 5% (2005 est.)
Kazakhstan | 7.4% (2005 est.)
Kenya | 12% (2005 est.)
Kiribati | 2.5% (2001 est.)
Korea, North | NA%
Korea, South | 2.6% (2005 est.)
Kuwait | 3.5% (2005 est.)
Kyrgyzstan | 4.2% (2005 est.)
Laos | 9.4% (2005 est.)
Latvia | 5.9% (2005 est.)
Lebanon | 2.4% (2005 est.)
Lesotho | 4.7% (2005 est.)
Liberia | 15% (2003 est.)
Libya | -1% (2005 est.)
Liechtenstein | 1% (2001)
Lithuania | 2.6% (2005 est.)
Luxembourg | 3.6% (2005 est.)
Macau | 3.8% (2nd quarter, 2005)
Macedonia | 0.5% (2005)
Madagascar | 10% (2005 est.)
Malawi | 15.4% (2005 est.)
Malaysia | 2.9% (2005 est.)
Maldives | 5.6% (2005 est.)
Mali | 4.5% (2002 est.)
Malta | 2.8% (2005 est.)
Marshall Islands | 2% (2001 est.)
Martinique | 3.9% (1990)
Mauritania | 7% (2003 est.)
Mauritius | 5.6% (2005 est.)
Mayotte | NA%
Mexico | 3.3% (2005)
Micronesia, Federated States of | 1% (2002 est.)
Moldova | 12% (2005 est.)
Monaco | 1.9% (2000)
Mongolia | 9.5% (2005 est.)
Montserrat | 2.6% (2002 est.)
Morocco | 2.1% (2005 est.)
Mozambique | 7.8% (2005 est.)
Namibia | 2.7% (2005 est.)
Nauru | -3.6% (1993)
Nepal | 7.8% (October 2005 est.)
Netherlands | 1.7% (2005 est.)
Netherlands Antilles | 2.1% (2003 est.)
New Caledonia | -0.6% (2000 est.)
New Zealand | 3% (2005 est.)
Nicaragua | 9.6% (2005)
Niger | 0.2% (2004 est.)
Nigeria | 15.6% (2005 est.)
Niue | 1% (1995)
Northern Mariana Islands | 1.2% (1997 est.)
Norway | 2.1% (2005 est.)
Oman | 0.4% (2005 est.)
Pakistan | 9.2% (2005 est.)
Palau | 3.4% (2000 est.)
Panama | 2.5% (2005 est.)
Papua New Guinea | 1.7% (2005 est.)
Paraguay | 7.5% (2005 est.)
Peru | 1.6% (2005 est.)
Philippines | 7.9% (2005 est.)
Poland | 2.1% (2005 est.)
Portugal | 2.4% (2005 est.)
Puerto Rico | 6.5% (2003 est.)
Qatar | 7.8% (2005 est.)
Reunion | NA%
Romania | 8.6% (2005)
Russia | 11% (2005 est.)
Rwanda | 8% (2005 est.)
Saint Helena | 3.2% (1997 est.)
Saint Kitts and Nevis | 1.7% (2001 est.)
Saint Lucia | 3% (2001 est.)
Saint Pierre and Miquelon | 2.1% (1991-96 average)
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | -0.4% (2001 est.)
Samoa | 4% (2001 est.)
San Marino | 3.3% (2001)
Sao Tome and Principe | 15.1% (2005 est.)
Saudi Arabia | 0.4% (2005 est.)
Senegal | 1.7% (2005 est.)
Serbia and Montenegro | 15.5% (2005 est.)
Seychelles | 4.4% (2005 est.)
Sierra Leone | 1% (2002 est.)
Singapore | 1% (2005)
Slovakia | 2.7% (2005)
Slovenia | 2.4% (2005 est.)
Solomon Islands | 10% (2003 est.)
Somalia | NA%; note - businesses print their own money, so inflation rates cannot be easily determined
South Africa | 4.6% (2005 est.)
Spain | 3.4% (2005 est.)
Sri Lanka | 11.2% (2005 est.)
Sudan | 11% (2005 est.)
Suriname | 9.5% (2005 est.)
Swaziland | 4% (2005 est.)
Sweden | 0.5% (2005 est.)
Switzerland | 1.2% (2005 est.)
Syria | 2.6% (2005 est.)
Taiwan | 2.3% (2005 est.)
Tajikistan | 8% (2005 est.)
Tanzania | 4% (2005 est.)
Thailand | 4.8% (2005 est.)
Togo | 5.5% (2005 est.)
Tokelau | NA%
Tonga | 10.3% (2002 est.)
Trinidad and Tobago | 6.8% (2005 est.)
Tunisia | 3.2% (2005 est.)
Turkey | 7.7% (2005 est.)
Turkmenistan | 10% (2005 est.)
Turks and Caicos Islands | 4% (1995)
Tuvalu | 5% (2000 est.)
Uganda | 9.7% (2005 est.)
Ukraine | 10.3% (2005 est.)
United Arab Emirates | 4.5% (2005 est.)
United Kingdom | 2.2% (2005 est.)
United States | 3.2% (2005 est.)
Uruguay | 4.9% (2005 est.)
Uzbekistan | 8.8% (2005 est.)
Vanuatu | 3.1% (2003 est.)
Venezuela | 15.7% (2005 est.)
Vietnam | 8.4% (2005 est.)
Virgin Islands | 2.2% (2003)
Wallis and Futuna | NA%
West Bank | 2.2% (includes Gaza Strip) (2001 est.)
Western Sahara | NA%

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.)

Yemen | 9.6% (2005 est.)
Zambia | 19% (2005 est.)
Zimbabwe | 585% official data; private sector estimates are much higher (yearend 2005 est.)

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