Ethiopia - Inflation

Inflation, consumer prices (annual %)

The value for Inflation, consumer prices (annual %) in Ethiopia was 8.14 as of 2010. As the graph below shows, over the past 44 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 44.39 in 2008 and a minimum value of -9.81 in 1986.

Definition: Inflation as measured by the consumer price index reflects the annual percentage change in the cost to the average consumer of acquiring a basket of goods and services that may be fixed or changed at specified intervals, such as yearly. The Laspeyres formula is generally used.

Source: International Monetary Fund, International Financial Statistics and data files.

See also:

Year Value
1966 -1.36
1967 0.81
1968 0.18
1969 1.43
1970 10.12
1971 0.54
1972 -6.08
1973 8.91
1974 8.59
1975 6.55
1976 28.54
1977 16.66
1978 14.31
1979 16.03
1980 4.48
1981 6.14
1982 5.89
1983 -0.68
1984 8.42
1985 19.06
1986 -9.81
1987 -2.43
1988 7.08
1989 7.82
1990 5.15
1991 35.72
1992 10.53
1993 3.54
1994 7.59
1995 10.02
1996 -5.07
1997 2.40
1998 2.58
1999 7.94
2000 0.66
2001 -8.24
2002 1.65
2003 17.76
2004 3.26
2005 11.61
2006 12.31
2007 17.24
2008 44.39
2009 8.47
2010 8.14

Inflation, GDP deflator (annual %)

The value for Inflation, GDP deflator (annual %) in Ethiopia was 3.79 as of 2010. As the graph below shows, over the past 28 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 31.79 in 1985 and a minimum value of -6.12 in 1987.

Definition: Inflation as measured by the annual growth rate of the GDP implicit deflator shows the rate of price change in the economy as a whole. The GDP implicit deflator is the ratio of GDP in current local currency to GDP in constant local currency.

Source: World Bank national accounts data, and OECD National Accounts data files.

See also:

Year Value
1982 4.27
1983 2.70
1984 -2.73
1985 31.79
1986 -5.27
1987 -6.12
1988 3.11
1989 5.58
1990 3.27
1991 19.08
1992 15.53
1993 13.38
1994 2.93
1995 12.71
1996 0.24
1997 4.52
1998 -0.44
1999 0.66
2000 6.88
2001 -5.75
2002 -3.62
2003 12.77
2004 3.91
2005 9.88
2006 11.55
2007 17.22
2008 30.31
2009 24.15
2010 3.79

Classification

Topic: Financial Sector Indicators

Sub-Topic: Exchange rates & prices