Lao PDR - Inflation

Inflation, consumer prices (annual %)

The value for Inflation, consumer prices (annual %) in Lao PDR was 5.98 as of 2010. As the graph below shows, over the past 21 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 128.42 in 1999 and a minimum value of 0.04 in 2009.

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.

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Year	Value
1989	61.33
1990	35.64
1991	13.44
1992	9.86
1993	6.27
1994	6.78
1995	19.59
1996	13.02
1997	27.51
1998	90.98
1999	128.42
2000	25.08
2001	7.81
2002	10.63
2003	15.49
2004	10.46
2005	7.17
2006	6.80
2007	4.52
2008	7.63
2009	0.04
2010	5.98

Inflation, GDP deflator (annual %)

The value for Inflation, GDP deflator (annual %) in Lao PDR was 10.45 as of 2010. As the graph below shows, over the past 25 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 127.97 in 1999 and a minimum value of -2.31 in 2009.

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.

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Year	Value
1985	64.81
1986	51.12
1987	14.43
1988	25.85
1989	55.27
1990	37.91
1991	12.97
1992	5.99
1993	11.18
1994	7.70
1995	19.69
1996	13.73
1997	19.35
1998	84.50
1999	127.97
2000	25.08
2001	8.62
2002	10.64
2003	15.73
2004	10.37
2005	1.90
2006	12.79
2007	7.34
2008	8.80
2009	-2.31
2010	10.45

Classification

Topic: Financial Sector Indicators

Sub-Topic: Exchange rates & prices