South Asia - Inflation, GDP deflator (annual %)

The value for Inflation, GDP deflator (annual %) in South Asia was 4.35 as of 2020. As the graph below shows, over the past 59 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 24.38 in 1974 and a minimum value of 0.16 in 1962.

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
1961 3.17
1962 0.16
1963 3.57
1964 1.60
1965 7.93
1966 6.30
1967 7.94
1968 2.42
1969 3.34
1970 3.71
1971 3.17
1972 8.97
1973 15.30
1974 24.38
1975 21.10
1976 5.98
1977 5.64
1978 9.37
1979 12.56
1980 11.51
1981 9.99
1982 9.36
1983 8.52
1984 8.79
1985 6.85
1986 6.99
1987 8.54
1988 9.87
1989 8.51
1990 8.60
1991 11.58
1992 9.18
1993 9.35
1994 9.88
1995 8.67
1996 8.11
1997 7.28
1998 7.53
1999 4.16
2000 4.47
2001 5.36
2002 3.89
2003 3.56
2004 6.53
2005 6.98
2006 7.36
2007 7.44
2008 8.53
2009 6.90
2010 8.84
2011 10.68
2012 7.84
2013 6.33
2014 5.15
2015 3.83
2016 3.81
2017 4.56
2018 3.44
2019 4.01
2020 4.35

Aggregation method: Median

Periodicity: Annual

Classification

Topic: Financial Sector Indicators

Sub-Topic: Exchange rates & prices