St. Lucia - Inflation
Inflation, consumer prices (annual %)
The value for Inflation, consumer prices (annual %) in St. Lucia was 0.56 as of 2010. As the graph below shows, over the past 44 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 34.22 in 1974 and a minimum value of -0.26 in 2002.
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 | 2.48 |
| 1967 | 3.21 |
| 1968 | 3.97 |
| 1969 | 2.25 |
| 1970 | 13.40 |
| 1971 | 8.39 |
| 1972 | 7.88 |
| 1973 | 13.44 |
| 1974 | 34.22 |
| 1975 | 17.74 |
| 1976 | 9.67 |
| 1977 | 8.87 |
| 1978 | 10.88 |
| 1979 | 9.39 |
| 1980 | 19.48 |
| 1981 | 15.12 |
| 1982 | 4.61 |
| 1983 | 1.47 |
| 1984 | 1.21 |
| 1985 | 1.42 |
| 1986 | 2.19 |
| 1987 | 7.02 |
| 1988 | 0.83 |
| 1989 | 4.37 |
| 1990 | 4.27 |
| 1991 | 6.15 |
| 1992 | 5.14 |
| 1993 | 0.85 |
| 1994 | 2.82 |
| 1995 | 5.63 |
| 1996 | 0.92 |
| 1997 | -0.01 |
| 1998 | 3.20 |
| 1999 | 3.50 |
| 2000 | 3.71 |
| 2001 | 5.31 |
| 2002 | -0.26 |
| 2003 | 1.03 |
| 2004 | 1.46 |
| 2005 | 3.91 |
| 2006 | 2.34 |
| 2007 | 3.07 |
| 2008 | 7.18 |
| 2009 | 0.95 |
| 2010 | 0.56 |
Inflation, GDP deflator (annual %)
The value for Inflation, GDP deflator (annual %) in St. Lucia was 5.10 as of 2010. As the graph below shows, over the past 29 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 10.24 in 1981 and a minimum value of -4.20 in 1996.
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 |
|---|---|
| 1981 | 10.24 |
| 1982 | 5.76 |
| 1983 | 3.21 |
| 1984 | 3.29 |
| 1985 | 1.90 |
| 1986 | 3.90 |
| 1987 | 5.32 |
| 1988 | 0.77 |
| 1989 | 4.25 |
| 1990 | 3.21 |
| 1991 | 5.80 |
| 1992 | 3.51 |
| 1993 | 0.35 |
| 1994 | 3.72 |
| 1995 | 4.91 |
| 1996 | -4.20 |
| 1997 | 6.29 |
| 1998 | 2.29 |
| 1999 | 2.89 |
| 2000 | 4.13 |
| 2001 | -0.15 |
| 2002 | -1.25 |
| 2003 | 6.68 |
| 2004 | 3.98 |
| 2005 | 1.56 |
| 2006 | 5.56 |
| 2007 | 6.67 |
| 2008 | 0.73 |
| 2009 | -0.94 |
| 2010 | 5.10 |
Classification
Topic: Financial Sector Indicators
Sub-Topic: Exchange rates & prices
