Suriname - Inflation

Inflation, consumer prices (annual %)

The value for Inflation, consumer prices (annual %) in Suriname was 6.94 as of 2010. As the graph below shows, over the past 49 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 368.48 in 1994 and a minimum value of -0.70 in 1996.

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
1961 1.71
1962 2.10
1963 2.06
1964 4.23
1965 1.93
1966 4.74
1967 10.69
1968 0.16
1969 11.27
1970 2.59
1971 0.22
1972 3.23
1973 12.94
1974 16.88
1975 8.45
1976 10.07
1977 9.73
1978 8.82
1979 14.84
1980 14.11
1981 8.79
1982 7.28
1983 4.41
1984 3.69
1985 10.87
1986 18.69
1987 53.39
1988 7.31
1989 0.77
1990 21.74
1991 25.97
1992 43.67
1993 143.51
1994 368.48
1995 235.56
1996 -0.70
1997 7.15
1998 18.98
1999 98.77
2000 59.40
2001 38.64
2002 15.49
2003 22.99
2004 9.99
2005 9.90
2006 11.28
2007 6.43
2008 14.67
2009 -0.11
2010 6.94

Inflation, GDP deflator (annual %)

The value for Inflation, GDP deflator (annual %) in Suriname was 2.91 as of 2009. As the graph below shows, over the past 33 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 439.02 in 1994 and a minimum value of -0.44 in 1983.

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
1976 12.34
1977 15.00
1978 6.80
1979 13.12
1980 7.16
1981 11.70
1982 4.86
1983 -0.44
1984 1.70
1985 2.76
1986 5.54
1987 27.05
1988 9.25
1989 5.78
1990 43.86
1991 12.33
1992 35.65
1993 159.01
1994 439.02
1995 273.93
1996 11.10
1997 1.90
1998 0.10
1999 103.21
2000 54.75
2001 35.18
2002 45.25
2003 23.08
2004 12.89
2005 15.50
2006 15.05
2007 7.94
2008 21.05
2009 2.91

Classification

Topic: Financial Sector Indicators

Sub-Topic: Exchange rates & prices