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Rank	Country	Inflation rate (consumer prices) (%)
1	Belarus	52.4
2	Ethiopia	33.2
3	Venezuela	26.1
4	Iran	22.5
5	Argentina	22
6	Eritrea	20
7	Yemen	20
8	Suriname	19.5
9	Vietnam	18.7
10	Uganda	18.7
11	Sudan	18
12	Sierra Leone	18
13	Congo, Democratic Republic of the	17
14	Kyrgyzstan	16.6
15	Guinea	16
16	Libya	15.9
17	Kenya	14
18	Angola	13.5
19	Uzbekistan	13.5
20	Marshall Islands	12.9
21	Tanzania	12.7
22	Tajikistan	12.5
23	Sao Tome and Principe	12.4
24	East Timor	12.3
25	Turkmenistan	12
26	Pakistan	11.9
27	Serbia	11.2
28	Nigeria	10.8
29	Bangladesh	10.7
30	Mozambique	10.4
31	Egypt	10.2
32	Bolivia	9.9
33	Burundi	9.7
34	Mongolia	9.5
35	Madagascar	9.5
36	Barbados	9.1
37	Nepal	9.1
38	India	8.9
39	Ghana	8.7
40	Fiji	8.7
41	Zambia	8.7
42	Papua New Guinea	8.5
43	Dominican Republic	8.5
44	Botswana	8.5
45	Georgia	8.5
46	Haiti	8.5
47	Kazakhstan	8.4
48	Russia	8.4
49	Paraguay	8.3
50	Kosovo	8.3
51	Azerbaijan	8.1
52	Nicaragua	8.1
53	Saint Pierre and Miquelon	8.1
54	Uruguay	8.1
55	Ukraine	8
56	Armenia	7.7
57	Afghanistan	7.7
58	Bhutan	7.7
59	Moldova	7.6
60	Laos	7.6
61	Malawi	7.6
62	Mauritania	7.5
63	Jamaica	7.5
64	Liberia	7.4
65	Solomon Islands	7.4
66	Sri Lanka	7
67	Equatorial Guinea	7
68	Honduras	6.8
69	Brazil	6.6
70	Tonga	6.6
71	Turkey	6.5
72	Mauritius	6.5
73	Guatemala	6.2
74	Swaziland	6.1
75	Maldives	6
76	Congo, Republic of the	6
77	Panama	5.9
78	Romania	5.8
79	Macau	5.8
80	Iraq	5.6
81	Cambodia	5.5
82	China	5.5
83	Indonesia	5.4
84	Zimbabwe	5.4
85	Hong Kong	5.3
86	Burma	5.2
87	Samoa	5.2
88	Singapore	5.2
89	Trinidad and Tobago	5.1
90	Djibouti	5.1
91	El Salvador	5.1
92	Cote d'Ivoire	5.1
93	Lebanon	5.1
94	Lesotho	5
95	Isle of Man	5
96	Gaza Strip	5
97	Estonia	5
98	Saudi Arabia	5
99	South Africa	5
100	Guinea-Bissau	5
101	Namibia	5
102	West Bank	5
103	Costa Rica	4.9
104	Gambia, The	4.8
105	Philippines	4.8
106	Syria	4.8
107	Cuba	4.7
108	Kuwait	4.7
109	Cape Verde	4.5
110	Ecuador	4.5
111	Algeria	4.5
112	United Kingdom	4.5
113	Aruba	4.4
114	Latvia	4.4
115	Jordan	4.4
116	Poland	4.3
117	Bulgaria	4.2
118	Lithuania	4.1
119	Oman	4.1
120	British Virgin Islands	4.1
121	New Zealand	4
122	Niue	4
123	Korea, South	4
124	Iceland	4
125	Grenada	4
126	Comoros	4
127	Hungary	3.9
128	Slovakia	3.9
129	Macedonia	3.9
130	Rwanda	3.9
131	Saint Kitts and Nevis	3.8
132	Tuvalu	3.8
133	Thailand	3.8
134	Portugal	3.7
135	Montserrat	3.7
136	Jersey	3.7
137	Bosnia and Herzegovina	3.7
138	Puerto Rico	3.6
139	Togo	3.6
140	Tunisia	3.5
141	Albania	3.5
142	Belgium	3.5
143	Austria	3.5
144	Dominica	3.5
145	Israel	3.5
146	Guernsey	3.4
147	Mexico	3.4
148	Luxembourg	3.4
149	Colombia	3.4
150	Australia	3.4
151	Senegal	3.4
152	Peru	3.4
153	Antigua and Barbuda	3.3
154	Chile	3.3
155	Finland	3.3
156	Greece	3.3
157	Malaysia	3.2
158	Bahamas, The	3.2
159	Saint Helena	3.2
160	San Marino	3.1
161	Spain	3.1
162	United States	3.1
163	Sweden	3
164	Montenegro	3
165	Mali	2.9
166	Italy	2.9
167	Canada	2.9
168	Cameroon	2.9
169	Niger	2.9
170	Burkina Faso	2.8
171	Wallis and Futuna	2.8
172	Denmark	2.8
173	Anguilla	2.8
174	Greenland	2.8
175	Gibraltar	2.8
176	Malta	2.7
177	Bermuda	2.7
178	Benin	2.7
179	Palau	2.7
180	Seychelles	2.6
181	Saint Lucia	2.6
182	Curacao	2.6
183	Ireland	2.6
184	Guam	2.5
185	New Caledonia	2.4
186	France	2.3
187	Germany	2.3
188	Croatia	2.3
189	Faroe Islands	2.3
190	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	2.3
191	Netherlands	2.3
192	Virgin Islands	2.2
193	Turks and Caicos Islands	2.2
194	Micronesia, Federated States of	2.2
195	Guyana	2.2
196	Cook Islands	2.1
197	Cayman Islands	2
198	Chad	2
199	Brunei	2
200	Czech Republic	1.9
201	Qatar	1.9
202	Slovenia	1.8
203	Belize	1.8
204	Central African Republic	1.7
205	Andorra	1.6
206	Monaco	1.5
207	Morocco	1.4
208	Taiwan	1.4
209	Norway	1.3
210	Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas)	1.2
211	Gabon	1.2
212	French Polynesia	1.1
213	Vanuatu	0.9
214	United Arab Emirates	0.9
215	Sint Maarten	0.7
216	Liechtenstein	0.3
217	Kiribati	0.2
218	Switzerland	0.2
219	Japan	-0.3
220	Bahrain	-0.4
221	Northern Mariana Islands	-0.8

Definition: This entry furnishes the annual percent change in consumer prices compared with the previous year's consumer prices.

Source: CIA World Factbook - Unless otherwise noted, information in this page is accurate as of January 1, 2012

See also: Inflation rate (consumer prices) map

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