Jamaica Inflation rate (consumer prices)

Inflation rate (consumer prices): 22% (2008 est.)
9.5% (2007 est.)

Year	Inflation rate (consumer prices)	Rank	Percent Change	Date of Information
2003	7.00 %	50		2002 est.
2004	10.30 %	37	47.14 %	2003 est.
2005	12.40 %	203	20.39 %	2004 est.
2006	15.30 %	212	23.39 %	2005 est.
2007	5.80 %	144	-62.09 %	2006 est.
2008	9.50 %	189	63.79 %	2007 est.
2009	22.00 %	207	131.58 %	2008 est.

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 September 17, 2009

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Equivalent Data From the International Monetary Fund

Variable: Inflation, average consumer prices

Note: Data for inflation are averages for the year, not end-of-period data.

Units: Annual percent change

Country-specific Note: See notes for: Inflation, average consumer prices (Index, 2000=100).

Source: International Monetary Fund - 2009 World Economic Outlook

Year	Inflation, average consumer prices	Percent Change
1980	17.984
1981	9.172	-49.00 %
1982	6.83	-25.53 %
1983	16.657	143.88 %
1984	31.255	87.64 %
1985	29.7	-4.98 %
1986	24.4	-17.85 %
1987	11.2	-54.10 %
1988	8.2	-26.79 %
1989	16.12	96.59 %
1990	24.779	53.72 %
1991	68.6	176.85 %
1992	57.5	-16.18 %
1993	24.312	-57.72 %
1994	35.1	44.37 %
1995	19.909	-43.28 %
1996	26.407	32.64 %
1997	9.658	-63.43 %
1998	8.632	-10.62 %
1999	5.982	-30.70 %
2000	8.142	36.11 %
2001	6.881	-15.49 %
2002	6.991	1.60 %
2003	10.137	45.00 %
2004	13.518	33.35 %
2005	15.101	11.71 %
2006	8.517	-43.60 %
2007	9.306	9.26 %
2008	22.016	136.58 %
2009	9.43	-57.17 %