Laos Inflation rate (consumer prices)

Inflation rate (consumer prices): 8.6% (2008 est.)
4.5% (2007 est.)

Year	Inflation rate (consumer prices)	Rank	Percent Change	Date of Information
2003	10.00 %	33		2002 est.
2004	15.30 %	17	53.00 %	2003 est.
2005	12.30 %	202	-19.61 %	2004 est.
2006	7.00 %	166	-43.09 %	2005 est.
2007	6.80 %	160	-2.86 %	2006 est.
2008	4.50 %	115	-33.82 %	2007 est.
2009	8.60 %	132	91.11 %	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	188.816
1981	33.7	-82.15 %
1982	70.381	108.85 %
1983	62.511	-11.18 %
1984	27.175	-56.53 %
1985	114.698	322.07 %
1986	35.002	-69.48 %
1987	6.112	-82.54 %
1988	14.8	142.15 %
1989	59.7	303.38 %
1990	-26.317	-144.08 %
1991	13.439	-151.07 %
1992	9.847	-26.73 %
1993	5.65	-42.62 %
1994	7.67	35.75 %
1995	19.075	148.70 %
1996	19.147	0.38 %
1997	19.544	2.07 %
1998	90.141	361.22 %
1999	128.409	42.45 %
2000	23.249	-81.89 %
2001	7.813	-66.39 %
2002	10.645	36.25 %
2003	15.476	45.38 %
2004	10.456	-32.44 %
2005	7.169	-31.44 %
2006	6.801	-5.13 %
2007	4.524	-33.48 %
2008	7.628	68.61 %
2009	0.234	-96.93 %