Malaysia Inflation rate (consumer prices)

Inflation rate (consumer prices): 5.4% (2008 est.)
2% (2007 est.)
note: approximately 30% of goods are price-controlled

Year	Inflation rate (consumer prices)	Rank	Percent Change	Date of Information
2003	1.90 %	168		2002 est.
2004	1.10 %	189	-42.11 %	2003 est.
2005	1.30 %	31	18.18 %	2004 est.
2006	3.00 %	90	130.77 %	2005 est.
2007	3.80 %	111	26.67 %	2006 est.
2008	2.00 %	40	-47.37 %	2007 est.
2009	5.40 %	89	170.00 %	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	6.724
1981	9.7	44.26 %
1982	5.834	-39.86 %
1983	3.704	-36.51 %
1984	3.904	5.40 %
1985	2.587	-33.73 %
1986	0.35	-86.47 %
1987	0.737	110.57 %
1988	0.29	-60.65 %
1989	2.557	781.72 %
1990	3.043	19.01 %
1991	4.358	43.21 %
1992	4.767	9.39 %
1993	3.561	-25.30 %
1994	3.701	3.93 %
1995	3.202	-13.48 %
1996	3.479	8.65 %
1997	2.655	-23.68 %
1998	5.293	99.36 %
1999	2.731	-48.40 %
2000	1.551	-43.21 %
2001	1.427	-7.99 %
2002	1.793	25.65 %
2003	1.074	-40.10 %
2004	1.42	32.22 %
2005	3.049	114.72 %
2006	3.609	18.37 %
2007	2.027	-43.83 %
2008	5.4	166.40 %
2009	-0.1	-101.85 %