China - Inflation, consumer prices (annual %)

The value for Inflation, consumer prices (annual %) in China was 0.98 as of 2021. As the graph below shows, over the past 34 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 24.26 in 1994 and a minimum value of -1.40 in 1999.

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
1987 7.23
1988 18.81
1989 18.25
1990 3.05
1991 3.56
1992 6.35
1993 14.61
1994 24.26
1995 16.79
1996 8.31
1997 2.79
1998 -0.77
1999 -1.40
2000 0.35
2001 0.72
2002 -0.73
2003 1.13
2004 3.82
2005 1.78
2006 1.65
2007 4.82
2008 5.93
2009 -0.73
2010 3.18
2011 5.55
2012 2.62
2013 2.62
2014 1.92
2015 1.44
2016 2.00
2017 1.59
2018 2.07
2019 2.90
2020 2.42
2021 0.98

Aggregation method: Median

Periodicity: Annual

Classification

Topic: Financial Sector Indicators

Sub-Topic: Exchange rates & prices