Eswatini - Inflation, consumer prices (annual %)

The value for Inflation, consumer prices (annual %) in Eswatini was 2.60 as of 2019. As the graph below shows, over the past 53 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 20.81 in 1977 and a minimum value of 1.82 in 1967.

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
1966 3.18
1967 1.82
1968 3.45
1969 3.21
1970 1.85
1971 2.32
1972 2.37
1973 11.54
1974 19.29
1975 12.05
1976 6.53
1977 20.81
1978 8.52
1979 16.45
1980 18.68
1981 20.06
1982 10.81
1983 11.57
1984 12.94
1985 20.46
1986 13.74
1987 13.38
1988 20.39
1989 7.55
1990 13.09
1991 8.93
1992 7.56
1993 12.02
1994 13.77
1995 12.29
1996 6.43
1997 7.13
1998 8.11
1999 6.09
2000 12.21
2001 5.94
2002 12.02
2003 7.29
2004 3.45
2005 4.77
2006 5.30
2007 8.08
2008 12.66
2009 7.45
2010 4.51
2011 6.11
2012 8.94
2013 5.62
2014 5.68
2015 4.95
2016 7.85
2017 6.22
2018 4.82
2019 2.60

Aggregation method: Median

Periodicity: Annual

Classification

Topic: Financial Sector Indicators

Sub-Topic: Exchange rates & prices