IBRD only - Inflation, consumer prices (annual %)

The value for Inflation, consumer prices (annual %) in IBRD only was 4.27 as of 2021. As the graph below shows, over the past 50 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 22.71 in 1994 and a minimum value of 2.35 in 2016.

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
1971 3.64
1972 5.89
1973 12.87
1974 19.36
1975 12.88
1976 10.32
1977 11.82
1978 10.36
1979 12.89
1980 17.74
1981 14.40
1982 10.82
1983 11.83
1984 12.48
1985 11.52
1986 12.10
1987 10.75
1988 12.78
1989 12.67
1990 16.65
1991 19.51
1992 13.64
1993 14.33
1994 22.71
1995 14.58
1996 10.08
1997 7.16
1998 7.70
1999 5.20
2000 4.89
2001 5.62
2002 5.03
2003 4.53
2004 4.77
2005 4.90
2006 5.64
2007 6.16
2008 10.04
2009 3.73
2010 4.33
2011 5.79
2012 4.50
2013 4.01
2014 3.59
2015 3.40
2016 2.35
2017 3.33
2018 3.20
2019 2.60
2020 2.52
2021 4.27

Aggregation method: Median

Periodicity: Annual

Classification

Topic: Financial Sector Indicators

Sub-Topic: Exchange rates & prices