Consumer price index (2010 = 100) - Country Ranking - Asia

Definition: Consumer price index reflects changes 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. Data are period averages.

Source: International Monetary Fund, International Financial Statistics and data files.

See also: Thematic map, Time series comparison

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Rank Country Value Year
1 Lebanon 612.36 2021
2 Iran 550.93 2019
3 Turkey 314.81 2021
4 Pakistan 219.08 2021
5 Mongolia 217.40 2021
6 Nepal 206.37 2021
7 Kazakhstan 201.24 2020
8 Bangladesh 200.44 2021
9 Russia 199.37 2021
10 Bhutan 189.57 2021
11 India 184.33 2020
12 Azerbaijan 171.94 2021
13 Vietnam 171.88 2021
14 Myanmar 168.18 2019
15 Kyrgyz Republic 165.52 2020
16 Sri Lanka 165.10 2020
17 Yemen 157.58 2014
18 Indonesia 156.48 2021
19 Georgia 154.01 2021
20 Afghanistan 149.90 2019
21 Tajikistan 148.57 2016
22 Lao PDR 148.16 2021
23 Timor-Leste 146.22 2019
24 Macao SAR, China 145.21 2020
25 Syrian Arab Republic 143.20 2012
26 Armenia 140.13 2021
27 Cambodia 137.85 2021
28 Hong Kong SAR, China 137.10 2021
29 Kuwait 133.69 2021
30 Philippines 133.03 2020
31 China 129.37 2021
32 Jordan 127.72 2021
33 Iraq 127.57 2021
34 Saudi Arabia 126.23 2021
35 Malaysia 123.05 2021
36 Korea 118.67 2021
37 Singapore 116.83 2021
38 Bahrain 115.32 2021
39 Qatar 115.04 2021
40 Oman 114.24 2021
41 Thailand 113.69 2021
42 United Arab Emirates 112.14 2020
43 Israel 109.14 2021
44 Japan 105.21 2021
45 Brunei 100.95 2020

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Development Relevance: A general and continuing increase in an economy’s price level is called inflation. The increase in the average prices of goods and services in the economy should be distinguished from a change in the relative prices of individual goods and services. Generally accompanying an overall increase in the price level is a change in the structure of relative prices, but it is only the average increase, not the relative price changes, that constitutes inflation. A commonly used measure of inflation is the consumer price index, which measures the prices of a representative basket of goods and services purchased by a typical household. The consumer price index is usually calculated on the basis of periodic surveys of consumer prices. Other price indices are derived implicitly from indexes of current and constant price series.

Limitations and Exceptions: Consumer price indexes should be interpreted with caution. The definition of a household, the basket of goods, and the geographic (urban or rural) and income group coverage of consumer price surveys can vary widely by country. In addition, weights are derived from household expenditure surveys, which, for budgetary reasons, tend to be conducted infrequently in developing countries, impairing comparability over time. Although useful for measuring consumer price inflation within a country, consumer price indexes are of less value in comparing countries.

Statistical Concept and Methodology: Consumer price indexes are constructed explicitly, using surveys of the cost of a defined basket of consumer goods and services.

Base Period: 2010

Periodicity: Annual