Jamaica - Inflation, consumer prices (annual %)

The value for Inflation, consumer prices (annual %) in Jamaica was 5.23 as of 2020. As the graph below shows, over the past 60 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 77.30 in 1992 and a minimum value of 1.41 in 1962.

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
1960 3.27
1961 6.70
1962 1.41
1963 1.76
1964 2.01
1965 2.63
1966 1.90
1967 3.02
1968 5.93
1969 6.30
1970 14.73
1971 5.34
1972 5.43
1973 17.68
1974 27.16
1975 17.38
1976 9.79
1977 11.19
1978 34.90
1979 29.08
1980 27.31
1981 12.74
1982 6.55
1983 11.58
1984 27.81
1985 25.67
1986 15.11
1987 6.65
1988 8.27
1989 14.33
1990 21.96
1991 51.07
1992 77.30
1993 22.07
1994 35.06
1995 19.91
1996 26.41
1997 9.66
1998 8.63
1999 5.95
2000 8.17
2001 6.80
2002 7.08
2003 10.09
2004 13.55
2005 15.05
2006 8.56
2007 9.24
2008 22.02
2009 9.59
2010 12.61
2011 7.56
2012 6.87
2013 9.34
2014 8.27
2015 3.69
2016 2.35
2017 4.38
2018 3.74
2019 3.91
2020 5.23

Aggregation method: Median

Periodicity: Annual

Classification

Topic: Financial Sector Indicators

Sub-Topic: Exchange rates & prices