World - Inflation, consumer prices (annual %)
The value for Inflation, consumer prices (annual %) in World was 3.42 as of 2021. As the graph below shows, over the past 40 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 12.47 in 1981 and a minimum value of 1.43 in 2015.
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 |
|---|---|
| 1981 | 12.47 |
| 1982 | 10.24 |
| 1983 | 8.77 |
| 1984 | 8.12 |
| 1985 | 6.86 |
| 1986 | 5.82 |
| 1987 | 5.76 |
| 1988 | 7.15 |
| 1989 | 7.00 |
| 1990 | 8.13 |
| 1991 | 9.00 |
| 1992 | 7.71 |
| 1993 | 7.51 |
| 1994 | 10.32 |
| 1995 | 9.15 |
| 1996 | 6.55 |
| 1997 | 5.57 |
| 1998 | 5.11 |
| 1999 | 3.08 |
| 2000 | 3.49 |
| 2001 | 3.84 |
| 2002 | 2.83 |
| 2003 | 3.03 |
| 2004 | 3.38 |
| 2005 | 4.11 |
| 2006 | 4.28 |
| 2007 | 4.82 |
| 2008 | 8.95 |
| 2009 | 2.94 |
| 2010 | 3.35 |
| 2011 | 4.82 |
| 2012 | 3.73 |
| 2013 | 2.62 |
| 2014 | 2.35 |
| 2015 | 1.43 |
| 2016 | 1.55 |
| 2017 | 2.19 |
| 2018 | 2.44 |
| 2019 | 2.21 |
| 2020 | 1.91 |
| 2021 | 3.42 |
Aggregation method: Median
Periodicity: Annual
Classification
Topic: Financial Sector Indicators
Sub-Topic: Exchange rates & prices
