Inflation, consumer prices (annual %) - Exchange rates & prices - Financial Sector - World Development Indicators

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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.

Rank	Country	Value
Inflation, consumer prices (annual %) - Exchange rates & prices - Financial Sector - World Development Indicators (2008)
1	Azerbaijan	53.43
2	Ethiopia	44.39
3	Seychelles	36.97
4	Venezuela	31.44
5	Burma	26.80
6	Kenya	26.24
7	Iran	25.55
8	Ukraine	25.23
9	Mongolia	25.06
10	Cambodia	25
11	Kyrgyzstan	24.52
12	Burundi	24.11
13	Vietnam	23.12
14	Afghanistan	22.69
15	Sri Lanka	22.56
16	Jamaica	22.02
17	Tajikistan	20.47
18	Pakistan	20.29
19	Nicaragua	19.83
20	Yemen	18.98
21	Guinea	18.38
22	Egypt	18.32
23	Sierra Leone	17.47
24	Solomon Islands	17.32
25	Democratic Republic of the Congo	17.30
26	Kazakhstan	17.15
27	Ghana	16.52
28	Syria	15.75
29	Haiti	15.52
30	Rwanda	15.44
31	Latvia	15.40
32	Qatar	15.05
33	Jordan	14.93
34	Belarus	14.84
35	Sudan	14.31
36	Russia	14.11
37	Bolivia	14
38	Swaziland	13.68
39	Costa Rica	13.42
40	Suriname	13.24
41	Serbia	12.87
42	Moldova	12.77
43	Botswana	12.70
44	Iceland	12.69
45	Guatemala	12.64
46	Angola	12.47
47	Zambia	12.45
48	Bulgaria	12.35
49	Maldives	12.26
50	Oman	12.09
51	Uganda	12.06
52	Trinidad and Tobago	12.05
53	Nigeria	11.58
54	Samoa	11.50
55	Honduras	11.40
56	Niger	11.31
57	Lithuania	10.93
58	Nepal	10.91
59	Papua New Guinea	10.76
60	Lesotho	10.72
61	Burkina Faso	10.66
62	Dominican Republic	10.64
63	Kuwait	10.58
64	Guinea-Bissau	10.46
65	Turkey	10.44
66	Tonga	10.44
67	Estonia	10.37
68	Libya	10.36
69	Namibia	10.35
70	Mozambique	10.33
71	Chad	10.30
72	Tanzania	10.28
73	Paraguay	10.15
74	Indonesia	10.10
75	St. Vincent and the Grenadines	10.07
76	Georgia	10
77	South Africa	9.93
78	Saudi Arabia	9.87
79	Mauritius	9.74
80	Kosovo	9.35
81	Philippines	9.31
82	Central African Republic	9.27
83	Madagascar	9.22
84	Mali	9.17
85	Timor-Leste	9.06
86	Aruba	8.97
87	Armenia	8.95
88	Bangladesh	8.90
89	Panama	8.76
90	Chile	8.72
91	Malawi	8.71
92	Togo	8.68
93	Macau	8.61
94	Argentina	8.58
95	Ecuador	8.40
96	Bhutan	8.36
97	India	8.35
98	Grenada	8.21
99	Barbados	8.11
100	Guyana	8.10
101	Benin	7.95
102	Uruguay	7.86
103	Romania	7.85
104	Fiji	7.73
105	Laos	7.63
106	Mauritania	7.35
107	Republic of the Congo	7.33
108	Macedonia	7.22
109	St. Lucia	7.12
110	Colombia	7
111	Netherlands Antilles	6.88
112	Cape Verde	6.78
113	El Salvador	6.71
114	Equatorial Guinea	6.55
115	Singapore	6.49
116	Belize	6.39
117	Czech Republic	6.36
118	Ivory Coast	6.31
119	Hungary	6.07
120	Croatia	6.07
121	China	5.86
122	Peru	5.79
123	Senegal	5.77
124	Brazil	5.66
125	Slovenia	5.65
126	St. Kitts and Nevis	5.49
127	Thailand	5.47
128	Malaysia	5.44
129	Cameroon	5.34
130	Gabon	5.26
131	Mexico	5.13
132	Dominica	5.12
133	Tunisia	4.93
134	Vanuatu	4.83
135	North Korea	4.70
136	South Korea	4.70
137	Cyprus	4.67
138	Slovakia	4.60
139	Israel	4.60
140	Belgium	4.49
141	Bahamas	4.49
142	New Zealand	4.47
143	Gambia	4.46
144	Algeria	4.44
145	Poland	4.35
146	Australia	4.35
147	Hong Kong	4.31
148	San Marino	4.29
149	Malta	4.26
150	Greece	4.15
151	Spain	4.07
152	Finland	4.06
153	Ireland	4.05
154	United Kingdom	3.99
155	United States	3.84
156	Morocco	3.79
157	Norway	3.77
158	Bahrain	3.46
159	Sweden	3.44
160	Denmark	3.40
161	Luxembourg	3.40
162	Albania	3.36
163	Italy	3.35
164	Austria	3.18
165	France	2.81
166	Germany	2.63
167	Portugal	2.59
168	Netherlands	2.47
169	Switzerland	2.42
170	Canada	2.37
171	Japan	1.38

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