Inflation, consumer prices (annual %) by country
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.
Countries reporting
192
Highest
254.9%
Venezuela
Lowest
-6.6%
Afghanistan
Median
3.1%
Years covered
66
1960–2025
Data points
11,492
What the numbers show
Inflation, consumer prices (annual %) is currently reported for 192 countries. The highest value is 254.9% in Venezuela; the lowest is -6.6% in Afghanistan.
The median across all reporting countries is 3.1%, and the mean is 8.6%.
The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 39.
Over the past decade 127 countries rose and 65 fell. The largest increase was in Hungary (up 7,257.1%), and the largest decrease in Niger (down 673.3%).
Inflation, consumer prices: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Venezuela | 254.9% | 2016 | up 841.4% | volatile |
| 2 | Argentina | 219.9% | 2024 | up 541.5% | volatile |
| 3 | Sudan | 138.8% | 2022 | up 290.4% | volatile |
| 4 | Zimbabwe | 104.7% | 2022 | up 2,710.6% | volatile |
| 5 | South Sudan | 91.4% | 2024 | up 5,361.4% | volatile |
| 6 | Iran | 42.2% | 2025 | up 237.8% | volatile |
| 7 | Turkey | 34.9% | 2025 | up 354.7% | volatile |
| 8 | Burundi | 34.1% | 2025 | up 515.6% | volatile |
| 9 | Haiti | 28.6% | 2025 | up 325.5% | volatile |
| 10 | Malawi | 28.4% | 2025 | up 29.7% | volatile |
| 11 | Nigeria | 23.0% | 2025 | up 155.4% | volatile |
| 12 | Angola | 20.2% | 2025 | up 115.5% | volatile |
| 13 | Bolivia | 19.5% | 2025 | up 380.8% | volatile |
| 14 | Lebanon | 14.6% | 2025 | up 489.4% | volatile |
| 15 | Ghana | 14.2% | 2025 | down 17.2% | volatile |
| 16 | Egypt | 14.1% | 2025 | up 35.7% | volatile |
| 17 | Zambia | 13.9% | 2025 | up 37.6% | volatile |
| 18 | Syria | 13.4% | 2019 | up 359.4% | volatile |
| 19 | Ethiopia | 13.2% | 2025 | up 38.3% | volatile |
| 20 | Ukraine | 12.7% | 2025 | down 73.9% | volatile |
| 21 | Gambia | 11.6% | 2024 | up 94.4% | volatile |
| 22 | Kazakhstan | 11.4% | 2025 | up 70.5% | volatile |
| 23 | Sao Tome and Principe | 11.0% | 2025 | up 110.6% | volatile |
| 24 | Palestine | 9.8% | 2025 | up 585.1% | volatile |
| 25 | Suriname | 9.2% | 2025 | up 33.5% | volatile |
| 26 | Myanmar | 8.8% | 2019 | up 499.4% | volatile |
| 27 | Uzbekistan | 8.8% | 2025 | up 0.5% | falling |
| 28 | Bangladesh | 8.8% | 2025 | up 41.6% | rising |
| 29 | Russia | 8.7% | 2025 | down 43.9% | volatile |
| 30 | Mongolia | 8.6% | 2025 | up 50.0% | volatile |
| 31 | Liberia | 8.3% | 2025 | up 7.3% | rising |
| 32 | Kyrgyzstan | 8.2% | 2025 | up 26.3% | volatile |
| 33 | Yemen | 8.1% | 2014 | down 35.2% | volatile |
| 34 | Madagascar | 8.1% | 2025 | up 8.7% | volatile |
| 35 | Moldova | 7.8% | 2025 | down 19.8% | volatile |
| 36 | Laos | 7.7% | 2025 | up 506.1% | volatile |
| 37 | Sierra Leone | 7.5% | 2025 | up 11.9% | volatile |
| 38 | Romania | 7.2% | 2025 | up 1,310.0% | volatile |
| 39 | Belarus | 6.6% | 2025 | down 51.2% | volatile |
| 40 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 6.1% | 2023 | up 6,662.3% | volatile |
| 41 | Tajikistan | 6.0% | 2016 | down 40.0% | volatile |
| 42 | Rwanda | 5.9% | 2025 | up 133.9% | volatile |
| 43 | Azerbaijan | 5.6% | 2025 | up 39.6% | volatile |
| 44 | Tonga | 5.6% | 2025 | up 630.6% | volatile |
| 45 | Micronesia (country) | 5.4% | 2022 | up 7.8% | volatile |
| 46 | Tunisia | 5.2% | 2025 | up 16.1% | falling |
| 47 | Colombia | 5.1% | 2025 | up 3.1% | volatile |
| 48 | Brazil | 5.0% | 2025 | down 44.4% | volatile |
| 49 | Estonia | 4.8% | 2025 | up 1,080.9% | volatile |
| 50 | Uruguay | 4.7% | 2025 | down 46.3% | volatile |
| 51 | Honduras | 4.6% | 2025 | up 45.6% | volatile |
| 52 | Bulgaria | 4.6% | 2025 | up 4,478.0% | volatile |
| 53 | Papua New Guinea | 4.4% | 2025 | down 26.3% | volatile |
| 54 | Hungary | 4.4% | 2025 | up 7,257.1% | volatile |
| 55 | Mozambique | 4.4% | 2025 | up 23.0% | volatile |
| 56 | Lesotho | 4.3% | 2025 | up 32.7% | volatile |
| 57 | Aruba | 4.3% | 2019 | up 299.4% | volatile |
| 58 | Chile | 4.2% | 2025 | down 3.1% | volatile |
| 59 | Iceland | 4.1% | 2025 | up 150.5% | volatile |
| 60 | North Macedonia | 4.1% | 2025 | up 1,457.9% | volatile |
| 61 | Kenya | 4.1% | 2025 | down 38.2% | volatile |
| 62 | Paraguay | 4.0% | 2025 | up 29.1% | volatile |
| 63 | Maldives | 4.0% | 2025 | up 320.2% | volatile |
| 64 | Jamaica | 4.0% | 2025 | up 8.5% | volatile |
| 65 | Slovakia | 4.0% | 2025 | up 1,330.1% | volatile |
| 66 | Montenegro | 3.9% | 2025 | up 151.8% | volatile |
| 67 | Serbia | 3.9% | 2025 | up 179.4% | volatile |
| 68 | United Kingdom | 3.9% | 2025 | up 955.0% | volatile |
| 69 | Dominican Republic | 3.9% | 2025 | up 362.9% | volatile |
| 70 | Georgia | 3.9% | 2025 | down 3.4% | volatile |
| 71 | Kosovo | 3.9% | 2025 | up 818.8% | volatile |
| 71 | Kosovo (UNSCR 1244) | 3.9% | 2025 | up 818.8% | volatile |
| 73 | Poland | 3.8% | 2025 | up 536.3% | volatile |
| 74 | Mexico | 3.8% | 2025 | up 39.9% | volatile |
| 75 | Lithuania | 3.8% | 2025 | up 528.9% | volatile |
| 76 | Latvia | 3.7% | 2025 | up 2,049.8% | volatile |
| 77 | Croatia | 3.7% | 2025 | up 894.7% | volatile |
| 78 | Mauritius | 3.7% | 2025 | up 185.5% | volatile |
| 79 | Uganda | 3.6% | 2025 | down 35.9% | volatile |
| 80 | Saint Kitts and Nevis | 3.6% | 2023 | up 221.3% | volatile |
| 81 | Bhutan | 3.6% | 2025 | down 21.8% | volatile |
| 82 | Guinea | 3.5% | 2025 | down 69.9% | volatile |
| 83 | Pakistan | 3.5% | 2025 | up 40.2% | volatile |
| 84 | Austria | 3.5% | 2025 | up 293.4% | volatile |
| 85 | Namibia | 3.5% | 2025 | up 3.4% | falling |
| 86 | Cameroon | 3.4% | 2025 | up 27.2% | volatile |
| 87 | Solomon Islands | 3.4% | 2025 | up 685.7% | volatile |
| 88 | Guyana | 3.3% | 2025 | up 484.8% | volatile |
| 89 | Tanzania | 3.3% | 2025 | down 40.5% | volatile |
| 90 | Vietnam | 3.3% | 2025 | up 424.4% | volatile |
| 91 | Armenia | 3.3% | 2025 | down 11.4% | volatile |
| 92 | Mali | 3.3% | 2025 | up 126.0% | volatile |
| 93 | Netherlands | 3.3% | 2025 | up 443.0% | volatile |
| 94 | Comoros | 3.2% | 2025 | up 2,872.9% | volatile |
| 95 | South Africa | 3.2% | 2025 | down 29.1% | volatile |
| 96 | Japan | 3.2% | 2025 | up 298.9% | volatile |
| 97 | Norway | 3.1% | 2025 | up 40.7% | volatile |
| 98 | Israel | 3.0% | 2025 | up 592.7% | volatile |
| 99 | United States | 2.9% | 2024 | up 81.8% | volatile |
| 100 | Equatorial Guinea | 2.9% | 2024 | down 32.2% | volatile |
| 101 | Democratic Republic of Congo | 2.9% | 2016 | down 77.9% | volatile |
| 102 | Australia | 2.9% | 2025 | up 90.5% | volatile |
| 103 | New Zealand | 2.8% | 2025 | up 870.2% | volatile |
| 104 | Spain | 2.7% | 2025 | up 639.6% | volatile |
| 105 | Botswana | 2.7% | 2025 | down 13.1% | falling |
| 106 | Nepal | 2.7% | 2025 | down 66.3% | volatile |
| 107 | Curacao | 2.6% | 2019 | up 49.6% | volatile |
| 108 | Eswatini | 2.6% | 2019 | down 65.1% | volatile |
| 109 | Dominica | 2.5% | 2025 | up 400.3% | volatile |
| 110 | Greece | 2.5% | 2025 | up 243.0% | volatile |
| 111 | Belgium | 2.5% | 2025 | up 339.4% | volatile |
| 112 | Czechia | 2.5% | 2025 | up 695.2% | volatile |
| 113 | Kiribati | 2.5% | 2024 | up 16.7% | volatile |
| 114 | Congo | 2.4% | 2025 | down 24.2% | volatile |
| 115 | India | 2.4% | 2025 | down 51.1% | volatile |
| 116 | Slovenia | 2.4% | 2025 | up 551.5% | volatile |
| 117 | Malta | 2.4% | 2025 | up 114.8% | volatile |
| 118 | Kuwait | 2.4% | 2025 | down 27.8% | volatile |
| 119 | Cambodia | 2.4% | 2025 | up 92.1% | volatile |
| 120 | Cape Verde | 2.3% | 2025 | up 1,686.2% | volatile |
| 121 | Portugal | 2.3% | 2025 | up 378.8% | volatile |
| 122 | San Marino | 2.3% | 2025 | up 1,475.4% | volatile |
| 123 | Luxembourg | 2.3% | 2025 | up 375.5% | volatile |
| 124 | Samoa | 2.2% | 2025 | up 205.3% | volatile |
| 125 | Ireland | 2.2% | 2025 | up 767.9% | volatile |
| 126 | Sint Maarten (Dutch part) | 2.2% | 2017 | down 50.5% | volatile |
| 127 | Germany | 2.2% | 2025 | up 322.2% | volatile |
| 128 | Albania | 2.1% | 2025 | up 13.2% | volatile |
| 129 | South Korea | 2.1% | 2025 | up 200.6% | volatile |
| 130 | Saudi Arabia | 2.1% | 2025 | up 70.5% | volatile |
| 131 | Nicaragua | 2.1% | 2025 | down 47.9% | volatile |
| 132 | Canada | 2.1% | 2025 | up 84.2% | volatile |
| 133 | Saint Lucia | 2.0% | 2025 | up 306.1% | volatile |
| 134 | Indonesia | 1.9% | 2025 | down 69.9% | volatile |
| 135 | Denmark | 1.9% | 2025 | up 318.9% | volatile |
| 136 | Libya | 1.8% | 2025 | down 82.3% | volatile |
| 137 | Gabon | 1.8% | 2025 | up 621.8% | volatile |
| 138 | Jordan | 1.8% | 2025 | up 301.5% | volatile |
| 139 | Philippines | 1.7% | 2025 | up 146.0% | volatile |
| 140 | Mauritania | 1.5% | 2025 | down 52.4% | volatile |
| 141 | Italy | 1.5% | 2025 | up 3,848.6% | volatile |
| 142 | Peru | 1.5% | 2025 | down 54.9% | volatile |
| 143 | Guatemala | 1.5% | 2025 | down 37.7% | volatile |
| 144 | Senegal | 1.5% | 2025 | up 979.1% | volatile |
| 145 | Hong Kong | 1.4% | 2025 | down 52.0% | volatile |
| 146 | Algeria | 1.4% | 2025 | down 70.4% | volatile |
| 147 | Malaysia | 1.4% | 2025 | down 34.4% | volatile |
| 148 | Antigua and Barbuda | 1.4% | 2025 | up 41.3% | volatile |
| 149 | Qatar | 1.3% | 2024 | down 62.2% | volatile |
| 150 | United Arab Emirates | 1.3% | 2025 | down 69.3% | volatile |
| 151 | Benin | 1.1% | 2025 | up 403.5% | volatile |
| 152 | Belize | 1.1% | 2025 | up 223.4% | volatile |
| 153 | Central African Republic | 1.0% | 2025 | down 28.6% | volatile |
| 154 | Trinidad and Tobago | 1.0% | 2025 | down 78.7% | volatile |
| 155 | Oman | 1.0% | 2025 | up 1,382.2% | volatile |
| 156 | France | 0.9% | 2025 | up 2,415.8% | volatile |
| 157 | Singapore | 0.9% | 2025 | up 273.0% | volatile |
| 158 | Guinea-Bissau | 0.9% | 2025 | down 40.8% | volatile |
| 159 | Barbados | 0.8% | 2025 | up 176.1% | volatile |
| 160 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 0.8% | 2025 | up 147.0% | volatile |
| 161 | Ecuador | 0.7% | 2025 | down 82.1% | volatile |
| 162 | Morocco | 0.7% | 2025 | down 54.9% | volatile |
| 163 | Sweden | 0.7% | 2025 | up 1,553.2% | volatile |
| 164 | Vanuatu | 0.7% | 2025 | down 73.6% | volatile |
| 165 | Grenada | 0.6% | 2025 | up 218.4% | volatile |
| 166 | New Caledonia | 0.6% | 2016 | down 76.2% | volatile |
| 167 | Togo | 0.4% | 2025 | down 83.2% | volatile |
| 168 | East Timor | 0.4% | 2025 | down 22.5% | volatile |
| 169 | Bahamas | 0.4% | 2024 | down 73.0% | volatile |
| 170 | Finland | 0.3% | 2025 | up 262.5% | volatile |
| 171 | Macao | 0.3% | 2025 | down 92.7% | volatile |
| 172 | Iraq | 0.3% | 2025 | down 78.2% | volatile |
| 173 | Seychelles | 0.3% | 2025 | down 92.6% | volatile |
| 174 | El Salvador | 0.3% | 2025 | up 135.2% | volatile |
| 175 | Switzerland | 0.2% | 2025 | up 113.5% | volatile |
| 176 | Cyprus | 0.1% | 2025 | up 106.0% | volatile |
| 177 | Cote d'Ivoire | 0.1% | 2025 | down 90.0% | volatile |
| 178 | China | 0.1% | 2025 | down 95.9% | volatile |
| 179 | Costa Rica | -0.1% | 2025 | down 109.2% | volatile |
| 180 | Thailand | -0.1% | 2025 | up 85.1% | volatile |
| 181 | Bahrain | -0.1% | 2025 | down 107.4% | volatile |
| 182 | Panama | -0.2% | 2025 | down 237.9% | volatile |
| 183 | Brunei | -0.3% | 2025 | up 38.0% | volatile |
| 184 | Djibouti | -0.3% | 2025 | up 39.9% | volatile |
| 185 | Palau | -0.4% | 2025 | down 144.1% | volatile |
| 186 | Burkina Faso | -0.6% | 2025 | down 180.9% | volatile |
| 187 | Cayman Islands | -0.6% | 2016 | down 326.4% | volatile |
| 188 | Fiji | -1.4% | 2025 | down 200.6% | volatile |
| 189 | Chad | -3.9% | 2025 | down 189.4% | volatile |
| 190 | Niger | -4.5% | 2025 | down 673.3% | volatile |
| 191 | Sri Lanka | -4.8% | 2025 | down 226.4% | volatile |
| 192 | Afghanistan | -6.6% | 2024 | down 241.2% | volatile |
Regions and income groups
Aggregates are excluded from the country ranking above so that a region can never outrank a country.
- Europe & Central Asia (excluding high income) 5.6%
- Europe & Central Asia (IDA & IBRD countries) 5.1%
- Low income 4.4%
- Africa Eastern and Southern 4.3%
- Central Europe and the Baltics 3.8%
- Europe & Central Asia 3.7%
- Late-demographic dividend 3.7%
- IBRD only 3.7%
- IDA only 3.6%
- Lower middle income 3.5%
- Low & middle income 3.5%
- IDA & IBRD total 3.5%
- Middle income 3.5%
- Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income) 3.5%
- Heavily indebted poor countries (HIPC) 3.4%
- Sub-Saharan Africa 3.4%
- Sub-Saharan Africa (IDA & IBRD countries) 3.4%
- IDA total 3.4%
- Least developed countries 3.4%
- Pre-demographic dividend 3.3%
- Early-demographic dividend 3.2%
- Upper middle income 3.2%
- Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income) 3.2%
- South Asia 3.1%
- South Asia (IDA & IBRD) 3.1%
- World 3.0%
- OECD members 2.8%
- Other small states 2.8%
- Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (excluding high income) 2.7%
- North America 2.7%
- Euro area 2.5%
- European Union 2.5%
- IDA blend 2.4%
- Post-demographic dividend 2.4%
- High income 2.3%
- Latin America & Caribbean 2.3%
- Latin America & the Caribbean (IDA & IBRD countries) 2.3%
- Small states 2.3%
- Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan 2.1%
- East Asia & Pacific (excluding high income) 2.1%
About this data
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.