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Countries by inflation

How much consumer prices rose over the year, from the consumer price index. Below zero, prices fell. 176 countries, highest first. World Bank, mostly 2025

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Map: Inflation — World
Highest
+219.9%
Argentina
Median country
+3.2%
half above, half below
Lowest
−6.6%
Afghanistan
#Country% a yearYearRegion
1Argentina+219.9%2024South America
2Sudan+138.8%2022Northern Africa
3Zimbabwe+104.7%2022Eastern Africa
4South Sudan+91.4%2024Eastern Africa
5Iran+42.2%2025Southern Asia
6Turkey+34.9%2025Western Asia
7Burundi+34.1%2025Eastern Africa
8Haiti+28.6%2025Caribbean
9Malawi+28.4%2025Eastern Africa
10Nigeria+23.0%2025Western Africa
11Angola+20.2%2025Middle Africa
12Bolivia+19.5%2025South America
13Lebanon+14.6%2025Western Asia
14Ghana+14.2%2025Western Africa
15Egypt+14.1%2025Northern Africa
16Zambia+13.9%2025Eastern Africa
17Ethiopia+13.2%2025Eastern Africa
18Ukraine+12.7%2025Eastern Europe
19Gambia+11.6%2024Western Africa
20Kazakhstan+11.4%2025Central Asia
21São Tomé and Principe+11.0%2025Middle Africa
22Suriname+9.2%2025South America
=23Bangladesh+8.8%2025Southern Asia
=23Uzbekistan+8.8%2025Central Asia
25Russia+8.7%2025Eastern Europe
26Mongolia+8.6%2025Eastern Asia
27Liberia+8.3%2025Western Africa
28Kyrgyzstan+8.2%2025Central Asia
29Madagascar+8.1%2025Eastern Africa
30Moldova+7.8%2025Eastern Europe
31Laos+7.7%2025South-Eastern Asia
32Sierra Leone+7.5%2025Western Africa
33Romania+7.2%2025Eastern Europe
34Belarus+6.6%2025Eastern Europe
35Kiribati+6.5%2025Micronesia
36Rwanda+5.9%2025Eastern Africa
=37Azerbaijan+5.6%2025Western Asia
=37Tonga+5.6%2025Polynesia
39Micronesia+5.4%2022Micronesia
40Tunisia+5.2%2025Northern Africa
41Colombia+5.1%2025South America
42Brazil+5.0%2025South America
43Estonia+4.8%2025Northern Europe
44Uruguay+4.7%2025South America
=45Bulgaria+4.6%2025Eastern Europe
=45Honduras+4.6%2025Central America
=47Hungary+4.4%2025Eastern Europe
=47Mozambique+4.4%2025Eastern Africa
=47Papua New Guinea+4.4%2025Melanesia
50Lesotho+4.3%2025Southern Africa
51Chile+4.2%2025South America
=52Iceland+4.1%2025Northern Europe
=52Kenya+4.1%2025Eastern Africa
=52North Macedonia+4.1%2025Southern Europe
=55Bosnia and Herzegovina+4.0%2025Southern Europe
=55Jamaica+4.0%2025Caribbean
=55Maldives+4.0%2025Southern Asia
=55Paraguay+4.0%2025South America
=55Slovakia+4.0%2025Eastern Europe
=60Dominican Republic+3.9%2025Caribbean
=60Georgia+3.9%2025Western Asia
=60Montenegro+3.9%2025Southern Europe
=60Serbia+3.9%2025Southern Europe
=60United Kingdom+3.9%2025Northern Europe
=65Lithuania+3.8%2025Northern Europe
=65Mexico+3.8%2025Central America
=65Poland+3.8%2025Eastern Europe
=68Croatia+3.7%2025Southern Europe
=68Latvia+3.7%2025Northern Europe
=68Mauritius+3.7%2025Eastern Africa
=71Bhutan+3.6%2025Southern Asia
=71Guinea+3.6%2025Western Africa
=71Saint Kitts and Nevis+3.6%2023Caribbean
=71Uganda+3.6%2025Eastern Africa
=75Austria+3.5%2025Western Europe
=75Namibia+3.5%2025Southern Africa
=75Pakistan+3.5%2025Southern Asia
=78Cameroon+3.4%2025Middle Africa
=78Solomon Islands+3.4%2025Melanesia
=78Tajikistan+3.4%2025Central Asia
=81Armenia+3.3%2025Western Asia
=81Guyana+3.3%2025South America
=81Mali+3.3%2025Western Africa
=81Tanzania+3.3%2025Eastern Africa
=81Vietnam+3.3%2025South-Eastern Asia
=86Comoros+3.2%2025Eastern Africa
=86Japan+3.2%2025Eastern Asia
=86Netherlands+3.2%2025Western Europe
=86South Africa+3.2%2025Southern Africa
=90Israel+3.0%2025Western Asia
=90Norway+3.0%2025Northern Europe
=92Australia+2.9%2025Australia and New Zealand
=92Equatorial Guinea+2.9%2024Middle Africa
=92United States+2.9%2024Northern America
95New Zealand+2.8%2025Australia and New Zealand
=96Botswana+2.7%2025Southern Africa
=96Nepal+2.7%2025Southern Asia
=96Spain+2.7%2025Southern Europe
=99Belgium+2.5%2025Western Europe
=99Czechia+2.5%2025Eastern Europe
=99Dominica+2.5%2025Caribbean
=99Greece+2.5%2025Southern Europe
=103Cambodia+2.4%2025South-Eastern Asia
=103Congo+2.4%2025Middle Africa
=103India+2.4%2025Southern Asia
=103Kuwait+2.4%2025Western Asia
=103Malta+2.4%2025Southern Europe
=103Slovenia+2.4%2025Southern Europe
=109Cabo Verde+2.3%2025Western Africa
=109Luxembourg+2.3%2025Western Europe
=109Portugal+2.3%2025Southern Europe
=109San Marino+2.3%2025Southern Europe
=113Germany+2.2%2025Western Europe
=113Ireland+2.2%2025Northern Europe
=113Samoa+2.2%2025Polynesia
=116Albania+2.1%2025Southern Europe
=116Canada+2.1%2025Northern America
=116Nicaragua+2.1%2025Central America
=116South Korea+2.1%2025Eastern Asia
=120Saint Lucia+2.0%2025Caribbean
=120Saudi Arabia+2.0%2025Western Asia
=122Denmark+1.9%2025Northern Europe
=122Indonesia+1.9%2025South-Eastern Asia
=124Gabon+1.8%2025Middle Africa
=124Jordan+1.8%2025Western Asia
=124Libya+1.8%2025Northern Africa
127Philippines+1.7%2025South-Eastern Asia
=128Guatemala+1.5%2025Central America
=128Italy+1.5%2025Southern Europe
=128Mauritania+1.5%2025Western Africa
=128Peru+1.5%2025South America
=128Senegal+1.5%2025Western Africa
=133Algeria+1.4%2025Northern Africa
=133Antigua and Barbuda+1.4%2025Caribbean
=133Malaysia+1.4%2025South-Eastern Asia
=136Qatar+1.3%2024Western Asia
=136United Arab Emirates+1.3%2025Western Asia
=138Bahamas+1.1%2025Caribbean
=138Belize+1.1%2025Central America
=138Benin+1.1%2025Western Africa
=141Central African Republic+1.0%2025Middle Africa
=141Oman+1.0%2025Western Asia
=141Trinidad and Tobago+1.0%2025Caribbean
=144France+0.9%2025Western Europe
=144Guinea-Bissau+0.9%2025Western Africa
=144Singapore+0.9%2025South-Eastern Asia
=147Barbados+0.8%2025Caribbean
=147Saint Vincent and the Grenadines+0.8%2025Caribbean
=149Ecuador+0.7%2025South America
=149Morocco+0.7%2025Northern Africa
=149Sweden+0.7%2025Northern Europe
=149Vanuatu+0.7%2025Melanesia
153Grenada+0.6%2025Caribbean
=154Timor-Leste+0.4%2025South-Eastern Asia
=154Togo+0.4%2025Western Africa
=156El Salvador+0.3%2025Central America
=156Finland+0.3%2025Northern Europe
=156Iraq+0.3%2025Western Asia
=156Seychelles+0.3%2025Eastern Africa
160Switzerland+0.2%2025Western Europe
=161China+0.1%2025Eastern Asia
=161Côte d'Ivoire+0.1%2025Western Africa
=161Cyprus+0.1%2025Western Asia
=164Bahrain−0.1%2025Western Asia
=164Costa Rica−0.1%2025Central America
=164Thailand−0.1%2025South-Eastern Asia
167Panama−0.2%2025Central America
=168Brunei−0.3%2025South-Eastern Asia
=168Djibouti−0.3%2025Eastern Africa
170Palau−0.4%2025Micronesia
171Burkina Faso−0.6%2025Western Africa
172Fiji−1.4%2025Melanesia
173Chad−3.9%2025Middle Africa
174Niger−4.5%2025Western Africa
175Sri Lanka−4.8%2025Southern Asia
176Afghanistan−6.6%2024Southern Asia

No World Bank figure for 18 countries: Andorra, Cuba, DR Congo, Eritrea, Eswatini, Liechtenstein, Marshall Islands, Monaco, Myanmar, Nauru, North Korea, Somalia, Syria, Taiwan, Turkmenistan, Vatican City, Venezuela, Yemen.

Territories and other places

Not ranked: dependencies of the states above, places whose status is disputed, and Antarctica. Highest first.

Place% a yearStatus
Palestine+9.8%Status disputed
Hong Kong+1.4%Territory of China
Macao+0.3%Territory of China

Questions

Which country has the highest inflation?
Argentina has the highest inflation: +219.9% a year (2024). Next come the Sudan (+138.8% a year) and Zimbabwe (+104.7% a year).
Which country has the lowest inflation?
Afghanistan, with −6.6% a year (2024).
What is the typical inflation of a country?
The median of the 176 countries is +3.2% a year: half are above it, half below. The median, not the average, because a few countries at the top would drag an average far above almost everyone.
Where do the figures come from?
How much consumer prices rose over the year, from the consumer price index. Below zero, prices fell. Source: World Bank, mostly 2025. Only independent states are ranked; territories are listed separately.

Source: World Bank (CC BY 4.0). Figures more than 5 years older than the newest are left out rather than shown beside current ones. Countries sharing a value share a rank. All sources.