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Countries in Asia by inflation

How much consumer prices rose over the year, from the consumer price index. Below zero, prices fell. 41 countries in Asia, highest first. World Bank, mostly 2025

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Map: Inflation — Asia
Highest
+42.2%
Iran
Median country
+2.4%
half above, half below
Lowest
−6.6%
Afghanistan
#Country% a yearYearRegion
1Iran+42.2%2025Southern Asia
2Turkey+34.9%2025Western Asia
3Lebanon+14.6%2025Western Asia
4Kazakhstan+11.4%2025Central Asia
=5Bangladesh+8.8%2025Southern Asia
=5Uzbekistan+8.8%2025Central Asia
7Mongolia+8.6%2025Eastern Asia
8Kyrgyzstan+8.2%2025Central Asia
9Laos+7.7%2025South-Eastern Asia
10Azerbaijan+5.6%2025Western Asia
11Maldives+4.0%2025Southern Asia
12Georgia+3.9%2025Western Asia
13Bhutan+3.6%2025Southern Asia
14Pakistan+3.5%2025Southern Asia
=15Armenia+3.3%2025Western Asia
=15Vietnam+3.3%2025South-Eastern Asia
17Japan+3.2%2025Eastern Asia
18Israel+3.0%2025Western Asia
19Nepal+2.7%2025Southern Asia
=20Cambodia+2.4%2025South-Eastern Asia
=20India+2.4%2025Southern Asia
=20Kuwait+2.4%2025Western Asia
=23Saudi Arabia+2.1%2025Western Asia
=23South Korea+2.1%2025Eastern Asia
25Indonesia+1.9%2025South-Eastern Asia
26Jordan+1.8%2025Western Asia
27Philippines+1.7%2025South-Eastern Asia
28Malaysia+1.4%2025South-Eastern Asia
=29Qatar+1.3%2024Western Asia
=29United Arab Emirates+1.3%2025Western Asia
31Oman+1.0%2025Western Asia
32Singapore+0.9%2025South-Eastern Asia
33Timor-Leste+0.4%2025South-Eastern Asia
34Iraq+0.3%2025Western Asia
=35China+0.1%2025Eastern Asia
=35Cyprus+0.1%2025Western Asia
=37Bahrain−0.1%2025Western Asia
=37Thailand−0.1%2025South-Eastern Asia
39Brunei−0.3%2025South-Eastern Asia
40Sri Lanka−4.8%2025Southern Asia
41Afghanistan−6.6%2024Southern Asia

No World Bank figure for 7 countries: Myanmar, North Korea, Syria, Taiwan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, Yemen.

Territories and other places

Not ranked: dependencies of the states above, places whose status is disputed. 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 in Asia has the highest inflation?
Iran has the highest inflation in Asia: +42.2% a year (2025). Next come Turkey (+34.9% a year) and Lebanon (+14.6% a year).
Which country in Asia has the lowest inflation?
Afghanistan, with −6.6% a year (2024).
What is the typical inflation of a country in Asia?
The median of the 41 countries in Asia is +2.4% 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. A country’s continent follows Natural Earth; the handful of island states it files under the open ocean are placed by their UN subregion.

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.