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Countries by average annual inflation

South Sudan had the highest average annual inflation of 188 countries in 2016, at 380%. Saint Lucia had the lowest, at -3.1%. The median was 1.6% and the figure for the World was 1.6%. Source: the World Bank.

Highest380South Sudan
Lowest-3.1Saint Lucia
Median1.6188 countries
World1.6History

Top 40 countries, 2016

CSVChart (SVG)

South SudanSouth Sudan: 380 %380VenezuelaVenezuela: 254.9 %254.9SurinameSuriname: 55.4 %55.4SyriaSyria: 47.7 %47.7AngolaAngola: 30.7 %30.7LibyaLibya: 25.9 %25.9MalawiMalawi: 21.7 %21.7ZambiaZambia: 17.9 %17.9SudanSudan: 17.8 %17.8GhanaGhana: 17.5 %17.5MozambiqueMozambique: 17.4 %17.4NigeriaNigeria: 15.7 %15.7KazakhstanKazakhstan: 14.4 %14.4UkraineUkraine: 13.9 %13.9EgyptEgypt: 13.8 %13.8AzerbaijanAzerbaijan: 12.4 %12.4BelarusBelarus: 11.8 %11.8HaitiHaiti: 11.5 %11.5Sierra LeoneSierra Leone: 10.9 %10.9UruguayUruguay: 9.6 %9.6LiberiaLiberia: 8.8 %8.8NepalNepal: 8.8 %8.8BrazilBrazil: 8.7 %8.7GuineaGuinea: 8.2 %8.2UzbekistanUzbekistan: 8.1 %8.1EswatiniEswatini: 7.8 %7.8TürkiyeTürkiye: 7.8 %7.8ColombiaColombia: 7.5 %7.5IranIran: 7.2 %7.2GambiaGambia: 7.2 %7.2RwandaRwanda: 7.2 %7.2RussiaRussia: 7 %7MyanmarMyanmar: 6.9 %6.9NamibiaNamibia: 6.7 %6.7Papua New GuineaPapua New Guinea: 6.7 %6.7EthiopiaEthiopia: 6.6 %6.6South AfricaSouth Africa: 6.6 %6.6LesothoLesotho: 6.6 %6.6AlgeriaAlgeria: 6.4 %6.4MoldovaMoldova: 6.4 %6.4
%. Source: World Bank. Retrieved 2026-10-09.

Full ranking

RankCountries2016 (%)Change on 2015
1South Sudan380+327.2 pts
2Venezuela254.9+133.2 pts
3Suriname55.4+48.5 pts
4Syria47.7+9.2 pts
5Angola30.7+21.3 pts
6Libya25.9+15.5 pts
7Malawi21.7-0.2 pts
8Zambia17.9+7.8 pts
9Sudan17.8+0.8 pts
10Ghana17.5+0.3 pts
11Mozambique17.4+13.9 pts
12Nigeria15.7+6.7 pts
13Kazakhstan14.4+7.7 pts
14Ukraine13.9-34.8 pts
15Egypt13.8+3.4 pts
16Azerbaijan12.4+8.4 pts
17Belarus11.8-1.7 pts
18Haiti11.5+4.8 pts
19Sierra Leone10.9+4.2 pts
20Uruguay9.6+1 pts
21Liberia8.8+1.1 pts
22Nepal8.8+0.9 pts
23Brazil8.7-0.3 pts
24Guinea8.2-3.6 pts
25Uzbekistan8.1-0.6 pts
26Eswatini7.8+2.9 pts
27Türkiye7.8+0.1 pts
28Colombia7.5+2.5 pts
29Iran7.2-5.2 pts
30Gambia7.2+0.4 pts
31Rwanda7.2+4.6 pts
32Russia7-8.5 pts
33Myanmar6.9-2.5 pts
34Namibia6.7+3.3 pts
35Papua New Guinea6.7+0.7 pts
36Ethiopia6.6-2.9 pts
37South Africa6.6+2.1 pts
38Lesotho6.6+3.4 pts
39Algeria6.4+1.6 pts
40Moldova6.4-3.3 pts
41Kenya6.3-0.3 pts
42Madagascar6-1.4 pts
43Tajikistan6+0.3 pts
44Uganda5.7+0.1 pts
45Burundi5.60 pts
46Bangladesh5.5-0.7 pts
47São Tomé and Príncipe5.4+0.2 pts
48Tanzania5.2-0.4 pts
49India4.90 pts
50Central African Republic4.9+3.5 pts
51Guatemala4.4+2.1 pts
52Afghanistan4.4+5 pts
53Paraguay4.1+1 pts
54Sri Lanka4+0.2 pts
55Fiji3.9+2.5 pts
56Chile3.8-0.6 pts
57Pakistan3.8+1.2 pts
58Tunisia3.6-0.8 pts
59Bolivia3.6-0.4 pts
60Peru3.6+0.2 pts
61Norway3.5+1.4 pts
62Indonesia3.5-2.8 pts
63Nicaragua3.5-0.5 pts
64Bhutan3.2-1.3 pts
65Kuwait3.2-0.1 pts
66Republic of the Congo3.20 pts
67Trinidad and Tobago3.1-1.6 pts
68Cambodia3+1.8 pts
69Saudi Arabia2.9+1.7 pts
70Democratic Republic of the Congo2.9+2.1 pts
71Mexico2.8+0.1 pts
72Botswana2.8-0.2 pts
73Bahrain2.8+0.9 pts
74Honduras2.7-0.4 pts
75Qatar2.7+0.9 pts
76Vietnam2.7+2 pts
77Tonga2.6+3.6 pts
78Hong Kong2.4-0.6 pts
79Djibouti2.4+2.9 pts
80Macao2.4-2.2 pts
81Jamaica2.4-1.3 pts
82Georgia2.1-1.9 pts
83Gabon2.1+2.4 pts
84Malaysia2.1-0 pts
85China2+0.6 pts
86Belgium2+1.4 pts
87Kiribati1.9+1.3 pts
88Ecuador1.7-2.2 pts
89Iceland1.7+0.1 pts
90Niger1.7+2.2 pts
91Grenada1.7+2.2 pts
92Morocco1.6+0.1 pts
93United Arab Emirates1.6-2.5 pts
94Dominican Republic1.6+0.8 pts
95Laos1.6+0.3 pts
96Guinea-Bissau1.50 pts
97Mauritania1.5-1.8 pts
98Canada1.4+0.3 pts
99Equatorial Guinea1.4-0.3 pts
100Samoa1.3+0.6 pts
101Togo1.3-1.3 pts
102Barbados1.3+2.4 pts
103Australia1.3-0.2 pts
104Albania1.3-0.6 pts
105United States1.3+1.1 pts
106Philippines1.3+0.6 pts
107Serbia1.1-0.3 pts
108Oman1.1+1 pts
109United Kingdom1+0.6 pts
110Sweden1+1 pts
111Mauritius1-0.3 pts
112South Korea1+0.3 pts
113Lithuania0.9+1.8 pts
114Austria0.9-0 pts
115Cameroon0.9-1.8 pts
116Vanuatu0.8-1.6 pts
117Senegal0.8+0.7 pts
118Guyana0.8+1.7 pts
119Comoros0.8+0.9 pts
120Panama0.7+0.6 pts
121Mongolia0.7-5 pts
122Côte d’Ivoire0.7-0.5 pts
123Czechia0.7+0.4 pts
124Belize0.7+1.5 pts
125New Zealand0.6+0.4 pts
126San Marino0.6+0.5 pts
127Malta0.6-0.5 pts
128Portugal0.6+0.1 pts
129El Salvador0.6+1.3 pts
130New Caledonia0.60 pts
131Iraq0.6-0.8 pts
132Solomon Islands0.5+1.1 pts
133Maldives0.5-0.5 pts
134Germany0.5-0 pts
135Burkina Faso0.4-0.3 pts
136Kyrgyzstan0.4-6.1 pts
137Hungary0.4+0.5 pts
138Finland0.4+0.6 pts
139Netherlands0.3-0.3 pts
140Luxembourg0.3-0.2 pts
141Denmark0.3-0.2 pts
142Thailand0.2+1.1 pts
143France0.2+0.1 pts
144Estonia0.1+0.6 pts
145Dominica0.1+1 pts
146Latvia0.1-0 pts
147Sint Maarten0.1-0.2 pts
148Ireland0+0.4 pts
149Costa Rica-0-0.8 pts
150Curaçao-0+0.4 pts
151Slovenia-0.1+0.5 pts
152Italy-0.1-0.1 pts
153Japan-0.1-0.9 pts
154Saint Vincent and the Grenadines-0.1+1.6 pts
155Spain-0.2+0.3 pts
156Palestine-0.2-1.7 pts
157North Macedonia-0.2+0.1 pts
158Montenegro-0.3-1.8 pts
159Bahamas-0.3-2.2 pts
160Switzerland-0.4+0.7 pts
161Antigua and Barbuda-0.5-1.5 pts
162Slovakia-0.5-0.2 pts
163Singapore-0.5-0 pts
164Israel-0.5+0.1 pts
165Cayman Islands-0.6+1.7 pts
166Poland-0.7+0.2 pts
167Saint Kitts and Nevis-0.7+1.6 pts
168Brunei-0.7-0.3 pts
169Jordan-0.8+0.1 pts
170Lebanon-0.8+3 pts
171Chad-0.8-5.2 pts
172Benin-0.8-1 pts
173Bulgaria-0.8-0.7 pts
174Greece-0.8+0.9 pts
175Aruba-0.9-1.4 pts
176Seychelles-1-5.1 pts
177Micronesia-1-0.7 pts
178Palau-1-2 pts
179Croatia-1.1-0.7 pts
180Timor-Leste-1.3-1.9 pts
181Armenia-1.4-5.1 pts
182Cape Verde-1.4-1.5 pts
183Cyprus-1.4+0.7 pts
184Zimbabwe-1.5+0.9 pts
185Romania-1.5-1 pts
186Bosnia and Herzegovina-1.6-0.5 pts
187Mali-1.8-3.3 pts
188Saint Lucia-3.1-2.1 pts

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About this ranking

Annual average change in the consumer price index, percent.

United States: percent change between the annual average CPI-U (all items, US city average) of the year and of the previous year, rounded to one decimal as the Bureau of Labor Statistics publishes it; both averages are shown with each value. A whole-year figure: it differs from the December 12-month change in cpi_annual_change. Other countries and the World: World Bank, from IMF International Financial Statistics and national sources; the World value is the median of country rates, not a weighted average.

Every value in the ranking comes from the same publisher and the same period, so the countries are compared on one definition. 4 countries with data in other periods have no value for 2016 and are left out rather than filled from another source. Equal values share a rank.

How to cite

World Bank, World Development Indicators. Inflation, consumer prices, annual % (FP.CPI.TOTL.ZG). https://data.worldbank.org/indicator/FP.CPI.TOTL.ZG. Retrieved 2026-10-09.

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Which country has the highest average annual inflation?

South Sudan, with 380% in 2016, according to the World Bank.

Which country has the lowest average annual inflation?

Saint Lucia, with -3.1% in 2016.

Where does this ranking come from?

Every value comes from one source and one period, so the places are comparable: World Bank, Inflation, consumer prices, annual % (FP.CPI.TOTL.ZG). Retrieved 2026-10-09. 4 countries have no value for 2016 and are not ranked.

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