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Countries by average annual inflation

Zimbabwe had the highest average annual inflation of 183 countries in 2019, at 255.3%. Burkina Faso had the lowest, at -3.2%. The median was 2.2% and the figure for the World was 2.2%. Source: the World Bank.

Highest255.3Zimbabwe
Lowest-3.2Burkina Faso
Median2.2183 countries
World2.2History

Top 40 countries, 2019

CSVChart (SVG)

ZimbabweZimbabwe: 255.3 %255.3South SudanSouth Sudan: 87.2 %87.2ArgentinaArgentina: 53.5 %53.5SudanSudan: 51 %51IranIran: 39.9 %39.9LiberiaLiberia: 27 %27HaitiHaiti: 18.7 %18.7AngolaAngola: 17.1 %17.1EthiopiaEthiopia: 15.8 %15.8TürkiyeTürkiye: 15.2 %15.2Sierra LeoneSierra Leone: 14.8 %14.8UzbekistanUzbekistan: 14.5 %14.5SyriaSyria: 13.4 %13.4NigeriaNigeria: 11.4 %11.4PakistanPakistan: 10.6 %10.6GuineaGuinea: 9.5 %9.5MalawiMalawi: 9.4 %9.4EgyptEgypt: 9.2 %9.2ZambiaZambia: 9.2 %9.2MyanmarMyanmar: 8.8 %8.8UkraineUkraine: 7.9 %7.9UruguayUruguay: 7.9 %7.9TajikistanTajikistan: 7.8 %7.8São Tomé and PríncipeSão Tomé and Príncipe: 7.7 %7.7MongoliaMongolia: 7.3 %7.3GhanaGhana: 7.1 %7.1GambiaGambia: 7.1 %7.1TunisiaTunisia: 6.7 %6.7MadagascarMadagascar: 5.6 %5.6BelarusBelarus: 5.6 %5.6BangladeshBangladesh: 5.6 %5.6NepalNepal: 5.6 %5.6NicaraguaNicaragua: 5.4 %5.4KazakhstanKazakhstan: 5.3 %5.3KenyaKenya: 5.2 %5.2LesothoLesotho: 5.2 %5.2GeorgiaGeorgia: 4.9 %4.9MoldovaMoldova: 4.8 %4.8RussiaRussia: 4.5 %4.5HondurasHonduras: 4.4 %4.4
%. Source: World Bank. Retrieved 2026-10-09.

Full ranking

RankCountries2019 (%)Change on 2018
1Zimbabwe255.3+244.7 pts
2South Sudan87.2+3.7 pts
3Argentina53.5+19.3 pts
4Sudan51-12.3 pts
5Iran39.9+21.9 pts
6Liberia27+3.4 pts
7Haiti18.7+6.2 pts
8Angola17.1-2.5 pts
9Ethiopia15.8+2 pts
10Türkiye15.2-1.2 pts
11Sierra Leone14.8-1.2 pts
12Uzbekistan14.5-3 pts
13Syria13.4+12.5 pts
14Nigeria11.4-0.7 pts
15Pakistan10.6+5.5 pts
16Guinea9.5-0.4 pts
17Malawi9.4-3 pts
18Egypt9.2-5.2 pts
19Zambia9.2+1.7 pts
20Myanmar8.8+2 pts
21Ukraine7.9-3.1 pts
22Uruguay7.9+0.3 pts
23Tajikistan7.8+3.9 pts
24São Tomé and Príncipe7.7-0.1 pts
25Mongolia7.3+0.5 pts
26Ghana7.1-0.7 pts
27Gambia7.1+0.6 pts
28Tunisia6.7-0.6 pts
29Madagascar5.6-3 pts
30Belarus5.6+0.7 pts
31Bangladesh5.60 pts
32Nepal5.6+1.2 pts
33Nicaragua5.4+0.4 pts
34Kazakhstan5.3-0.8 pts
35Kenya5.2+0.5 pts
36Lesotho5.2+0.4 pts
37Georgia4.9+2.2 pts
38Moldova4.8+1.8 pts
39Russia4.5+1.6 pts
40Honduras4.40 pts
41Aruba4.3+0.6 pts
42South Africa4.1-0.4 pts
43Papua New Guinea3.9-0.4 pts
44Jamaica3.9+0.2 pts
45Romania3.8-0.8 pts
46Brazil3.7+0.1 pts
47India3.7-0.2 pts
48Namibia3.7-0.6 pts
49Guatemala3.7-0.1 pts
50Mexico3.6-1.3 pts
51Comoros3.6+1.4 pts
52Sri Lanka3.5+1.4 pts
53Colombia3.5+0.3 pts
54Tanzania3.5-0 pts
55Rwanda3.3+3.7 pts
56Hungary3.3+0.5 pts
57Laos3.3+1.3 pts
58Djibouti3.3+3.2 pts
59Bulgaria3.1+0.3 pts
60Indonesia3-0.2 pts
61Iceland3+0.3 pts
62Lebanon3-3.1 pts
63China2.9+0.8 pts
64Hong Kong2.9+0.5 pts
65Uganda2.9+0.3 pts
66Czechia2.8+0.7 pts
67Latvia2.8+0.3 pts
68Mozambique2.8-1.1 pts
69Vietnam2.8-0.7 pts
70Botswana2.8-0.5 pts
71Vanuatu2.8+0.4 pts
72Paraguay2.8-1.2 pts
73Macao2.8-0.3 pts
74Bhutan2.70 pts
75Central African Republic2.7+1.1 pts
76Slovakia2.7+0.2 pts
77Netherlands2.6+0.9 pts
78Curaçao2.60 pts
79Azerbaijan2.6+0.3 pts
80Eswatini2.6-2.2 pts
81Chile2.6+0.1 pts
82Bahamas2.5+0.2 pts
83Gabon2.5-2.3 pts
84Cameroon2.5+1.4 pts
85Philippines2.4-2.9 pts
86Lithuania2.3-0.4 pts
87Afghanistan2.3+1.7 pts
88Mauritania2.3-0.8 pts
89Estonia2.3-1.1 pts
90Peru2.3+0.7 pts
91Poland2.2+0.4 pts
92Republic of the Congo2.2+1.1 pts
93Norway2.2-0.6 pts
94Guyana2.1+0.9 pts
95Costa Rica2.1-0.1 pts
96Algeria2-2.3 pts
97Canada1.9-0.3 pts
98Cambodia1.9-0.5 pts
99Micronesia1.9+0.4 pts
100Serbia1.8-0.1 pts
101Bolivia1.8-0.4 pts
102United States1.8-0.6 pts
103Dominican Republic1.8-1.8 pts
104Seychelles1.8-1.9 pts
105Fiji1.8-2.3 pts
106Sweden1.8-0.2 pts
107Senegal1.8+1.3 pts
108Luxembourg1.7+0.2 pts
109United Kingdom1.7-0.6 pts
110Barbados1.7-1.4 pts
111Malta1.6+0.5 pts
112Solomon Islands1.6-1.8 pts
113Slovenia1.6-0.1 pts
114New Zealand1.60 pts
115Australia1.6-0.3 pts
116Palestine1.6+1.8 pts
117Austria1.5-0.5 pts
118Equatorial Guinea1.5+0.5 pts
119Dominica1.5+0.5 pts
120Germany1.4-0.3 pts
121Armenia1.4-1.1 pts
122Belgium1.4-0.6 pts
123Antigua and Barbuda1.4+0.2 pts
124Albania1.4-0.6 pts
125Tonga1.2-3.9 pts
126Kyrgyzstan1.1-0.4 pts
127France1.1-0.7 pts
128Cape Verde1.1-0.2 pts
129Kuwait1.1+0.5 pts
130Finland1-0.1 pts
131Bahrain1-1.1 pts
132Trinidad and Tobago1-0 pts
133Samoa1-3.2 pts
134Timor-Leste1-1.7 pts
135Ireland0.9+0.5 pts
136Saint Vincent and the Grenadines0.9-1.4 pts
137Israel0.80 pts
138Côte d’Ivoire0.8+0.4 pts
139Croatia0.8-0.7 pts
140North Macedonia0.8-0.7 pts
141Jordan0.8-3.7 pts
142Denmark0.7-0.1 pts
143Benin0.7-0.2 pts
144Thailand0.7-0.4 pts
145Spain0.7-1 pts
146Togo0.7-0.3 pts
147Malaysia0.7-0.2 pts
148Italy0.6-0.5 pts
149Grenada0.6-0.2 pts
150Singapore0.6+0.1 pts
151Bosnia and Herzegovina0.6-0.9 pts
152Saint Lucia0.5-1.4 pts
153Oman0.5-0.4 pts
154San Marino0.5-0.7 pts
155Japan0.5-0.5 pts
156Mauritius0.4-2.8 pts
157South Korea0.4-1.1 pts
158Switzerland0.4-0.6 pts
159Montenegro0.4-2.2 pts
160Portugal0.3-0.7 pts
161Morocco0.3-1.5 pts
162Palau0.3-1.8 pts
163Ecuador0.3+0.5 pts
164Greece0.3-0.4 pts
165Cyprus0.3-1.2 pts
166Guinea-Bissau0.2-0.1 pts
167Maldives0.2+0.4 pts
168Belize0.2-0.1 pts
169El Salvador0.1-1 pts
170Iraq-0.2-0.6 pts
171Saint Kitts and Nevis-0.3+0.7 pts
172Panama-0.4-1.1 pts
173Brunei-0.4-0.5 pts
174Qatar-0.7-0.9 pts
175Burundi-0.7+2.1 pts
176Chad-1-5.2 pts
177Mali-1.7-2 pts
178Kiribati-1.8-2.4 pts
179United Arab Emirates-1.9-5 pts
180Saudi Arabia-2-4.5 pts
181Libya-2.2-15.3 pts
182Niger-2.5-5.5 pts
183Burkina Faso-3.2-5.2 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. 9 countries with data in other periods have no value for 2019 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?

Zimbabwe, with 255.3% in 2019, according to the World Bank.

Which country has the lowest average annual inflation?

Burkina Faso, with -3.2% in 2019.

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. 9 countries have no value for 2019 and are not ranked.

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