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Countries by average annual inflation

Zimbabwe had the highest average annual inflation of 178 countries in 2020, at 557.2%. Qatar had the lowest, at -2.5%. The median was 1.9% and the figure for the World was 1.9%. Source: the World Bank.

Highest557.2Zimbabwe
Lowest-2.5Qatar
Median1.9178 countries
World1.9History

Top 40 countries, 2020

CSVChart (SVG)

ZimbabweZimbabwe: 557.2 %557.2SudanSudan: 163.3 %163.3LebanonLebanon: 84.9 %84.9ArgentinaArgentina: 42 %42SurinameSuriname: 34.9 %34.9IranIran: 30.6 %30.6South SudanSouth Sudan: 29.7 %29.7HaitiHaiti: 22.8 %22.8AngolaAngola: 22.3 %22.3EthiopiaEthiopia: 20.4 %20.4LiberiaLiberia: 17 %17ZambiaZambia: 15.7 %15.7Sierra LeoneSierra Leone: 13.4 %13.4NigeriaNigeria: 13.2 %13.2UzbekistanUzbekistan: 12.9 %12.9TürkiyeTürkiye: 12.3 %12.3GuineaGuinea: 10.6 %10.6GhanaGhana: 9.9 %9.9RwandaRwanda: 9.9 %9.9São Tomé and PríncipeSão Tomé and Príncipe: 9.8 %9.8UruguayUruguay: 9.8 %9.8PakistanPakistan: 9.7 %9.7MalawiMalawi: 8.6 %8.6TajikistanTajikistan: 8.6 %8.6BurundiBurundi: 7.3 %7.3KazakhstanKazakhstan: 6.8 %6.8IndiaIndia: 6.6 %6.6KyrgyzstanKyrgyzstan: 6.3 %6.3Sri LankaSri Lanka: 6.2 %6.2GambiaGambia: 5.9 %5.9BangladeshBangladesh: 5.7 %5.7TunisiaTunisia: 5.6 %5.6BhutanBhutan: 5.6 %5.6AfghanistanAfghanistan: 5.6 %5.6BelarusBelarus: 5.5 %5.5KenyaKenya: 5.4 %5.4VanuatuVanuatu: 5.3 %5.3JamaicaJamaica: 5.2 %5.2GeorgiaGeorgia: 5.2 %5.2LaosLaos: 5.1 %5.1
%. Source: World Bank. Retrieved 2026-10-09.

Full ranking

RankCountries2020 (%)Change on 2019
1Zimbabwe557.2+301.9 pts
2Sudan163.3+112.3 pts
3Lebanon84.9+81.9 pts
4Argentina42-11.5 pts
5Suriname34.9n/a
6Iran30.6-9.3 pts
7South Sudan29.7-57.6 pts
8Haiti22.8+4.1 pts
9Angola22.3+5.2 pts
10Ethiopia20.4+4.5 pts
11Liberia17-10 pts
12Zambia15.7+6.6 pts
13Sierra Leone13.4-1.4 pts
14Nigeria13.2+1.8 pts
15Uzbekistan12.9-1.7 pts
16Türkiye12.3-2.9 pts
17Guinea10.6+1.1 pts
18Ghana9.9+2.7 pts
19Rwanda9.9+6.5 pts
20São Tomé and Príncipe9.8+2.1 pts
21Uruguay9.8+1.9 pts
22Pakistan9.7-0.8 pts
23Malawi8.6-0.7 pts
24Tajikistan8.6+0.8 pts
25Burundi7.3+8 pts
26Kazakhstan6.8+1.5 pts
27India6.6+2.9 pts
28Kyrgyzstan6.3+5.2 pts
29Sri Lanka6.2+2.6 pts
30Gambia5.9-1.2 pts
31Bangladesh5.7+0.1 pts
32Tunisia5.6-1.1 pts
33Bhutan5.6+2.9 pts
34Afghanistan5.6+3.3 pts
35Belarus5.5-0.1 pts
36Kenya5.4+0.2 pts
37Vanuatu5.3+2.6 pts
38Jamaica5.2+1.3 pts
39Georgia5.2+0.3 pts
40Laos5.1+1.8 pts
41Nepal5.1-0.5 pts
42Egypt5-4.1 pts
43Lesotho5-0.2 pts
44Papua New Guinea4.9+0.9 pts
45Equatorial Guinea4.8+3.2 pts
46Chad4.5+5.4 pts
47Madagascar4.2-1.4 pts
48Dominican Republic3.8+2 pts
49Moldova3.8-1.1 pts
50Mongolia3.7-3.6 pts
51Nicaragua3.7-1.7 pts
52Mozambique3.5+0.7 pts
53Honduras3.5-0.9 pts
54Mexico3.4-0.2 pts
55Russia3.4-1.1 pts
56Poland3.4+1.1 pts
57Hungary3.3-0 pts
58Uganda3.3+0.4 pts
59Tanzania3.3-0.2 pts
60South Africa3.2-0.9 pts
61Vietnam3.2+0.4 pts
62Guatemala3.2-0.5 pts
63Brazil3.2-0.5 pts
64Saudi Arabia3.2+5.2 pts
65Czechia3.2+0.3 pts
66Chile3+0.5 pts
67Benin3+2.3 pts
68Solomon Islands3+1.3 pts
69Cambodia2.9+1 pts
70Niger2.9+5.4 pts
71Iceland2.8-0.2 pts
72Azerbaijan2.8+0.1 pts
73Ukraine2.7-5.2 pts
74Romania2.6-1.2 pts
75Mauritius2.6+2.2 pts
76Kiribati2.6+4.4 pts
77Senegal2.5+0.8 pts
78Colombia2.5-1 pts
79Cameroon2.4-0 pts
80China2.4-0.5 pts
81Algeria2.4+0.5 pts
82Côte d’Ivoire2.4+1.6 pts
83Philippines2.40 pts
84Mauritania2.4+0.1 pts
85Namibia2.2-1.5 pts
86Kuwait2.1+1 pts
87Peru2-0.2 pts
88Brunei1.9+2.3 pts
89Slovakia1.9-0.7 pts
90Indonesia1.9-1.1 pts
91Botswana1.9-0.9 pts
92Burkina Faso1.9+5.1 pts
93Republic of the Congo1.8-0.4 pts
94Djibouti1.8-1.5 pts
95Paraguay1.8-1 pts
96New Zealand1.7+0.1 pts
97Central African Republic1.7-1 pts
98Togo1.7+1 pts
99Bulgaria1.7-1.4 pts
100Albania1.6+0.2 pts
101Serbia1.6-0.3 pts
102Libya1.4+3.6 pts
103Austria1.4-0.1 pts
104Gabon1.4-1.1 pts
105Norway1.3-0.9 pts
106Netherlands1.3-1.4 pts
107United States1.2-0.6 pts
108Dominica1.2-0.3 pts
109Armenia1.2-0.2 pts
110Seychelles1.2-0.6 pts
111North Macedonia1.2+0.4 pts
112Lithuania1.2-1.1 pts
113Guinea-Bissau1.1+0.9 pts
114United Kingdom1-0.7 pts
115Bolivia0.9-0.9 pts
116Australia0.8-0.8 pts
117Luxembourg0.8-0.9 pts
118Macao0.8-1.9 pts
119Comoros0.8-2.8 pts
120Belgium0.7-0.7 pts
121Costa Rica0.7-1.4 pts
122Guyana0.7-1.4 pts
123Canada0.7-1.2 pts
124Morocco0.7+0.4 pts
125Malta0.6-1 pts
126Antigua and Barbuda0.6-0.8 pts
127Cape Verde0.6-0.5 pts
128Trinidad and Tobago0.6-0.4 pts
129Iraq0.6+0.8 pts
130Micronesia0.6-1.4 pts
131South Korea0.5+0.2 pts
132Sweden0.5-1.3 pts
133Timor-Leste0.5-0.5 pts
134France0.5-0.6 pts
135Mali0.4+2.1 pts
136Denmark0.4-0.3 pts
137Jordan0.3-0.4 pts
138Finland0.3-0.7 pts
139Hong Kong0.3-2.6 pts
140Latvia0.2-2.6 pts
141Palau0.2-0 pts
142Croatia0.2-0.6 pts
143Germany0.1-1.3 pts
144Belize0.1-0.1 pts
145Bahamas0-2.5 pts
146Portugal-0-0.4 pts
147Japan-0-0.5 pts
148Slovenia-0.1-1.7 pts
149San Marino-0.1-0.6 pts
150Italy-0.1-0.7 pts
151Singapore-0.2-0.7 pts
152Montenegro-0.3-0.6 pts
153Spain-0.3-1 pts
154Ireland-0.3-1.3 pts
155Ecuador-0.3-0.6 pts
156Tonga-0.3-1.5 pts
157El Salvador-0.4-0.4 pts
158Oman-0.4-0.9 pts
159Estonia-0.4-2.7 pts
160Israel-0.6-1.4 pts
161Saint Vincent and the Grenadines-0.6-1.5 pts
162Cyprus-0.6-0.9 pts
163Switzerland-0.7-1.1 pts
164Palestine-0.7-2.3 pts
165Grenada-0.7-1.3 pts
166Thailand-0.8-1.6 pts
167Bosnia and Herzegovina-1.1-1.6 pts
168Malaysia-1.1-1.8 pts
169Saint Kitts and Nevis-1.2-0.8 pts
170Greece-1.2-1.5 pts
171Maldives-1.4-1.6 pts
172Panama-1.6-1.2 pts
173Samoa-1.6-2.6 pts
174Fiji-1.7-3.5 pts
175Saint Lucia-1.8-2.3 pts
176United Arab Emirates-2.1-0.1 pts
177Bahrain-2.3-3.3 pts
178Qatar-2.5-1.9 pts

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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. 14 countries with data in other periods have no value for 2020 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 557.2% in 2020, according to the World Bank.

Which country has the lowest average annual inflation?

Qatar, with -2.5% in 2020.

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. 14 countries have no value for 2020 and are not ranked.

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