Indicators by Countries (Source: World Bank)
Inflation, GDP deflator (annual %) Change in Inflation, GDP deflator (annual %)
Country 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 country Pcnt Change (2005-1998)
Zimbabwe 26.10 16.20 29.24 56.12 56.22 121.71 150.51 262.76 350.18 240.27   Japan97.55
Angola 5,298.20 94.32 35.32 549.37 418.23 108.48 109.24 111.40 42.65 32.70   Australia84.31
Venezuela, RB 115.50 38.42 20.88 26.96 29.45 8 33.02 34.87 31.24 29.08   Zimbabwe52.39
Nigeria 36.90 1.36 -5.55 12.29 27.89 21.02 3.88 20.82 19.91 26.85   Guinea43.49
Congo, Dem. Rep. 613.10 187.35 25.82 442.63 515.77 383.74 31.98 13.15 5.45 23.38   Morocco37.82
Kuwait .. -3.55 -18.08 17.93 20.53 -8.18 3 4.81 12.31 22.36   Cameroon33.2
Chad 11.70 2.77 10.25 -7.65 4.81 14.45 1.98 -2.11 13.27 20.03   Austria31.82
Russian Federation 44.20 14.49 18.54 72.39 37.70 16.49 15.61 13.91 19.87 19.35   Marshall Islands31.51
Zambia 23.60 25.96 19.49 21.35 30.04 24.31 19.86 19.81 20.05 18.93   Solomon Islands31.28
Madagascar 17.80 7.30 8.44 9.71 7.23 7.26 15.28 2.76 14.30 18.34   Tonga31.18
Ukraine 66.20 18.06 12.06 27.40 23.12 9.95 5.12 8.22 15.16 18.20   Gambia, The29.94
Iran, Islamic Rep. 24.60 13.44 16.41 16.22 25.25 11.61 28.75 16.08 17.48 18   Rwanda25.67
Myanmar 23 33.79 37.05 22.63 6.11 24.86 41.55 20.55 4.20 17.64   Kazakhstan23.19
Mauritania 4.70 5.38 9.23 1.01 2.66 4.86 5.63 9.23 7.90 17.09   St. Kitts and Nevis21.7
Burundi 19 23.29 11.20 3.41 13.18 5.46 1.77 11.55 8.27 16.67   Botswana20.1
Belarus 49.50 71.65 76.58 316.79 185.29 79.53 44.89 30.69 22.68 16.60   New Zealand18.64
Algeria 25.30 6.54 -4.19 10.37 24 2.62 1.04 10.11 10.63 16.15   Central African Republic18.47
Kazakhstan 38.90 16.14 5.66 13.28 17.43 10.16 5.80 11.74 16.13 16.06   Denmark17.89
Saudi Arabia 9.10 1.61 -13.97 11.25 11.64 -3.41 2.89 5.70 10.83 16.04   United States17.08
Uzbekistan .. 70.46 39 44.12 47.34 45.19 45.45 26.72 15.72 15.94   Niger16.97
Haiti 21.20 16.31 14.29 7.10 11.23 10.81 14.15 25.10 20.56 15.50   Macedonia, FYR16.97
Malawi 58.90 7.80 25.37 42.16 30.53 25.62 16.38 9.25 12.52 15.45   Madagascar16.79
Ghana 39.80 19.46 17.05 13.96 27.23 34.56 22.82 28.70 14.10 14.80   Chad14.34
Indonesia 8.70 12.57 75.27 14.16 20.45 16.72 5.99 4.37 6.26 13.72   Chile13.94
Guinea 1.40 1.81 2.17 3.45 11.11 4.79 2.69 12.59 13.22 13.20   Mauritania13.11
Sierra Leone 26.30 16.80 27.12 25.41 6.12 1.76 -3.63 8.31 15.98 13.08   Latvia13.02
Trinidad and Tobago .. 1.82 -1.51 7.94 12.97 2.76 -4.82 5.86 7.51 12.35   Spain12.53
Sudan .. 47.92 24.55 9.71 10.67 2.38 8.25 9.83 14.82 12.11   Palau10.78
Romania 44.60 147.17 55.22 47.77 44.25 37.44 23.43 23.98 15.04 11.98   Sweden9.93
Papua New Guinea 8.50 6.65 13.41 4.81 9.69 7.03 17.46 7.20 4.22 11.66   Egypt, Arab Rep.9.69
Mongolia 33.50 24.42 11.50 9.68 8.96 8.36 6.94 11.55 18.12 11.65   France8.6
Yemen, Rep. .. 11.72 -10.12 31.89 25.70 -.09 4.92 6 11.81 11.39   Ukraine8.58
Paraguay 10.50 3.04 12.43 2.52 11.84 1.74 16.42 18.34 9.17 11.30   Burundi8.28
Suriname 9.40 14.51 17.06 72.58 54.67 35.26 30.29 12.78 9.67 11.25   Brazil8.12
Tonga .. -.93 2.85 5.16 -.36 3.93 9.46 9.94 14.09 11.07   Senegal8.06
Sri Lanka 10.80 8.92 9.22 4.16 7.28 13.66 8.11 5.01 9.37 10.42   Georgia7.22
Bahrain 2.70 .93 -7.06 2.66 14.32 -4.90 1.23 7.10 7.72 10.39   Guyana7.11
Azerbaijan 26.50 9.25 -.96 2.16 12.49 2.52 3.12 6.01 8.31 10.32   Venezuela, RB6.85
Nicaragua 11.60 9.13 12.98 9.23 8.57 7.24 3.25 5.33 10 10.26   Mozambique6.59
Eritrea 2.90 3.66 9.17 7.77 24.98 13.87 15.29 13.39 21.04 10.25   Djibouti6.4
Costa Rica 16 14.89 12.08 15.02 6.98 8.60 9.16 8.13 11.57 10.13   Micronesia, Fed. Sts.5.69
Pakistan 7.40 13.38 7.53 5.86 23.82 7.73 2.44 4.40 7.83 9.80   Pakistan5.41
Jamaica 20.40 10.65 8.40 5.72 11.37 8.63 8.91 12.41 12.62 9.65   Belgium4.99
Tajikistan .. 65.23 54.06 26.51 22.67 30.21 20.67 28.02 16.92 9.51   Malta3.96
Botswana 12.40 5.75 3.73 5.77 7.18 7.39 7.91 4.59 4.86 9.32   Jamaica2.81
Liberia .. .. 3,789.21 .92 -1.29 11.61 26.25 8.93 2.86 9.01   Sri Lanka2.48
Latvia 16.50 6.60 4.88 5.29 3.77 1.69 3.61 3.57 6.84 9   Eritrea2.25
Argentina .. -.46 -1.71 -1.84 1.04 -1.10 30.56 10.50 9.19 8.92   El Salvador2.23
Gabon 12.80 2.02 -15.75 4.83 28.47 -11.74 9.06 -1 7.01 8.87   Nepal1.93
St. Kitts and Nevis .. 4.78 3.27 2.54 3.61 1.91 1.46 1.73 1.10 8.73   Iran, Islamic Rep.1.87
Uganda .. 3.91 7.96 .27 3.82 6.50 -3.77 9.98 6.10 8.61   Samoa1.81
Vietnam 6.10 12.13 8.84 5.73 3.41 1.95 3.94 6.69 7.94 8.37   Haiti1.64
Georgia 40.90 9.07 5.61 9.71 4.69 5.39 5.89 3.39 8.35 7.95   Uganda1.58
Guatemala 8.90 8.26 9.50 5.04 6.83 7.59 7.96 6.31 7 7.68   Lithuania0.88
Guinea-Bissau 48.60 34.09 7.61 5.21 3.26 -5.08 3.59 -3.26 2.12 7.59   Russian Federation0.86
Brazil 17.40 8.25 4.88 4.27 8.36 7.44 10.16 14.99 8.22 7.21   Mongolia0.26
Congo, Rep. 8.40 6.87 -18.19 29.91 46.19 -14.13 -1.61 -2.27 6.90 7.18   Mauritius0.18
Moldova 27.90 12.55 9.46 39.78 27.34 12.09 9.83 14.87 7.95 7   Guinea-Bissau-0.05
Bhutan 11.40 14.65 7.10 7.70 6.09 6.36 5.31 3.55 5.48 7   Bhutan-0.28
Rwanda 10.50 15.57 2.23 -3.52 3.26 .16 -.01 8.75 11.98 6.99   Zambia-0.58
Honduras 22.90 22.54 11.63 11.56 9.72 8.02 6.18 7.67 7.70 6.78   Bangladesh-1.05
Kyrgyz Republic 35.30 19.31 9.08 37.57 27.16 7.33 2.03 3.97 5.11 6.75   Vietnam-1.09
Syrian Arab Republic .. 5.30 -.30 4.61 9.70 2.50 -1.46 6.67 9.24 6.65   Italy-1.37
Solomon Islands 10.10 12.98 1.70 3.34 10.72 4.41 8.11 6.04 7.13 6.63   Angola-1.53
Niger 4.70 3.10 3 2 4.52 3.98 3 -.37 1.59 6.57   Paraguay-1.89
Lao PDR 13.90 19.16 85.29 126.47 25.11 8.58 10.72 15.75 10.34 6.51   Congo, Dem. Rep.-1.97
Mozambique 43.60 9.60 4.60 2.90 10.27 15.98 17.02 8.87 9.13 6.33   Iceland-2.13
Estonia 24 10.87 9.77 4.29 5.37 5.57 4.37 2.08 3.07 6.17   Papua New Guinea-2.76
Colombia 16.90 16.84 14.77 12.62 12.11 6.25 5.85 8.15 6.25 6.13   Ghana-2.79
Norway 4.30 2.99 -.74 6.64 15.86 1.13 -1.55 2.43 4.86 6.08   Netherlands-3.38
Philippines 7.70 6.22 10.46 8.03 6.34 6.38 4.50 3.64 6.03 6.02   Costa Rica-3.46
Maldives 3 -1.27 -2.77 1.22 1.50 .83 1.04 -.60 6.40 6   Guatemala-4.16
Ethiopia 1.20 3.90 10.19 3.30 5.96 -4.79 -4.59 12.22 9.62 5.99   Nicaragua-4.59
Ecuador 29.40 25.90 -3.65 -23.48 -7.04 26.61 12.40 11.19 6.73 5.79   Kyrgyz Republic-5.76
Lithuania 25.10 13.21 5.37 -.61 1.75 -.49 .20 -1.10 2.81 5.61   Moldova-5.85
Mauritius 5.70 7.10 5.55 5.05 3.60 4.04 6.62 5.87 5.94 5.60   Portugal-6.35
Mexico 30.70 17.71 15.37 15.21 12.10 5.88 6.96 8.49 7.44 5.45   South Africa-6.41
Egypt, Arab Rep. 7.10 5.88 3.42 2.21 7.40 -.41 2.30 6.87 11.49 5.43   Dominican Republic-6.58
Turkey 78.30 81.54 75.68 55.56 49.90 54.81 44.13 22.51 9.85 5.39   United Kingdom-6.66
Cambodia 7.10 9.17 12.76 2.11 -3.09 -.01 2.26 1.11 5.31 5.13   Jordan-7.06
Bangladesh 4.20 3.09 5.27 4.66 1.89 5.28 3.20 4.53 4.24 5   Panama-7.26
South Africa 8.30 8.11 6.95 6.20 8.81 7.67 10.51 4.44 5.59 4.99   Suriname-7.99
Swaziland 9.30 10.66 9.02 9.02 12.28 10.56 12.54 12.14 10.44 4.88   Bolivia-8.07
Chile 1.70 3.84 2.51 11.79 4.56 3.79 4.17 5.81 7.04 4.82   Luxembourg-8.17
World .. 64.61 66.64 50.93 5.05 3.61 3.65 4.40 5.48 4.80   Estonia-8.78
Cameroon 5.40 2.67 1.14 -1.18 3.46 2.18 3.25 .73 1.13 4.78   Tunisia-8.98
Bolivia 11.60 5.71 7.05 2.41 5.20 1.87 2.82 6.22 7.36 4.63   Malawi-9.44
Nepal 7.80 7.28 4.18 8.81 4.55 2.60 3.42 4.48 4.99 4.60   Grenada-9.59
Thailand 4.10 4.04 9.24 -4.04 1.35 2.07 .82 1.63 3.31 4.56   Ethiopia-10.08
Malaysia 3.70 3.48 8.50 .05 4.83 -2.88 3.74 3.51 6.23 4.51   Honduras-10.23
El Salvador 6.80 3.54 3.95 .34 3.15 3.40 1.21 2.81 3.26 4.41   Philippines-10.46
Iceland 1.90 3.49 4.91 2.84 2.79 9.22 5.67 -.15 2.39 4.41   St. Lucia-10.99
Spain 3.40 2.21 2.40 2.75 3.43 4.17 4.43 4.04 4.08 4.33   Peru-11.09
Gambia, The .. 3.84 1.15 4.34 3.66 15.13 16.10 27.39 14.27 4.26   Swaziland-11.56
Guyana 4 1.40 3 11.20 9.21 -1.90 4.50 5.12 6.72 4.23   Malaysia-11.9
India 7.70 7.02 7.89 3.85 3.47 2.81 3.62 4.06 4.20 4.18   India-11.93
Jordan 2.20 1.11 6 -.24 -.41 .78 .77 2.11 5.26 4.16   Bosnia and Herzegovina-12.28
Bulgaria 121 949.13 23.67 3.72 6.69 6.68 3.75 2.24 4.82 3.88   Fiji-12.34
Togo .. 11.95 -2.45 1.12 -1.71 3.06 1.49 -3.25 3.40 3.81   Ireland-12.94
China 5.90 .78 -2.40 -2.19 2.06 2.05 .58 2.61 6.91 3.76   Cape Verde-13.1
Tanzania 19.30 20.60 14.22 11.52 7.49 7.17 6.45 5.62 8.07 3.74   Thailand-13.17
Kenya 8.50 15.47 9.57 5.77 6.08 1.55 .85 6.96 6.92 3.73   Sudan-13.18
Bosnia and Herzegovina -17.50 8.55 6.91 3.84 5.89 4.55 5.58 1.14 3.30 3.59   Sierra Leone-13.57
Belize 4.50 -1.68 -.89 -2.05 .88 2.78 -.89 -3.06 .94 3.50   Myanmar-13.79
Dominican Republic 5.40 8.29 4.92 6.62 7.76 8.92 5.25 27.49 51.39 3.50   Slovak Republic-13.97
Albania .. 30.76 12.45 4.48 4.32 3.46 3.30 3.38 6.01 3.49   Finland-15.21
Peru 10.60 7.60 6.21 3.88 3.61 1.37 .64 2.29 5.68 3.45   St. Vincent and the Grenadines-15.4
Lesotho 11.80 7.80 9.34 12.82 5.77 6.66 8.47 6 6.33 3.36   Colombia-16.13
Samoa 4.20 11.67 2.98 3.32 2.50 -1.10 2.28 4.64 4.93 3.26   Uzbekistan-16.38
Canada 1.60 .93 -.45 1.75 4.20 1.13 .96 3.17 3.03 3.22   Cambodia-16.66
Australia 1.20 1.22 .15 1.94 5.05 2.72 2.99 3.36 3.46 3.19   Germany-16.9
Armenia .. 17.74 10.66 .05 -1.47 4.07 2.37 4.68 6.28 3.17   Kenya-17.18
Croatia 2.70 7.36 8.40 3.78 4.73 3.98 2.94 3.21 3.34 3.11   Benin-17.32
Ireland 2.30 4.40 6.22 3.85 4.82 5.65 4.47 1.60 3.49 3.11   Croatia-18.02
Macedonia, FYR 2.90 3.97 1.37 2.76 8.18 3.61 3.45 .26 1.34 3   Lesotho-18.49
Djibouti 2.60 2.40 2.20 2.02 2.40 1.45 .63 1.97 3.12 3   Antigua and Barbuda-18.5
Marshall Islands 9.50 5.49 .76 .91 15.40 -.51 2.35 1.40 5.32 2.99   Mexico-18.73
Grenada 3.60 -1.07 4.90 .64 1.59 .55 3.71 3.01 1.40 2.96   Armenia-21.54
Fiji 4.80 4.23 5.70 1.90 -1.17 2.30 2.76 4.02 2.73 2.95   Burkina Faso-22.1
St. Lucia -.10 1.80 5.12 1.73 2.01 .03 1.35 1.20 6.30 2.86   Albania-22.46
United States 2 1.96 1.25 1.44 2.18 2.41 1.65 1.84 2.63 2.75   Tanzania-23.44
Portugal 3.30 3.70 3.79 3.08 3.46 4.27 4.39 2.77 2.52 2.73   Comoros-24.31
Malta .80 2.27 2.24 2.73 9.66 2.07 1.91 4.41 1.58 2.72   Namibia-25.27
Palau 9.60 2.64 1.60 2.25 5.30 2.66 -.70 4.09 3.74 2.67   Seychelles-25.84
Italy 5.30 2.39 2.71 1.57 2.19 2.65 3.06 2.94 2.62 2.53   Romania-26.33
Senegal 1.30 2.32 1.71 1.50 3.35 2.54 2.73 .68 1.88 2.52   Belarus-26.35
Hungary 21.20 18.47 12.63 8.44 9.89 8.25 8.70 6.64 4.59 2.47   Hungary-27.85
Slovak Republic 4.50 6.59 5.20 6.45 8.45 4.17 3.99 4.66 4.59 2.45   Uruguay-28.57
Panama .30 1.66 3.44 .79 -1.25 1.03 1.67 1.13 2.11 2.36   Indonesia-28.85
Central African Republic 1.80 1.37 .99 1.13 2.45 3 3.62 3.13 -1.85 2.31   Tajikistan-29.36
Denmark 2.50 2.19 1.01 1.85 2.98 2.11 1.59 2.22 1.60 2.30   Bulgaria-30.35
Cape Verde 5.80 7.87 4.56 5 -1.20 2.70 1.81 1.60 3.53 2.26   Poland-32.64
Micronesia, Fed. Sts. 3 2.30 1.63 1.89 2.04 1.27 -.09 -.25 1.44 2.15   Slovenia-33.67
Burkina Faso 4.20 .52 7.46 -1.60 5.29 5.19 3.68 2.22 .91 2.14   Lebanon-34.02
Belgium 1.20 1.33 1.67 1.40 1.27 1.78 1.82 1.94 2.29 2.13   Kiribati-37.54
United Kingdom 3.30 2.91 2.95 2.31 1.34 2.25 3.19 3.19 2.17 2.09   Israel-39.72
Austria 1.30 1.24 .52 .70 1.77 1.74 1.33 1.55 1.91 2.07   Lao PDR-40.22
Namibia 14.50 7.06 8.58 6.49 10.67 14.13 11.42 -.63 2.92 2   World-40.91
Tunisia .. 3.97 3.01 3.11 3.34 2.71 2.28 2 2.60 1.88   Turkey-41.04
New Zealand 1.10 1.30 .77 1.04 3.31 4.05 .42 2.49 3.76 1.81   Greece-45.16
Benin 6.70 .33 4.66 1.94 3.23 3.14 7.70 1.72 .29 1.80   Liberia-70.13
Morocco 1 1.96 .36 .54 1.52 1.77 .60 -.06 1.46 1.79   Czech Republic0
Luxembourg 1.70 3.34 2.71 2.17 4.15 1.90 1.08 2.06 2.47 1.77   Sao Tome and Principe0
Uruguay .. 19.28 9.36 4.19 3.98 5.29 18.65 17.93 7.44 1.74   Korea, Rep.0
Poland 18.80 14.04 11.83 5.65 7.26 3.48 2.25 .39 4.03 1.64   Dominica0
Finland -.20 2.06 3.65 -.21 3.19 2.99 1.33 -.22 .77 1.60   Singapore0
Netherlands 1.20 1.98 1.71 1.55 3.94 5.22 3.10 2.95 1.19 1.44   Vanuatu0
France 1.40 1.29 .94 .54 1.36 1.78 2.18 1.55 1.63 1.42   Congo, Rep.0
Sweden 1.40 1.73 .76 .70 1.32 2.31 1.68 2.14 .78 1.22   Gabon0
St. Vincent and the Grenadines .. 2.40 2.33 .80 -.53 3.20 4.33 -.62 .46 1.01   Yemen, Rep.0
Slovenia 11.10 8.77 7.71 6.72 5.41 8.72 7.86 5.75 3.23 .99   Saudi Arabia0
Seychelles 7.60 2.90 4.37 2.06 .69 5.46 4.25 5.91 3.91 .98   Hong Kong, China0
Antigua and Barbuda .. 2.18 2.42 .97 .77 3.15 -1.03 .73 9.37 .87   Kuwait0
Switzerland .40 -.20 -.03 .65 .79 .63 1.70 .89 .48 .58   Bahrain0
Lebanon 8.90 7.74 4.56 .24 -2.81 -1.96 5.41 3.18 2.91 .57   Togo0
Israel .. 9.24 6.91 6.43 1.53 1.90 4.41 .01 -.15 .55   China0
Singapore 1.30 .42 -2.38 -5.45 3.91 -1.32 -.10 -1.09 3.86 .55   Ecuador0
Kiribati .90 -1.22 5.26 3.59 -.43 9.04 6.76 -.33 3.06 .50   Maldives0
Germany 1 .82 1.11 .49 -.68 1.27 1.51 .75 .38 .44   Algeria0
Comoros 2 .75 1.57 5.86 3.82 8.63 4.17 5.13 3.70 .39   Belize0
Greece 7.40 6.83 5.24 3.01 3.37 3.50 3.97 3.51 3.39 .26   Nigeria0
Czech Republic 8.60 8.04 10.63 2.78 1.38 4.91 2.76 2.55 3.44 -.05   Argentina0
Dominica 2.80 1.71 1.17 2.53 .54 .77 1.03 2.44 2.94 -.09   Canada0
Hong Kong, China 5.90 5.81 .20 -5.84 -5.81 -1.84 -3.47 -6.35 -3.62 -.24   Trinidad and Tobago0
Korea, Rep. .. 3.15 5.06 -.10 .74 3.54 2.82 2.72 2.57 -.33   Norway0
Mali 5.40 1 .01 -3.21 5.60 -.30 16.04 1.28 -.45 -1.07   Azerbaijan0
Vanuatu .. 1.63 4.51 3.30 1.17 4.13 .90 .64 1.90 -1.62   Switzerland0
Sao Tome and Principe 50.80 100.23 37.07 16 7.40 9.79 10.79 10 .30 -1.88   Syrian Arab Republic0
Japan -1.40 .36 -.11 -1.49 -1.51 -1.30 -1.27 -1.37 -2.11 -3.31   Mali0