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Afghanistan: NA%
Albania: 1% (2000 est.)
Algeria: 2% (2000 est.)
American Samoa: NA%
Andorra: 1.62% (1998)
Angola: 325% (2000 est.)
Anguilla: 2.5% (1998 est.)
Antigua and Barbuda: 1.6% (1999 est.)
Argentina: -0.9% (2000 est.)
Armenia: 1% (1999 est.)
Aruba: 4.2% (2000 est.)
Australia: 1.4% (2000 est.)
Austria: 2% (2000 est.)
Azerbaijan: 1.8% (2000 est.)
Bahamas, The: 1.9% (2000 est.)
Bahrain: 2% (2000 est.)
Bangladesh: 5.8% (2000 est.)
Barbados: 2% (2000 est.)
Belarus: 200% (2000 est.)
Belgium: 2.2% (2000 est.)
Belize: 2% (2000 est.)
Benin: 3% (2000 est.)
Bermuda: 2.7% (2000 est.)
Bhutan: 7% (2000 est.)
Bolivia: 4.4% (2000 est.)
Bosnia and Herzegovina: 8% (2000 est.)
Botswana: 8.6% (2000 est.)
Brazil: 6% (2000)
British Virgin Islands: 2% (2000)
Brunei: 1% (1999 est.)
Bulgaria: 10.4% (2000 est.)
Burkina Faso: 1.5% (2000 est.)
Burma: 18% (1999)
Burundi: 22% (2000 est.)
Cambodia: 1.6% (2000 est.)
Cameroon: 2% (2000 est.)
Canada: 2.6% (2000)
Cape Verde: 4% (2000)
Cayman Islands: 3% (1998)
Central African Republic: 3% (2000 est.)
Chad: 3% (2000 est.)
Chile: 4.5% (2000 est.)
China: 0.4% (2000 est.)
Christmas Island: NA%
Cocos (Keeling) Islands: NA%
Colombia: 9% (2000)
Comoros: 3.5% (1999)
Congo, Democratic Republic of the: 540% (2000 est.)
Congo, Republic of the: 3.5% (2000 est.)
Cook Islands: 1.6% (1999 est.)
Costa Rica: 11% (2000 est.)
Cote d'Ivoire: 2.5% (2000 est.)
Croatia: 6% (2000 est.)
Cuba: 0.3% (1999 est.)
Cyprus: Greek Cypriot area: 4.2% (2000 est.); Turkish Cypriot area: 58% (1999 est.)
Czech Republic: 3.8% (2000 est.)
Denmark: 2.9% (2000 est.)
Djibouti: 2% (2000 est.)
Dominica: 2.5% (2000 est.)
Dominican Republic: 7.9% (2000 est.)
Ecuador: 96% (2000 est.)
Egypt: 3% (2000)
El Salvador: 2.5% (2000 est.)
Equatorial Guinea: 6% (1999 est.)
Eritrea: 14% (2000 est.)
Estonia: 4.1% (1999 est.)
Ethiopia: 5% (2000 est.)
Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas): 3.6% (1998)
Faroe Islands: 5.1% (1999)
Fiji: 0% (1999 est.)
Finland: 3.4% (2000 est.)
France: 1.7% (2000 est.)
French Guiana: 2.5% (1992)
French Polynesia: 1.5% (1994)
Gabon: 1.5% (2000 est.)
Gambia, The: 3.4% (2000 est.)
Gaza Strip: 3% (includes West Bank) (2000 est.)
Georgia: 4.1% (2000 est.)
Germany: 2% (2000 est.)
Ghana: 22.8% (2000 est.)
Gibraltar: 1.5% (1998)
Greece: 3.1% (2000 est.)
Greenland: 1.6% (1999 est.)
Grenada: 2.5% (2000 est.)
Guadeloupe: NA
Guam: 0% (1999 est.)
Guatemala: 6% (2000 est.)
Guernsey: 3.99% (2000 est.)
Guinea: 6% (2000 est.)
Guinea-Bissau: 3% (2000 est.)
Guyana: 5.9% (2000 est.)
Haiti: 19% (2000 est.)
Honduras: 11% (2000 est.)
Hong Kong: 3.7% (2000 est.)
Hungary: 9.8% (1999 est.)
Iceland: 3.5% (2000 est.)
India: 5.4% (2000 est.)
Indonesia: 9% (2000 est.)
Iran: 16% (2000 est.)
Iraq: 100% (2000 est.)
Ireland: 5.6% (2000)
Israel: 0.1% (2000 est.)
Italy: 2.5% (2000)
Jamaica: 8.8% (2000 est.)
Japan: -0.7% (2000 est.)
Jersey: 4.7% (1998)
Jordan: 0.7% (2000 est.)
Kazakhstan: 13.4% (2000 est.)
Kenya: 7% (2000 est.)
Kiribati: 2% (1999 est.)
Korea, North: NA%
Korea, South: 2.3% (2000)
Kuwait: 3% (2000)
Kyrgyzstan: 18.7% (2000 est.)
Laos: 33% (2000 est.)
Latvia: 2.7% (2000)
Lebanon: 0% (2000 est.)
Lesotho: 6% (2000 est.)
Liberia: 5% (2000 est.)
Libya: 18.5% (2000 est.)
Liechtenstein: 0.5% (1997 est.)
Lithuania: 1% (2000 est.)
Luxembourg: 7.8% (2000 est.)
Macau: -1.8% (2000 est.)
Macedonia, The Former Yugoslav Republic of: 11% (2000 est.)
Madagascar: 10% (1999 est.)
Malawi: 29.5% (2000)
Malaysia: 1.7% (2000)
Maldives: 3% (2000 est.)
Mali: 0.8% (2000 est.)
Malta: 2.5% (2000 est.)
Man, Isle of: 2.5% (2000 est.)
Marshall Islands: 5% (1997)
Martinique: 3.9% (1990)
Mauritania: 4.5% (2000 est.)
Mauritius: 5.3% (2000 est.)
Mayotte: NA%
Mexico: 9% (2000 est.)
Micronesia, Federated States of: 2.6% (FY98/99)
Moldova: 32% (2000 est.)
Monaco: NA%
Mongolia: 7.6% (1999)
Montserrat: 5% (1998)
Morocco: 2% (2000 est.)
Mozambique: 11.4% (2000 est.)
Namibia: 9.1% (2000)
Nauru: -3.6% (1993)
Nepal: 3.3% (FY99/00 est.)
Netherlands: 2.6% (2000 est.)
Netherlands Antilles: 6.4% (2000 est.)
New Caledonia: 1.5% (1998 est.)
New Zealand: 2.4% (2000 est.)
Nicaragua: 11% (2000 est.)
Niger: 2.8% (2000 est.)
Nigeria: 6.5% (2000 est.)
Niue: 1% (1995)
Norfolk Island: NA%
Northern Mariana Islands: 1.2% (1997 est.)
Norway: 2.9% (2000 est.)
Oman: -0.8% (2000 est.)
Pakistan: 5.2% (2000 est.)
Palau: NA%
Panama: 1.8% (2000 est.)
Papua New Guinea: 17% (2000 est.)
Paraguay: 8% (2000 est.)
Peru: 3.7% (2000 est.)
Philippines: 5% (2000 est.)
Pitcairn Islands: NA%
Poland: 10.2% (2000 est.)
Portugal: 2.8% (2000 est.)
Puerto Rico: 5.7% (2000 est.)
Qatar: 2.5% (2000)
Reunion: NA%
Romania: 45.7% (2000 est.)
Russia: 20.6% (2000 est.)
Rwanda: 4% (2000)
Saint Helena: 3.2% (1997 est.)
Saint Kitts and Nevis: 2.5% (2000 est.)
Saint Lucia: 2.5% (2000 est.)
Saint Pierre and Miquelon: 2.1% (1991-96 average)
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines: 2% (1999 est.)
Samoa: 0.8% (2000 est.)
San Marino: 2.2% (2000)
Sao Tome and Principe: 5% (2000 est.)
Saudi Arabia: 0.5% (2000)
Senegal: 1.5% (2000 est.)
Seychelles: 6% (1999 est.)
Sierra Leone: 15% (2000 est.)
Singapore: 1.4% (2000)
Slovakia: 12.2% (2000 est.)
Slovenia: 8.9% (2000 est.)
Solomon Islands: 10% (1999 est.)
Somalia: over 100% (businesses print their own money) (2000 est.)
South Africa: 5.3% (2000 est.)
Spain: 3.4% (2000 est.)
Sri Lanka: 8.5% (2000 est.)
Sudan: 10% (2000 est.)
Suriname: 78% (2000 est.)
Svalbard: NA%
Swaziland: 6.4% (2000 est.)
Sweden: 1.2% (2000 est.)
Switzerland: 1.5% (2000 est.)
Syria: 1.5% (2000 est.)
Tajikistan: 33% (2000 est.)
Tanzania: 6% (2000 est.)
Thailand: 2.1% (2000 est.)
Togo: 2.5% (2000 est.)
Tokelau: NA%
Tonga: 7% (2000 est.)
Trinidad and Tobago: 3.2% (2000 est.)
Tunisia: 3% (2000 est.)
Turkey: 39% (2000 est.)
Turkmenistan: 14% (2000 est.)
Turks and Caicos Islands: 4% (1995)
Tuvalu: 7% (1999 est.)
Uganda: 6.5% (2000)
Ukraine: 25.8% (2000 est.)
United Arab Emirates: 4.5% (2000 est.)
United Kingdom: 2.4% (2000 est.)
United States: 3.4% (2000)
Uruguay: 4.8% (2000 est.)
Uzbekistan: 40% (2000 est.)
Vanuatu: 2.5% (1999 est.)
Venezuela: 13% (2000)
Vietnam: -0.6% (2000 est.)
Virgin Islands: NA%
Wallis and Futuna: NA%
West Bank: 3% (includes Gaza Strip) (2000 est.)
Western Sahara: NA%
World: all countries 25%; developed countries 1% to 3% typically; developing countries 5% to 60% typically (2000 est.)

note:  national inflation rates vary widely in individual cases, from stable prices in Japan to hyperinflation in a number of Third World countries
Yemen: 10% (2000 est.)
Yugoslavia: 42% (1999 est.)
Zambia: 27.3% (2000 est.)
Zimbabwe: 60% (2000 est.)
Taiwan: 1.3% (2000 est.)