World Inflation Map

Annual Inflation Rate % Consumer prices 2016
Rank	Country	Inflation Rate %
1	South Sudan	380.8
2	Suriname	55.5
3	Angola	34.7
4	Mozambique	19.9
5	Ghana	17.5
6	Nigeria	15.7
7	Ukraine	13.9
8	Egypt, Arab Rep.	13.8
9	Haiti	13.8
10	Belarus	11.8
11	Uruguay	9.6
12	Brazil	8.7
13	Iran, Islamic Rep.	8.6
14	Guinea	8.1
15	Eswatini(Swaziland)	7.8
16	Turkey	7.8
17	Colombia	7.5
18	Ethiopia	7.3
19	Russian Federation	7.1
20	Lesotho	6.6
21	Kenya	6.3
22	South Africa	6.3
23	Tajikistan	6
24	Rwanda	5.7
25	Bangladesh	5.5
26	Burundi	5.5
27	Sao Tome and Principe	5.4
28	India	4.9
29	Guatemala	4.4
30	Azerbaijan	4.2
31	Paraguay	4.1
32	Fiji	3.9
33	Botswana	3.8
34	Chile	3.8
35	Pakistan	3.8
36	Sri Lanka	3.7
37	Tunisia	3.7
38	Bolivia	3.6
39	Peru	3.6
40	Indonesia	3.5
41	Nicaragua	3.5
42	Norway	3.5
43	Saudi Arabia	3.5
44	Bhutan	3.3
45	Kuwait	3.2
46	Cambodia	3
47	Qatar	2.9
48	Mexico	2.8
49	Honduras	2.7
50	Hong Kong SAR, China	2.4
51	Macao SAR, China	2.4
52	Jamaica	2.3
53	Afghanistan	2.2
54	Georgia	2.1
55	Malaysia	2.1
56	Belgium	2
57	China	2
58	Philippines	1.8
59	Ecuador	1.7
60	Guinea-Bissau	1.7
61	Iceland	1.7
62	Dominican Republic	1.6
63	Morocco	1.6
64	Lao PDR	1.5
65	Canada	1.4
66	Albania	1.3
67	Australia	1.3
68	Samoa	1.3
69	United States	1.3
70	Serbia	1.1
71	Korea, Rep.	1
72	Mauritius	1
73	Sweden	1
74	Austria	0.9
75	Lithuania	0.9
76	Togo	0.9
77	Senegal	0.8
78	Cote d'Ivoire	0.7
79	Panama	0.7
80	Czech Republic	0.6
81	El Salvador	0.6
82	Malta	0.6
83	Mongolia	0.6
84	Portugal	0.6
85	United Kingdom	0.6
86	Germany	0.5
87	Maldives	0.5
88	New Zealand	0.5
89	Finland	0.4
90	Hungary	0.4
91	Kyrgyz Republic	0.4
92	Luxembourg	0.3
93	Netherlands	0.3
94	Denmark	0.2
95	France	0.2
96	Thailand	0.2
97	Estonia	0.1
98	Latvia	0.1
99	Ireland	0
100	Costa Rica	0
101	Italy	-0.1
102	Japan	-0.1
103	Slovenia	-0.1
104	Macedonia, FYR	-0.2
105	Spain	-0.2
106	Bahamas, The	-0.3
107	Switzerland	-0.4
108	Israel	-0.5
109	Singapore	-0.5
110	Slovak Republic	-0.5
111	Poland	-0.6
112	Brunei Darussalam	-0.7
113	Bulgaria	-0.8
114	Greece	-0.8
115	Jordan	-0.8
116	Lebanon	-0.8
117	Aruba	-0.9
118	Benin	-0.9
119	Seychelles	-1
120	Croatia	-1.1
121	Timor-Leste	-1.2
122	Armenia	-1.3
123	Cyprus	-1.4
124	Romania	-1.5
125	Zimbabwe	-1.6
126	Algeria
127	American Samoa
128	Andorra
129	Antigua and Barbuda
130	Argentina
131	Bahrain
132	Barbados
133	Belize
134	Bermuda
135	Bosnia and Herzegovina
136	British Virgin Islands
137	Burkina Faso
138	Cabo Verde
139	Cameroon
140	Cayman Islands
141	Central African Republic
142	Chad
143	Channel Islands
144	Comoros
145	Congo, Dem. Rep.
146	Congo, Rep.
147	Cuba
148	Curacao
149	Djibouti
150	Dominica
151	Equatorial Guinea
152	Eritrea
153	Faroe Islands
154	French Polynesia
155	Gabon
156	Gambia, The
157	Gibraltar
158	Greenland
159	Grenada
160	Guam
161	Guyana
162	Iraq
163	Isle of Man
164	Kazakhstan
165	Kiribati
166	Korea, Dem. People's Rep.
167	Kosovo
168	Liberia
169	Libya
170	Liechtenstein
171	Madagascar
172	Malawi
173	Mali
174	Marshall Islands
175	Mauritania
176	Micronesia, Fed. Sts.
177	Moldova
178	Monaco
179	Montenegro
180	Myanmar
181	Namibia
182	Nauru
183	Nepal
184	New Caledonia
185	Niger
186	Northern Mariana Islands
187	Oman
188	Palau
189	Papua New Guinea
190	Puerto Rico
191	San Marino
192	Sierra Leone
193	Sint Maarten (Dutch part)
194	Solomon Islands
195	Somalia
196	St. Kitts and Nevis
197	St. Lucia
198	St. Martin (French part)
199	St. Vincent and the Grenadines
200	Sudan
201	Syrian Arab Republic
202	Tanzania
203	Tonga
204	Trinidad and Tobago
205	Turkmenistan
206	Turks and Caicos Islands
207	Tuvalu
208	Uganda
209	United Arab Emirates
210	Uzbekistan
211	Vanuatu
212	Venezuela, RB
213	Vietnam
214	Virgin Islands (U.S.)
215	West Bank and Gaza
216	Yemen, Rep.
217	Zambia

Source :http://data.worldbank.org/

The world economy is experiencing an inflationary pressure (which simply means rising price level and falling purchasing power of money) due to a fast rising oil prices. Impressive world economic growth cannot ignore inflation pressure in the present world. Though in the past developing countries were highly suffered due to inflationary pressure, still in the present days the developed nations have also affected a lot. India and China the two developing nations have maintained their economic growth without being largely affected by inflation.

In Russia, Turkey, Zambia etc the average annual rate of inflation is 20-50%. In Mexico, Colombia, Venezuela, Paraguay, Libya, Sudan, Namibia, Botswana, Mozambique, Madagascar, Mongolia, Kazakhstan etc, the average annual rate of inflation is 7.5-20%. Argentina, Oman, Vietnam and Japan are countries that have experienced negative inflation.

Last Updated on: April 19, 2017