Based on a comparison of 173 countries in 2022, Zimbabwe ranked the highest in average inflation measured by CPI with 285% followed by Venezuela and Sudan. On the other end of the scale was Hong Kong with 1.90%, Japan with 1.99% and China with 2.17%.
Average average inflation measured by CPI reached 3.18% in 2022 in the World according to the National Statistical Office. This is 0.694 % more than in the previous year and 14.5 % more than 10 years ago.
Historically, average average inflation measured by CPI reached an all time high of 39.5% in 1993 and an all time low of 0.089% in 1978. The average annual growth amounted to 7.18 % since 1960.
Data for more countries are available at Inflation, CPI (Average) indicator page.
| Inflation, CPI (Average) | Unit | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 |
| Angola | % | 29.8% | 19.6% | 17.1% | 22.3% | 25.8% | ||||||||||||||||
| Argentina | % | ... | ... | ... | 25.7% | 34.3% | 53.5% | 42.0% | 48.4% | |||||||||||||
| Ethiopia | % | 10.7% | 13.8% | 15.8% | 20.4% | 26.8% | ||||||||||||||||
| Ghana | % | 12.4% | 9.84% | 7.14% | 9.89% | 9.98% | ||||||||||||||||
| Haiti | % | 10.6% | 11.4% | 17.3% | 22.9% | 15.9% | ||||||||||||||||
| Iran | % | 9.64% | 30.2% | 34.6% | 36.4% | 40.1% | ||||||||||||||||
| Moldova | % | 6.51% | 3.59% | 4.85% | 3.77% | 5.10% | ||||||||||||||||
| Sierra Leone | % | 18.2% | 16.0% | 14.8% | 13.4% | 11.9% | ||||||||||||||||
| Sri Lanka | % | 6.58% | 4.27% | 4.30% | 4.56% | 5.96% | ||||||||||||||||
| Sudan | % | 32.4% | 63.3% | 51.0% | 163% | 359% | ||||||||||||||||
| Suriname | % | 22.0% | 6.94% | 4.39% | 34.9% | 59.1% | ||||||||||||||||
| Turkey | % | 11.1% | 16.3% | 15.2% | 12.3% | 19.6% | ||||||||||||||||
| Venezuela | % | 438% | 65,374% | 19,906% | 2,355% | 1,589% | ||||||||||||||||
| Yemen | % | 30.4% | 27.6% | 12.0% | 23.1% | 45.7% | ||||||||||||||||
| Zimbabwe | % | 0.907% | 10.6% | 255% | 557% | 98.5% |
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