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World map by inflation rate (consumer prices), 2023, according to World Bank This is the list of countries by inflation rate. The list includes sovereign states and self-governing dependent territories based upon the ISO standard ISO 3166-1. Inflation rate is defined as the annual percent change in consumer prices compared with the previous year's consumer prices. Inflation is a positive value ...
By comparison, on 14 November 2008, Zimbabwe's annual inflation rate was estimated to be 89.7 sextillion (10 21) percent. [24] The highest monthly inflation rate of that period was 79.6 billion percent (7.96 × 10 10 %; 79,600,000,000%), and a doubling time of 24.7 hours. One way to avoid the use of large numbers is by declaring a new unit of ...
The IFS is the IMF’s principal statistical publication, covering numerous topics of international and domestic finance. It includes, for most countries, data on exchange rates, balance of payments, international liquidity, money and banking, interest rates, prices, etc. [2] Most annual data begins in 1948, quarterly and monthly data dates back to 1957, and most balance of payments data ...
It estimates that inflation will fall even faster in the world’s wealthy countries, from 4.6% last year to 2.6% this year and 2% — the target range for most major central banks — in 2025.
The IMF expects inflation to average 5.9% around the world this year, down from an average of 6.8% in 2023 but 0.1 percentage points above its January forecast.
The International Monetary Fund has warned that stubborn inflation could keep interest rates higher for longer than expected, increasing fiscal and financial risks around the world.
In its World Economic Outlook report, the IMF has provided inflation rate estimates between 1998 and 2019. In 2018, the annual inflation rate reached 929,790% and was expected to reach 10,000,000% by the end of 2019. [47] According to the October 2019 World Economic Outlook report, Venezuela's inflation rate of 500,000 is the highest in the world.
At its peak, food inflation was even higher than overall inflation, with an annual rate of 11.4% in August 2022. Energy price inflation peaked at an astonishing 41.6% just two months prior in June ...