Economy · 2026

Inflation rate by country, 2026

Average consumer-price inflation in 2026. Venezuela has the highest (467.9%); 20 economies are at or below the 2% most central banks aim for.

IMF projection World Economic Outlook (October 2026)

Highest

1. Venezuela467.9%
2. Iran78.6%
3. Sudan41.3%
4. Argentina32.5%
5. Turkey31.2%

Lowest

1. Niger-1.9%
2. Costa Rica-0.8%
3. Chad-0.7%
4. Switzerland0.7%
5. Trinidad and Tobago0.8%

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Darker = prices rising faster. Most central banks aim for about 2%.

Inflation, % a year

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All 190 economies

Inflation rate by country, 2026
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1	Venezuela	467.9%	$124B	28.6 million
2	Iran	78.6%	$312B	93.2 million
3	Sudan	41.3%	$30.9B	53.3 million
4	Argentina	32.5%	$768B	46 million
5	Turkey	31.2%	$1.82T	87.9 million
6	South Sudan	27.6%	$8B	12.4 million
7	Malawi	21.9%	$18.3B	22.8 million
8	Haiti	21.5%	$39.4B	12 million
9	Myanmar	20.0%	$83.2B	55.2 million
10	Nigeria	15.6%	$387B	242 million
11	Libya	14.1%	$56.9B	7.5 million
12	Sierra Leone	13.8%	$8.5B	9 million
13	Egypt	13.3%	$443B	120 million
14	Bolivia	12.7%	$53.8B	12.7 million
15	Kyrgyzstan	12.7%	$26.7B	7.4 million
16	Rwanda	12.3%	$18.7B	14.9 million
17	Ethiopia	11.7%	$127B	139 million
18	Mongolia	11.0%	$31.1B	3.6 million
19	Sao Tome and Principe	11.0%	$1.1B	245 thousand
20	Angola	10.6%	$157B	40.2 million
21	Burundi	10.5%	$7.6B	14.7 million
22	Suriname	10.5%	$6B	645 thousand
23	Kazakhstan	10.3%	$398B	21.1 million
24	Laos	9.2%	$18.4B	8 million
25	Ukraine	8.9%	$229B	39.5 million
26	Bangladesh	8.7%	$506B	178 million
27	Marshall Islands	8.6%	$0.3B	35 thousand
28	Madagascar	8.4%	$21B	33.5 million
29	Romania	8.2%	$470B	18.8 million
30	Mauritania	8.0%	$14.3B	5.5 million
31	Zambia	8.0%	$42.4B	22.5 million
32	Moldova	7.4%	$22.2B	3 million
33	Botswana	7.2%	$22.1B	2.6 million
34	Pakistan	7.1%	$450B	259 million
35	Gambia	7.0%	$3B	2.9 million
36	Uzbekistan	6.9%	$178B	37.7 million
37	Guinea	6.3%	$45.3B	15.4 million
38	Somalia	6.3%	$14.8B	20.3 million
39	Algeria	6.2%	$332B	48 million
40	Russia	6.1%	$2.86T	143 million
41	Colombia	6.0%	$573B	53.9 million
42	Kenya	6.0%	$151B	58.6 million
43	Jamaica	5.9%	$23.9B	2.8 million
44	Liberia	5.9%	$5.7B	5.9 million
45	Azerbaijan	5.8%	$89.2B	10.5 million
46	Nauru	5.7%	$0.2B	12 thousand
47	Bhutan	5.6%	$3.9B	802 thousand
48	Honduras	5.6%	$41B	11.2 million
49	Iceland	5.6%	$42.8B	402 thousand
50	Cambodia	5.6%	$54.2B	18.1 million
51	Mozambique	5.6%	$24.8B	36.6 million
52	Philippines	5.6%	$502B	118 million
53	Turkmenistan	5.6%	$83B	7.7 million
54	Tunisia	5.5%	$62.7B	12.4 million
55	Georgia	5.4%	$44.1B	3.8 million
56	Lithuania	5.4%	$105B	2.8 million
57	Sri Lanka	5.3%	$111B	23.3 million
58	Belarus	5.1%	$108B	8.9 million
59	Dominican Republic	5.1%	$145B	11.6 million
60	Solomon Islands	5.1%	$1.9B	858 thousand
61	Bosnia and Herzegovina	5.0%	$37.3B	3.1 million
62	India	5.0%	$4.06T	1.48 billion
63	Yemen	5.0%	$11B	43 million
64	Bulgaria	4.9%	$147B	6.7 million
65	Ghana	4.8%	$129B	35.7 million
66	Papua New Guinea	4.8%	$36.3B	10.9 million
67	Mauritius	4.7%	$16.9B	1.3 million
68	Vietnam	4.7%	$542B	102 million
69	Armenia	4.6%	$33B	2.9 million
70	Lesotho	4.6%	$3.1B	2.4 million
71	United Arab Emirates	4.5%	$661B	11.6 million
72	Croatia	4.5%	$116B	3.8 million
73	Kiribati	4.5%	$0.4B	138 thousand
74	Brazil	4.4%	$2.65T	214 million
75	South Africa	4.4%	$489B	65.5 million
76	DR Congo	4.3%	$122B	116 million
77	Tuvalu	4.3%	$0.1B	9 thousand
78	Fiji	4.2%	$6.6B	937 thousand
79	Greece	4.2%	$305B	9.9 million
80	Uganda	4.2%	$72.2B	52.8 million
81	Guyana	4.1%	$40.3B	841 thousand
82	Namibia	4.1%	$17.9B	3.2 million
83	New Zealand	4.1%	$273B	5.3 million
84	Tajikistan	4.1%	$21.1B	11 million
85	Andorra	4.0%	$4.9B	84 thousand
86	Congo	4.0%	$19.1B	6.6 million
87	Comoros	4.0%	$1.7B	899 thousand
88	Maldives	4.0%	$8.1B	532 thousand
89	North Macedonia	4.0%	$21.2B	1.8 million
90	Tanzania	4.0%	$96.2B	72.6 million
91	Uruguay	4.0%	$95.2B	3.4 million
92	Zimbabwe	4.0%	$65.9B	17.3 million
93	Australia	3.9%	$2.11T	27.2 million
94	Belgium	3.8%	$773B	11.8 million
95	Bahamas	3.8%	$18.3B	405 thousand
96	Mexico	3.8%	$2.18T	133 million
97	Peru	3.8%	$400B	34.9 million
98	Tonga	3.8%	$0.7B	103 thousand
99	Chile	3.7%	$402B	19.9 million
100	Cyprus	3.7%	$44.3B	1.4 million
101	Spain	3.7%	$2.09T	47.9 million
102	Antigua and Barbuda	3.6%	$2.4B	95 thousand
103	Saint Kitts and Nevis	3.6%	$1.1B	47 thousand
104	Latvia	3.6%	$53.2B	1.8 million
105	Qatar	3.6%	$203B	3.2 million
106	Slovakia	3.6%	$167B	5.5 million
107	United States	3.6%	$32.64T	349 million
108	Belize	3.5%	$3.4B	429 thousand
109	Central African Republic	3.5%	$5.1B	5.7 million
110	Iraq	3.5%	$245B	48 million
111	Montenegro	3.5%	$10.1B	626 thousand
112	Nicaragua	3.5%	$25.4B	7.1 million
113	Slovenia	3.5%	$88.9B	2.1 million
114	Cameroon	3.4%	$64.8B	30.6 million
115	Ireland	3.4%	$710B	5.4 million
116	United Kingdom	3.3%	$4.27T	69.9 million
117	Equatorial Guinea	3.3%	$14.3B	2 million
118	Indonesia	3.3%	$1.48T	288 million
119	Italy	3.3%	$2.7T	58.9 million
120	Albania	3.2%	$32.8B	2.8 million
121	Micronesia	3.2%	$0.5B	114 thousand
122	Norway	3.2%	$652B	5.7 million
123	Oman	3.2%	$121B	5.7 million
124	Poland	3.2%	$1.13T	37.8 million
125	Portugal	3.2%	$375B	10.4 million
126	Austria	3.1%	$617B	9.1 million
127	Nepal	3.1%	$45.6B	29.6 million
128	Puerto Rico	3.1%	$133B	3.2 million
129	Paraguay	3.1%	$64B	7.1 million
130	Serbia	3.1%	$111B	6.6 million
131	Estonia	3.0%	$51B	1.3 million
132	Guatemala	3.0%	$132B	19 million
133	Luxembourg	3.0%	$108B	687 thousand
134	Mali	3.0%	$34.9B	25.9 million
135	Saint Lucia	2.9%	$2.8B	180 thousand
136	Netherlands	2.9%	$1.42T	18.4 million
137	Eswatini	2.9%	$6.1B	1.3 million
138	Canada	2.8%	$2.49T	40.5 million
139	San Marino	2.8%	$2.4B	34 thousand
140	Vanuatu	2.8%	$1.4B	343 thousand
141	Germany	2.7%	$5.47T	83.6 million
142	Dominica	2.7%	$0.8B	66 thousand
143	South Korea	2.7%	$2.25T	51.6 million
144	El Salvador	2.7%	$39.4B	6.4 million
145	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	2.7%	$1.3B	99 thousand
146	Barbados	2.6%	$8.3B	283 thousand
147	Guinea-Bissau	2.5%	$2.9B	2.3 million
148	Jordan	2.5%	$64.9B	11.6 million
149	Finland	2.4%	$339B	5.6 million
150	France	2.4%	$3.55T	66.7 million
151	Malta	2.4%	$30.5B	549 thousand
152	Djibouti	2.3%	$4.9B	1.2 million
153	Singapore	2.3%	$668B	5.9 million
154	Bahrain	2.2%	$46B	1.7 million
155	Côte d'Ivoire	2.2%	$110B	33.5 million
156	Kuwait	2.2%	$147B	5.1 million
157	Malaysia	2.2%	$547B	36.4 million
158	Burkina Faso	2.1%	$32.4B	24.6 million
159	Czechia	2.1%	$428B	10.5 million
160	Thailand	2.1%	$599B	71.6 million
161	Timor Leste	2.1%	$2.2B	1.4 million
162	Ecuador	2.0%	$138B	18.4 million
163	Japan	2.0%	$4.34T	122 million
164	Taiwan	2.0%	$1.02T	23 million
165	Hong Kong	1.9%	$455B	7.4 million
166	Hungary	1.9%	$266B	9.6 million
167	Saudi Arabia	1.9%	$1.34T	35.2 million
168	Aruba	1.8%	$4.7B	108 thousand
169	Denmark	1.8%	$499B	6 million
170	Israel	1.8%	$747B	9.6 million
171	Macao	1.8%	$54.7B	723 thousand
172	Panama	1.8%	$96.5B	4.6 million
173	Grenada	1.7%	$1.6B	117 thousand
174	Palau	1.7%	$0.4B	18 thousand
175	Samoa	1.4%	$1.3B	221 thousand
176	Cabo Verde	1.2%	$3.4B	530 thousand
177	Sweden	1.1%	$745B	10.7 million
178	Togo	1.1%	$13.1B	9.9 million
179	China	1.0%	$21.55T	1.41 billion
180	Morocco	0.9%	$196B	38.8 million
181	Seychelles	0.9%	$2.4B	135 thousand
182	Benin	0.8%	$27.4B	15.2 million
183	Brunei	0.8%	$18.9B	470 thousand
184	Gabon	0.8%	$26B	2.6 million
185	Trinidad and Tobago	0.8%	$26.8B	1.5 million
186	Switzerland	0.7%	$1.14T	9 million
187	Liechtenstein	0.7%	$9.6B	40 thousand
188	Chad	-0.7%	$25.2B	21.6 million
189	Costa Rica	-0.8%	$115B	5.2 million
190	Niger	-1.9%	$23.4B	28.8 million

T = trillion, B = billion US dollars. Countries with a full page are linked. Figures for 2026 and later are IMF projections; earlier years are IMF estimates from national data.

Questions

Which country has the highest inflation?

Venezuela (467.9% in 2026), then Iran (78.6%), Sudan (41.3%), Argentina (32.5%).

Which countries have the lowest inflation?

Niger (-1.9%), Costa Rica (-0.8%), Chad (-0.7%), Switzerland (0.7%).

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Source: International Monetary Fund, World Economic Outlook (October 2026). Reused with credit to the IMF. Figures are in current US dollars (or international dollars at purchasing power parity) unless stated.