The rate of inflation in the table is the percent change in the Consumer Price Index from the previous month. We show the monthly inflation in the last month with reported data as well as three months ago and one year ago. The numbers are updated on a daily basis as new data become available from the national authorities. The inflation rate can fluctuate significantly from one month to another. You may want to look at the annual inflation rate for a longer-term perspective.

Inflation, consumer prices (annual %) in World was reported at 3.0145 % in 2024, according to the World Bank collection of development indicators, compiled from officially recognized sources. World - Inflation, consumer prices (annual %) - actual values, historical data, forecasts and projections were sourced from the World Bank on September of 2025.

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The UK inflation rate was 3.8 percent in August 2025, unchanged from the previous month, and the fastest rate of inflation since January 2024. Between September 2022 and March 2023, the UK experienced seven months of double-digit inflation, which peaked at 11.1 percent in October 2022. Due to this long period of high inflation, UK consumer prices have increased by over 20 percent in the last three years. As of the most recent month, prices were rising fastest in the education sector, at 7.5 percent, with prices increasing at the slowest rate in the clothing and footwear sector. The Cost of Living Crisis High inflation is one of the main factors behind the ongoing Cost of Living Crisis in the UK, which, despite subsiding somewhat in 2024, is still impacting households going into 2025. In December 2024, for example, 56 percent of UK households reported their cost of living was increasing compared with the previous month, up from 45 percent in July, but far lower than at the height of the crisis in 2022. After global energy prices spiraled that year, the UK's energy price cap increased substantially. The cap, which limits what suppliers can charge consumers, reached 3,549 British pounds per year in October 2022, compared with 1,277 pounds a year earlier. Along with soaring food costs, high-energy bills have hit UK households hard, especially lower income ones that spend more of their earnings on housing costs. As a result of these factors, UK households experienced their biggest fall in living standards in decades in 2022/23. Global inflation crisis causes rapid surge in prices The UK's high inflation, and cost of living crisis in 2022 had its origins in the COVID-19 pandemic. Following the initial waves of the virus, global supply chains struggled to meet the renewed demand for goods and services. Food and energy prices, which were already high, increased further in 2022. Russia's invasion of Ukraine in February 2022 brought an end to the era of cheap gas flowing to European markets from Russia. The war also disrupted global food markets, as both Russia and Ukraine are major exporters of cereal crops. As a result of these factors, inflation surged across Europe and in other parts of the world, but typically declined in 2023, and approached more usual levels by 2024.

Inflation is generally defined as the continued increase in the average prices of goods and services in a given region. Following the extremely high global inflation experienced in the 1980s and 1990s, global inflation has been relatively stable since the turn of the millennium, usually hovering between three and five percent per year. There was a sharp increase in 2008 due to the global financial crisis now known as the Great Recession, but inflation was fairly stable throughout the 2010s, before the current inflation crisis began in 2021. Recent years Despite the economic impact of the coronavirus pandemic, the global inflation rate fell to 3.26 percent in the pandemic's first year, before rising to 4.66 percent in 2021. This increase came as the impact of supply chain delays began to take more of an effect on consumer prices, before the Russia-Ukraine war exacerbated this further. A series of compounding issues such as rising energy and food prices, fiscal instability in the wake of the pandemic, and consumer insecurity have created a new global recession, and global inflation in 2024 is estimated to have reached 5.76 percent. This is the highest annual increase in inflation since 1996. Venezuela Venezuela is the country with the highest individual inflation rate in the world, forecast at around 200 percent in 2022. While this is figure is over 100 times larger than the global average in most years, it actually marks a decrease in Venezuela's inflation rate, which had peaked at over 65,000 percent in 2018. Between 2016 and 2021, Venezuela experienced hyperinflation due to the government's excessive spending and printing of money in an attempt to curve its already-high inflation rate, and the wave of migrants that left the country resulted in one of the largest refugee crises in recent years. In addition to its economic problems, political instability and foreign sanctions pose further long-term problems for Venezuela. While hyperinflation may be coming to an end, it remains to be seen how much of an impact this will have on the economy, how living standards will change, and how many refugees may return in the coming years.

Context

I wanted to build a project on global inflation but decided to work on something else. But I wanted to open-source the data I found.

Content

Each row contains the yearly inflation rate as determined by either author research or the World Bank for the country in question. There are columns tagged for the latest five-year mean of the data, as well as country code and language-specific translations of inflation to be able to localize Google Trends in each country based on a two-letter country code Google accepts (Alpha-2 Country Code).

Acknowledgements

Thank you to Google Trends for capturing this information, and the World Bank for compiling yearly inflation rates.

Inspiration

Is inflation increasing around the world? Can Google Trends predict inflationary pressures in certain countries? Can we infer a Phillips Curve, and determine which countries have which monetary policy objectives?

In economics, the inflation rate is a measure of the change in price of a basket of goods. The most common measure being the consumer price index. It is the percentage rate of change in price level over time, and also indicates the rate of decrease in the purchasing power of money. The annual rate of inflation for 2023, was 4.1 percent higher in the United States when compared to the previous year. More information on inflation and the consumer price index can be found on our dedicated topic page. Additionally, the monthly rate of inflation in the United States can be accessed here. Inflation and purchasing power Inflation is a key economic indicator, and gives economists and consumers alike a look at changes in prices in the wider economy. For example, if an average pair of socks costs 100 dollars one year and 105 dollars the following year, the inflation rate is five percent. This means the amount of goods an individual can purchase with a unit of currency has decreased. This concept is often referred to as purchasing power. The data presents the average rate of inflation in a year, whereas the monthly measure of inflation measures the change in prices compared with prices one year ago. For example, monthly inflation in the U.S. reached a peak in June 2022 at 9.1 percent. This means that prices were 9.1 percent higher than they were in June of 2021. The purchasing power is the extent to which a person has available funds to make purchases. The Big Mac Index has been published by The Economist since 1986 and exemplifies purchasing power on a global scale, allowing us to see note the differences between different countries currencies. Switzerland for example, has the most expensive Big Mac in the world, costing consumers 6.71 U.S. dollars as of July 2022, whereas a Big Mac cost 5.15 dollars in the United States, and 4.77 dollars in the Euro area. One of the most important tools in influencing the rate of inflation is interest rates. The Federal Reserve of the United States has the capacity to make changes to the federal interest rate . Changes to the rate of inflation are thought to be an imbalance between supply and demand. After COVID-19 related lockdowns came to an end there was a sudden increase in demand for goods and services with consumers having more funds than usual thanks to reduced spending during lockdown and government funded economic support. Additionally, supply-chain related bottlenecks also due to lockdowns around the world and the Russian invasion of Ukraine meant that there was a decrease in the supply of goods and services. By increasing the interest rate, the Federal Reserve aims to reduce spending, and thus bring demand back into balance with supply.

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Inflation Rate: 12 Months Expectation: Average data was reported at 7.000 % in Apr 2025. This records an increase from the previous number of 6.000 % for Mar 2025. Inflation Rate: 12 Months Expectation: Average data is updated monthly, averaging 4.800 % from Aug 1987 (Median) to Apr 2025, with 453 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 7.900 % in Jun 2022 and a record low of 3.600 % in Oct 1995. Inflation Rate: 12 Months Expectation: Average data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by The Conference Board. The data is categorized under Global Database’s United States – Table US.H050: Consumer Confidence Index: Inflation Rate Expectation. [COVID-19-IMPACT]

2022 and 2023 were characterized by leaping inflation rates. These were caused by a multiple of factors, but post-corona (COVID-19) challenges and the Russian invasion of Ukraine in February that year had a major impact. However, the inflation rates in all countries included were forecast to stabilize through 2022 and 2023. More information about global inflation can be found here.

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SCE: Distribution of 5 Year Ahead Expected Inflation Rate: Less Than 0% data was reported at 28.374 % in Apr 2025. This records an increase from the previous number of 22.061 % for Mar 2025. SCE: Distribution of 5 Year Ahead Expected Inflation Rate: Less Than 0% data is updated monthly, averaging 21.942 % from Jan 2022 (Median) to Apr 2025, with 40 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 30.233 % in Jun 2022 and a record low of 15.468 % in Feb 2024. SCE: Distribution of 5 Year Ahead Expected Inflation Rate: Less Than 0% data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by Federal Reserve Bank of New York. The data is categorized under Global Database’s United States – Table US.H078: Survey of Consumer Expectations: Inflation.

Inflation Rate in Japan increased to 2.90 percent in September from 2.70 percent in August of 2025. This dataset provides the latest reported value for - Japan Inflation Rate - plus previous releases, historical high and low, short-term forecast and long-term prediction, economic calendar, survey consensus and news.

Inflation increased rapidly around the world through 2022 and 2023, before it started falling in some countries in 2024. In a survey conducted in the spring of 2024, ** percent blamed the state of the global economy for the rising cost of living in their country, whereas more than ********** blamed the interest rate in their country as well as the policies of their national government.

United States FRB Dallas: Trimmed Mean PCE Inflation Rate: Six Month data was reported at 1.890 % in Oct 2018. This records a decrease from the previous number of 1.910 % for Sep 2018. United States FRB Dallas: Trimmed Mean PCE Inflation Rate: Six Month data is updated monthly, averaging 2.410 % from Jul 1977 (Median) to Oct 2018, with 496 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 9.170 % in Mar 1980 and a record low of 0.630 % in Jul 2010. United States FRB Dallas: Trimmed Mean PCE Inflation Rate: Six Month data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas. The data is categorized under Global Database’s United States – Table US.I041: Trimmed Mean PCE Inflation Rate.

In March 2022, the global inflation rate for the consumer price index reached 9.22 percent, compared with 7.47 percent in February 2022. After reaching a low of 2.27 percent in August 2020, the inflation rate has steadily increased, with the most rapid growth occuring in late 2021 and early 2022.

Inflation Rate in Brazil increased to 5.17 percent in September from 5.13 percent in August of 2025. This dataset provides - Brazil Inflation Rate - actual values, historical data, forecast, chart, statistics, economic calendar and news.

In 2022, the annual average of food price inflation was highest in the ************************** region. Food price inflation reached an average of ** percent here. In comparison, inflation reached an average of *** percent in ************************* region, making it the least impacted region in 2022.