Of the major developed and emerging economies, China had the lowest inflation rate at *** percent in June 2025. On the other end of the spectrum, the inflation rate in Russia stood at nearly ** percent. The country's inflation rate increased sharply after the country's President, Vladimir Putin, decided to invade Ukraine, declined somewhat in 2023, before increasing slowly again since. The rate of inflation reflects changes in the cost of a specified basket containing a representative selection of goods and services. It is derived from the consumer price index (CPI).

This dataset provides values for INFLATION RATE reported in several countries. The data includes current values, previous releases, historical highs and record lows, release frequency, reported unit and currency.

The average for 2024 based on 155 countries was 6 percent. The highest value was in Turkey: 58.5 percent and the lowest value was in Afghanistan: -6.6 percent. The indicator is available from 1960 to 2024. Below is a chart for all countries where data are available.

This dataset provides values for INFLATION RATE reported in several countries. The data includes current values, previous releases, historical highs and record lows, release frequency, reported unit and currency.

This dataset provides values for INFLATION RATE reported in several countries. The data includes current values, previous releases, historical highs and record lows, release frequency, reported unit and currency.

This dataset provides values for INFLATION RATE reported in several countries. The data includes current values, previous releases, historical highs and record lows, release frequency, reported unit and currency.

Graph and download economic data for Inflation, consumer prices for High Income Countries (FPCPITOTLZGHIC) from 1981 to 2024 about consumer prices, consumer, income, and inflation.

At ***** percent, Laos had by far the highest inflation rate among selected Southeast Asian economies as of February 2024. The country's inflation rate experienced a slowdown in the last year. In contrast, Thailand had a negative inflation rate of **** percent in February of the same year.

The average for 2024 based on 8 countries was 5 percent. The highest value was in Laos: 23.1 percent and the lowest value was in Brunei: -0.4 percent. The indicator is available from 1960 to 2024. Below is a chart for all countries where data are available.

Graph and download economic data for Inflation, consumer prices for the World (FPCPITOTLZGWLD) from 1981 to 2024 about World, consumer, CPI, inflation, price index, indexes, and price.

The average for 2025 based on 12 countries was 27.46 percent. The highest value was in Venezuela: 254.35 percent and the lowest value was in Peru: 2.04 percent. The indicator is available from 1980 to 2030. Below is a chart for all countries where data are available.

This dataset provides values for CORE INFLATION RATE reported in several countries. The data includes current values, previous releases, historical highs and record lows, release frequency, reported unit and currency.

Historical dataset showing China inflation rate by year from 1987 to 2024.

Since 2019, food prices have increased every year. In 2022 and 2023, prices went up drastically in many countries. In 2023, in the European Union, inflation reached almost 12.6 percent compared to the previous year. This figure decreased to 2.3 percent in 2024.

Graph and download economic data for Inflation, consumer prices for Upper Middle Income Countries (FPCPITOTLZGUMC) from 1975 to 2024 about consumer prices, consumer, income, and inflation.

Graph and download economic data for Inflation, consumer prices for Least Developed Countries (FPCPITOTLZGLDC) from 1986 to 2024 about consumer prices, consumer, and inflation.

The average for 2024 based on 14 countries was 9.5 percent. The highest value was in Lebanon: 45.2 percent and the lowest value was in Bahrain: 0.9 percent. The indicator is available from 1960 to 2024. Below is a chart for all countries where data are available.

In most countries included, people expect inflation rates to remain high for at least another year. In Japan, 44 percent think that inflation will never return to normal. The country has seen very stable inflation rates for several years, but they have increased somewhat recently. On the other hand, 20 percent of the respondents in China said that inflation already is back to normal, with the country at risk of falling into deflation. Inflation increased rapidly around the world through 2022 and 2023, before it started falling in some countries in 2024.

Inflation Rate In the Euro Area increased to 2.20 percent in September from 2 percent in August of 2025. This dataset provides the latest reported value for - Euro Area Inflation Rate - plus previous releases, historical high and low, short-term forecast and long-term prediction, economic calendar, survey consensus and news.

As of 2024, the inflation rate in Turkey stood at ** percent, the highest among all EU candidate countries. Inflation was around **** percent in Moldova, Ukraine, and Serbia. The convergence of economic conditions towards that of the rest of the European Union is an important part of the Copenhagen Criteria - the political, economic, and institutional conditions which must be satisfied for a country to enter the European Union. Fulfilling the economic criteria for entry into the EU is supposed to guarantee that a new member state has a functioning market economy which can handle the economic pressures of competition in the European Single Market.