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Human Development Report 2009

MEconomy and inequality
Average annual change in consumer price index (%)Excel

HDI Rank Country 1990-2007
1 Norway 2.1
2 Australia 2.5
3 Iceland 3.5
4 Canada 2.0
5 Ireland 3.0
6 Netherlands 2.4
7 Sweden 1.5
8 France 1.6
9 Switzerland 1.2
10 Japan 0.2
11 Luxembourg 2.1
12 Finland 1.5
13 United States 2.6
14 Austria 2.0
15 Spain 3.4
16 Denmark 2.1
17 Belgium 1.9
18 Italy 2.9
19 Liechtenstein ..
20 New Zealand 2.0
21 United Kingdom 2.7
22 Germany 1.7
23 Singapore 1.2
24 Hong Kong, China (SAR) 2.0
25 Greece 5.9
26 Korea (Republic of) 4.0
27 Israel 5.7
28 Andorra ..
29 Slovenia 8.2
30 Brunei Darussalam 1.2 1
31 Kuwait 2.0
32 Cyprus 3.2
33 Qatar 3.4
34 Portugal 3.6
35 United Arab Emirates ..
36 Czech Republic 4.6
37 Barbados 2.5
38 Malta 2.7
39 Bahrain 0.5
40 Estonia 10.3
41 Poland 13.6
42 Slovakia 7.3
43 Hungary 13.4
44 Chile 5.7
45 Croatia 32.4
46 Lithuania 11.8
47 Antigua and Barbuda ..
48 Latvia 13.3
49 Argentina 7.3
50 Uruguay 19.7
51 Cuba ..
52 Bahamas 1.9
53 Mexico 13.2
54 Costa Rica 13.1
55 Libyan Arab Jamahiriya 1.2 1
56 Oman ..
57 Seychelles 2.5
58 Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) 34.3
59 Saudi Arabia 0.5
60 Panama 1.1
61 Bulgaria 55.7
62 Saint Kitts and Nevis 3.2
63 Romania 56.4
64 Trinidad and Tobago 5.2
65 Montenegro ..
66 Malaysia 2.8
67 Serbia 36.4
68 Belarus 114.2
69 Saint Lucia 2.6
70 Albania 13.0
71 Russian Federation 44.4
72 Macedonia (the Former Yugoslav Rep. of) 4.8
73 Dominica 1.6
74 Grenada 2.1
75 Brazil 67.6
76 Bosnia and Herzegovina ..
77 Colombia 13.6
78 Peru 12.5
79 Turkey 56.5
80 Ecuador 30.1
81 Mauritius 6.2
82 Kazakhstan 24.3
83 Lebanon ..
84 Armenia 21.1
85 Ukraine 50.6
86 Azerbaijan 52.1
87 Thailand 3.6
88 Iran (Islamic Republic of) 20.1
89 Georgia 11.4
90 Dominican Republic 11.0
91 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 1.9
92 China 4.4
93 Belize 1.9
94 Samoa 4.1
95 Maldives ..
96 Jordan 2.9
97 Suriname 50.4
98 Tunisia 3.5
99 Tonga 5.7
100 Jamaica 15.4
101 Paraguay 10.7
102 Sri Lanka 9.6
103 Gabon 2.7
104 Algeria 9.2
105 Philippines 6.4
106 El Salvador 5.5
107 Syrian Arab Republic 4.1
108 Fiji 3.0
109 Turkmenistan ..
110 Occupied Palestinian Territories 4.1 1
111 Indonesia 12.8
112 Honduras 16.2
113 Bolivia 5.9
114 Guyana 5.8
115 Mongolia 17.2
116 Viet Nam 4.1
117 Moldova 15.6
118 Equatorial Guinea 7.6
119 Uzbekistan ..
120 Kyrgyzstan 11.3
121 Cape Verde 3.5
122 Guatemala 8.3
123 Egypt 6.5
124 Nicaragua ..
125 Botswana 9.1
126 Vanuatu 2.5
127 Tajikistan ..
128 Namibia ..
129 South Africa 7.0
130 Morocco 2.6
131 Sao Tome and Principe ..
132 Bhutan 6.6
133 Lao People's Democratic Republic 25.7
134 India 6.8
135 Solomon Islands 9.5
136 Congo 5.9
137 Cambodia 3.9
138 Myanmar 24.6
139 Comoros ..
140 Yemen 17.6
141 Pakistan 7.3
142 Swaziland 8.5 1
143 Angola 308.1
144 Nepal 6.5
145 Madagascar 14.0
146 Bangladesh 5.4
147 Kenya 11.2
148 Papua New Guinea 9.4
149 Haiti 19.1
150 Sudan 35.5
151 Tanzania (United Republic of) 12.6
152 Ghana 24.0
153 Cameroon 4.3
154 Mauritania 6.0
155 Djibouti ..
156 Lesotho 8.2
157 Uganda 6.7
158 Nigeria 21.3
159 Togo 5.1
160 Malawi 26.1
161 Benin 5.0
162 Timor-Leste ..
163 Côte d'Ivoire 4.9
164 Zambia 35.5
165 Eritrea ..
166 Senegal 3.3
167 Rwanda 10.5
168 Gambia 5.2 1
169 Liberia ..
170 Guinea ..
171 Ethiopia 4.8
172 Mozambique 20.0
173 Guinea-Bissau 17.0
174 Burundi 12.8
175 Chad 4.8
176 Congo (Democratic Republic of the) 318.3
177 Burkina Faso 3.8
178 Mali 3.4
179 Central African Republic 3.7
180 Sierra Leone 17.8
181 Afghanistan ..
182 Niger 4.0
Other UN member states
Iraq ..
Kiribati ..
Korea (Democratic People's Rep. of) ..
Marshall Islands ..
Micronesia (Federated States of) ..
Monaco ..
Nauru ..
Palau ..
San Marino ..
Somalia ..
Tuvalu ..
Zimbabwe 105.6

Notes :
1 - Data refer to a period shorter than that specified.

Sources :
calculated based on consumer price index data from World Bank 2009d. "World Development Indicators". Washington DC: World Bank.
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