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Inflation, consumer prices (annual %)

Annual percentage change in the cost to the average consumer of acquiring a fixed basket of goods and services, measured by the consumer price index.

Unit
% per year
Latest
3.04 (2025)
Coverage
1961–2024
Sources
1 in this build
Data table
Year World (% per year)
1990 8.063
1991 8.997
1992 7.636
1993 7.145
1994 10.25
1995 9.077
1996 6.526
1997 5.554
1998 5.097
1999 3.042
2000 3.434
2001 3.837
2002 2.908
2003 3.025
2004 3.518
2005 4.107
2006 4.267
2007 4.81
2008 8.95
2009 2.86
2010 3.326
2011 4.801
2012 3.725
2013 2.652
2014 2.394
2015 1.437
2016 1.597
2017 2.223
2018 2.443
2019 2.206
2020 1.905
2021 3.475
2022 8.082
2023 5.799
2024 3.014
2025 3.041
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Per-source values, 2025

Source Dataset Value Year Snapshot
World Bank WDI 3.041 2025 2026-08-08

Caveats

Bound is wide to accommodate genuine hyperinflation episodes in other countries under global ingestion (ADR 003); Nepal's series has stayed in single/low-double digits historically.