Afghanistan - Inflation Rate 2017
4.98%
+0.59pp from 2016
Afghanistan's inflation rate was 4.98% in 2017, increased +0.59pp from 4.38% in 2016. This was the 148th highest globally.
Global Ranking - 2017▾
| Rank | Country | Value | YoY |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | Eritrea | -13.31% | -138.6% |
| 2nd | Chad | -1.54% | 4.7% |
| 3rd | Brunei Darussalam | -1.26% | -351.8% |
| 4th | Aruba | -1.03% | -10.7% |
| 5th | Togo | -0.98% | -214.6% |
| 6th | Saudi Arabia | -0.83% | -140.4% |
| 7th | Comoros | -0.24% | -129.6% |
| 8th | Benin | 0.04% | 105.4% |
| 9th | Marshall Islands | 0.05% | 103.3% |
| 10th | St. Lucia | 0.10% | 103.4% |
| 11th | Iraq | 0.18% | -59.8% |
| 12th | West Bank and Gaza | 0.21% | 196.6% |
| 13th | Israel | 0.25% | 145.8% |
| 14th | Dominica | 0.30% | 108.6% |
| 15th | Kiribati | 0.36% | -81.5% |
| 16th | Ireland | 0.36% | 297.9% |
| 17th | Qatar | 0.39% | -85.3% |
| 18th | Ecuador | 0.42% | -75.8% |
| 19th | Congo, Republic of | 0.45% | -85.9% |
| 20th | Japan | 0.48% | 490.5% |
| 21st | Solomon Islands | 0.49% | -1.7% |
| 22nd | Cyprus | 0.53% | 143.7% |
| 23rd | Switzerland | 0.53% | 223.0% |
| 24th | Liechtenstein | 0.54% | 223.3% |
| 25th | Timor-Leste | 0.56% | 137.9% |
| 26th | Djibouti | 0.57% | -76.4% |
| 27th | Singapore | 0.58% | 208.8% |
| 28th | Micronesia, Federated States of | 0.58% | 163.6% |
| 29th | Cameroon | 0.64% | -26.6% |
| 30th | Thailand | 0.67% | 257.9% |
| 31st | Côte d'Ivoire | 0.69% | -10.1% |
| 32nd | St. Kitts and Nevis | 0.69% | 201.0% |
| 33rd | Equatorial Guinea | 0.74% | -46.8% |
| 34th | Finland | 0.75% | 93.8% |
| 35th | Morocco | 0.75% | -50.8% |
| 36th | Cabo Verde | 0.78% | 154.6% |
| 37th | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 0.81% | 151.1% |
| 38th | Lao PDR | 0.83% | -48.3% |
| 39th | Panama | 0.88% | 18.3% |
| 40th | Zimbabwe | 0.89% | 157.4% |
| 41st | Grenada | 0.91% | -44.7% |
| 42nd | Armenia | 0.97% | 168.1% |
| 43rd | El Salvador | 1.01% | 67.6% |
| 44th | San Marino | 1.01% | 57.5% |
| 45th | France | 1.03% | 236.2% |
| 46th | Greece | 1.12% | 8,525.0% |
| 47th | Croatia | 1.13% | 279.3% |
| 48th | Denmark | 1.15% | 6,647.8% |
| 49th | Belize | 1.15% | 73.6% |
| 50th | Italy | 1.23% | 2,553.1% |
| 51st | Macao SAR, China | 1.23% | -48.2% |
| 52nd | Slovak Republic | 1.31% | 378.0% |
| 53rd | Senegal | 1.32% | 10.6% |
| 54th | Romania | 1.34% | 186.1% |
| 55th | North Macedonia | 1.35% | 665.5% |
| 56th | Malta | 1.36% | 51.6% |
| 57th | Portugal | 1.37% | 115.2% |
| 58th | Netherlands | 1.38% | 1,122.5% |
| 59th | Bahrain | 1.39% | -50.3% |
| 60th | Palau | 1.42% | 206.1% |
| 61st | Slovenia | 1.43% | 2,698.4% |
| 62nd | European Union | 1.43% | 679.5% |
| 63rd | Burkina Faso | 1.48% | 236.3% |
| 64th | Kosovo | 1.49% | 444.8% |
| 65th | Hong Kong SAR, China | 1.49% | -38.0% |
| 66th | Germany | 1.51% | 311.3% |
| 67th | Bahamas, The | 1.52% | 560.1% |
| 68th | Curaçao | 1.59% | 3,458.7% |
| 69th | Oman | 1.59% | 79.0% |
| 70th | China | 1.59% | -20.5% |
| 71st | Canada | 1.60% | 11.7% |
| 72nd | Costa Rica | 1.63% | 9,664.2% |
| 73rd | Guinea-Bissau | 1.69% | -37.5% |
| 74th | Luxembourg | 1.73% | 3,925.1% |
| 75th | Samoa | 1.75% | 2,297.1% |
| 76th | Puerto Rico (US) | 1.75% | 695.9% |
| 77th | Mali | 1.76% | 197.7% |
| 78th | Iceland | 1.76% | 4.0% |
| 79th | Sweden | 1.79% | 57.4% |
| 80th | New Zealand | 1.85% | 186.5% |
| 81st | Norway | 1.88% | -47.2% |
| 82nd | Trinidad and Tobago | 1.88% | -38.7% |
| 83rd | Guyana | 1.90% | 130.3% |
| 84th | Korea | 1.94% | 100.0% |
| 85th | Australia | 1.95% | 52.6% |
| 86th | Spain | 1.96% | 680.4% |
| 87th | United Arab Emirates | 1.97% | 21.5% |
| 88th | Albania | 1.99% | 54.4% |
| 89th | Bulgaria | 2.06% | 255.8% |
| 90th | Poland | 2.08% | 406.6% |
| 91st | Austria | 2.08% | 113.9% |
| 92nd | Belgium | 2.13% | 20.0% |
| 93rd | United States | 2.13% | 68.1% |
| 94th | St. Vincent and the Grenadines | 2.15% | 1,462.9% |
| 95th | Kuwait | 2.17% | -26.3% |
| 96th | Chile | 2.18% | -42.4% |
| 97th | Sint Maarten (Dutch part) | 2.19% | 1,862.7% |
| 98th | Mauritania | 2.25% | 53.1% |
| 99th | Hungary | 2.35% | 491.5% |
| 100th | Montenegro | 2.38% | 975.1% |
| 101st | Antigua and Barbuda | 2.43% | 597.4% |
| 102nd | Czechia | 2.45% | 258.3% |
| 103rd | United Kingdom | 2.56% | 287.5% |
| 104th | Andorra | 2.59% | 712.8% |
| 105th | Gabon | 2.65% | 27.1% |
| 106th | Nepal | 2.78% | -72.0% |
| 107th | Niger | 2.80% | 1,319.5% |
| 108th | Maldives | 2.82% | 251.7% |
| 109th | Bolivia, Plurinational State of | 2.82% | -22.1% |
| 110th | Philippines | 2.85% | 131.2% |
| 111th | Seychelles | 2.86% | 362.8% |
| 112th | Cambodia | 2.91% | -3.8% |
| 113th | Latvia | 2.93% | 2,860.0% |
| 114th | Peru | 2.99% | -16.6% |
| 115th | Vanuatu | 3.08% | 266.3% |
| 116th | Serbia | 3.13% | 179.1% |
| 117th | Kyrgyz Republic | 3.18% | 716.3% |
| 118th | Dominican Republic | 3.28% | 103.2% |
| 119th | Botswana | 3.31% | 17.7% |
| 120th | Jordan | 3.32% | 527.8% |
| 121st | India | 3.33% | -26.4% |
| 122nd | Fiji | 3.35% | -13.3% |
| 123rd | Estonia | 3.42% | 327.2% |
| 124th | Brazil | 3.45% | -60.6% |
| 125th | Viet Nam | 3.52% | 31.6% |
| 126th | Paraguay | 3.60% | -11.7% |
| 127th | Mauritius | 3.67% | 267.1% |
| 128th | Russian Federation | 3.68% | -47.7% |
| 129th | Lithuania | 3.72% | 449.1% |
| 130th | Indonesia | 3.81% | 7.9% |
| 131st | Nicaragua | 3.85% | 9.3% |
| 132nd | Malaysia | 3.87% | 86.5% |
| 133rd | Honduras | 3.93% | 44.4% |
| 134th | Somalia, Fed. Rep. | 3.96% | 16,387.5% |
| 135th | Pakistan | 4.09% | 42.6% |
| 136th | Tuvalu | 4.09% | 17.0% |
| 137th | Central African Republic | 4.18% | -15.5% |
| 138th | Mongolia | 4.30% | 450.8% |
| 139th | Colombia | 4.31% | -42.5% |
| 140th | Lebanon | 4.32% | 635.5% |
| 141st | Jamaica | 4.38% | 86.3% |
| 142nd | Guatemala | 4.42% | -0.6% |
| 143rd | Lesotho | 4.45% | -28.3% |
| 144th | Nauru | 4.46% | -45.2% |
| 145th | Myanmar | 4.57% | -32.4% |
| 146th | Barbados | 4.66% | 208.4% |
| 147th | Bhutan | 4.96% | 50.6% |
| 148th | Afghanistan | 4.98% | 13.5% |
| 149th | South Africa | 5.19% | -17.9% |
| 150th | Uganda | 5.21% | 0.8% |
| 151st | Tunisia | 5.31% | 46.3% |
| 152nd | Tanzania | 5.32% | 2.9% |
| 153rd | Papua New Guinea | 5.42% | -18.8% |
| 154th | Algeria | 5.59% | -12.6% |
| 155th | São Tomé and Principe | 5.69% | 5.2% |
| 156th | Bangladesh | 5.70% | -3.6% |
| 157th | Belarus | 6.03% | -49.0% |
| 158th | Georgia | 6.04% | 182.7% |
| 159th | Mexico | 6.04% | 114.2% |
| 160th | Namibia | 6.15% | -8.6% |
| 161st | Uruguay | 6.22% | -35.5% |
| 162nd | Eswatini | 6.22% | -20.7% |
| 163rd | Moldova | 6.57% | 3.3% |
| 164th | Zambia | 6.58% | -63.2% |
| 165th | Tajikistan | 7.31% | 23.6% |
| 166th | Kazakhstan | 7.44% | -48.9% |
| 167th | Tonga | 7.52% | 1,310.5% |
| 168th | Sri Lanka | 7.70% | 93.3% |
| 169th | Kenya | 8.01% | 26.7% |
| 170th | Gambia, The | 8.03% | 11.2% |
| 171st | Turkmenistan | 8.04% | 120.5% |
| 172nd | Iran, Islamic Republic of | 8.04% | 17.6% |
| 173rd | Rwanda | 8.28% | 44.7% |
| 174th | Madagascar | 8.61% | 42.2% |
| 175th | Guinea | 8.91% | 9.1% |
| 176th | Haiti | 10.68% | -6.6% |
| 177th | Türkiye | 11.14% | 43.3% |
| 178th | Malawi | 11.54% | -46.9% |
| 179th | Ghana | 12.37% | -29.1% |
| 180th | Liberia | 12.42% | 40.4% |
| 181st | Azerbaijan | 12.94% | 3.9% |
| 182nd | Uzbekistan | 13.88% | 57.3% |
| 183rd | Ukraine | 14.44% | 3.8% |
| 184th | Mozambique | 15.11% | -17.8% |
| 185th | Burundi | 16.05% | 188.8% |
| 186th | Nigeria | 16.50% | 5.1% |
| 187th | Syrian Arab Republic | 18.08% | -62.1% |
| 188th | Sierra Leone | 18.22% | 67.4% |
| 189th | Suriname | 22.00% | -60.4% |
| 190th | Argentina | 25.68% | 141.8% |
| 191st | Libya | 25.80% | -0.2% |
| 192nd | Egypt, Arab Republic of | 29.51% | 188.9% |
| 193rd | Angola | 29.84% | -2.8% |
| 194th | Yemen, Republic of | 30.40% | 42.7% |
| 195th | Sudan | 32.35% | 82.3% |
| 196th | Congo, Democratic Republic of | 35.73% | 1,019.1% |
| 197th | South Sudan | 187.85% | -45.7% |
FAQ
What was Afghanistan's inflation rate in 2017?▾
Afghanistan's inflation rate in 2017 was 4.98%. This ranked 148th globally.
How did Afghanistan's inflation rate change in 2017?▾
Afghanistan's inflation rate increased by 13.5% in 2017 compared to 2016.
Which country had the highest inflation rate in 2017?▾
South Sudan had the highest inflation rate in 2017 at 187.85%.
What is the inflation rate of Afghanistan in 2017?▾
The inflation rate of Afghanistan in 2017 was 4.98%. This ranked 148th globally.
How does 2017 compare to 2016 for Afghanistan's inflation rate?▾
Afghanistan's inflation rate went from 4.38% in 2016 to 4.98% in 2017, a 13.5% increase.
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