Costa Rica - Inflation Rate 2012
4.50%
−0.38pp from 2011
Costa Rica's inflation rate was 4.50% in 2012, decreased +0.38pp from 4.88% in 2011. This was the 116th highest globally.
Global Ranking - 2012▾
| Rank | Country | Value | YoY |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | Kiribati | -3.05% | -303.5% |
| 2nd | Georgia | -0.94% | -111.0% |
| 3rd | Liechtenstein | -0.69% | -403.9% |
| 4th | Switzerland | -0.69% | -403.8% |
| 5th | Nauru | -0.12% | 96.3% |
| 6th | Japan | -0.04% | 84.1% |
| 7th | Brunei Darussalam | 0.11% | -19.0% |
| 8th | Niger | 0.46% | -84.5% |
| 9th | Ukraine | 0.57% | -92.9% |
| 10th | Aruba | 0.63% | -85.7% |
| 11th | United Arab Emirates | 0.66% | -24.4% |
| 12th | Norway | 0.70% | -45.8% |
| 13th | St. Kitts and Nevis | 0.82% | -86.0% |
| 14th | Sweden | 0.89% | -34.7% |
| 15th | New Zealand | 1.06% | -73.7% |
| 16th | Azerbaijan | 1.07% | -86.5% |
| 17th | Tonga | 1.15% | -80.9% |
| 18th | Cayman Islands | 1.19% | -10.3% |
| 19th | Morocco | 1.29% | 31.5% |
| 20th | Belize | 1.30% | -21.5% |
| 21st | Côte d'Ivoire | 1.30% | -73.4% |
| 22nd | Puerto Rico (US) | 1.35% | -53.6% |
| 23rd | Vanuatu | 1.35% | 54.2% |
| 24th | Dominica | 1.36% | 27.6% |
| 25th | Tuvalu | 1.42% | 183.0% |
| 26th | Senegal | 1.42% | -58.3% |
| 27th | Andorra | 1.47% | -42.5% |
| 28th | Myanmar | 1.47% | -78.5% |
| 29th | Greece | 1.50% | -51.8% |
| 30th | Canada | 1.52% | -48.0% |
| 31st | Malaysia | 1.66% | -47.7% |
| 32nd | Israel | 1.68% | -51.4% |
| 33rd | Ireland | 1.69% | 39.7% |
| 34th | El Salvador | 1.73% | -66.3% |
| 35th | New Caledonia | 1.75% | -28.0% |
| 36th | Australia | 1.76% | -47.5% |
| 37th | France | 1.95% | -14.6% |
| 38th | Bahamas, The | 1.97% | -35.6% |
| 39th | Germany | 2.01% | -19.1% |
| 40th | Albania | 2.03% | -41.0% |
| 41st | Samoa | 2.05% | -28.7% |
| 42nd | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 2.05% | -48.5% |
| 43rd | United States | 2.07% | -34.1% |
| 44th | Guinea-Bissau | 2.13% | -57.9% |
| 45th | Korea | 2.19% | -45.7% |
| 46th | Latvia | 2.26% | -46.5% |
| 47th | Qatar | 2.32% | 16.9% |
| 48th | Malta | 2.38% | -5.5% |
| 49th | Cyprus | 2.39% | -31.5% |
| 50th | Guyana | 2.39% | -45.7% |
| 51st | Denmark | 2.40% | -9.7% |
| 52nd | Grenada | 2.41% | -20.5% |
| 53rd | Spain | 2.45% | -19.8% |
| 54th | Netherlands | 2.46% | -0.6% |
| 55th | Kosovo | 2.48% | -66.2% |
| 56th | Austria | 2.49% | -29.8% |
| 57th | Cabo Verde | 2.54% | -43.2% |
| 58th | Armenia | 2.56% | -65.9% |
| 59th | United Kingdom | 2.57% | -42.4% |
| 60th | Togo | 2.58% | -27.6% |
| 61st | Slovenia | 2.60% | 44.1% |
| 62nd | St. Vincent and the Grenadines | 2.60% | -18.4% |
| 63rd | Mozambique | 2.60% | -76.7% |
| 64th | China | 2.62% | -51.5% |
| 65th | Gabon | 2.65% | 110.2% |
| 66th | Luxembourg | 2.66% | -28.6% |
| 67th | European Union | 2.66% | -19.0% |
| 68th | Cameroon | 2.74% | -7.4% |
| 69th | Bahrain | 2.76% | 920.7% |
| 70th | Kyrgyz Republic | 2.77% | -83.4% |
| 71st | Portugal | 2.77% | -22.0% |
| 72nd | West Bank and Gaza | 2.78% | -3.4% |
| 73rd | Finland | 2.81% | -15.5% |
| 74th | San Marino | 2.83% | 29.8% |
| 75th | Belgium | 2.84% | -15.1% |
| 76th | Saudi Arabia | 2.87% | -23.4% |
| 77th | Cambodia | 2.93% | -46.5% |
| 78th | Oman | 2.95% | -27.4% |
| 79th | Bulgaria | 2.95% | -12.7% |
| 80th | Chile | 3.01% | -10.0% |
| 81st | Thailand | 3.01% | -20.9% |
| 82nd | Philippines | 3.03% | -36.2% |
| 83rd | Italy | 3.04% | 3.6% |
| 84th | Lithuania | 3.09% | -25.1% |
| 85th | Colombia | 3.17% | -7.2% |
| 86th | Curaçao | 3.18% | 36.5% |
| 87th | Kuwait | 3.26% | -32.7% |
| 88th | Czechia | 3.29% | 71.5% |
| 89th | North Macedonia | 3.32% | -15.1% |
| 90th | Romania | 3.33% | -42.5% |
| 91st | Antigua and Barbuda | 3.38% | -2.3% |
| 92nd | Croatia | 3.41% | 54.4% |
| 93rd | Fiji | 3.42% | -53.0% |
| 94th | Poland | 3.56% | -15.8% |
| 95th | Slovak Republic | 3.61% | -11.5% |
| 96th | Peru | 3.61% | 7.2% |
| 97th | Palau | 3.61% | 37.3% |
| 98th | Equatorial Guinea | 3.66% | -23.8% |
| 99th | Paraguay | 3.68% | -55.4% |
| 100th | Dominican Republic | 3.69% | -56.3% |
| 101st | Zimbabwe | 3.73% | 7.4% |
| 102nd | Djibouti | 3.73% | -28.8% |
| 103rd | Guatemala | 3.78% | -39.0% |
| 104th | Burkina Faso | 3.82% | 37.9% |
| 105th | Mauritius | 3.85% | -41.0% |
| 106th | Estonia | 3.93% | -22.6% |
| 107th | Sint Maarten (Dutch part) | 4.02% | -12.4% |
| 108th | Hong Kong SAR, China | 4.05% | -23.6% |
| 109th | Mexico | 4.11% | 20.8% |
| 110th | Montenegro | 4.15% | 20.1% |
| 111th | St. Lucia | 4.18% | 50.9% |
| 112th | Gambia, The | 4.25% | -11.3% |
| 113th | Lao PDR | 4.26% | -43.8% |
| 114th | Indonesia | 4.28% | -19.9% |
| 115th | Marshall Islands | 4.34% | -18.9% |
| 116th | Costa Rica | 4.50% | -7.8% |
| 117th | Jordan | 4.52% | 8.5% |
| 118th | Bolivia, Plurinational State of | 4.52% | -54.3% |
| 119th | Barbados | 4.53% | -51.9% |
| 120th | Papua New Guinea | 4.54% | 2.2% |
| 121st | Moldova | 4.55% | -40.6% |
| 122nd | Singapore | 4.58% | -12.8% |
| 123rd | Tunisia | 4.61% | 42.3% |
| 124th | Mauritania | 4.90% | -13.8% |
| 125th | Suriname | 5.01% | -71.7% |
| 126th | Congo, Republic of | 5.01% | 184.5% |
| 127th | Haiti | 5.02% | -4.3% |
| 128th | Micronesia, Federated States of | 5.02% | 30.3% |
| 129th | Russian Federation | 5.07% | -39.9% |
| 130th | Ecuador | 5.10% | 14.0% |
| 131st | Iceland | 5.19% | 30.0% |
| 132nd | Kazakhstan | 5.20% | -38.0% |
| 133rd | Honduras | 5.20% | -23.2% |
| 134th | Turkmenistan | 5.31% | 0.7% |
| 135th | Mali | 5.32% | 80.1% |
| 136th | Brazil | 5.40% | -18.6% |
| 137th | Central African Republic | 5.48% | 358.8% |
| 138th | Hungary | 5.65% | 43.9% |
| 139th | Panama | 5.70% | -3.0% |
| 140th | Madagascar | 5.71% | -39.7% |
| 141st | South Africa | 5.74% | 15.2% |
| 142nd | Tajikistan | 5.83% | -53.1% |
| 143rd | Solomon Islands | 5.91% | -20.3% |
| 144th | Eritrea | 6.04% | 2.5% |
| 145th | Lesotho | 6.05% | 0.8% |
| 146th | Libya | 6.06% | -61.9% |
| 147th | Iraq | 6.09% | 8.7% |
| 148th | Macao SAR, China | 6.11% | 5.2% |
| 149th | Bangladesh | 6.22% | -29.2% |
| 150th | Comoros | 6.31% | 183.0% |
| 151st | Afghanistan | 6.44% | -45.4% |
| 152nd | Zambia | 6.58% | -24.0% |
| 153rd | Lebanon | 6.58% | 32.0% |
| 154th | Sierra Leone | 6.59% | -3.0% |
| 155th | Namibia | 6.72% | 34.3% |
| 156th | Benin | 6.74% | 146.8% |
| 157th | Liberia | 6.83% | -19.5% |
| 158th | Jamaica | 6.87% | -8.6% |
| 159th | Seychelles | 7.11% | 210.5% |
| 160th | Egypt, Arab Republic of | 7.11% | -35.7% |
| 161st | Nicaragua | 7.19% | -11.0% |
| 162nd | Serbia | 7.33% | -34.2% |
| 163rd | Chad | 7.52% | 270.5% |
| 164th | Botswana | 7.54% | -11.0% |
| 165th | Sri Lanka | 7.54% | 12.1% |
| 166th | Uruguay | 8.10% | 0.1% |
| 167th | Algeria | 8.89% | 97.6% |
| 168th | Türkiye | 8.89% | 37.4% |
| 169th | Eswatini | 8.94% | 46.4% |
| 170th | Viet Nam | 9.09% | -51.3% |
| 171st | Trinidad and Tobago | 9.26% | 81.9% |
| 172nd | Kenya | 9.38% | -33.1% |
| 173rd | Nepal | 9.46% | -1.1% |
| 174th | India | 9.48% | 16.9% |
| 175th | Pakistan | 9.68% | -29.1% |
| 176th | Congo, Democratic Republic of | 9.72% | -35.0% |
| 177th | Yemen, Republic of | 9.89% | -49.4% |
| 178th | Argentina | 10.04% | 2.7% |
| 179th | Rwanda | 10.27% | 81.3% |
| 180th | Angola | 10.28% | -23.8% |
| 181st | São Tomé and Principe | 10.64% | -25.7% |
| 182nd | Maldives | 10.88% | -3.4% |
| 183rd | Bhutan | 10.92% | 27.7% |
| 184th | Ghana | 11.19% | 45.7% |
| 185th | Timor-Leste | 11.80% | -10.4% |
| 186th | Nigeria | 12.22% | 12.9% |
| 187th | Uganda | 12.68% | -32.0% |
| 188th | Uzbekistan | 13.21% | 6.1% |
| 189th | Mongolia | 14.33% | 63.3% |
| 190th | Guinea | 15.23% | -28.7% |
| 191st | Tanzania | 16.00% | 26.1% |
| 192nd | Burundi | 18.16% | 89.3% |
| 193rd | Malawi | 21.27% | 179.1% |
| 194th | Iran, Islamic Republic of | 27.26% | 7.7% |
| 195th | Sudan | 35.56% | 96.5% |
| 196th | Syrian Arab Republic | 36.70% | 672.2% |
| 197th | South Sudan | 45.53% | -2.8% |
| 198th | Belarus | 59.22% | 11.3% |
FAQ
What was Costa Rica's inflation rate in 2012?▾
Costa Rica's inflation rate in 2012 was 4.50%. This ranked 116th globally.
How did Costa Rica's inflation rate change in 2012?▾
Costa Rica's inflation rate decreased by 7.8% in 2012 compared to 2011.
Which country had the highest inflation rate in 2012?▾
Belarus had the highest inflation rate in 2012 at 59.22%.
What is the inflation rate of Costa Rica in 2012?▾
The inflation rate of Costa Rica in 2012 was 4.50%. This ranked 116th globally.
How does 2012 compare to 2011 for Costa Rica's inflation rate?▾
Costa Rica's inflation rate went from 4.88% in 2011 to 4.50% in 2012, a 7.8% decrease.
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