Papua New Guinea - Inflation Rate 1999
14.93%
+1.34pp from 1998
Papua New Guinea's inflation rate was 14.93% in 1999, increased +1.34pp from 13.57% in 1998. This was the 157th highest globally.
Global Ranking - 1999▾
| Rank | Country | Value | YoY |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | Zimbabwe | -13.43% | 52.1% |
| 2nd | Azerbaijan | -8.53% | -1,002.9% |
| 3rd | Chad | -8.03% | -288.4% |
| 4th | Hong Kong SAR, China | -4.01% | -241.8% |
| 5th | Syrian Arab Republic | -3.70% | -288.6% |
| 6th | Macao SAR, China | -3.20% | -1,956.1% |
| 7th | Rwanda | -2.41% | -127.2% |
| 8th | Niger | -2.30% | -150.4% |
| 9th | Guinea-Bissau | -2.09% | -125.8% |
| 10th | Gabon | -1.94% | -233.7% |
| 11th | Central African Republic | -1.41% | 30.1% |
| 12th | China | -1.40% | -81.5% |
| 13th | Saudi Arabia | -1.33% | -216.1% |
| 14th | Bahrain | -1.29% | -208.0% |
| 15th | North Macedonia | -1.28% | -335.2% |
| 16th | Mali | -1.20% | -129.5% |
| 17th | Argentina | -1.17% | -226.2% |
| 18th | Burkina Faso | -1.07% | -121.8% |
| 19th | Brunei Darussalam | -0.42% | 5.8% |
| 20th | Djibouti | -0.40% | -118.2% |
| 21st | Japan | -0.34% | -152.3% |
| 22nd | New Zealand | -0.11% | -109.0% |
| 23rd | Togo | -0.05% | -105.5% |
| 24th | Singapore | 0.02% | 106.2% |
| 25th | Lebanon | 0.24% | -94.7% |
| 26th | Samoa | 0.27% | -95.1% |
| 27th | Thailand | 0.28% | -96.4% |
| 28th | Benin | 0.33% | -94.3% |
| 29th | Equatorial Guinea | 0.37% | -95.3% |
| 30th | Albania | 0.39% | -98.1% |
| 31st | Sweden | 0.46% | -54.1% |
| 32nd | Oman | 0.51% | 19.3% |
| 33rd | El Salvador | 0.51% | -79.8% |
| 34th | France | 0.54% | -20.2% |
| 35th | Austria | 0.57% | -30.4% |
| 36th | Grenada | 0.58% | -58.9% |
| 37th | Germany | 0.59% | -1.8% |
| 38th | Jordan | 0.61% | -80.3% |
| 39th | Armenia | 0.65% | -92.5% |
| 40th | Puerto Rico (US) | 0.67% | 1,037.3% |
| 41st | Morocco | 0.68% | -74.7% |
| 42nd | Côte d'Ivoire | 0.70% | -84.4% |
| 43rd | Lithuania | 0.73% | -86.4% |
| 44th | Switzerland | 0.81% | 4,144.4% |
| 45th | Korea | 0.81% | -89.2% |
| 46th | Senegal | 0.83% | -16.4% |
| 47th | St. Vincent and the Grenadines | 1.01% | -51.9% |
| 48th | Luxembourg | 1.03% | 5.5% |
| 49th | Comoros | 1.10% | -8.3% |
| 50th | Belgium | 1.12% | 24.4% |
| 51st | Antigua and Barbuda | 1.12% | -65.6% |
| 52nd | Finland | 1.16% | -13.8% |
| 53rd | Dominica | 1.18% | 23.4% |
| 54th | Panama | 1.25% | 98.6% |
| 55th | Bahamas, The | 1.25% | 3.9% |
| 56th | Australia | 1.48% | 72.7% |
| 57th | Barbados | 1.56% | 222.9% |
| 58th | Ireland | 1.63% | -23.5% |
| 59th | Cyprus | 1.63% | -30.2% |
| 60th | Italy | 1.66% | -18.1% |
| 61st | Canada | 1.73% | 74.2% |
| 62nd | United Kingdom | 1.75% | 12.6% |
| 63rd | Kiribati | 1.76% | -52.2% |
| 64th | Cameroon | 1.87% | -41.1% |
| 65th | Micronesia, Federated States of | 1.92% | 17.5% |
| 66th | Fiji | 1.97% | -65.7% |
| 67th | Liberia | 1.98% | - |
| 68th | Vanuatu | 2.00% | -43.8% |
| 69th | United Arab Emirates | 2.10% | 5.3% |
| 70th | Malta | 2.13% | -42.1% |
| 71st | Czechia | 2.14% | -80.0% |
| 72nd | Netherlands | 2.16% | 21.1% |
| 73rd | European Union | 2.16% | -10.4% |
| 74th | Bolivia, Plurinational State of | 2.16% | -71.9% |
| 75th | Qatar | 2.18% | -23.8% |
| 76th | United States | 2.19% | 41.4% |
| 77th | Aruba | 2.28% | 22.3% |
| 78th | Spain | 2.31% | 31.0% |
| 79th | Portugal | 2.34% | 5.6% |
| 80th | Latvia | 2.36% | -44.9% |
| 81st | Norway | 2.37% | 5.1% |
| 82nd | Denmark | 2.50% | 90.1% |
| 83rd | Bulgaria | 2.57% | -86.2% |
| 84th | Belize | 2.62% | 409.5% |
| 85th | Greece | 2.64% | -41.6% |
| 86th | Algeria | 2.65% | -46.6% |
| 87th | Libya | 2.65% | -28.8% |
| 88th | Tunisia | 2.69% | -13.3% |
| 89th | Malaysia | 2.74% | -48.1% |
| 90th | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 2.84% | 1,118.3% |
| 91st | Mozambique | 2.87% | 93.3% |
| 92nd | Maldives | 2.95% | 309.5% |
| 93rd | Kuwait | 2.99% | 2,206.7% |
| 94th | Haiti | 3.00% | -54.4% |
| 95th | Egypt, Arab Republic of | 3.08% | -38.9% |
| 96th | Iceland | 3.23% | 89.8% |
| 97th | Estonia | 3.30% | -62.5% |
| 98th | Chile | 3.34% | -34.7% |
| 99th | St. Kitts and Nevis | 3.36% | -8.7% |
| 100th | Burundi | 3.39% | -73.2% |
| 101st | Trinidad and Tobago | 3.44% | -38.6% |
| 102nd | Peru | 3.47% | -52.2% |
| 103rd | St. Lucia | 3.50% | 9.4% |
| 104th | Gambia, The | 3.81% | 242.2% |
| 105th | Cambodia | 4.01% | -68.9% |
| 106th | Croatia | 4.02% | -40.1% |
| 107th | Mauritania | 4.07% | -49.3% |
| 108th | Viet Nam | 4.12% | -49.2% |
| 109th | Pakistan | 4.14% | -46.9% |
| 110th | Congo, Republic of | 4.14% | 88.3% |
| 111th | Cabo Verde | 4.36% | -1.0% |
| 112th | Tonga | 4.46% | 55.7% |
| 113th | Guinea | 4.55% | -10.8% |
| 114th | India | 4.67% | -64.4% |
| 115th | Sri Lanka | 4.69% | -49.9% |
| 116th | Brazil | 4.86% | 52.0% |
| 117th | Ghana | 4.87% | -74.7% |
| 118th | South Africa | 5.18% | -25.7% |
| 119th | Israel | 5.19% | -4.5% |
| 120th | Guatemala | 5.21% | -21.1% |
| 121st | West Bank and Gaza | 5.54% | -0.6% |
| 122nd | Uruguay | 5.66% | -47.6% |
| 123rd | Kenya | 5.74% | 6.0% |
| 124th | Uganda | 5.78% | -1.0% |
| 125th | Philippines | 5.94% | -36.6% |
| 126th | Jamaica | 5.95% | -31.0% |
| 127th | Eswatini | 6.09% | -18.9% |
| 128th | Bangladesh | 6.11% | -8.3% |
| 129th | Slovenia | 6.16% | -22.6% |
| 130th | Seychelles | 6.35% | 135.1% |
| 131st | Dominican Republic | 6.47% | 33.9% |
| 132nd | Nigeria | 6.62% | -15.8% |
| 133rd | Paraguay | 6.75% | -41.6% |
| 134th | Bhutan | 6.78% | -10.7% |
| 135th | Mauritius | 6.91% | 1.5% |
| 136th | Poland | 7.15% | -39.4% |
| 137th | Nepal | 7.45% | -10.5% |
| 138th | Guyana | 7.54% | 65.0% |
| 139th | Mongolia | 7.56% | -20.5% |
| 140th | Botswana | 7.75% | 19.0% |
| 141st | Lesotho | 7.77% | -5.6% |
| 142nd | Tanzania | 7.89% | -38.2% |
| 143rd | Solomon Islands | 8.02% | -35.1% |
| 144th | Kazakhstan | 8.30% | 16.3% |
| 145th | Eritrea | 8.40% | -11.3% |
| 146th | Yemen, Republic of | 8.66% | -25.0% |
| 147th | Namibia | 9.38% | 41.8% |
| 148th | Madagascar | 9.93% | 59.9% |
| 149th | Hungary | 10.00% | -29.7% |
| 150th | Costa Rica | 10.05% | -13.8% |
| 151st | Slovak Republic | 10.57% | 58.0% |
| 152nd | Colombia | 10.87% | -41.7% |
| 153rd | Nicaragua | 11.21% | -14.1% |
| 154th | Honduras | 11.66% | -14.7% |
| 155th | Iraq | 12.58% | -14.8% |
| 156th | São Tomé and Principe | 12.73% | -69.8% |
| 157th | Papua New Guinea | 14.93% | 9.9% |
| 158th | Mexico | 16.59% | 4.2% |
| 159th | Sudan | 17.17% | -30.3% |
| 160th | Myanmar | 18.40% | -61.1% |
| 161st | Georgia | 19.19% | 438.5% |
| 162nd | Iran, Islamic Republic of | 20.07% | 8.8% |
| 163rd | Indonesia | 20.48% | -65.0% |
| 164th | Ukraine | 22.68% | 114.5% |
| 165th | Turkmenistan | 23.47% | 39.9% |
| 166th | Zambia | 26.79% | 18.2% |
| 167th | Tajikistan | 27.45% | -36.4% |
| 168th | Uzbekistan | 29.10% | 0.4% |
| 169th | Sierra Leone | 34.09% | -5.3% |
| 170th | Kyrgyz Republic | 37.03% | 254.1% |
| 171st | Moldova | 39.26% | 410.1% |
| 172nd | Serbia | 42.45% | 41.5% |
| 173rd | Malawi | 44.80% | 50.5% |
| 174th | Romania | 45.80% | -22.5% |
| 175th | Ecuador | 52.24% | 44.7% |
| 176th | Türkiye | 64.87% | -23.4% |
| 177th | Russian Federation | 85.75% | 209.7% |
| 178th | Suriname | 98.77% | 778.1% |
| 179th | Lao PDR | 125.27% | 39.0% |
| 180th | Angola | 248.20% | 131.0% |
| 181st | Congo, Democratic Republic of | 284.89% | 877.5% |
| 182nd | Belarus | 293.68% | 302.2% |
FAQ
What was Papua New Guinea's inflation rate in 1999?▾
Papua New Guinea's inflation rate in 1999 was 14.93%. This ranked 157th globally.
How did Papua New Guinea's inflation rate change in 1999?▾
Papua New Guinea's inflation rate increased by 9.9% in 1999 compared to 1998.
Which country had the highest inflation rate in 1999?▾
Belarus had the highest inflation rate in 1999 at 293.68%.
What is the inflation rate of Papua New Guinea in 1999?▾
The inflation rate of Papua New Guinea in 1999 was 14.93%. This ranked 157th globally.
How does 1999 compare to 1998 for Papua New Guinea's inflation rate?▾
Papua New Guinea's inflation rate went from 13.57% in 1998 to 14.93% in 1999, a 9.9% increase.
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