South Africa - Consumer Price Index 2018
152.67
+6.59 from 2017
South Africa's consumer price index was 152.67 in 2018, increased +6.59 from 146.08 in 2017. This was the 136th highest globally.
Global Ranking - 2018▾
| Rank | Country | Value | YoY |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | Switzerland | 99.19 | 0.9% |
| 2nd | Brunei Darussalam | 99.42 | 1.0% |
| 3rd | Greece | 101.69 | 0.6% |
| 4th | Cyprus | 102.25 | 1.4% |
| 5th | Kiribati | 102.39 | 0.6% |
| 6th | Dominica | 103.87 | 1.0% |
| 7th | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 104.31 | 1.4% |
| 8th | St. Kitts and Nevis | 104.57 | -1.0% |
| 9th | Japan | 104.99 | 1.0% |
| 10th | Aruba | 105.06 | 3.6% |
| 11th | Ireland | 105.57 | 0.5% |
| 12th | Belize | 105.96 | 0.3% |
| 13th | Israel | 107.28 | 0.8% |
| 14th | Senegal | 107.36 | 0.5% |
| 15th | Grenada | 107.43 | 0.8% |
| 16th | Sweden | 108.57 | 2.0% |
| 17th | France | 108.84 | 1.9% |
| 18th | Croatia | 108.97 | 1.5% |
| 19th | Slovenia | 109.27 | 1.7% |
| 20th | Cabo Verde | 109.29 | 1.3% |
| 21st | Denmark | 109.52 | 0.8% |
| 22nd | St. Vincent and the Grenadines | 109.67 | 2.3% |
| 23rd | Benin | 109.91 | 0.9% |
| 24th | Italy | 109.95 | 1.1% |
| 25th | St. Lucia | 110.13 | 1.9% |
| 26th | Spain | 110.19 | 1.7% |
| 27th | Portugal | 110.25 | 1.0% |
| 28th | Mali | 110.56 | 0.3% |
| 29th | Morocco | 110.73 | 1.8% |
| 30th | West Bank and Gaza | 110.77 | -0.2% |
| 31st | Bulgaria | 110.97 | 2.8% |
| 32nd | El Salvador | 111.14 | 1.1% |
| 33rd | Finland | 111.19 | 1.1% |
| 34th | Germany | 111.25 | 1.7% |
| 35th | Malta | 111.62 | 1.2% |
| 36th | Poland | 111.63 | 1.8% |
| 37th | San Marino | 111.96 | 1.2% |
| 38th | Burkina Faso | 111.98 | 2.0% |
| 39th | Niger | 112.12 | 3.0% |
| 40th | Slovak Republic | 112.35 | 2.5% |
| 41st | New Zealand | 112.42 | 1.6% |
| 42nd | Guinea-Bissau | 112.44 | 0.4% |
| 43rd | Thailand | 112.47 | 1.1% |
| 44th | North Macedonia | 112.53 | 1.5% |
| 45th | Togo | 112.54 | 0.9% |
| 46th | Curaçao | 112.58 | 2.6% |
| 47th | Côte d'Ivoire | 112.90 | 0.4% |
| 48th | Netherlands | 112.93 | 1.7% |
| 49th | Luxembourg | 113.12 | 1.5% |
| 50th | Czechia | 113.25 | 2.1% |
| 51st | Oman | 113.38 | 0.9% |
| 52nd | Bahamas, The | 113.39 | 2.3% |
| 53rd | Latvia | 113.66 | 2.5% |
| 54th | Singapore | 113.79 | 0.4% |
| 55th | Antigua and Barbuda | 113.81 | 1.2% |
| 56th | Guyana | 113.82 | 1.3% |
| 57th | Micronesia, Federated States of | 113.84 | 1.5% |
| 58th | Vanuatu | 113.98 | 2.3% |
| 59th | Comoros | 114.34 | 2.2% |
| 60th | Canada | 114.52 | 2.3% |
| 61st | Korea | 114.72 | 1.5% |
| 62nd | Kosovo | 114.99 | 1.1% |
| 63rd | United States | 115.16 | 2.4% |
| 64th | Belgium | 115.45 | 2.1% |
| 65th | Lithuania | 115.68 | 2.7% |
| 66th | Cameroon | 115.81 | 1.1% |
| 67th | Qatar | 116.16 | 0.3% |
| 68th | Austria | 116.28 | 2.0% |
| 69th | Montenegro | 116.32 | 2.6% |
| 70th | Djibouti | 116.39 | 0.1% |
| 71st | Samoa | 116.41 | 4.2% |
| 72nd | Zimbabwe | 116.71 | 10.6% |
| 73rd | United Arab Emirates | 116.78 | 3.1% |
| 74th | Albania | 117.39 | 2.0% |
| 75th | United Kingdom | 117.58 | 2.3% |
| 76th | Bahrain | 117.59 | 2.1% |
| 77th | Hungary | 117.71 | 2.9% |
| 78th | Norway | 117.72 | 2.8% |
| 79th | Australia | 117.90 | 1.9% |
| 80th | Chad | 118.85 | 4.3% |
| 81st | Romania | 119.22 | 4.6% |
| 82nd | Estonia | 119.42 | 3.4% |
| 83rd | Gabon | 119.68 | 4.7% |
| 84th | Iraq | 119.86 | 0.4% |
| 85th | Malaysia | 120.66 | 0.9% |
| 86th | Palau | 120.83 | 2.1% |
| 87th | Saudi Arabia | 120.93 | 2.5% |
| 88th | China | 121.56 | 2.1% |
| 89th | Congo, Republic of | 122.05 | 1.2% |
| 90th | Equatorial Guinea | 122.47 | 1.1% |
| 91st | Panama | 122.50 | 0.8% |
| 92nd | Ecuador | 123.81 | -0.2% |
| 93rd | Jordan | 124.65 | 4.5% |
| 94th | Iceland | 125.23 | 2.7% |
| 95th | Kuwait | 125.23 | 0.5% |
| 96th | Costa Rica | 126.20 | 2.2% |
| 97th | Lebanon | 126.23 | 6.1% |
| 98th | Philippines | 126.59 | 5.3% |
| 99th | Tonga | 127.28 | 5.0% |
| 100th | Armenia | 127.34 | 2.5% |
| 101st | Peru | 127.42 | 1.5% |
| 102nd | Georgia | 127.43 | 2.6% |
| 103rd | Cambodia | 127.63 | 2.5% |
| 104th | Seychelles | 127.65 | 3.7% |
| 105th | Chile | 128.62 | 2.4% |
| 106th | Barbados | 128.81 | 3.7% |
| 107th | Mauritius | 129.39 | 3.2% |
| 108th | Dominican Republic | 129.82 | 3.6% |
| 109th | Fiji | 129.99 | 4.1% |
| 110th | Hong Kong SAR, China | 130.87 | 2.4% |
| 111th | Solomon Islands | 130.92 | 3.5% |
| 112th | Lao PDR | 131.50 | 2.0% |
| 113th | Mauritania | 131.98 | 3.1% |
| 114th | Colombia | 136.15 | 3.2% |
| 115th | Maldives | 136.26 | -0.1% |
| 116th | Mexico | 136.58 | 4.9% |
| 117th | Guatemala | 137.82 | 3.8% |
| 118th | Paraguay | 139.96 | 4.0% |
| 119th | Macao SAR, China | 140.19 | 3.0% |
| 120th | Serbia | 141.38 | 2.0% |
| 121st | Trinidad and Tobago | 141.75 | 1.0% |
| 122nd | Honduras | 144.06 | 4.3% |
| 123rd | Timor-Leste | 145.38 | 2.6% |
| 124th | Tunisia | 145.54 | 7.3% |
| 125th | Bolivia, Plurinational State of | 145.64 | 2.3% |
| 126th | Botswana | 145.71 | 3.2% |
| 127th | Rwanda | 146.17 | -0.3% |
| 128th | Afghanistan | 146.52 | 0.6% |
| 129th | Indonesia | 146.73 | 3.2% |
| 130th | Central African Republic | 147.82 | 1.6% |
| 131st | Lesotho | 148.17 | 4.8% |
| 132nd | Algeria | 148.46 | 4.3% |
| 133rd | Papua New Guinea | 150.02 | 4.4% |
| 134th | Sri Lanka | 150.23 | 2.1% |
| 135th | Namibia | 152.30 | 4.3% |
| 136th | South Africa | 152.67 | 4.5% |
| 137th | Azerbaijan | 152.90 | 2.3% |
| 138th | Kyrgyz Republic | 153.93 | 1.5% |
| 139th | Nicaragua | 154.44 | 4.9% |
| 140th | Myanmar | 154.54 | 6.9% |
| 141st | Jamaica | 156.38 | 3.7% |
| 142nd | Moldova | 158.53 | 3.0% |
| 143rd | Viet Nam | 159.07 | 3.5% |
| 144th | Gambia, The | 161.26 | 6.5% |
| 145th | Brazil | 161.37 | 3.7% |
| 146th | Eswatini | 162.60 | 4.8% |
| 147th | Pakistan | 164.88 | 5.1% |
| 148th | Bhutan | 165.44 | 2.7% |
| 149th | India | 165.45 | 3.9% |
| 150th | Bangladesh | 170.16 | 5.5% |
| 151st | Uganda | 171.14 | 2.6% |
| 152nd | Russian Federation | 173.01 | 2.9% |
| 153rd | Madagascar | 174.52 | 8.6% |
| 154th | Mozambique | 177.38 | 3.9% |
| 155th | Nepal | 177.90 | 4.4% |
| 156th | Haiti | 179.29 | 12.5% |
| 157th | Kazakhstan | 179.72 | 6.2% |
| 158th | Kenya | 180.51 | 4.7% |
| 159th | Tanzania | 181.15 | 3.5% |
| 160th | Mongolia | 182.44 | 6.8% |
| 161st | Burundi | 183.37 | -2.8% |
| 162nd | São Tomé and Principe | 185.09 | 7.9% |
| 163rd | Uruguay | 188.10 | 7.6% |
| 164th | Zambia | 194.51 | 7.5% |
| 165th | Türkiye | 203.55 | 16.3% |
| 166th | Sierra Leone | 203.96 | 16.0% |
| 167th | Liberia | 223.13 | 23.6% |
| 168th | Guinea | 240.14 | 9.8% |
| 169th | Nigeria | 240.14 | 12.1% |
| 170th | Uzbekistan | 247.77 | 17.5% |
| 171st | Libya | 254.73 | 13.2% |
| 172nd | Ghana | 259.89 | 7.8% |
| 173rd | Ukraine | 261.07 | 11.0% |
| 174th | Egypt, Arab Republic of | 264.38 | 14.4% |
| 175th | Angola | 324.22 | 19.6% |
| 176th | Malawi | 382.50 | 12.4% |
| 177th | Iran, Islamic Republic of | 393.78 | 18.0% |
| 178th | Belarus | 481.39 | 4.9% |
| 179th | Syrian Arab Republic | 542.20 | 0.9% |
| 180th | Sudan | 890.23 | 63.3% |
| 181st | South Sudan | 8,411.17 | 83.5% |
FAQ
What was South Africa's consumer price index in 2018?▾
South Africa's consumer price index in 2018 was 152.67. This ranked 136th globally.
How did South Africa's consumer price index change in 2018?▾
South Africa's consumer price index increased by 4.5% in 2018 compared to 2017.
Which country had the highest consumer price index in 2018?▾
South Sudan had the highest consumer price index in 2018 at 8,411.17.
What is the consumer price index of South Africa in 2018?▾
The consumer price index of South Africa in 2018 was 152.67. This ranked 136th globally.
How does 2018 compare to 2017 for South Africa's consumer price index?▾
South Africa's consumer price index went from 146.08 in 2017 to 152.67 in 2018, a 4.5% increase.
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