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Inflation rate: compare countries

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Inflation rate by country

Annual, Percent

Source: World Bank

Inflation rate: latest observations by country
Date	Australia	United States	Laos
Dec 31, 2002	3.0%	1.6%	10.6%
Dec 31, 2003	2.7%	2.3%	15.5%
Dec 31, 2004	2.3%	2.7%	10.5%
Dec 31, 2005	2.7%	3.4%	7.2%
Dec 31, 2006	3.6%	3.2%	6.5%
Dec 31, 2007	2.3%	2.9%	4.7%
Dec 31, 2008	4.4%	3.8%	7.6%
Dec 31, 2009	1.8%	-0.4%	0.1%
Dec 31, 2010	2.9%	1.6%	6.0%
Dec 31, 2011	3.3%	3.2%	7.6%
Dec 31, 2012	1.8%	2.1%	4.3%
Dec 31, 2013	2.4%	1.5%	6.4%
Dec 31, 2014	2.5%	1.6%	4.1%
Dec 31, 2015	1.5%	0.1%	1.3%
Dec 31, 2016	1.3%	1.3%	1.6%
Dec 31, 2017	1.9%	2.1%	0.8%
Dec 31, 2018	1.9%	2.4%	2.0%
Dec 31, 2019	1.6%	1.8%	3.3%
Dec 31, 2020	0.8%	1.2%	5.1%
Dec 31, 2021	2.9%	4.7%	3.8%
Dec 31, 2022	6.6%	8.0%	23.0%
Dec 31, 2023	5.6%	4.1%	31.2%
Dec 31, 2024	3.2%	2.9%	23.1%
Dec 31, 2025	2.9%	—	7.7%