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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	South Korea	United States	Papua New Guinea
Dec 31, 2002	2.8%	1.6%	11.8%
Dec 31, 2003	3.5%	2.3%	14.7%
Dec 31, 2004	3.6%	2.7%	2.2%
Dec 31, 2005	2.8%	3.4%	1.8%
Dec 31, 2006	2.2%	3.2%	2.4%
Dec 31, 2007	2.5%	2.9%	0.9%
Dec 31, 2008	4.7%	3.8%	10.8%
Dec 31, 2009	2.8%	-0.4%	6.9%
Dec 31, 2010	2.9%	1.6%	6.0%
Dec 31, 2011	4.0%	3.2%	4.4%
Dec 31, 2012	2.2%	2.1%	4.5%
Dec 31, 2013	1.3%	1.5%	5.0%
Dec 31, 2014	1.3%	1.6%	5.2%
Dec 31, 2015	0.7%	0.1%	6.0%
Dec 31, 2016	1.0%	1.3%	6.7%
Dec 31, 2017	1.9%	2.1%	5.4%
Dec 31, 2018	1.5%	2.4%	4.4%
Dec 31, 2019	0.4%	1.8%	3.9%
Dec 31, 2020	0.5%	1.2%	4.9%
Dec 31, 2021	2.5%	4.7%	4.5%
Dec 31, 2022	5.1%	8.0%	5.3%
Dec 31, 2023	3.6%	4.1%	2.3%
Dec 31, 2024	2.3%	2.9%	0.6%
Dec 31, 2025	2.1%	—	4.4%