Sao Tome and Principe Inflation rate (consumer prices)

Inflation rate (consumer prices): 23% (2008 est.)
18% (2007 est.)

Year	Inflation rate (consumer prices)	Rank	Percent Change	Date of Information
2003	9.00 %	40		2002 est.
2004	9.00 %	45	0.00 %	2003 est.
2005	14.00 %	208	55.56 %	2004 est.
2006	15.20 %	211	8.57 %	2005 est.
2007	15.00 %	214	-1.32 %	2006 est.
2008	18.00 %	219	20.00 %	2007 est.
2009	23.00 %	209	27.78 %	2008 est.

Definition: This entry furnishes the annual percent change in consumer prices compared with the previous year's consumer prices.

Source: CIA World Factbook - Unless otherwise noted, information in this page is accurate as of September 17, 2009

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Equivalent Data From the International Monetary Fund

Variable: Inflation, average consumer prices

Note: Data for inflation are averages for the year, not end-of-period data.

Units: Annual percent change

Country-specific Note: See notes for: Inflation, average consumer prices (Index, 2000=100).

Source: International Monetary Fund - 2009 World Economic Outlook

Year	Inflation, average consumer prices	Percent Change
1980	0.216
1981	11.483	5,216.20 %
1982	0.4	-96.52 %
1983	7	1,650.00 %
1984	3.2	-54.29 %
1985	0.1	-96.88 %
1986	13.9	13,800.00 %
1987	25	79.86 %
1988	44.277	77.11 %
1989	42.886	-3.14 %
1990	42.248	-1.49 %
1991	46.48	10.02 %
1992	33.697	-27.50 %
1993	25.5	-24.33 %
1994	51.16	100.63 %
1995	36.8	-28.07 %
1996	42.047	14.26 %
1997	69.049	64.22 %
1998	42.105	-39.02 %
1999	11.011	-73.85 %
2000	11.011	0.00 %
2001	9.507	-13.66 %
2002	9.201	-3.22 %
2003	9.626	4.62 %
2004	12.821	33.19 %
2005	17.2	34.15 %
2006	23.1	34.30 %
2007	18.5	-19.91 %
2008	26.05	40.81 %
2009	17.14	-34.20 %