Heavily indebted poor countries (HIPC) - Inflation, consumer prices (annual %)

The value for Inflation, consumer prices (annual %) in Heavily indebted poor countries (HIPC) was 3.38 as of 2020. As the graph below shows, over the past 39 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 32.29 in 1994 and a minimum value of 2.69 in 2019.

Definition: Inflation as measured by the consumer price index reflects the annual percentage change in the cost to the average consumer of acquiring a basket of goods and services that may be fixed or changed at specified intervals, such as yearly. The Laspeyres formula is generally used.

Source: International Monetary Fund, International Financial Statistics and data files.

See also:

Year Value
1981 11.34
1982 12.31
1983 11.13
1984 11.37
1985 10.42
1986 6.81
1987 7.03
1988 6.93
1989 8.05
1990 6.80
1991 8.82
1992 9.52
1993 8.53
1994 32.29
1995 14.38
1996 7.41
1997 5.57
1998 5.75
1999 3.60
2000 4.17
2001 4.60
2002 3.90
2003 5.30
2004 4.47
2005 8.17
2006 6.74
2007 7.25
2008 10.66
2009 4.36
2010 4.70
2011 6.43
2012 6.31
2013 5.16
2014 3.97
2015 3.77
2016 4.66
2017 4.98
2018 3.05
2019 2.69
2020 3.38

Aggregation method: Median

Periodicity: Annual

Classification

Topic: Financial Sector Indicators

Sub-Topic: Exchange rates & prices