Mapped: Which Countries Have the Highest Inflation?

Mapped: Which Countries Have the Highest Inflation Rate?

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Inflation is surging nearly everywhere in 2022.

Geopolitical tensions are triggering high energy costs, while supply-side disruptions are also distorting consumer prices. The end result is that almost half of countries worldwide are seeing double-digit inflation rates or higher.

With new macroeconomic forces shaping the global economy, the above infographic shows countries with the highest inflation rates, using data from Trading Economics.

Double-Digit Inflation in 2022

As the table below shows, countless countries are navigating record-high levels of inflation. Some are even facing triple-digit inflation rates. Globally, Zimbabwe, Lebanon, and Venezuela have the highest rates in the world.

Country	Inflation Rate, Year-Over-Year	Date
🇿🇼 Zimbabwe	269.0%	Oct 2022
🇱🇧 Lebanon	162.0%	Sep 2022
🇻🇪 Venezuela	156.0%	Oct 2022
🇸🇾 Syria	139.0%	Aug 2022
🇸🇩 Sudan	103.0%	Oct 2022
🇦🇷 Argentina	88.0%	Oct 2022
🇹🇷 Turkey	85.5%	Oct 2022
🇱🇰 Sri Lanka	66.0%	Oct 2022
🇮🇷 Iran	52.2%	Aug 2022
🇸🇷 Suriname	41.4%	Sep 2022
🇬🇭 Ghana	40.4%	Oct 2022
🇨🇺 Cuba	37.2%	Sep 2022
🇱🇦 Laos	36.8%	Oct 2022
🇲🇩 Moldova	34.6%	Oct 2022
🇪🇹 Ethiopia	31.7%	Oct 2022
🇷🇼 Rwanda	31.0%	Oct 2022
🇭🇹 Haiti	30.5%	Jul 2022
🇸🇱 Sierra Leone	29.1%	Sep 2022
🇵🇰 Pakistan	26.6%	Oct 2022
🇺🇦 Ukraine	26.6%	Oct 2022
🇲🇼 Malawi	25.9%	Sep 2022
🇱🇹 Lithuania	23.6%	Oct 2022
🇪🇪 Estonia	22.5%	Oct 2022
🇧🇮 Burundi	22.1%	Oct 2022
🇸🇹 Sao Tome and Principe	21.9%	Sep 2022
🇱🇻 Latvia	21.8%	Oct 2022
🇭🇺 Hungary	21.1%	Oct 2022
🇳🇬 Nigeria	21.1%	Oct 2022
🇲🇰 Macedonia	19.8%	Oct 2022
🇲🇲 Myanmar	19.4%	Jun 2022
🇰🇿 Kazakhstan	18.8%	Oct 2022
🇵🇱 Poland	17.9%	Oct 2022
🇧🇬 Bulgaria	17.6%	Oct 2022
🇹🇲 Turkmenistan	17.5%	Dec 2021
🇧🇦 Bosnia and Herzegovina	17.3%	Sep 2022
🇲🇪 Montenegro	16.8%	Oct 2022
🇦🇴 Angola	16.7%	Oct 2022
🇧🇫 Burkina Faso	16.5%	Sep 2022
🇪🇬 Egypt	16.2%	Oct 2022
🇰🇲 Comoros	15.9%	Sep 2022
🇰🇬 Kyrgyzstan	15.4%	Oct 2022
🇷🇴 Romania	15.3%	Oct 2022
🇧🇾 Belarus	15.2%	Oct 2022
🇨🇿 Czech Republic	15.1%	Oct 2022
🇷🇸 Serbia	15.0%	Oct 2022
🇸🇰 Slovakia	14.9%	Oct 2022
🇲🇳 Mongolia	14.5%	Oct 2022
🇳🇱 Netherlands	14.3%	Oct 2022
🇦🇿 Azerbaijan	13.7%	Oct 2022
🇦🇫 Afghanistan	13.6%	Sep 2022
🇬🇲 Gambia	13.3%	Sep 2022
🇭🇷 Croatia	13.2%	Oct 2022
🇧🇼 Botswana	13.1%	Oct 2022
🇸🇳 Senegal	13.0%	Oct 2022
🇨🇱 Chile	12.8%	Oct 2022
🇽🇰 Kosovo	12.7%	Oct 2022
🇷🇺 Russia	12.6%	Oct 2022
🇬🇳 Guinea	12.4%	Jul 2022
🇧🇪 Belgium	12.3%	Oct 2022
🇨🇴 Colombia	12.2%	Oct 2022
🇺🇿 Uzbekistan	12.2%	Oct 2022
🇨🇬 Congo	12.2%	Oct 2022
🇳🇮 Nicaragua	12.2%	Oct 2022
🇰🇾 Cayman Islands	12.1%	Jun 2022
🇲🇺 Mauritius	11.9%	Oct 2022
🇲🇿 Mozambique	11.8%	Oct 2022
🇮🇹 Italy	11.8%	Oct 2022
🇲🇱 Mali	11.3%	Sep 2022
🇲🇷 Mauritania	11.3%	Sep 2022
🇬🇧 United Kingdom	11.1%	Oct 2022
🇦🇹 Austria	11.0%	Oct 2022
🇸🇪 Sweden	10.9%	Oct 2022
🇺🇬 Uganda	10.7%	Oct 2022
🇬🇪 Georgia	10.6%	Oct 2022
🇩🇪 Germany	10.4%	Oct 2022
🇭🇳 Honduras	10.2%	Oct 2022
🇩🇰 Denmark	10.1%	Oct 2022
🇵🇹 Portugal	10.1%	Oct 2022
🇯🇲 Jamaica	9.9%	Oct 2022
🇸🇮 Slovenia	9.9%	Oct 2022
🇬🇹 Guatemala	9.7%	Oct 2022
🇿🇲 Zambia	9.7%	Oct 2022
🇰🇪 Kenya	9.6%	Oct 2022
🇦🇲 Armenia	9.5%	Oct 2022
🇮🇸 Iceland	9.4%	Oct 2022
🇲🇬 Madagascar	9.3%	Aug 2022
🇮🇪 Ireland	9.2%	Oct 2022
🇱🇸 Lesotho	9.2%	Sep 2022
🇹🇳 Tunisia	9.2%	Oct 2022
🇬🇷 Greece	9.1%	Oct 2022
🇺🇾 Uruguay	9.1%	Oct 2022
🇨🇷 Costa Rica	9.0%	Oct 2022
🇧🇩 Bangladesh	8.9%	Oct 2022
🇨🇾 Cyprus	8.8%	Oct 2022
🇫🇴 Faroe Islands	8.8%	Sep 2022
🇩🇿 Algeria	8.7%	Sep 2022
🇳🇵 Nepal	8.6%	Sep 2022
🇸🇧 Solomon Islands	8.5%	Aug 2022
🇲🇽 Mexico	8.4%	Oct 2022
🇬🇼 Guinea Bissau	8.4%	Sep 2022
🇦🇱 Albania	8.3%	Oct 2022
🇧🇧 Barbados	8.3%	Aug 2022
🇫🇮 Finland	8.3%	Oct 2022
🇲🇦 Morocco	8.3%	Sep 2022
🇵🇪 Peru	8.3%	Oct 2022
🇩🇴 Dominican Republic	8.2%	Oct 2022
🇨🇻 Cape Verde	8.2%	Oct 2022
🇵🇾 Paraguay	8.1%	Oct 2022
🇹🇱 East Timor	7.9%	Sep 2022
🇹🇬 Togo	7.9%	Sep 2022
🇵🇭 Philippines	7.7%	Oct 2022
🇺🇸 U.S.	7.7%	Oct 2022
🇨🇲 Cameroon	7.6%	Sep 2022
🇳🇴 Norway	7.5%	Oct 2022
🇸🇬 Singapore	7.5%	Sep 2022
🇿🇦 South Africa	7.5%	Sep 2022
🇸🇻 El Salvador	7.5%	Oct 2022
🇲🇹 Malta	7.4%	Oct 2022
🇦🇺 Australia	7.3%	Sep 2022
🇪🇸 Spain	7.3%	Oct 2022
🇹🇩 Chad	7.2%	Sep 2022
🇳🇿 New Zealand	7.2%	Sep 2022
🇧🇿 Belize	7.1%	Sep 2022
🇳🇦 Namibia	7.1%	Oct 2022
🇦🇼 Aruba	7.0%	Sep 2022
🇨🇦 Canada	6.9%	Oct 2022
🇱🇺 Luxembourg	6.9%	Oct 2022
🇸🇴 Somalia	6.9%	Oct 2022
🇮🇳 India	6.8%	Oct 2022
🇦🇪 United Arab Emirates	6.8%	Jun 2022
🇬🇾 Guyana	6.5%	Sep 2022
🇱🇷 Liberia	6.5%	Jul 2022
🇧🇷 Brazil	6.5%	Oct 2022
🇧🇸 Bahamas	6.3%	Aug 2022
🇨🇮 Ivory Coast	6.3%	Sep 2022
🇹🇹 Trinidad and Tobago	6.3%	Aug 2022
🇫🇷 France	6.2%	Oct 2022
🇩🇯 Djibouti	6.1%	Sep 2022
🇵🇷 Puerto Rico	6.1%	Sep 2022
🇧🇹 Bhutan	6.1%	Sep 2022
🇧🇹 Qatar	6.0%	Sep 2022
🇹🇭 Thailand	6.0%	Oct 2022
🇸🇿 Swaziland	5.8%	Aug 2022
🇮🇩 Indonesia	5.7%	Oct 2022
🇰🇷 South Korea	5.7%	Oct 2022
🇹🇯 Tajikistan	5.7%	Sep 2022
🇵🇬 Papua New Guinea	5.5%	Jun 2022
🇰🇭 Cambodia	5.4%	Jul 2022
🇮🇶 Iraq	5.3%	Sep 2022
🇯🇴 Jordan	5.2%	Oct 2022
🇫🇯 Fiji	5.1%	Sep 2022
🇮🇱 Israel	5.1%	Oct 2022
🇳🇨 New Caledonia	5.0%	Sep 2022
🇹🇿 Tanzania	4.9%	Oct 2022
🇧🇲 Bermuda	4.5%	Jul 2022
🇪🇷 Eritrea	4.5%	Dec 2021
🇲🇾 Malaysia	4.5%	Sep 2022
🇭🇰 Hong Kong	4.4%	Sep 2022
🇵🇸 Palestine	4.4%	Oct 2022
🇧🇳 Brunei	4.3%	Sep 2022
🇱🇾 Libya	4.3%	Sep 2022
🇻🇳 Vietnam	4.3%	Oct 2022
🇪🇨 Ecuador	4.0%	Oct 2022
🇧🇭 Bahrain	4.0%	Sep 2022
🇯🇵 Japan	3.7%	Oct 2022
🇰🇼 Kuwait	3.2%	Sep 2022
🇳🇪 Niger	3.2%	Sep 2022
🇲🇻 Maldives	3.1%	Sep 2022
🇬🇦 Gabon	3.0%	Jul 2022
🇱🇮 Liechtenstein	3.0%	Oct 2022
🇸🇦 Saudi Arabia	3.0%	Oct 2022
🇨🇭 Switzerland	3.0%	Oct 2022
🇸🇨 Seychelles	2.9%	Oct 2022
🇬🇶 Equatorial Guinea	2.9%	Dec 2021
🇧🇴 Bolivia	2.9%	Oct 2022
🇹🇼 Taiwan	2.7%	Oct 2022
🇨🇫 Central African Republic	2.7%	Dec 2021
🇻🇺 Vanuatu	2.7%	Mar 2022
🇴🇲 Oman	2.4%	Sep 2022
🇧🇯 Benin	2.1%	Oct 2022
🇨🇳 China	2.1%	Oct 2022
🇵🇦 Panama	1.9%	Sep 2022
🇲🇴 Macau	1.1%	Sep 2022
🇸🇸 South Sudan	-2.5%	Aug 2022

*Inflation rates based on the latest available data.

As price pressures mount, 33 central banks tracked by the Bank of International Settlements (out of a total of 38) have raised interest rates this year. These coordinated rate hikes are the largest in two decades, representing an end to an era of rock-bottom interest rates.

Going into 2023, central banks could continue this shift towards hawkish policies as inflation remains aggressively high.

The Role of Energy Prices

Driven by the war in Ukraine, energy inflation is pushing up the cost of living around the world.

Since October 2020, an index of global energy prices—made up of crude oil, natural gas, coal, and propane—has increased drastically.

Compared to the 2021 average, natural gas prices in Europe are up sixfold. Real European household electricity prices are up 78% and gas prices have climbed even more, at 144% compared to 20-year averages.

Amid global competition for liquefied natural gas supplies, price pressures are likely to stay high, even though they have fallen recently. Other harmful consequences of the energy shock include price volatility, economic strain, and energy shortages.

“The world is in the midst of the first truly global energy crisis, with impacts that will be felt for years to come”.

-Fatih Birol, executive director of the IEA

Double-Digit Inflation: Will it Last?

If history is an example, taming rising prices could take at least a few years yet.

Take the sky-high inflation of the 1980s. Italy, which managed to combat inflation faster than most countries, brought down inflation from 22% in 1980 to 4% in 1986.

If global inflation rates, which hover around 9.8% in 2022, were to follow this course, it would take at least until 2025 for levels to reach the 2% target.

It’s worth noting that inflation was also highly volatile over this decade. Consider how inflation fell across much of the rich world by 1981 but shot up again in 1987 amid higher energy prices. Federal Reserve chair Jerome Powell spoke to the volatility of inflation at their November meeting, indicating that high inflation has a chance of following a period of low inflation.

While the Federal Reserve projects U.S. inflation to fall closer to its 2% target by 2024, the road ahead could still get a lot bumpier between now and then.