007 est.)

Somalia
NA%; note - businesses print their own money, so inflation
rates cannot be easily determined

South Africa
6.5% (2007 est.)

Spain
2.8% (2007 est.)

Sri Lanka
15.8% (2007 est.)

Sudan
8% (2007 est.)

Suriname
6.4% (2007 est.)

Swaziland
8.1% (2007 est.)

Sweden
2.2% (2007 est.)

Switzerland
0.7% (2007 est.)

Syria
12.2% (2007 est.)

Taiwan
1.8% (2007 est.)

Tajikistan
13.1% (2007 est.)

Tanzania
7% (2007 est.)

Thailand
2.2% (2007 est.)

Timor-Leste
7.8% (2007 est.)

Togo
1% (2007 est.)

Tokelau
NA%

Tonga
5.9% (2007 est.)

Trinidad and Tobago
7.9% (2007 est.)

Tunisia
3.1% (2007 est.)

Turkey
8.7% (2007 est.)

Turkmenistan
11.3% (2007 est.)

Turks and Caicos Islands
4% (1995)

Tuvalu
3.8% (2006 est.)

Uganda
6.1% (2007 est.)

Ukraine
12.8% (2007 est.)

United Arab Emirates
14% (2007 est.)

United Kingdom
2.3% (2007 est.)

United States
2.9% (2007 est.)

Uruguay
8.1% (2007 est.)

Uzbekistan
12% officially, but 38% based on analysis of consumer
prices (2007 est.)

Vanuatu
3.9% (2007 est.)

Venezuela
18.7% (2007 est.)

Vietnam
8.3% (2007 est.)

Virgin Islands
2.2% (2003)

Wallis and Futuna
2.8% (2005)

West Bank
3.6% (includes Gaza Strip) (2006)

Western Sahara
NA%

World
developed countries 1% to 4% typically; developing countries
5% to 20% typically; national inflation rates vary widely in
individual cases, from declining prices in Japan to hyperinflation
in one Third World country (Zimbabwe); inflation rates have declined
for most countries for the last several years, held in check by
increasing international competition from several low wage countries
(2005 est.)

Yemen
10% (2007 est.)

Zambia
10.6% (2007 est.)

Zimbabwe
12,563% official data; private sector estimates are much
higher (2007 est.)

This page was last updated on 18 December 2008

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@2093 Waterways (km)

Afghanistan
1,200 km (chiefly Amu Darya, which handles vessels up to
500 DWT) (2007)

Albania
43 km (2007)

Angola
1,300 km (2007)

Argentina
11,000 km (2006)

Australia
2,000 km (mainly used for recreation on Murray and
Murray-Darling river systems) (2006)

Austria
358 km (2007)

Bangladesh
8,370 km
note: inc