Afghanistan — Inflation
Inflation, Consumer Prices (Annual %) for Afghanistan, 2005–2024.
Latest value · 2024
-6.60%
Inflation, Consumer Prices (Annual %) · annual % · -152.0% since 2005
Inflation for Afghanistan was -6.60% in 2024, according to the latest World Bank data. The series covers 20 years, from 2005 to 2024. The highest recorded value was 26.42% in 2008. The lowest was -6.81% in 2009 (about 1.0× the latest value).
Afghanistan ranks 187 of 187 economies on this measure (1 = highest), putting it in the top 100%. The median for Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan is 2.08%, so Afghanistan sits below it. It peaked in 2008 and has fallen 125% since. Over the last decade (2014–2024) the figure moved down 241%.
Key figures
Latest (2024)
-6.60%
First (2005)
12.69%
Change
-152.0%
Highest
26.42%
in 2008
Lowest
-6.81%
in 2009
Average
5.25%
Annual growth (CAGR)
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Years of data
20
Recent years
| Year | annual % |
|---|---|
| 2024 | -6.6% |
| 2023 | -4.64% |
| 2022 | 13.71% |
| 2021 | 5.13% |
| 2020 | 5.6% |
| 2019 | 2.3% |
| 2018 | 0.63% |
| 2017 | 4.98% |
| 2016 | 4.38% |
| 2015 | -0.66% |
| 2014 | 4.67% |
| 2013 | 7.39% |
Reading this correctly. Annual percentage change in the cost to the average consumer of acquiring a basket of goods and services. A negative value means deflation. Figures are in annual %. Comparing this series with a different measure of the same concept (for example a nominal figure against a purchasing-power-parity figure) will give misleading results.
Related data
Source. World Bank Open Data, indicator
FP.CPI.TOTL.ZG — Inflation, Consumer Prices (Annual %). Data licensed under CC BY 4.0. Values are reproduced as published; this page computes the summary statistics (change, CAGR, extremes) from the underlying annual series. View the original dataset on data.worldbank.org.