Belarus — Inflation
Inflation, Consumer Prices (Annual %) for Belarus, 1993–2025.
Inflation for Belarus was 6.60% in 2025, according to the latest World Bank data. The series covers 33 years, from 1993 to 2025. The highest recorded value was 2221.02% in 1994. The lowest was 4.87% in 2018 (about 1.4× the low point). Across that span the compound annual growth rate works out to -14.99% per year.
Belarus ranks 37 of 187 economies on this measure (1 = highest), putting it in the top 20%. The median for Europe & Central Asia is 3.75%, so Belarus sits above it. It peaked in 1994 and has fallen 100% since. Over the last decade (2015–2025) the figure moved down 51%. Within Europe & Central Asia it ranks 9 of 49 economies; Azerbaijan (5.62%) is just below it. Its sharpest one-year move was up 588% in 2011. That is 19% below this series' own ten-year average.
Data highlights
World ranking. Slipped: 7th of 148 in 1993 → 3rd of 163 in 2000 → 27th of 186 in 2010 → 34th of 178 in 2020 → 30th of 169 in 2025.
Key figures
Full history — 1993 to 2025
| Year | annual % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 6.6% | +0.8 pp |
| 2024 | 5.79% | +0.8 pp |
| 2023 | 5% | -10.2 pp |
| 2022 | 15.21% | +5.7 pp |
| 2021 | 9.46% | +3.9 pp |
| 2020 | 5.55% | -0.1 pp |
| 2019 | 5.6% | +0.7 pp |
| 2018 | 4.87% | -1.2 pp |
| 2017 | 6.03% | -5.8 pp |
| 2016 | 11.84% | -1.7 pp |
| 2015 | 13.53% | -4.6 pp |
| 2014 | 18.12% | -0.2 pp |
| 2013 | 18.31% | -40.9 pp |
| 2012 | 59.22% | +6.0 pp |
| 2011 | 53.23% | +45.5 pp |
| 2010 | 7.74% | -5.2 pp |
| 2009 | 12.95% | -1.9 pp |
| 2008 | 14.84% | +6.4 pp |
| 2007 | 8.43% | +1.4 pp |
| 2006 | 7% | -3.3 pp |
| 2005 | 10.34% | -7.8 pp |
| 2004 | 18.11% | -10.3 pp |
| 2003 | 28.4% | -14.1 pp |
| 2002 | 42.54% | -18.6 pp |
| 2001 | 61.13% | -107.5 pp |
| 2000 | 168.62% | -125.1 pp |
| 1999 | 293.68% | +220.8 pp |
| 1998 | 72.87% | +8.9 pp |
| 1997 | 63.94% | +11.2 pp |
| 1996 | 52.71% | -656.6 pp |
| 1995 | 709.35% | -1511.7 pp |
| 1994 | 2,221.02% | +1030.8 pp |
| 1993 | 1,190.23% | — |
Frequently asked questions
What was Belarus’s Inflation in 1994?
2,221.02% (1994). The full year-by-year table above lists every published year, most recent first.
Are changes in this series measured in percentage points?
Yes. The series is a share expressed in annual %, so year-over-year movements in the Change column are percentage points (pp), not percent.
Is Belarus’s Inflation growing or shrinking?
Between 1993 and 2025 the series was shrinking overall: -99.4% in total — about 15.0% a year compounded.
Where does this data come from?
World Bank Open Data (CC BY-4.0), indicator FP.CPI.TOTL.ZG. Values are reproduced as published; this page only computes summary statistics such as change, CAGR and extremes.
What are the most recent published figures?
The last five published years: 2025: 6.6%; 2024: 5.79%; 2023: 5%; 2022: 15.21%; 2021: 9.46%. Earlier years are in the full-history table below.
Related data
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.