Brazil — Inflation
Inflation, Consumer Prices (Annual %) for Brazil, 1981–2025.
Inflation for Brazil was 5.02% in 2025, according to the latest World Bank data. The series covers 45 years, from 1981 to 2025. The highest recorded value was 2947.73% in 1990. The lowest was 3.20% in 1998 (about 1.6× the low point). Across that span the compound annual growth rate works out to -6.61% per year.
Brazil ranks 45 of 187 economies on this measure (1 = highest), putting it in the top 24%. The median for Latin America & Caribbean is 2.53%, so Brazil sits above it. It peaked in 1990 and has fallen 100% since. Over the last decade (2015–2025) the figure moved down 44%. Within Latin America & Caribbean it ranks 5 of 33 economies; Uruguay (4.65%) is just below it. Its sharpest one-year move was up 176% in 1988. That is 13% below this series' own ten-year average.
Data highlights
From its 1981 level: doubled by 1985; grown tenfold by 1989.
World ranking. Slipped: 3rd of 114 in 1981 → 2nd of 131 in 1990 → 44th of 163 in 2000 → 61st of 186 in 2010 → 62nd of 178 in 2020 → 37th of 169 in 2025.
Key figures
Full history — 1981 to 2025
| Year | annual % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 5.02% | +0.6 pp |
| 2024 | 4.37% | -0.2 pp |
| 2023 | 4.59% | -4.7 pp |
| 2022 | 9.28% | +1.0 pp |
| 2021 | 8.3% | +5.1 pp |
| 2020 | 3.21% | -0.5 pp |
| 2019 | 3.73% | +0.1 pp |
| 2018 | 3.66% | +0.2 pp |
| 2017 | 3.45% | -5.3 pp |
| 2016 | 8.74% | -0.3 pp |
| 2015 | 9.03% | +2.7 pp |
| 2014 | 6.33% | +0.1 pp |
| 2013 | 6.2% | +0.8 pp |
| 2012 | 5.4% | -1.2 pp |
| 2011 | 6.64% | +1.6 pp |
| 2010 | 5.04% | +0.2 pp |
| 2009 | 4.89% | -0.8 pp |
| 2008 | 5.68% | +2.0 pp |
| 2007 | 3.64% | -0.5 pp |
| 2006 | 4.18% | -2.7 pp |
| 2005 | 6.87% | +0.3 pp |
| 2004 | 6.6% | -8.1 pp |
| 2003 | 14.71% | +6.3 pp |
| 2002 | 8.45% | +1.6 pp |
| 2001 | 6.84% | -0.2 pp |
| 2000 | 7.04% | +2.2 pp |
| 1999 | 4.86% | +1.7 pp |
| 1998 | 3.2% | -3.7 pp |
| 1997 | 6.93% | -8.8 pp |
| 1996 | 15.76% | -50.2 pp |
| 1995 | 66.01% | -2009.9 pp |
| 1994 | 2,075.89% | +148.5 pp |
| 1993 | 1,927.38% | +975.4 pp |
| 1992 | 951.96% | +519.2 pp |
| 1991 | 432.79% | -2514.9 pp |
| 1990 | 2,947.73% | +1517.0 pp |
| 1989 | 1,430.72% | +801.6 pp |
| 1988 | 629.11% | +400.8 pp |
| 1987 | 228.34% | +81.2 pp |
| 1986 | 147.14% | -78.8 pp |
| 1985 | 225.99% | +33.9 pp |
| 1984 | 192.12% | +57.1 pp |
| 1983 | 135.03% | +34.5 pp |
| 1982 | 100.54% | -1.2 pp |
| 1981 | 101.73% | — |
Frequently asked questions
What was Brazil’s Inflation in 1982?
100.54% (1982). 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 Brazil’s Inflation growing or shrinking?
Between 1981 and 2025 the series was shrinking overall: -95.1% in total — about 6.6% 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: 5.02%; 2024: 4.37%; 2023: 4.59%; 2022: 9.28%; 2021: 8.3%. 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.