Congo, Dem. Rep. — Inflation
Inflation, Consumer Prices (Annual %) for Congo, Dem. Rep., 1964–2016.
Latest value · 2016
2.89%
Inflation, Consumer Prices (Annual %) · annual % · -91.9% since 1964
Inflation for Congo, Dem. Rep. was 2.89% in 2016, according to the latest World Bank data. The series covers 53 years, from 1964 to 2016. The highest recorded value was 23773.13% in 1994. The lowest was -2.73% in 1965 (about -1.1× the low point). Across that span the compound annual growth rate works out to -4.71% per year.
Congo, Dem. Rep. ranks 98 of 187 economies on this measure (1 = highest), putting it in the top 52%. The median for Sub-Saharan Africa is 3.51%, so Congo, Dem. Rep. sits below it. It peaked in 1994 and has fallen 100% since. Over the last decade (2006–2016) the figure moved down 78%.
Key figures
Latest (2016)
2.89%
First (1964)
35.42%
Change
-91.9%
Highest
23773.13%
in 1994
Lowest
-2.73%
in 1965
Average
675.85%
Annual growth (CAGR)
-4.71%
Years of data
53
Recent years
| Year | annual % |
|---|---|
| 2016 | 2.89% |
| 2015 | 0.74% |
| 2014 | 1.24% |
| 2013 | 0.81% |
| 2012 | 9.72% |
| 2011 | 15.32% |
| 2010 | 7.1% |
| 2009 | 2.8% |
| 2008 | 17.3% |
| 2007 | 16.95% |
| 2006 | 13.05% |
| 2005 | 21.32% |
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.