Sint Maarten (Dutch part) — Inflation
Inflation, Consumer Prices (Annual %) for Sint Maarten (Dutch part), 2006–2017.
Latest value · 2017
2.19%
Inflation, Consumer Prices (Annual %) · annual % · +629.2% since 2006
Inflation for Sint Maarten (Dutch part) was 2.19% in 2017, according to the latest World Bank data. The series covers 12 years, from 2006 to 2017. The highest recorded value was 5.96% in 2009. The lowest was -0.42% in 2008 (about -5.2× the low point). Across that span the compound annual growth rate works out to 19.80% per year.
Sint Maarten (Dutch part) ranks 123 of 187 economies on this measure (1 = highest), putting it in the top 66%. The median for Latin America & Caribbean is 2.53%, so Sint Maarten (Dutch part) sits below it. It peaked in 2009 and has fallen 63% since. Over the last decade (2007–2017) the figure moved down 51%.
Key figures
Latest (2017)
2.19%
First (2006)
0.30%
Change
+629.2%
Highest
5.96%
in 2009
Lowest
-0.42%
in 2008
Average
2.27%
Annual growth (CAGR)
19.80%
Years of data
12
Recent years
| Year | annual % |
|---|---|
| 2017 | 2.19% |
| 2016 | 0.11% |
| 2015 | 0.33% |
| 2014 | 1.89% |
| 2013 | 2.53% |
| 2012 | 4.02% |
| 2011 | 4.58% |
| 2010 | 1.34% |
| 2009 | 5.96% |
| 2008 | -0.42% |
| 2007 | 4.43% |
| 2006 | 0.3% |
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.