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Table 09 (Comparison)
Consumer Price Changes  (1990-2007)
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                            Year                            Region / Country 1990 1995 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007
Industrial Countries 5.2 2.5 2.2 2.1 1.5 1.8 2.0 2.3 2.4 2.2
Australia 7.3 4.6 2.0 2.3 1.7 1.3 2.0 2.1 1.7 2.2
Canada 4.8 2.7 2.7 2.5 2.3 2.7 1.8 2.2 2.0 2.1
Denmark 2.6 2.1 2.9 2.4 2.4 2.1 1.2 1.8 1.9 1.7
Euro Area       -         - 2.2 2.4 2.3 2.1 2.1 2.2 2.2 2.1
France 3.4 1.8 1.8 1.8 1.9 2.2 2.3 1.9 1.9 1.6
Germany 2.7 1.8 1.4 1.9 1.4 1.0 1.8 1.9 1.8 2.3
Greece 20.4 8.9 2.9 3.7 3.9 3.4 3.0 3.5 3.3 3.0
Japan 3.1 -0.1 -0.8 -0.7 -0.9 -0.3 0.0 -0.3 0.3 0.0
Italy 6.5 5.2 2.6 2.3 2.6 2.8 2.3 2.2 2.2 2.0
New Zealand 6.1 3.8 2.6 2.6 2.6 1.7 2.3 3.0 3.4 2.4
Sweden 10.5 2.5 1.3 2.7 1.9 2.3 1.0 0.8 1.5 1.7
United Kingdom 9.5 3.4 0.9 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.3 2.0 2.3 2.3
United States 5.4 2.8 3.4 2.8 1.6 2.3 2.7 3.4 3.2 2.6
Developing Countries 77.1 25.2 6.7 6.4 5.7 5.7 5.4 5.2 4.9         -
Africa 16.5 38.4 11.7 11.0 9.0 8.6 6.4 7.1 6.3 6.2
Algeria 16.6 32.2 0.3 4.2 1.4 2.6 3.6 1.6 2.5 3.6
Botswana 11.4 10.5 8.5 6.6 8.0 9.2 7.0 8.6 11.6 7.1
Ethiopia 5.2 10.0 6.2 -5.2 -7.2 15.1 8.6 6.8 12.3 15.8
Ghana 37.3 74.3 25.2 32.9 14.8 26.7 12.6 15.1 10.2 10.7
Kenya 15.6 0.8 10.0 5.8 2.0 9.8 11.6 10.3 14.5 9.8
Nigeria 7.4 72.8 9.3 9.3 11.3 7.2 4.1 2.3 5.1 6.7
South Africa 14.4 8.6 5.4 5.7 9.2 5.8 1.4 3.4 4.7 7.1
Tanzania 35.8 29.8 6.2 5.1 4.6 4.4 4.1 4.4 7.3 7.0
Uganda 33.1 8.6 5.8 4.5 -2.0 5.7 5.0 8.0 6.6 6.8
Zambia 107.0 34.2 26.1 21.7 22.2 21.4 18.0 18.3 9.0 10.7
Zimbabwe 17.4 22.6 55.6 73.4 133.2 365.0 350.0 237.8 1,016.7 10,452.6
Asia 6.5 11.3 1.9 2.8 2.1 2.6 4.1 3.8 4.2 5.4
Bangladesh 8.1 5.8 2.5 1.9 3.7 5.4 6.1 7.0 7.1 9.1
Bhutan 10.0 9.5 4.0 3.4 2.5 2.1 4.6 5.3 5.0 5.2
China, People's Rep. 3.1 16.9 0.4 0.7 -0.8 1.2 3.9 1.8 1.5 4.8
Fiji 8.2 2.2 1.1 4.3 0.8 4.2 2.8 2.4 2.5 4.3
Hong Kong 9.7 9.0 -3.7 -1.6 -3.0 -2.6 -0.4 0.9 2.0 2.0
India 9.0 10.2 4.0 3.7 4.3 3.8 3.8 4.2 6.2 6.4
Indonesia 7.8 9.0 3.8 11.5 11.8 6.8 6.1 10.5 13.1 6.2
Korea. Rep. of 8.6 4.5 2.3 4.1 2.8 3.5 3.6 2.8 2.2 2.5
Malaysia 2.6 5.3 1.5 1.4 1.8 0.9 1.5 3.0 3.6 2.0
Maldives 3.6 5.4 -1.2 0.7 0.9 -2.8 6.3 3.3 3.5 7.4
Myanmar 17.6 25.2 -1.7 34.5 58.1 24.9 3.8 10.7 25.7 33.9
Nepal 8.2 7.6 3.4 2.4 2.9 4.7 4.0 4.5 8.0 6.4
Pakistan 9.1 12.3 3.6 4.4 2.5 3.1 4.6 9.3 7.9 7.8
Papua New Guinea 7.0 17.3 15.6 9.3 11.8 14.7 2.1 1.8 2.4 0.9
Philippines 14.1 8.1 4.0 6.8 2.9 3.5 6.0 7.7 6.2 2.8
Singapore 3.5 1.7 1.3 1.0 -0.4 0.5 1.7 0.5 1.0 2.1
Sri Lanka (b) 21.5 7.7 6.2 14.2 9.6 9.0 9.0 11.0 10.0 15.8
Thailand 6.0 5.8 1.6 1.7 0.6 1.8 2.8 4.5 4.6 2.2
Europe 153.8 50.6 24.9 21.5 16.4 10.1 6.3 5.1 5.4 5.6
Hungary 29.0 28.3 9.8 9.2 5.3 4.6 6.8 3.6 3.9 7.9
Lithuania        - 29.7 1.1 1.6 0.3 -1.1 1.2 2.7 3.8 5.8
Poland 555.4 26.8 10.1 5.5 1.9 0.8 3.5 2.1 1.0 2.5
Romania 4.2 32.2 45.7 34.5 22.5 15.3 11.9 9.0 6.6 4.8
Russia         - 197.4 20.8 21.5 15.7 13.7 10.9 12.7 9.7 9.0
Turkey 60.3 88.1 55.0 54.2 45.1 25.3 8.6 8.2 9.6 8.8
Ukraine         - 376.6 28.2 12.0 0.8 5.2 9.0 13.5 9.1 12.8
Middle East  10.9 19.3 4.1 3.8 5.3 6.1 7.1 6.2 7.0 10.6
Bahrain 0.9 2.7 -0.7 -1.2 -0.5 1.7 2.3 2.6 2.2 3.4
Egypt 16.8 15.7 2.8 2.4 2.4 3.2 8.1 8.8 4.2 11.0
Iran, I.R. of 7.6 49.6 12.8 11.3 15.7 15.6 15.3 10.4 11.9 18.4
Israel 17.2 10.0 1.1 1.1 5.7 0.7 -0.4 1.3 2.1 0.5
Jordan 16.2 2.4 0.7 1.8 1.8 1.6 3.4 3.5 6.3 5.4
Kuwait 9.8 2.7 1.6 1.4 0.8 1.0 1.3 4.1 3.1 5.5
Lebanon 62.7        - -0.4 -0.4 1.8 1.3 1.7 -0.7 5.6 4.1
Saudi Arabia 2.1 4.9 -1.1 -1.1 0.2 0.6 0.4 0.6 2.3 4.1
Western Hemisphere 503.5 44.2 8.3 6.5 8.7 10.5 6.6 6.3 5.3 5.4
Argentina 2,314.0 3.4 -0.9 -1.1 25.9 13.4 4.4 9.6 10.9 8.8
Brazil 2,947.7 66.0 7.1 6.8 8.4 14.8 6.6 6.9 4.2 3.6
Chile  26.0 8.2 3.8 3.6 2.5 2.8 1.1 3.1 3.4 4.4
Colombia 29.1 21.0 9.2 8.0 6.3 7.1 5.9 5.0 4.3 5.5
Jamaica 22.0 19.9 8.1 6.9 7.0 10.1 13.5 15.1 8.5 9.3
Mexico 26.7 35.0 9.5 6.4 5.0 4.5 4.7 4.0 3.6 4.0
Panama 0.8 1.0 1.4 0.3 2.0 0.6 0.5 2.9 2.5 4.2
Paraguay 38.2 13.4 9.0 7.3 10.5 14.2 4.3 6.8 9.6 8.1
Peru 7,481.7 11.1 3.8 2.0 0.2 2.3 3.3 1.6 2.0 1.8
Uruguay 112.5 42.2 4.8 4.4 14.0 19.4 9.2 4.7 6.4 8.1
World 29.4 11.0 4.2 4.1 3.4 3.4 3.6 3.6 3.5         -
© ‚Q‚O‚P‚OC KRI (Kusaka Research Institute)  Revised: 2010(y)/04(m)/30(d)
Source:  Chief Editor:
Economic and Social Statistics Of Sri Lanka Dr. Milton Rajaratne (B.Com., M.Sc., Ph.D.)
Key:      The Former Head, Department of Management Studies
New Colombo Consumer Price Index (2002=100).      University of Peradeniya, Sri Lanka