Top 100 countries by inflation volatility

The table is rendered from an embedded dataset (no external calls). Use search, sorting and filters to explore patterns by region and income tier (income tier is a simple PPP-based proxy).

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Rank Country Volatility (pp) Inflation stats (Avg / Max / Last)
Metric: standard deviation of YoY CPI inflation (pp), window 2015–2024. Max/Last include 2025 where available (often WEO estimates/projections). Charts are winsorized at 69.5 pp for readability.

Scatter: volatility vs GDP per capita (PPP)

Points are Top‑100 countries with available GDP per capita PPP (2024). Both axes use log scaling; volatility is winsorized at 69.5 pp for the plot.
3 16210 00031 623100 000 41020 GDP per capita (PPP), international $ — log scale Inflation volatility (std dev of YoY CPI), pp — log scale Zimbabwe — volatility 252.04 pp (2015–2024), GDP pc PPP 5,928 int$Sudan (the) — volatility 99.63 pp (2015–2024), GDP pc PPP 2,116 int$Argentina — volatility 70.61 pp (2015–2024), GDP pc PPP 30,431 int$Turkey — volatility 23.13 pp (2015–2024), GDP pc PPP 45,123 int$Suriname — volatility 20.84 pp (2015–2024), GDP pc PPP 21,801 int$Sri Lanka — volatility 13.50 pp (2015–2024), GDP pc PPP 15,633 int$Iran (Islamic Republic of) — volatility 13.36 pp (2015–2024), GDP pc PPP 19,874 int$Sierra Leone — volatility 12.64 pp (2015–2024), GDP pc PPP 3,522 int$Ukraine — volatility 12.20 pp (2015–2024), GDP pc PPP 18,550 int$Democratic Republic of the Congo (the) — volatility 10.88 pp (2015–2024), GDP pc PPP 1,821 int$Lao People's Democratic Republic (the) — volatility 10.72 pp (2015–2024), GDP pc PPP 9,776 int$Haiti — volatility 10.58 pp (2015–2024), GDP pc PPP 3,194 int$Ghana — volatility 9.66 pp (2015–2024), GDP pc PPP 8,020 int$Libya — volatility 9.58 pp (2015–2024), GDP pc PPP 14,304 int$Burundi — volatility 9.35 pp (2015–2024), GDP pc PPP 1,195 int$Ethiopia — volatility 8.95 pp (2015–2024), GDP pc PPP 3,288 int$Egypt — volatility 8.83 pp (2015–2024), GDP pc PPP 19,094 int$Pakistan — volatility 8.65 pp (2015–2024), GDP pc PPP 6,252 int$Malawi — volatility 7.96 pp (2015–2024), GDP pc PPP 1,858 int$Republic of Moldova (the) — volatility 7.21 pp (2015–2024), GDP pc PPP 18,615 int$Myanmar — volatility 7.06 pp (2015–2024), GDP pc PPP 5,997 int$Liberia — volatility 6.90 pp (2015–2024), GDP pc PPP 1,871 int$Angola — volatility 6.40 pp (2015–2024), GDP pc PPP 10,119 int$Nauru — volatility 6.33 pp (2015–2024), GDP pc PPP 14,173 int$Estonia — volatility 5.58 pp (2015–2024), GDP pc PPP 49,321 int$Turkmenistan — volatility 5.52 pp (2015–2024), GDP pc PPP 21,213 int$Hungary — volatility 5.52 pp (2015–2024), GDP pc PPP 47,637 int$Lithuania — volatility 5.44 pp (2015–2024), GDP pc PPP 54,410 int$Nigeria — volatility 5.30 pp (2015–2024), GDP pc PPP 9,087 int$Sao Tome and Principe — volatility 5.22 pp (2015–2024), GDP pc PPP 6,242 int$Latvia — volatility 5.06 pp (2015–2024), GDP pc PPP 43,780 int$Mozambique — volatility 4.95 pp (2015–2024), GDP pc PPP 1,705 int$Poland — volatility 4.71 pp (2015–2024), GDP pc PPP 50,541 int$Zambia — volatility 4.61 pp (2015–2024), GDP pc PPP 4,215 int$Rwanda — volatility 4.52 pp (2015–2024), GDP pc PPP 3,711 int$Kyrgyzstan — volatility 4.51 pp (2015–2024), GDP pc PPP 8,012 int$Czechia — volatility 4.50 pp (2015–2024), GDP pc PPP 56,687 int$Romania — volatility 4.48 pp (2015–2024), GDP pc PPP 48,731 int$North Macedonia — volatility 4.46 pp (2015–2024), GDP pc PPP 26,536 int$Bosnia and Herzegovina — volatility 4.42 pp (2015–2024), GDP pc PPP 22,956 int$Azerbaijan — volatility 4.41 pp (2015–2024), GDP pc PPP 25,089 int$Bulgaria — volatility 4.16 pp (2015–2024), GDP pc PPP 41,520 int$Burkina Faso — volatility 4.14 pp (2015–2024), GDP pc PPP 2,896 int$Slovakia — volatility 4.11 pp (2015–2024), GDP pc PPP 47,181 int$Russian Federation (the) — volatility 4.09 pp (2015–2024), GDP pc PPP 47,405 int$Samoa — volatility 4.07 pp (2015–2024), GDP pc PPP 8,737 int$Serbia — volatility 4.04 pp (2015–2024), GDP pc PPP 32,234 int$Montenegro — volatility 4.03 pp (2015–2024), GDP pc PPP 34,226 int$Comoros (the) — volatility 3.92 pp (2015–2024), GDP pc PPP 3,959 int$Mongolia — volatility 3.77 pp (2015–2024), GDP pc PPP 19,145 int$Gambia (the) — volatility 3.70 pp (2015–2024), GDP pc PPP 3,476 int$Belarus — volatility 3.69 pp (2015–2024), GDP pc PPP 33,010 int$Kazakhstan — volatility 3.65 pp (2015–2024), GDP pc PPP 40,891 int$Croatia — volatility 3.62 pp (2015–2024), GDP pc PPP 48,817 int$Mali — volatility 3.26 pp (2015–2024), GDP pc PPP 3,315 int$Vanuatu — volatility 3.22 pp (2015–2024), GDP pc PPP 3,606 int$Netherlands (the) — volatility 3.16 pp (2015–2024), GDP pc PPP 84,222 int$Georgia — volatility 3.11 pp (2015–2024), GDP pc PPP 28,285 int$Chad — volatility 3.03 pp (2015–2024), GDP pc PPP 2,743 int$Seychelles — volatility 3.02 pp (2015–2024), GDP pc PPP 33,239 int$Slovenia — volatility 2.99 pp (2015–2024), GDP pc PPP 56,502 int$Kiribati — volatility 2.98 pp (2015–2024), GDP pc PPP 3,702 int$Colombia — volatility 2.97 pp (2015–2024), GDP pc PPP 21,509 int$Greece — volatility 2.97 pp (2015–2024), GDP pc PPP 44,005 int$Mauritius — volatility 2.96 pp (2015–2024), GDP pc PPP 31,840 int$Timor-Leste — volatility 2.96 pp (2015–2024), GDP pc PPP 4,423 int$Botswana — volatility 2.86 pp (2015–2024), GDP pc PPP 20,538 int$Chile — volatility 2.83 pp (2015–2024), GDP pc PPP 34,637 int$Armenia — volatility 2.83 pp (2015–2024), GDP pc PPP 22,823 int$Senegal — volatility 2.77 pp (2015–2024), GDP pc PPP 5,071 int$United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland (the) — volatility 2.77 pp (2015–2024), GDP pc PPP 60,620 int$Cyprus — volatility 2.76 pp (2015–2024), GDP pc PPP 61,272 int$Italy — volatility 2.75 pp (2015–2024), GDP pc PPP 60,881 int$Belgium — volatility 2.69 pp (2015–2024), GDP pc PPP 72,237 int$Marshall Islands (the) — volatility 2.67 pp (2015–2024), GDP pc PPP 8,195 int$Guinea-Bissau — volatility 2.65 pp (2015–2024), GDP pc PPP 3,119 int$Saint Lucia — volatility 2.64 pp (2015–2024), GDP pc PPP 27,567 int$Uzbekistan — volatility 2.64 pp (2015–2024), GDP pc PPP 11,879 int$Austria — volatility 2.63 pp (2015–2024), GDP pc PPP 71,622 int$Ireland — volatility 2.61 pp (2015–2024), GDP pc PPP 130,797 int$Germany — volatility 2.56 pp (2015–2024), GDP pc PPP 72,295 int$Iceland — volatility 2.52 pp (2015–2024), GDP pc PPP 81,924 int$Dominican Republic (the) — volatility 2.51 pp (2015–2024), GDP pc PPP 27,542 int$Brazil — volatility 2.51 pp (2015–2024), GDP pc PPP 22,338 int$Spain — volatility 2.51 pp (2015–2024), GDP pc PPP 56,878 int$Portugal — volatility 2.48 pp (2015–2024), GDP pc PPP 50,650 int$Algeria — volatility 2.44 pp (2015–2024), GDP pc PPP 17,621 int$Niger (the) — volatility 2.43 pp (2015–2024), GDP pc PPP 2,050 int$Andorra — volatility 2.42 pp (2015–2024), GDP pc PPP 74,939 int$Denmark — volatility 2.42 pp (2015–2024), GDP pc PPP 79,514 int$Dominica — volatility 2.40 pp (2015–2024), GDP pc PPP 21,301 int$Mauritania — volatility 2.37 pp (2015–2024), GDP pc PPP 7,369 int$