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What is the annual inflation rate?

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Values among 41 countries

Indicator metadata and score calculation

Definition:	Inflation rate (consumer price index), percentage change
Year:	2021
Unit:	Percent
Direction:	Deviation from optimum
Source 1:	IMF World Economic Outlook
Data for:	AUS, AUT, BEL, BGR, CAN, CHL, HRV, CYP, CZE, DNK, EST, FIN, FRA, DEU, GRC, HUN, ISL, IRL, ISR, ITA, JPN, KOR, LVA, LTU, LUX, MLT, MEX, NLD, NZL, NOR, POL, PRT, ROU, SVK, SVN, ESP, SWE, CHE, TUR, GBR, USA
Annotation:	Dataset: IMF World Economic Outlook, April 2022, Inflation, average consumer prices [PCPIPCH] URL: https://www.imf.org/en/Publi… extracted May 25th, 2022

Calculation:	Long-term data series were used to set appropriate minimum and maximum values.
Minimum:	0
Maximum:	4.495
/	Optimum/Above IQR boundary value. See FAQ for further information.
Optimum:	2
Distance:	Distance=(absolute value(optimum- value for calculation)-minimum)/ (maximum-minimum)
Score:	Score=10-relative distance*9

Top group

Score

Inflation

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Denmark

9.9

1.94

Finland

9.9

2.07

France

9.9

2.06

Italy

9.9

1.94

Slovenia

9.8

1.91

Cyprus

9.5

2.25

Ireland

9.2

2.41

Israel

9.0

1.49

South Korea

9.0

2.50

Upper middle group

Croatia

8.8

2.61

8.8

2.59

Sweden

8.7

2.65

Austria

8.5

2.75

Australia

8.4

2.82

Bulgaria

8.3

2.84

Slovakia

8.3

2.83

Netherlands

8.3

2.83

Portugal

7.9

0.94

Spain

7.8

3.09

Belgium

7.6

3.22

Germany

7.6

3.21

Latvia

7.5

3.24

Malta

7.4

0.71

Canada

7.2

3.40

Switzerland

7.2

0.58

Greece

7.1

0.57

Luxembourg

7.1

3.47

Norway

7.0

3.48

Czechia

6.3

3.84

New Zealand

6.1

3.94

Lower middle group

Japan

5.5

-0.26

Iceland

5.1

4.45

Chile

5.0

4.52

Estonia

5.0

4.49

Lithuania

4.7

4.63

USA

4.6

4.69

Romania

3.9

5.05

Hungary

3.8

5.12

Poland

3.8

5.10

Bottom group

Mexico

2.6

5.69

Turkey

1.0

19.60