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Inflation rate in United States

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United States's inflation rate is 2.95 % — #35 of 126 countries on the atlas (closer to 2 % is better). Period 2024.

2.95%

Checked 21 Sept 2026Period 2024

Source: Annual CPI inflation (shared satsatlas data engine: World Bank + Eurostat + SSB)

At 3.0 % a year, prices double in about 24 years if it holds.

Inflation rate in United States over time

8.00 %3.82 %-0.36 %2 % target8.00 % · 2022-0.36 % · 20092000: 3.38 %2001: 2.83 %2002: 1.59 %2003: 2.27 %2004: 2.68 %2005: 3.39 %2006: 3.23 %2007: 2.85 %2008: 3.84 %2009: -0.36 %2010: 1.64 %2011: 3.16 %2012: 2.07 %2013: 1.46 %2014: 1.62 %2015: 0.12 %2016: 1.26 %2017: 2.13 %2018: 2.44 %2019: 1.81 %2020: 1.23 %2021: 4.70 %2022: 8.00 %2023: 4.12 %2024: 2.95 %2000201220242.95 %
25 official observations, 2000 → 2024. Every point is a published value — never interpolated.
Rank
#35 of 126
closer to 2 % is better
Ranked behind
72 %
91 of 126 countries
Latest move
▼ 1.17 pp
since 2023
Below its peak
5.05 pp
peak 8.00 % in 2022
Full series
▼ 0.43 pp
since 2000

In Americas: #5 of 26vs median 3.12 %: −0.17 pp (better)

The doubling clock

At United States's current 2.95 % — prices double in~24 yrsAt the ~2 % target — prices double in~35 yrs
Exact compounding (ln 2 ÷ ln(1 + rate)), not the rule-of-72 shortcut — and an if-it-holds projection, not a forecast: the clock is reset by every new inflation reading. The target line is the context — most central banks aim near 2 %, where prices double about once a working life.

Among 126 countries

22 of 126 countries between -0.30 % and 1.11 %33 of 126 countries between 1.11 % and 2.52 %30 of 126 countries between 2.52 % and 3.93 %13 of 126 countries between 3.93 % and 5.34 %3 of 126 countries between 5.34 % and 6.75 %3 of 126 countries between 6.75 % and 8.16 %5 of 126 countries between 8.16 % and 9.57 %1 of 126 countries between 10.98 % and 12.39 %2 of 126 countries between 12.39 % and 13.80 %4 of 126 countries between 13.80 % and 15.21 %2 of 126 countries between 19.45 % and 20.86 %1 of 126 countries between 20.86 % and 22.27 %1 of 126 countries between 22.27 % and 23.68 %2 of 126 countries between 27.91 % and 29.32 %4 of 126 countries between 32.14 % and 33.55 %median 3.06 %United States: ahead of 72 % of the 126 countries with a published inflationUnited States 2.95 %-0.30 %33.55 %
Half of all 126 countries sit between 1.66 % and 4.65 %. United States is ahead of 72 % of them. Axis trimmed to the 2nd–98th percentile; 5 values beyond it sit in the end bars.

The neighbourhood

#CountryInflationvs United States
33 Hong Kong1.44 %−1.51 pp
34 Algeria1.42 %−1.53 pp
35 United States2.95 %—
36 Puerto Rico1.40 %−1.55 pp
37 Malaysia1.38 %−1.57 pp

Annual CPI inflation from official statistics (World Bank, Eurostat, SSB). Ranked and coloured by distance from the ~2 % target most central banks aim for — deflation is not "winning".

How to read this figure

Annual change in the consumer price index — how much more the same basket costs than a year ago. Derived from official index levels (World Bank collection); one number for the whole country, so your personal basket may run hotter or colder. Ranked and coloured by distance from the ~2 % target most central banks aim for: deflation is a warning sign, not a win, so the greenest countries sit NEAR the target — not at the lowest number.

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