Consumer price inflation in Venezuela

Consumer prices in Venezuela changed by 254.9% in 2016. The value for 2016 is the highest in the series, which starts in 2009.

Measure: Consumer price inflation (World Bank) Unit: Annual % change Data: 2009 to 2016 Source: World Bank
The latest value for Venezuela is for 2016. Most countries have figures for 2025.
Venezuela, 2016 254.9% Annual % change
Change from 2015 +133.2percentage points 2015: 121.7%
World, 2016 1.6% Official aggregate

Consumer price inflation in Venezuela over time

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Annual % change. Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators. Gaps mean no published value; points are not joined across missing years.

Consumer price inflation (World Bank) (annual % change), 2001 to 2025
Period VenezuelaWorld
2025 – 3.0%
2024 – 3.0%
2023 – 5.7%
2022 – 8.0%
2021 – 3.5%
2020 – 1.9%
2019 – 2.2%
2018 – 2.5%
2017 – 2.3%
2016 254.9% 1.6%
2015 121.7% 1.4%
2014 62.2% 2.4%
2013 40.6% 2.6%
2012 21.1% 3.7%
2011 26.1% 4.8%
2010 28.2% 3.3%
2009 27.1% 2.9%
2008 – 8.9%
2007 – 4.8%
2006 – 4.3%
2005 – 4.1%
2004 – 3.5%
2003 – 3.0%
2002 – 2.9%
2001 – 3.8%

A dash means no value was published for that period.

In short

  • That is a change of +133.2 percentage points from 121.7% in 2015.
  • Since 2009, when it was 27.1%, the figure has changed by +227.9 percentage points.
  • The figure for the world in 2016 was 1.6%.

Source and dates

Original producer
International Monetary Fund, International Financial Statistics
Distributed by
World Bank, World Development Indicators
Dataset or series code
FP.CPI.TOTL.ZG · dataset details · view at source
Observation period
2009 to 2016 for Venezuela
Provider update
8 October 2026
Retrieved
9 November 2026
Published here
9 November 2026
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (per series metadata)
Attribution
Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators, original data: International Monetary Fund, International Financial Statistics