Consumer price inflation in World
Consumer prices in the world changed by 3.0% in 2025.
World is a group: All economies covered by the World Bank. The value is the aggregate published by World Bank, not an average calculated on this site.
World, 2025
3.0%
Change from 2024
0percentage points
European Union, 2025
2.5%
Consumer price inflation in World over time
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The chart shows a calculation from the published values. The table below keeps the published values.
Annual % change. Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators. Gaps mean no published value; points are not joined across missing years.
| Period | World | European Union |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 3.0% | 2.5% |
| 2024 | 3.0% | 2.4% |
| 2023 | 5.7% | 6.3% |
| 2022 | 8.0% | 8.8% |
| 2021 | 3.5% | 2.6% |
| 2020 | 1.9% | 0.5% |
| 2019 | 2.2% | 1.6% |
| 2018 | 2.5% | 1.7% |
| 2017 | 2.3% | 1.4% |
| 2016 | 1.6% | 0.2% |
| 2015 | 1.4% | -0.1% |
| 2014 | 2.4% | 0.2% |
| 2013 | 2.6% | 1.2% |
| 2012 | 3.7% | 2.7% |
| 2011 | 4.8% | 3.3% |
| 2010 | 3.3% | 1.5% |
| 2009 | 2.9% | 0.8% |
| 2008 | 8.9% | 4.2% |
| 2007 | 4.8% | 2.5% |
| 2006 | 4.3% | 2.7% |
| 2005 | 4.1% | 2.5% |
| 2004 | 3.5% | 2.3% |
| 2003 | 3.0% | 2.1% |
| 2002 | 2.9% | 2.4% |
| 2001 | 3.8% | 3.4% |
A dash means no value was published for that period.
In short
- That is a change of 0 percentage points from 3.0% in 2024.
- Since 2015, when it was 1.4%, the figure has changed by +1.6 percentage points.
- The figure for the European Union in 2025 was 2.5%.