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Eritrea Inflation

Eritrea inflation: latest available value for 2019, historical series from 1993, ranking context and source documentation.

Outdated The newest observation is from 2019 and exceeds the maximum data age. Excluded from the Economy sitemap

Series overview

FP.CPI.TOTL.ZG

COUNTRY: EritreaINDICATOR: FP.CPI.TOTL.ZGUNIT: percentSOURCE: International Monetary Fund DataMapperSOURCE KEY: imf-datamapperDATA UPDATED: 2026-07-30 21:13:59FETCHED: 2026-07-30 21:13:59REVISIONS: 0ORIGINAL API RESPONSE

1,30Latest / 2019

15,70Change from previous

10,37Series average

154Global rank / 200

Eritrea / Inflation Unit: Percent (%)

Selected year: 20191,30%

199320192019

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Year	Value	Change
2019	1,30	15,70
2018	-14,40	-1,10
2017	-13,30	-7,70
2016	-5,60	-34,10
2015	28,50	20,10
2014	8,40	2,10
2013	6,30	0,30
2012	6,00	0,10
2011	5,90	-4,40
2010	10,30	-23,60
2009	33,90	11,70
2008	22,20	12,80
2007	9,40	1,70
2006	7,70	-4,80
2005	12,50	-12,60
2004	25,10	2,40
2003	22,70	5,80
2002	16,90	2,30
2001	14,60	-5,30
2000	19,90	11,50
1999	8,40	-1,10
1998	9,50	5,80
1997	3,70	-6,60
1996	10,30	-1,70
1995	12,00	-1,10
1994	13,10	8,30
1993	4,80	—

Source methodology

World Development Indicators

Indicator note: Inflation as measured by the consumer price index reflects the annual percentage change in the cost to the average consumer of acquiring a basket of goods and services that may be fixed or changed at specified intervals, such as yearly.

Source organization: International Financial Statistics database, International Monetary Fund (IMF)

Metadata fetched: 2026-09-27 03:49:25. Open original metadata response.

Country-specific interpretation

Automatically derived from the displayed series

Eritrea recorded 1,30 percent in 2019, the latest year available in this series.

Compared with 2018, the inflation increased by 15,70.

Across the latest five-year comparison window, the series shows an downward direction.

Across 27 observations from 1993 to 2019, the average was 10,37; the minimum was -14,40 in 2018 and the maximum was 33,90 in 2009.

Eritrea ranks 154 out of 200 countries with a current value in the portal ranking.

The latest value is below the available average for Sub-Saharan Africa.

It is also below the available average for the Low income group.

Price pressure, purchasing power and changes in the cost of living.

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