Trends in consumer prices, 1978-96 (% variation)
Trends in consumer prices, 1978-96 (% variation)
Region avg. Of
|
1978-87
|
1988
|
1989
|
1990
|
1991
|
1992
|
1993
|
1994
|
1995
|
1996**
|
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Developed industrial countries
|
6.7
|
3.4
|
4.4
|
5.0
|
4.5
|
3.3
|
2.9
|
2.3
|
2.4
|
2.3
|
Developing countries*
|
27.4
|
50.8
|
59.5
|
61.8
|
33.3
|
35.7
|
42.7
|
46.8
|
19.8
|
13.3
|
*Countries have been grouped on the basis of IMF membership: including the rest of the member countries among the developing countries. without the 21 most developed democracies;
**Estimate.
