Dataset · World Bank Group
Inflation, GDP Deflator
65 years, 1961–2025 · 186 countries
Inflation measured by the GDP deflator is how fast the prices of everything an economy produces are rising — the gap between its GDP in today's prices and in constant prices. It is the widest measure of inflation the World Bank publishes from national accounts.
This site holds every year from 1961 to 2025, read from World Bank Group’s own data and stored exactly as published.
Inflation, GDP Deflator · the file
- Newest
- Inflation, GDP Deflator, 2025
- Held
- 65 years · 11,365 rows
- Licence
- CC BY 4.0
0165 years
Every year
Every year comes from World Bank Group’s 2026 release, recalculated on one method. Each opens the full table for that year; each downloads as a CSV.
| Year | Countries | Change | Read | Download |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Inflation, GDP Deflator, 2025Newest | 186 | −14 | September 29, 2026 | CSV |
| Inflation, GDP Deflator, 2024 | 200 | −4 | September 29, 2026 | CSV |
| Inflation, GDP Deflator, 2023 | 204 | −5 | September 29, 2026 | CSV |
| Inflation, GDP Deflator, 2022 | 209 | ±0 | September 29, 2026 | CSV |
| Inflation, GDP Deflator, 2021 | 209 | ±0 | September 29, 2026 | CSV |
| Inflation, GDP Deflator, 2020 | 209 | ±0 | September 29, 2026 | CSV |
| Inflation, GDP Deflator, 2019 | 209 | −1 | September 29, 2026 | CSV |
| Inflation, GDP Deflator, 2018 | 210 | +1 | September 29, 2026 | CSV |
| Inflation, GDP Deflator, 2017 | 209 | ±0 | September 29, 2026 | CSV |
| Inflation, GDP Deflator, 2016 | 209 | −1 | September 29, 2026 | CSV |
| Inflation, GDP Deflator, 2015 | 210 | ±0 | September 29, 2026 | CSV |
| Inflation, GDP Deflator, 2014 | 210 | +1 | September 29, 2026 | CSV |
Show all 65 years
Every year in one file, one row per country per year: inflation-gdp-deflator-all-editions-nations-inquiry.csv
023 columns
What’s in the file
Every column, what it holds, how it is stored and what its values look like — what a reader needs before opening the file.
| Column | What it holds | Stored as | Range, 2025 | Distinct | Empty | Spread |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
CountrycountryName | The country’s name, as this file spells it. | Text | — | 186 | 0 | |
ISO Codecountry_codeIdentifier | The ISO 3166-1 alpha-3 code, added by this site. Every table here joins on it. | Text · 3 letters | — | 186 | 0 | |
Inflation, GDP deflator (annual %)gdp_deflator_inflationHeadline | The headline figure: Annual change in the GDP implicit deflator (%). | Number · up to 17 decimals | -7.9304 | 186 | 0 |
Profiled from the newest file. Range: the lowest and highest value, with the country holding it when only one does. Spread: countries in ten equal steps from lowest to highest. Neither end is better. The values describe a shape, not a score.
03213 countries across every year
Who is covered
How many countries each year holds, continent by continent, who joined and who left, and which places this site covers that the dataset never has.
| 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Africa | 53 | 53 | 52 | 52 | 52 | 52 | 52 | 52 | 52 | 52 | 52 | 52 |
| Americas | 44 | 44 | 44 | 44 | 44 | 44 | 44 | 44 | 44 | 43 | 42 | 35 |
| Asia | 49 | 49 | 49 | 49 | 49 | 48 | 48 | 48 | 48 | 47 | 47 | 44 |
| Europe | 46 | 46 | 46 | 46 | 46 | 46 | 46 | 46 | 46 | 46 | 43 | 41 |
| Oceania | 18 | 18 | 18 | 18 | 19 | 19 | 19 | 19 | 19 | 16 | 16 | 14 |
| All | 210 | 210 | 209 | 209 | 210 | 209 | 209 | 209 | 209 | 204 | 200 | 186 |
The newest 12 of 65 years.
Who joined and who left
- 2025
− Aruba
− Afghanistan
− United Arab Emirates
− Bahamas
− Bermuda
− Cuba
− Curaçao
− Cayman Islands
− Faroe Islands
− Lebanon
− Monaco
− New Caledonia
− French Polynesia
− Turks and Caicos Islands
- 2024− Channel Islands
− Greenland
− Isle of Man
− San Marino
- 2023
− American Samoa
− Guam
− Northern Mariana Islands
− Syria
− United States Virgin Islands
- 2019
− Yemen
- 2018
+ New Caledonia
- 2016
− South Sudan
- 2014
+ Djibouti
- 2012
− Eritrea
Not in this dataset · 12 places this site covers
World Bank Group gives no figure for these in any year held here. It is the publisher’s choice of scope, and each place’s profile shows what is measured.
04Provenance
Where it comes from
The path from the publisher to this page, and what was checked and changed on the way.
1 · Publisher
World Bank Group
2 · Their file
Inflation, GDP Deflator 2025
3 · Read by this site
September 29, 2026
Imported by a script that parses each figure and writes it down unrounded.4 · Stored as
65 files, one per year
Each downloads as a CSV, or every year together as inflation-gdp-deflator-all-editions-nations-inquiry.csv5 · Used on
Its statistic page, and every profile it measures
Precision
The headline is stored to 17 decimals, as published.
Rounded by this site
Never. Tables on screen may show fewer decimals; the files never do.
Changed by this site
Reshaped into one row per country: regional and income-group totals are left out, only the columns listed are kept, each row gets its ISO 3166 code, and some country names are brought to one spelling. No value is recalculated, rescaled or rounded.
The World Bank's indicator API (NY.GDP.DEFL.KD.ZG), computed from national accounts. Hyperinflation years and currency reforms are stored exactly as the Bank publishes them.
05Reuse
Licence and credit
What the publisher’s licence lets you do, what it asks of you, and a credit line and citation ready to copy.
Licence · checked September 29, 2026
- Share and redistribute it
- Adapt it and build on it
- Use it commercially
- Credit the publisher
- Say what you changed
Share, adapt and use commercially. Credit the publisher and say if you changed anything.
A credit line
Source: World Bank Group, Inflation, GDP Deflator, via Nations Inquiry.
Cite this dataset
World Bank Group. Inflation, GDP Deflator, 1961–2025 [data set]. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/inflation-gdp-deflator
The publisher’s own citation: World Bank. World Development Indicators: Inflation, GDP deflator (annual %) (NY.GDP.DEFL.KD.ZG). Washington, DC: World Bank Group.
Plain-language summary, not legal advice. The licence text is what binds.
06Where it is used
Around the site
Where these numbers appear on this site, and the datasets nearest to it.
Charted
Inflation, GDP Deflator by countryWho is highest, the map, the spread, who rose and fell, and the records.
Subjects
Near neighbours
- Account Ownership at a Financial InstitutionWorld Bank Group · 5 held · 2011–2024
- Firms with a Bank Loan or Line of CreditWorld Bank Group · 1 held · 2025
- Net Official Development Assistance ReceivedOECD Development Assistance Committee · 58 held · 1966–2023
07Questions
Inflation, GDP Deflator: questions and answers
What is the Inflation, GDP Deflator?
Inflation measured by the GDP deflator is how fast the prices of everything an economy produces are rising — the gap between its GDP in today's prices and in constant prices. It is the widest measure of inflation the World Bank publishes from national accounts.
Which years of the Inflation, GDP Deflator can I download?
All 65, from 1961 to 2025, each as a CSV file, or every year together in one CSV.
Does World Bank Group rank countries on it?
No, and this site does not order it either. The files hold values only.
Can I use it commercially?
Yes, under CC BY 4.0, with credit to World Bank Group. The licence text is linked on this page.