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Inflation, GDP Deflator, 1961

1961, as World Bank Group’s 2026 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Inflation, GDP Deflator, 1961 covers 106 countries. Brazil is highest, at 34.6178; Ecuador is lowest, at -11.3204. The middle country reads 2.6678.

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Inflation, GDP Deflator · Data for 1961

HighestBrazil

34.6178

LowestEcuador

-11.3204

Shaded by value in five groups of equal size, darkest at the highest end. Neither end is better. The values describe a shape, not a score.

01Values only

The table

Every country and every column of Inflation, GDP Deflator, 1961, as published. The file carries values only, so no position is shown. “=” marks a shared position.

Showing 25 of 106 countries · select a heading to sort

Inflation, GDP Deflator, 1961: every country, as published by World Bank Group.
BrazilBRASouth America34.6178
ArgentinaARGSouth America20.3107
BurundiBDIEastern Africa20.0774
UruguayURYSouth America18.4269
ChinaCHNEastern Asia15.2463
IndonesiaIDNSouth-eastern Asia13.9360
IcelandISLNorthern Europe13.2708
South KoreaKOREastern Asia12.9565
SomaliaSOMEastern Africa9.7876
KenyaKENEastern Africa8.6622
IsraelISRWestern Asia8.6093
SudanSDNNorthern Africa8.5428
ColombiaCOLSouth America8.2294
JapanJPNEastern Asia7.7857
RwandaRWAEastern Africa7.1247
ParaguayPRYSouth America6.6848
BoliviaBOLSouth America6.5482
SwitzerlandCHEWestern Europe6.4484
ChileCHLSouth America6.3033
Republic of the CongoCOGMiddle Africa6.2940
BangladeshBGDSouthern Asia6.2575
NigeriaNGAWestern Africa6.2572
DR CongoCODMiddle Africa6.0995
TanzaniaTZAEastern Africa5.3792
FinlandFINNorthern Europe5.3418

02In 1961

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

  1. Brazil34.6178
  2. Argentina20.3107
  3. Burundi20.0774
  4. Uruguay18.4269
  5. China15.2463

Lowest

  1. Ecuador-11.3204
  2. Malaysia-7.7586
  3. Togo-6.9468
  4. Liberia-5.7510
  5. Iran-4.4982

Neither end is better. The values describe a shape, not a score. The middle country reads 2.6678. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

03Caveats

Read before you use

What this edition’s numbers are and are not, worked out from the file itself.

The site’s method
  • One year of the 2026 release

    Every year in this series comes from World Bank Group’s 2026 release, recalculated on one method. It can differ from what was first published for 1961.

  • Which end is better

    Neither end is better. The values describe a shape, not a score.

  • Nothing missing

    Every one of the 106 countries has every column.

04The files

Download and cite

The table as a file, digit for digit, what this site changed, and a citation for this edition.

Licence in full

What this site changed: 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.

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World Bank Group (1961). Inflation, GDP Deflator, 1961 [data set], describing 1961. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/inflation-gdp-deflator/1961

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06Questions

Inflation, GDP Deflator, 1961: questions and answers

Which country has the highest inflation (GDP deflator) in Inflation, GDP Deflator, 1961?

Brazil, at 34.6178, of the 106 countries in the file.

What year does Inflation, GDP Deflator, 1961 describe?

1961.

How many countries does Inflation, GDP Deflator, 1961 cover?

106.

Where can I download Inflation, GDP Deflator, 1961?

On this page, as a CSV file holding every value exactly as published, or from the publisher’s own site, linked below.

Is Inflation, GDP Deflator, 1961 the newest?

No. The newest held here is Inflation, GDP Deflator, 2025.

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