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Inflation, GDP Deflator, 1962

1962, as World Bank Group’s 2026 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Inflation, GDP Deflator, 1962 covers 111 countries. Indonesia is highest, at 178.867; Ecuador is lowest, at -9.994. The middle country reads 2.433. Against 1961, 106 values changed (56 up, 50 down), 5 countries joined.

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Inflation, GDP Deflator · Data for 1962

HighestIndonesia

178.867

LowestEcuador

-9.994

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, 1962, as published. The file carries values only, so no position is shown. “=” marks a shared position.

Showing 25 of 111 countries · select a heading to sort

Inflation, GDP Deflator, 1962: every country, as published by World Bank Group.
IndonesiaIDNSouth-eastern Asia178.867
BrazilBRASouth America50.249
ArgentinaARGSouth America28.872
DR CongoCODMiddle Africa21.241
South KoreaKOREastern Asia16.749
ChileCHLSouth America12.965
UruguayURYSouth America11.991
IcelandISLNorthern Europe11.147
IsraelISRWestern Asia8.910
ParaguayPRYSouth America8.421
Dominican RepublicDOMCaribbean7.640
PhilippinesPHLSouth-eastern Asia6.728
ColombiaCOLSouth America6.648
DenmarkDNKNorthern Europe6.636
TunisiaTUNNorthern Africa6.490
SwitzerlandCHEWestern Europe6.366
SpainESPSouthern Europe6.096
NepalNPLSouthern Asia5.897
ItalyITASouthern Europe5.794
TürkiyeTURWestern Asia5.789
NigeriaNGAWestern Africa5.565
LibyaLBYNorthern Africa5.345
GeorgiaGEOWestern Asia5.252
Central African RepublicCAFMiddle Africa4.889
IrelandIRLNorthern Europe4.880

02In 1962

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

  1. Indonesia178.867
  2. Brazil50.249
  3. Argentina28.872
  4. DR Congo21.241
  5. South Korea16.749

Lowest

  1. Ecuador-9.994
  2. Rwanda-7.971
  3. Barbados-4.636
  4. Haiti-3.607
  5. Burundi-3.567

Neither end is better. The values describe a shape, not a score. The middle country reads 2.433. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

031961 → 1962

Since 1961

What changed between 1961 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

  • +5 / −0countries joined / left
  • 106values changed, of 106 in both
  • 56 · 50rose · fell
  • 0unchanged

Rose most

Fell most

  • Burundi20.077 → -3.567−23.645
  • China15.246 → -0.111−15.357
  • Rwanda7.125 → -7.971−15.096
  • Somalia9.788 → -0.824−10.612
  • Kenya8.662 → 0.018−8.644
+ Ethiopia+ Hong Kong+ Sri Lanka+ Mauritania+ Tunisia

Both years come from the same release, so a difference here is a change in the data, not a revision of it. Every country’s full history is charted on the statistic page.

04Caveats

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 1962.

  • Which end is better

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

  • Nothing missing

    Every one of the 111 countries has every column.

05The 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.

Licence: CC BY 4.0. Share, adapt and use commercially. Credit the publisher and say if you changed anything.

Cite this edition

World Bank Group (1962). Inflation, GDP Deflator, 1962 [data set], describing 1962. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/inflation-gdp-deflator/1962

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07Questions

Inflation, GDP Deflator, 1962: questions and answers

Which country has the highest inflation (GDP deflator) in Inflation, GDP Deflator, 1962?

Indonesia, at 178.867, of the 111 countries in the file.

What year does Inflation, GDP Deflator, 1962 describe?

1962.

How many countries does Inflation, GDP Deflator, 1962 cover?

111.

Where can I download Inflation, GDP Deflator, 1962?

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, 1962 the newest?

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

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