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Inflation, GDP Deflator, 1966

1966, as World Bank Group’s 2026 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Inflation, GDP Deflator, 1966 covers 114 countries. Uruguay is highest, at 72.3178; Indonesia is lowest, at -98.7038. The middle country reads 3.8522. Against 1965, 111 values changed (61 up, 50 down), 3 countries joined.

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Inflation, GDP Deflator · Data for 1966

HighestUruguay

72.3178

LowestIndonesia

-98.7038

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, 1966, as published. The file carries values only, so no position is shown. “=” marks a shared position.

Showing 25 of 114 countries · select a heading to sort

Inflation, GDP Deflator, 1966: every country, as published by World Bank Group.
UruguayURYSouth America72.3178
BrazilBRASouth America37.9361
RwandaRWAEastern Africa36.8593
ChileCHLSouth America28.4245
ArgentinaARGSouth America25.6035
ZambiaZMBEastern Africa23.6419
NepalNPLSouthern Asia15.2188
ColombiaCOLSouth America15.1273
South KoreaKOREastern Asia14.5545
IndiaINDSouthern Asia13.2707
NigeriaNGAWestern Africa13.1929
French PolynesiaPYFPolynesia11.4862
IcelandISLNorthern Europe10.4248
Republic of the CongoCOGMiddle Africa10.0274
PeruPERSouth America9.3169
IsraelISRWestern Asia8.7308
ThailandTHASouth-eastern Asia8.2453
SpainESPSouthern Europe8.1737
GhanaGHAWestern Africa8.1525
LibyaLBYNorthern Africa8.0294
SyriaSYRWestern Asia7.5909
HondurasHNDCentral America7.5163
Papua New GuineaPNGMelanesia7.3607
New CaledoniaNCLMelanesia7.0081
DenmarkDNKNorthern Europe6.8327

02In 1966

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

  1. Uruguay72.3178
  2. Brazil37.9361
  3. Rwanda36.8593
  4. Chile28.4245
  5. Argentina25.6035

Lowest

  1. Indonesia-98.7038
  2. Seychelles-7.4743
  3. Trinidad and Tobago-5.5730
  4. Zimbabwe-3.7300
  5. Somalia-3.2064

Neither end is better. The values describe a shape, not a score. The middle country reads 3.8522. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

031965 → 1966

Since 1965

What changed between 1965 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

  • +3 / −0countries joined / left
  • 111values changed, of 111 in both
  • 61 · 50rose · fell
  • 0unchanged

Rose most

  • Hungary-30.1875 → 2.8801+33.0676
  • Rwanda6.9639 → 36.8593+29.8954
  • Zambia10.5891 → 23.6419+13.0528
  • Nigeria0.8644 → 13.1929+12.3284
  • Syria-2.9521 → 7.5909+10.5430

Fell most

+ New Caledonia+ French Polynesia+ El Salvador

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 1966.

  • Which end is better

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

  • Nothing missing

    Every one of the 114 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.

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Cite this edition

World Bank Group (1966). Inflation, GDP Deflator, 1966 [data set], describing 1966. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/inflation-gdp-deflator/1966

0665 held

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07Questions

Inflation, GDP Deflator, 1966: questions and answers

Which country has the highest inflation (GDP deflator) in Inflation, GDP Deflator, 1966?

Uruguay, at 72.3178, of the 114 countries in the file.

What year does Inflation, GDP Deflator, 1966 describe?

1966.

How many countries does Inflation, GDP Deflator, 1966 cover?

114.

Where can I download Inflation, GDP Deflator, 1966?

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, 1966 the newest?

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

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