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Inflation, GDP Deflator, 1970

1970, as World Bank Group’s 2026 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Inflation, GDP Deflator, 1970 covers 118 countries. Nigeria is highest, at 51.278; Saudi Arabia is lowest, at -21.441. The middle country reads 4.732. Against 1969, 118 values changed (72 up, 46 down), the same countries are covered.

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Inflation, GDP Deflator · Data for 1970

HighestNigeria

51.278

LowestSaudi Arabia

-21.441

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, 1970, as published. The file carries values only, so no position is shown. “=” marks a shared position.

Showing 25 of 118 countries · select a heading to sort

Inflation, GDP Deflator, 1970: every country, as published by World Bank Group.
NigeriaNGAWestern Africa51.278
ChileCHLSouth America40.927
JapanJPNEastern Asia17.396
IcelandISLNorthern Europe16.440
BrazilBRASouth America16.255
KenyaKENEastern Africa15.316
PhilippinesPHLSouth-eastern Asia15.302
LuxembourgLUXWestern Europe15.028
South KoreaKOREastern Asia14.767
IndonesiaIDNSouth-eastern Asia14.253
New ZealandNZLAustralia and New Zealand13.306
NorwayNORNorthern Europe12.875
EgyptEGYNorthern Africa12.516
Sri LankaLKASouthern Asia12.508
PeruPERSouth America11.981
ColombiaCOLSouth America11.886
New CaledoniaNCLMelanesia11.319
French PolynesiaPYFPolynesia10.023
RwandaRWAEastern Africa9.936
IrelandIRLNorthern Europe9.729
IsraelISRWestern Asia9.598
United KingdomGBRNorthern Europe9.249
GambiaGMBWestern Africa9.069
Hong KongHKGEastern Asia8.855
DenmarkDNKNorthern Europe8.754

02In 1970

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

  1. Nigeria51.278
  2. Chile40.927
  3. Japan17.396
  4. Iceland16.440
  5. Brazil16.255

Lowest

  1. Saudi Arabia-21.441
  2. Haiti-16.018
  3. Ecuador-13.936
  4. Zimbabwe-12.053
  5. Zambia-11.394

Neither end is better. The values describe a shape, not a score. The middle country reads 4.732. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

031969 → 1970

Since 1969

What changed between 1969 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

  • +0 / −0countries joined / left
  • 118values changed, of 118 in both
  • 72 · 46rose · fell
  • 0unchanged

Rose most

Fell most

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 1970.

  • Which end is better

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

  • Nothing missing

    Every one of the 118 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 (1970). Inflation, GDP Deflator, 1970 [data set], describing 1970. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/inflation-gdp-deflator/1970

0665 held

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07Questions

Inflation, GDP Deflator, 1970: questions and answers

Which country has the highest inflation (GDP deflator) in Inflation, GDP Deflator, 1970?

Nigeria, at 51.278, of the 118 countries in the file.

What year does Inflation, GDP Deflator, 1970 describe?

1970.

How many countries does Inflation, GDP Deflator, 1970 cover?

118.

Where can I download Inflation, GDP Deflator, 1970?

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, 1970 the newest?

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

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