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Inflation, GDP Deflator, 1971

1971, as World Bank Group’s 2026 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Inflation, GDP Deflator, 1971 covers 141 countries. Uruguay is highest, at 31.6900; Ecuador is lowest, at -9.4790. The middle country reads 5.4833. Against 1970, 118 values changed (66 up, 52 down), 23 countries joined.

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Inflation, GDP Deflator · Data for 1971

HighestUruguay

31.6900

LowestEcuador

-9.4790

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, 1971, as published. The file carries values only, so no position is shown. “=” marks a shared position.

Showing 25 of 141 countries · select a heading to sort

Inflation, GDP Deflator, 1971: every country, as published by World Bank Group.
UruguayURYSouth America31.6900
ArgentinaARGSouth America31.2711
KuwaitKWTWestern Asia25.7795
LibyaLBYNorthern Africa20.4037
BrazilBRASouth America19.3846
ChileCHLSouth America17.3489
AlgeriaDZANorthern Africa17.1520
TürkiyeTURWestern Asia16.9021
QatarQATWestern Asia16.4383
OmanOMNWestern Asia16.0921
Saudi ArabiaSAUWestern Asia15.6147
PhilippinesPHLSouth-eastern Asia14.5188
IsraelISRWestern Asia14.4267
New ZealandNZLAustralia and New Zealand13.8803
IcelandISLNorthern Europe12.5532
SwitzerlandCHEWestern Europe12.5364
TogoTGOWestern Africa12.3932
CubaCUBCaribbean11.8572
GreenlandGRLNorthern America11.4477
South KoreaKOREastern Asia11.2553
ColombiaCOLSouth America10.8074
IraqIRQWestern Asia10.6500
IrelandIRLNorthern Europe10.5392
IranIRNSouthern Asia10.0290
PalauPLWMicronesia9.7535

02In 1971

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

  1. Uruguay31.6900
  2. Argentina31.2711
  3. Kuwait25.7795
  4. Libya20.4037
  5. Brazil19.3846

Lowest

  1. Ecuador-9.4790
  2. Kenya-9.2192
  3. Zambia-7.4965
  4. Sierra Leone-6.9295
  5. São Tomé and Príncipe-6.1941

Neither end is better. The values describe a shape, not a score. The middle country reads 5.4833. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

031970 → 1971

Since 1970

What changed between 1970 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

  • +23 / −0countries joined / left
  • 118values changed, of 118 in both
  • 66 · 52rose · fell
  • 0unchanged

Rose most

Fell most

  • Nigeria51.2785 → 1.3480−49.9304
  • Kenya15.3157 → -9.2192−24.5348
  • Chile40.9272 → 17.3489−23.5783
  • Luxembourg15.0278 → -0.8142−15.8420
  • Japan17.3964 → 5.0914−12.3051
+ Andorra+ United Arab Emirates+ Bahrain+ Bhutan+ Cuba+ Micronesia+ Guinea+ Guinea-Bissau+ Greenland+ Kiribati+ Kuwait+ Liechtenstein+ Monaco+ Maldives+ Marshall Islands+ Malta+ Nauru+ Palau+ Qatar+ São Tomé and Príncipe+ Eswatini+ Tuvalu+ Samoa

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 1971.

  • Which end is better

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

  • Nothing missing

    Every one of the 141 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 (1971). Inflation, GDP Deflator, 1971 [data set], describing 1971. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/inflation-gdp-deflator/1971

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07Questions

Inflation, GDP Deflator, 1971: questions and answers

Which country has the highest inflation (GDP deflator) in Inflation, GDP Deflator, 1971?

Uruguay, at 31.6900, of the 141 countries in the file.

What year does Inflation, GDP Deflator, 1971 describe?

1971.

How many countries does Inflation, GDP Deflator, 1971 cover?

141.

Where can I download Inflation, GDP Deflator, 1971?

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, 1971 the newest?

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

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