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Inflation, GDP Deflator, 1973

1973, as World Bank Group’s 2026 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Inflation, GDP Deflator, 1973 covers 141 countries. Chile is highest, at 417.650; Marshall Islands is lowest, at -13.099. The middle country reads 11.845. Against 1972, 141 values changed (117 up, 24 down), the same countries are covered.

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Inflation, GDP Deflator · Data for 1973

HighestChile

417.650

LowestMarshall Islands

-13.099

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, 1973, 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, 1973: every country, as published by World Bank Group.
ChileCHLSouth America417.650
UruguayURYSouth America191.574
ArgentinaARGSouth America65.535
BangladeshBGDSouthern Asia61.406
United Arab EmiratesAREWestern Asia54.253
BoliviaBOLSouth America42.945
OmanOMNWestern Asia40.309
IndonesiaIDNSouth-eastern Asia36.878
NigerNERWestern Africa35.838
GabonGABMiddle Africa34.758
IranIRNSouthern Asia33.621
IcelandISLNorthern Europe31.456
BrazilBRASouth America29.580
QatarQATWestern Asia27.960
JamaicaJAMCaribbean26.449
Saint Vincent and the GrenadinesVCTCaribbean25.434
EswatiniSWZSouthern Africa25.231
Sierra LeoneSLEWestern Africa23.225
SudanSDNNorthern Africa23.152
BarbadosBRBCaribbean22.774
LibyaLBYNorthern Africa22.520
IsraelISRWestern Asia22.230
TürkiyeTURWestern Asia21.930
Trinidad and TobagoTTOCaribbean21.183
GreeceGRCSouthern Europe20.910

02In 1973

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

  1. Chile417.650
  2. Uruguay191.574
  3. Argentina65.535
  4. Bangladesh61.406
  5. United Arab Emirates54.253

Lowest

  1. Marshall Islands-13.099
  2. Nepal-3.397
  3. Gambia-1.046
  4. China0.207
  5. Ethiopia0.383

Neither end is better. The values describe a shape, not a score. The middle country reads 11.845. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

031972 → 1973

Since 1972

What changed between 1972 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

  • +0 / −0countries joined / left
  • 141values changed, of 141 in both
  • 117 · 24rose · 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 1973.

  • 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.

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 (1973). Inflation, GDP Deflator, 1973 [data set], describing 1973. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/inflation-gdp-deflator/1973

0665 held

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07Questions

Inflation, GDP Deflator, 1973: questions and answers

Which country has the highest inflation (GDP deflator) in Inflation, GDP Deflator, 1973?

Chile, at 417.650, of the 141 countries in the file.

What year does Inflation, GDP Deflator, 1973 describe?

1973.

How many countries does Inflation, GDP Deflator, 1973 cover?

141.

Where can I download Inflation, GDP Deflator, 1973?

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, 1973 the newest?

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

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