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Inflation, GDP Deflator, 1974

1974, as World Bank Group’s 2026 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Inflation, GDP Deflator, 1974 covers 141 countries. Chile is highest, at 686.3096; Hungary is lowest, at -1.1818. The middle country reads 16.6675. Against 1973, 141 values changed (112 up, 29 down), the same countries are covered.

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Inflation, GDP Deflator · Data for 1974

HighestChile

686.3096

LowestHungary

-1.1818

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, 1974, 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, 1974: every country, as published by World Bank Group.
ChileCHLSouth America686.3096
OmanOMNWestern Asia200.9864
QatarQATWestern Asia182.0383
KuwaitKWTWestern Asia173.1950
Saudi ArabiaSAUWestern Asia150.6317
United Arab EmiratesAREWestern Asia138.2635
IraqIRQWestern Asia88.3326
GabonGABMiddle Africa65.4105
BoliviaBOLSouth America61.5460
MauritiusMUSEastern Africa59.5772
IranIRNSouthern Asia58.3300
Trinidad and TobagoTTOCaribbean57.5117
MyanmarMMRSouth-eastern Asia56.5209
EcuadorECUSouth America52.4796
VenezuelaVENSouth America50.1080
AlgeriaDZANorthern Africa48.8966
IndonesiaIDNSouth-eastern Asia47.3105
BangladeshBGDSouthern Asia44.5427
NigeriaNGAWestern Africa43.9464
TogoTGOWestern Africa42.0321
LibyaLBYNorthern Africa41.4795
IcelandISLNorthern Europe37.6918
GuyanaGUYSouth America37.4722
IsraelISRWestern Asia35.5011
BrazilBRASouth America34.6059

02In 1974

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

  1. Chile686.3096
  2. Oman200.9864
  3. Qatar182.0383
  4. Kuwait173.1950
  5. Saudi Arabia150.6317

Lowest

  1. Hungary-1.1818
  2. China0.2772
  3. Honduras0.6897
  4. Georgia0.8701
  5. São Tomé and Príncipe1.2313

Neither end is better. The values describe a shape, not a score. The middle country reads 16.6675. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

031973 → 1974

Since 1973

What changed between 1973 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

  • +0 / −0countries joined / left
  • 141values changed, of 141 in both
  • 112 · 29rose · fell
  • 0unchanged

Rose most

  • Chile417.6498 → 686.3096+268.6598
  • Oman40.3095 → 200.9864+160.6769
  • Kuwait17.2747 → 173.1950+155.9203
  • Qatar27.9601 → 182.0383+154.0782
  • Saudi Arabia12.9158 → 150.6317+137.7159

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 1974.

  • 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 (1974). Inflation, GDP Deflator, 1974 [data set], describing 1974. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/inflation-gdp-deflator/1974

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07Questions

Inflation, GDP Deflator, 1974: questions and answers

Which country has the highest inflation (GDP deflator) in Inflation, GDP Deflator, 1974?

Chile, at 686.3096, of the 141 countries in the file.

What year does Inflation, GDP Deflator, 1974 describe?

1974.

How many countries does Inflation, GDP Deflator, 1974 cover?

141.

Where can I download Inflation, GDP Deflator, 1974?

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, 1974 the newest?

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

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