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Inflation, GDP Deflator, 1979

1979, as World Bank Group’s 2026 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Inflation, GDP Deflator, 1979 covers 149 countries. Argentina is highest, at 147.3770; São Tomé and Príncipe is lowest, at -0.5310. The middle country reads 11.5357. Against 1978, 149 values changed (110 up, 39 down), the same countries are covered.

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Inflation, GDP Deflator · Data for 1979

HighestArgentina

147.3770

LowestSão Tomé and Príncipe

-0.5310

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, 1979, as published. The file carries values only, so no position is shown. “=” marks a shared position.

Showing 25 of 149 countries · select a heading to sort

Inflation, GDP Deflator, 1979: every country, as published by World Bank Group.
ArgentinaARGSouth America147.3770
DR CongoCODMiddle Africa101.7700
UruguayURYSouth America79.2082
IsraelISRWestern Asia76.8583
TürkiyeTURWestern Asia76.7209
PeruPERSouth America76.3498
BrazilBRASouth America54.3660
ChileCHLSouth America47.4491
IcelandISLNorthern Europe40.8974
KuwaitKWTWestern Asia40.8234
GhanaGHAWestern Africa37.9495
New CaledoniaNCLMelanesia35.0576
IranIRNSouthern Asia31.7305
IraqIRQWestern Asia31.6670
NicaraguaNICCentral America31.6585
IndonesiaIDNSouth-eastern Asia31.1872
OmanOMNWestern Asia30.5823
QatarQATWestern Asia28.5810
LibyaLBYNorthern Africa26.6051
BurundiBDIEastern Africa26.1307
Trinidad and TobagoTTOCaribbean24.7080
Saudi ArabiaSAUWestern Asia24.1587
ColombiaCOLSouth America24.0406
SudanSDNNorthern Africa23.9749
EgyptEGYNorthern Africa23.4999

02In 1979

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

  1. Argentina147.3770
  2. DR Congo101.7700
  3. Uruguay79.2082
  4. Israel76.8583
  5. Türkiye76.7209

Lowest

  1. São Tomé and Príncipe-0.5310
  2. Switzerland0.6639
  3. Liechtenstein2.2304
  4. Jordan2.2643
  5. Lesotho2.4284

Neither end is better. The values describe a shape, not a score. The middle country reads 11.5357. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

031978 → 1979

Since 1978

What changed between 1978 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

  • +0 / −0countries joined / left
  • 149values changed, of 149 in both
  • 110 · 39rose · 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 1979.

  • Which end is better

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

  • Nothing missing

    Every one of the 149 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 (1979). Inflation, GDP Deflator, 1979 [data set], describing 1979. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/inflation-gdp-deflator/1979

0665 held

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07Questions

Inflation, GDP Deflator, 1979: questions and answers

Which country has the highest inflation (GDP deflator) in Inflation, GDP Deflator, 1979?

Argentina, at 147.3770, of the 149 countries in the file.

What year does Inflation, GDP Deflator, 1979 describe?

1979.

How many countries does Inflation, GDP Deflator, 1979 cover?

149.

Where can I download Inflation, GDP Deflator, 1979?

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, 1979 the newest?

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

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