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Inflation, GDP Deflator, 1988

1988, as World Bank Group’s 2026 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Inflation, GDP Deflator, 1988 covers 173 countries. Nicaragua is highest, at 13,611.63482; Libya is lowest, at -17.77527. The middle country reads 6.57121. Against 1987, 169 values changed (95 up, 74 down), 4 countries joined.

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Inflation, GDP Deflator · Data for 1988

HighestNicaragua

13,611.63482

LowestLibya

-17.77527

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, 1988, as published. The file carries values only, so no position is shown. “=” marks a shared position.

Showing 25 of 173 countries · select a heading to sort

Inflation, GDP Deflator, 1988: every country, as published by World Bank Group.
NicaraguaNICCentral America13,611.63482
BrazilBRASouth America627.95147
PeruPERSouth America586.27873
VietnamVNMSouth-eastern Asia411.04025
ArgentinaARGSouth America381.24634
UgandaUGAEastern Africa189.97511
MexicoMEXCentral America100.57599
DR CongoCODMiddle Africa91.58619
Guinea-BissauGNBWestern Africa79.54484
SudanSDNNorthern Africa78.86260
CambodiaKHMSouth-eastern Asia76.62171
UruguayURYSouth America74.63639
TürkiyeTURWestern Asia69.01813
Sierra LeoneSLEWestern Africa64.28824
SomaliaSOMEastern Africa63.93232
Dominican RepublicDOMCaribbean43.53587
TanzaniaTZAEastern Africa36.37429
ZambiaZMBEastern Africa34.49030
GhanaGHAWestern Africa33.40285
São Tomé and PríncipeSTPMiddle Africa33.32198
MalawiMWIEastern Africa31.09181
ColombiaCOLSouth America27.75006
HaitiHTICaribbean27.42762
ParaguayPRYSouth America27.23552
MadagascarMDGEastern Africa26.33756

02In 1988

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

  1. Nicaragua13,611.63482
  2. Brazil627.95147
  3. Peru586.27873
  4. Vietnam411.04025
  5. Argentina381.24634

Lowest

  1. Libya-17.77527
  2. Ecuador-11.61380
  3. Brunei-10.50740
  4. Republic of the Congo-6.22635
  5. Bulgaria-5.38648

Neither end is better. The values describe a shape, not a score. The middle country reads 6.57121. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

031987 → 1988

Since 1987

What changed between 1987 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

  • +4 / −0countries joined / left
  • 169values changed, of 169 in both
  • 95 · 74rose · fell
  • 0unchanged

Rose most

  • Nicaragua523.08095 → 13,611.63482+13,088.55387
  • Peru85.64964 → 586.27873+500.62909
  • Brazil206.20871 → 627.95147+421.74276
  • Argentina127.53992 → 381.24634+253.70643
  • Sudan25.89135 → 78.86260+52.97124

Fell most

  • Sierra Leone165.67665 → 64.28824−101.38840
  • Mexico142.02534 → 100.57599−41.44935
  • Libya20.90595 → -17.77527−38.68122
  • Guyana58.71082 → 23.64604−35.06478
  • Zambia62.01290 → 34.49030−27.52259
+ Kyrgyzstan+ Turkmenistan+ Ukraine+ Uzbekistan

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 1988.

  • Which end is better

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

  • Nothing missing

    Every one of the 173 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 (1988). Inflation, GDP Deflator, 1988 [data set], describing 1988. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/inflation-gdp-deflator/1988

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07Questions

Inflation, GDP Deflator, 1988: questions and answers

Which country has the highest inflation (GDP deflator) in Inflation, GDP Deflator, 1988?

Nicaragua, at 13,611.63482, of the 173 countries in the file.

What year does Inflation, GDP Deflator, 1988 describe?

1988.

How many countries does Inflation, GDP Deflator, 1988 cover?

173.

Where can I download Inflation, GDP Deflator, 1988?

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, 1988 the newest?

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

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