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Inflation, GDP Deflator, 2008

2008, as World Bank Group’s 2026 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Inflation, GDP Deflator, 2008 covers 206 countries. Turkmenistan is highest, at 59.740; United States Virgin Islands is lowest, at -12.356. The middle country reads 7.891. Against 2007, 205 values changed (140 up, 65 down), 1 country joined.

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Inflation, GDP Deflator · Data for 2008

HighestTurkmenistan

59.740

LowestUnited States Virgin Islands

-12.356

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, 2008, as published. The file carries values only, so no position is shown. “=” marks a shared position.

Showing 25 of 206 countries · select a heading to sort

Inflation, GDP Deflator, 2008: every country, as published by World Bank Group.
TurkmenistanTKMCentral Asia59.740
JordanJORWestern Asia39.954
Isle of ManIMNNorthern Europe37.733
OmanOMNWestern Asia32.650
SeychellesSYCEastern Africa31.926
EthiopiaETHEastern Africa30.312
VenezuelaVENSouth America30.209
IraqIRQWestern Asia30.175
UkraineUKREastern Europe29.020
São Tomé and PríncipeSTPMiddle Africa28.828
TajikistanTJKCentral Asia28.163
AzerbaijanAZEWestern Asia27.971
UzbekistanUZBCentral Asia26.792
DR CongoCODMiddle Africa24.587
BurundiBDIEastern Africa24.160
Trinidad and TobagoTTOCaribbean23.793
LibyaLBYNorthern Africa23.709
ArgentinaARGSouth America23.171
QatarQATWestern Asia22.900
VietnamVNMSouth-eastern Asia22.673
KyrgyzstanKGZCentral Asia22.216
MongoliaMNGEastern Asia21.449
BelarusBLREastern Europe21.214
KazakhstanKAZCentral Asia20.937
NauruNRUMicronesia20.690

02In 2008

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

  1. Turkmenistan59.740
  2. Jordan39.954
  3. Isle of Man37.733
  4. Oman32.650
  5. Seychelles31.926

Lowest

  1. United States Virgin Islands-12.356
  2. Liechtenstein-2.117
  3. Greenland-2.013
  4. Singapore-1.382
  5. Japan-0.903

Neither end is better. The values describe a shape, not a score. The middle country reads 7.891. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

032007 → 2008

Since 2007

What changed between 2007 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

  • +1 / −0countries joined / left
  • 205values changed, of 205 in both
  • 140 · 65rose · fell
  • 0unchanged

Rose most

Fell most

+ Turks and Caicos Islands

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 2008.

  • Which end is better

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

  • Nothing missing

    Every one of the 206 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 (2008). Inflation, GDP Deflator, 2008 [data set], describing 2008. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/inflation-gdp-deflator/2008

0665 held

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07Questions

Inflation, GDP Deflator, 2008: questions and answers

Which country has the highest inflation (GDP deflator) in Inflation, GDP Deflator, 2008?

Turkmenistan, at 59.740, of the 206 countries in the file.

What year does Inflation, GDP Deflator, 2008 describe?

2008.

How many countries does Inflation, GDP Deflator, 2008 cover?

206.

Where can I download Inflation, GDP Deflator, 2008?

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, 2008 the newest?

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

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