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Prices & public finance in high-income countries: how the countries rank

Inflation, interest rates, exchange rates, public debt and the reach of the state. 12 indicators for the 86 economies in the high income group, ranked within the group; the group figure is the World Bank aggregate.

Inflation2.3%high-income countries, 2025 · world 3.0%GDP deflator2.6%high-income countries, 2025 · world 3.3%Lending rate5.2%median countryReal interest rate3.3%median countryExchange rate1.00median countryTax revenue15.3%high-income countries, 2024 · world 13.9%Government revenue26.3%high-income countries, 2024 · world 24.0%Government expense30.1%high-income countries, 2023 · world 28.5%
Inflation
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0%5.0%10%15%20%1995200020052010201520202025high-income countries2.3%Worldlow-income countrieslower-middle-income countriesupper-middle-income countries
GDP deflator
high-income countriesWorldlow-income countrieslower-middle-income countriesupper-middle-income countries
0%5.0%10%15%1995200020052010201520202025high-income countries2.6%Worldlow-income countrieslower-middle-income countriesupper-middle-income countries
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All 86 economies, prices & public finance

Latest value and rank within the group (small figure). Click a column to sort; the country name opens its prices & public finance profile.

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CountryInflationGDP deflatorLending rateReal interest rateExchange rateTax revenueGovernment revenueGovernment expense
Russia8.7%#1 · 20254.9%#12 · 202517.1%#1 · 20245.8%#9 · 202483.65#10 · 202510.9%#48 · 202427.8%#38 · 202430.0%#37 · 2023
Romania7.2%#2 · 20258.2%#2 · 20258.5%#5 · 20250.3%#28 · 20254.47#22 · 202516.2%#39 · 202430.7%#32 · 202437.3%#21 · 2022
Estonia4.8%#3 · 20253.8%#19 · 2025——0.88#58 · 202522.7%#21 · 202438.3%#14 · 202437.7%#19 · 2023
Uruguay4.7%#4 · 20254.3%#14 · 202510.1%#3 · 20255.5%#10 · 202541.19#11 · 202517.9%#33 · 202430.6%#33 · 202436.5%#23 · 2023
Bulgaria4.6%#5 · 20257.4%#3 · 20254.2%#29 · 2025-3.0%#34 · 20251.74#34 · 202520.7%#27 · 202434.4%#24 · 202435.8%#24 · 2023
Hungary4.4%#6 · 20256.3%#7 · 20258.0%#8 · 20251.6%#23 · 2025353.14#4 · 202522.7%#20 · 202437.9%#16 · 202442.4%#9 · 2022
Chile4.2%#7 · 20256.8%#6 · 20254.2%#31 · 20182.5%#21 · 2018951.33#2 · 202518.3%#30 · 202421.9%#46 · 202424.6%#43 · 2023
Iceland4.1%#8 · 20256.9%#5 · 202511.0%#2 · 20253.9%#17 · 2025128.44#7 · 202523.2%#17 · 202331.4%#31 · 202332.0%#35 · 2023
Slovakia4.0%#9 · 20254.2%#15 · 2025——0.88#73 · 202519.1%#28 · 202439.3%#13 · 202439.8%#14 · 2022
United Kingdom3.9%#10 · 20253.7%#20 · 2025——0.76#82 · 202526.9%#7 · 202434.8%#23 · 202441.2%#11 · 2023
Poland3.8%#11 · 20252.9%#36 · 2025——3.76#23 · 202517.4%#35 · 202435.9%#20 · 202439.1%#16 · 2023
Lithuania3.8%#12 · 20253.6%#21 · 2025——0.88#66 · 202521.9%#23 · 202435.1%#22 · 202433.9%#30 · 2023
Latvia3.7%#13 · 20253.6%#22 · 2025——0.88#65 · 202517.6%#34 · 202433.9%#26 · 202434.2%#28 · 2023
Croatia3.7%#14 · 20254.7%#13 · 2025——0.88#56 · 202521.2%#25 · 202335.1%#21 · 202338.1%#18 · 2023
Saint Kitts and Nevis3.6%#15 · 20232.7%#41 · 20256.5%#12 · 20253.7%#18 · 20252.70#29 · 202515.0%#41 · 202028.5%#37 · 202026.7%#41 · 2020
Austria3.5%#16 · 20253.2%#31 · 2025——0.88#54 · 202525.8%#8 · 202445.1%#3 · 202446.0%#6 · 2023
Guyana3.3%#17 · 2025-7.9%#82 · 20258.2%#6 · 202517.6%#1 · 2025208.50#5 · 2025———
Netherlands3.2%#18 · 20253.3%#28 · 2025——0.88#70 · 202525.3%#11 · 202439.4%#12 · 202440.0%#13 · 2023
Japan3.2%#19 · 20253.4%#26 · 20251.0%#36 · 20171.0%#27 · 2017149.66#6 · 2025——20.1%#47 · 2022
Israel3.0%#20 · 20252.1%#51 · 20253.0%#33 · 2022-1.8%#33 · 20223.45#27 · 202523.2%#16 · 202431.5%#30 · 202437.3%#20 · 2023
Norway3.0%#21 · 20251.4%#61 · 20255.9%#14 · 20254.4%#14 · 202510.40#14 · 202524.5%#12 · 202451.5%#2 · 202434.5%#26 · 2023
United States2.9%#22 · 20242.8%#38 · 20253.2%#32 · 2021-1.3%#30 · 20211.00#50 · 202510.8%#49 · 202417.8%#49 · 202424.4%#44 · 2023
Australia2.9%#23 · 20252.3%#49 · 20255.1%#22 · 20191.6%#24 · 20191.55#36 · 202523.6%#15 · 202226.1%#41 · 202227.6%#40 · 2022
New Zealand2.8%#24 · 20253.6%#23 · 20250.0%#37 · 2025-3.5%#35 · 20251.72#35 · 202529.5%#2 · 202434.2%#25 · 202435.5%#25 · 2022
Spain2.7%#25 · 20252.9%#35 · 2025——0.88#75 · 202514.9%#42 · 202429.7%#35 · 202434.0%#29 · 2023
Greece2.5%#26 · 20252.8%#39 · 2025——0.88#62 · 202527.4%#5 · 202444.8%#4 · 202447.3%#3 · 2023
Belgium2.5%#27 · 20252.6%#44 · 2025——0.88#55 · 202523.0%#18 · 202437.9%#17 · 202439.7%#15 · 2022
Czechia2.5%#28 · 20253.5%#24 · 20254.7%#26 · 20251.1%#25 · 202521.88#12 · 202518.6%#29 · 202436.5%#19 · 202434.4%#27 · 2022
Slovenia2.4%#29 · 20253.5%#25 · 2025——0.88#74 · 202521.0%#26 · 202443.5%#6 · 202442.9%#8 · 2023
Malta2.4%#30 · 20252.2%#50 · 2025——0.88#68 · 202524.1%#13 · 202433.2%#27 · 202433.7%#31 · 2023
Kuwait2.4%#31 · 2025-5.0%#81 · 20255.0%#23 · 202510.5%#4 · 20250.31#85 · 2025———
Portugal2.3%#32 · 20253.9%#18 · 2025——0.88#71 · 202522.3%#22 · 202437.4%#18 · 202437.2%#22 · 2023
San Marino2.3%#33 · 20257.4%#4 · 20234.6%#27 · 2025-1.6%#32 · 20230.89#53 · 202517.3%#37 · 202341.2%#9 · 202340.5%#12 · 2023
Luxembourg2.3%#34 · 20253.2%#29 · 2025——0.88#67 · 202528.6%#3 · 202444.6%#5 · 202442.2%#10 · 2023
Ireland2.2%#35 · 20251.0%#67 · 2025——0.88#63 · 202517.9%#32 · 202425.7%#43 · 202419.2%#49 · 2022
Germany2.2%#36 · 20253.0%#33 · 2025——0.88#61 · 202510.9%#47 · 202429.4%#36 · 202431.2%#36 · 2022
South Korea2.1%#37 · 20253.1%#32 · 20254.2%#30 · 20251.0%#26 · 20251,422.44#1 · 202513.3%#46 · 202425.8%#42 · 202428.3%#39 · 2023
Canada2.1%#38 · 20252.6%#45 · 20252.7%#35 · 20170.1%#29 · 20171.40#38 · 202513.7%#43 · 202419.9%#47 · 202419.1%#50 · 2023
Saudi Arabia2.0%#39 · 2025-2.6%#78 · 2025——3.75#24 · 20258.1%#51 · 202426.8%#40 · 202424.2%#45 · 2023
Denmark1.9%#40 · 20251.7%#57 · 2025——6.62#19 · 202533.4%#1 · 202438.3%#15 · 202433.3%#32 · 2023
Italy1.5%#41 · 20252.0%#53 · 20254.9%#24 · 2023-1.3%#31 · 20230.88#64 · 202525.6%#9 · 202440.1%#10 · 202447.3%#4 · 2023
Hong Kong1.4%#42 · 20251.0%#66 · 20255.2%#20 · 20254.1%#15 · 20257.80#17 · 2025———
Antigua and Barbuda1.4%#43 · 20253.0%#34 · 20256.4%#13 · 20253.3%#19 · 20252.70#28 · 2025———
Qatar1.3%#44 · 2024-3.2%#79 · 20254.8%#25 · 20258.2%#6 · 20253.64#26 · 2025———
United Arab Emirates1.3%#45 · 20251.6%#58 · 2024——3.67#25 · 20250.6%#54 · 20243.0%#54 · 20243.8%#54 · 2023
Bahamas1.1%#46 · 20250.3%#71 · 20244.2%#28 · 20254.0%#16 · 20241.00#42 · 202517.3%#36 · 202419.4%#48 · 202420.3%#46 · 2023
Trinidad and Tobago1.0%#47 · 20252.0%#54 · 20257.5%#9 · 20255.4%#11 · 20256.75#18 · 202516.8%#38 · 201924.3%#44 · 201933.3%#33 · 2019
Oman1.0%#48 · 2025-0.1%#75 · 20255.5%#17 · 2021-5.9%#37 · 20210.38#83 · 2025———
France0.9%#49 · 20251.2%#63 · 2025——0.88#60 · 202522.8%#19 · 202442.1%#7 · 202447.3%#5 · 2023
Singapore0.9%#50 · 2025-1.8%#77 · 20255.2%#19 · 2021-5.2%#36 · 20211.31#40 · 202513.6%#44 · 202417.7%#50 · 202417.1%#52 · 2023
Barbados0.8%#51 · 20252.7%#40 · 20258.1%#7 · 20228.2%#5 · 20222.00#30 · 2025———
Sweden0.7%#52 · 20251.2%#62 · 2025——9.82#15 · 202527.2%#6 · 202433.0%#28 · 202432.5%#34 · 2022
Macao0.3%#53 · 20250.5%#70 · 20255.5%#18 · 20255.0%#12 · 20258.03#16 · 202527.4%#4 · 202431.8%#29 · 202419.6%#48 · 2023
Finland0.3%#54 · 20251.5%#60 · 2025——0.88#59 · 202525.3%#10 · 202441.8%#8 · 202444.9%#7 · 2023
Seychelles0.3%#55 · 20252.6%#43 · 20259.9%#4 · 20257.1%#8 · 202514.73#13 · 2025———
Switzerland0.2%#56 · 20250.3%#72 · 20252.8%#34 · 20252.5%#22 · 20250.83#78 · 20259.5%#50 · 202417.0%#51 · 202416.1%#53 · 2023
Cyprus0.1%#57 · 20251.1%#65 · 2025——0.88#57 · 202523.9%#14 · 202439.9%#11 · 202438.5%#17 · 2023
Costa Rica-0.1%#58 · 2025-0.5%#76 · 20256.9%#11 · 20257.5%#7 · 2025503.50#3 · 202513.5%#45 · 202427.4%#39 · 202428.6%#38 · 2023
Bahrain-0.1%#59 · 20250.2%#73 · 20255.2%#21 · 201515.3%#2 · 20150.38#84 · 20252.8%#53 · 202015.5%#52 · 202026.1%#42 · 2020
Panama-0.2%#60 · 20250.2%#74 · 20256.9%#10 · 20224.6%#13 · 20221.00#47 · 20257.2%#52 · 202410.7%#53 · 202417.1%#51 · 2021
Brunei-0.3%#61 · 2025-4.7%#80 · 20255.5%#16 · 202510.7%#3 · 20251.31#39 · 2025———
Palau-0.4%#62 · 20251.0%#68 · 2025——1.00#46 · 202518.1%#31 · 202024.2%#45 · 202059.0%#2 · 2020
American Samoa—14.2%#1 · 2022——1.00#41 · 2025———
Andorra—2.6%#42 · 2025——0.89#52 · 202515.6%#40 · 202429.8%#34 · 2024—
Aruba—4.1%#16 · 20245.8%#15 · 20232.9%#20 · 20231.79#31 · 2025———
Bermuda—4.9%#11 · 2024——1.00#43 · 2025———
Cayman Islands—2.4%#46 · 2024——0.83#76 · 2025———
Channel Islands—5.8%#8 · 2023——0.76#79 · 2025———
Curaçao—3.3%#27 · 2024——1.79#32 · 2025———
Faroe Islands—2.0%#52 · 2024——6.62#20 · 2025———
French Polynesia—1.8%#56 · 2024——105.86#8 · 2025———
Gibraltar————0.76#80 · 2025———
Greenland—1.9%#55 · 2023——6.62#21 · 2025———
Guam—5.5%#9 · 2022——1.00#44 · 2025———
Isle of Man—3.2%#30 · 2023——0.76#81 · 2025———
Liechtenstein————0.83#77 · 2025———
Monaco—2.4%#47 · 2024——0.88#69 · 2025———
Nauru—4.0%#17 · 2025——1.55#37 · 202521.4%#24 · 2024115.5%#1 · 2024103.6%#1 · 2020
New Caledonia—1.1%#64 · 2024——105.86#9 · 2025———
Northern Mariana Islands—2.8%#37 · 2022——1.00#45 · 2025———
Puerto Rico—2.3%#48 · 2025——1.00#48 · 2025———
Saint Martin (French part)————0.88#72 · 2025———
Sint Maarten—1.5%#59 · 2025——1.79#33 · 2025———
Turks and Caicos Islands—0.8%#69 · 2024——1.00#49 · 2025———
US Virgin Islands—5.0%#10 · 2022——1.00#51 · 2025———
Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators (CC BY 4.0)Ranks count group members with a value in the recent window.
within the group

Highest and lowest, indicator by indicator

Inflation62 countries
  1. 1Russia8.7%2025
  2. 2Romania7.2%2025
  3. 3Estonia4.8%2025
Lowest
  1. 62Palau-0.4%2025
  2. 61Brunei-0.3%2025
  3. 60Panama-0.2%2025
Median country 2.3% · group 2.3%
GDP deflator82 countries
  1. 1American Samoa14.2%2022
  2. 2Romania8.2%2025
  3. 3Bulgaria7.4%2025
Lowest
  1. 82Guyana-7.9%2025
  2. 81Kuwait-5.0%2025
  3. 80Brunei-4.7%2025
Median country 2.7% · group 2.6%
Lending rate37 countries
  1. 1Russia17.1%2024
  2. 2Iceland11.0%2025
  3. 3Uruguay10.1%2025
Lowest
  1. 37New Zealand0.0%2025
  2. 36Japan1.0%2017
  3. 35Canada2.7%2017
Median country 5.2%
Real interest rate37 countries
  1. 1Guyana17.6%2025
  2. 2Bahrain15.3%2015
  3. 3Brunei10.7%2025
Lowest
  1. 37Oman-5.9%2021
  2. 36Singapore-5.2%2021
  3. 35New Zealand-3.5%2025
Median country 3.3%
Exchange rate85 countries
  1. 1South Korea1,422.442025
  2. 2Chile951.332025
  3. 3Costa Rica503.502025
Lowest
  1. 85Kuwait0.312025
  2. 84Bahrain0.382025
  3. 83Oman0.382025
Median country 1.00
Tax revenue54 countries
  1. 1Denmark33.4%2024
  2. 2New Zealand29.5%2024
  3. 3Luxembourg28.6%2024
Lowest
  1. 54United Arab Emirates0.6%2024
  2. 53Bahrain2.8%2020
  3. 52Panama7.2%2024
Median country 19.9% · group 15.3%
Government revenue54 countries
  1. 1Nauru115.5%2024
  2. 2Norway51.5%2024
  3. 3Austria45.1%2024
Lowest
  1. 54United Arab Emirates3.0%2024
  2. 53Panama10.7%2024
  3. 52Bahrain15.5%2020
Median country 33.1% · group 26.3%
Government expense54 countries
  1. 1Nauru103.6%2020
  2. 2Palau59.0%2020
  3. 3Greece47.3%2023
Lowest
  1. 54United Arab Emirates3.8%2023
  2. 53Switzerland16.1%2023
  3. 52Singapore17.1%2023
Median country 34.3% · group 30.1%
Private credit56 countries
  1. 1Hong Kong222.6%2025
  2. 2United States201.3%2025
  3. 3Japan188.7%2025
Lowest
  1. 56Kuwait4.9%2025
  2. 55Guyana15.6%2025
  3. 54Romania22.1%2025
Median country 65.2% · group 152.1%
Broad money35 countries
  1. 1Hong Kong481.0%2025
  2. 2Japan246.8%2025
  3. 3Macao201.2%2025
Lowest
  1. 35Guyana28.8%2025
  2. 34Romania41.5%2025
  3. 33Costa Rica50.2%2025
Median country 84.7% · group 138.4%
Reserves, months of imports62 countries
  1. 1Russia16.82024
  2. 2Saudi Arabia15.62025
  3. 3Israel14.42025
Lowest
  1. 62Luxembourg0.12025
  2. 61Ireland0.12025
  3. 60Malta0.22024
Median country 3.7 · group 7.9
Military spending53 countries
  1. 1Israel7.81%2025
  2. 2Russia7.50%2025
  3. 3Qatar6.50%2022
Lowest
  1. 53Panama0.00%2025
  2. 52Iceland0.00%2025
  3. 51Costa Rica0.00%2025
Median country 2.04% · group 2.80%
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