Global inflation highest in decades

Inflation is at its highest level in decades, due to Russia’s invasion of Ukraine hiking the cost of energy and food around the world

INFLATION COMPARISON – SELECT GLOBAL ECONOMIES
Change in consumer price index, year-on-year June figures (%)
2022
2021
2020
U.S.
China
Germany
UK
India
Canada
Russia
Spain
Netherlands
Ukraine
Portugal
15.9
6.5
3.2
10.2
2.7
0.3
9.4
2.5
0.6
9.1
5.4
0.6
8.6
2.0
1.6
8.1
3.1
0.7
7.6
2.4
0.9
7.0
6.3
6.2
2.5
1.1
2.5
21.4
9.5
2.4
8.7
0.5
0.1

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Sources: Financial Times, inflation.eu