## World Inflation and Hyperinflation Table

by [Steve H. Hanke](https://www.cato.org/people/steve-hanke) and Nicholas Krus

The primary purpose of the world inflation and hyperinflation tables is to present inflation and hyperinflation data in an accessible form. The result is the most comprehensive set of world inflation and hyperinflation statistics available. In addition, several supporting research papers are presented.

### World Inflation

[![inflation brochure 2000](/sites/cato.org/files/styles/aside_mobile/public/2021-12/inflation_brochure_2000-1.png?itok=XpdhHL4c)](https://object.cato.org/sites/cato.org/files/documents/world-hyperinflations/inflation_brochure_2000_update_august_2014.pdf) 

[Inflation by the Decades: 2000s](https://object.cato.org/sites/cato.org/files/documents/world-hyperinflations/inflation_brochure_2000_update_august_2014.pdf)

[![inflation brochure 1990](/sites/cato.org/files/styles/aside_mobile/public/2021-12/inflation_brochure_1990.png?itok=G1uGuIKT)](https://www.cato.org/sites/cato.org/files/documents/world-hyperinflations/inflation_brochure_1990_update_august_2014.pdf) 

[Inflation by the Decades: 1990s](https://object.cato.org/sites/cato.org/files/documents/world-hyperinflations/inflation_brochure_1990_update_august_2014.pdf)

[![inflation brochure 1980](/sites/cato.org/files/styles/aside_mobile/public/2021-12/inflation_brochure_1980.png?itok=IN72vYJO)](https://object.cato.org/sites/cato.org/files/documents/world-hyperinflations/inflation_brochure_1980_update_august_2014.pdf) 

[Inflation by the Decades: 1980s](https://object.cato.org/sites/cato.org/files/documents/world-hyperinflations/inflation_brochure_1980_update_august_2014.pdf)

[![inflation brochure 1970](/sites/cato.org/files/styles/aside_mobile/public/2021-12/inflation_brochure_1970.png?itok=K141ptTU)](https://www.cato.org/sites/cato.org/files/documents/world-hyperinflations/inflation_brochure_1970_update_august_2014.pdf) 

[Inflation by the Decades: 1970s](https://object.cato.org/sites/cato.org/files/documents/world-hyperinflations/inflation_brochure_1970_update_august_2014.pdf)

[![Inflation brochure 1960](/sites/cato.org/files/styles/aside_mobile/public/2021-12/inflation_brochure_1960.png?itok=J0356DcN)](https://object.cato.org/sites/cato.org/files/documents/world-hyperinflations/inflation_brochure_1960_update_august_2014.pdf) 

[Inflation by the Decades: 1960s](https://object.cato.org/sites/cato.org/files/documents/world-hyperinflations/inflation_brochure_1960_update_august_2014.pdf)

[![Inflation brochure 1950s](/sites/cato.org/files/styles/aside_mobile/public/2021-12/inflation_brochure_1950.png?itok=VHDQcnCN)](https://object.cato.org/sites/cato.org/files/documents/world-hyperinflations/inflation_brochure_1950_update_august_2014.pdf) 

[Inflation by the Decades: 1950s](https://object.cato.org/sites/cato.org/files/documents/world-hyperinflations/inflation_brochure_1950_update_august_2014.pdf)

### World Hyperinflations

This chapter supplies, for the first time, a table that contains all 56 episodes of hyperinflation, including several which had previously gone unreported. The Hyperinflation Table is compiled in a systematic and uniform way. Most importantly, it meets the replicability test. It utilizes clean and consistent inflation metrics, indicates the start and end dates of each episode, identifies the month of peak hyperinflation, and signifies the currency that was in circulation, as well as the method used to calculate inflation rates.

- [Hanke‐​Krus World Hyperinflation Table](https://object.cato.org/sites/cato.org/files/pubs/pdf/hanke-krus-hyperinflation-table-may-2013.pdf)
- [World Hyperinflations Working Paper](https://object.cato.org/sites/cato.org/files/pubs/pdf/workingpaper-8_1.pdf)
- [Hyperinflation: An Interactive Visualization Web App](https://object.cato.org/sites/cato.org/files/documents/world-hyperinflations/mitchell-shabani-working-paper.pdf)

**Additional Research Paper**

- [On the Measurement of Zimbabwe’s Hyperinflation](https://object.cato.org/sites/cato.org/files/serials/files/cato-journal/2009/5/cj29n2-8.pdf)