Tuesday 23 August 2011

Zimbabwe’s inflation rate history

Data gathered through the Zimbabwe Statistics Office (ZIMSTAT) and UN Habitat, detail the annualised Inflation rate history of Zimbabwe:
Year
Inflation Rate (%)
2001
112
2002
199
2003
599
2004
132
2005
586
2006
1,281
2007
66,212
2008
516,000,000,000,000,000,000
Jan-09
3.30
Dec-09
(7.70)
Jan-10
(4.80)
Jun-10
5.30
Dec-10
3.20
Mar-11
2.70

Interesting and funny isn’t it?
As it can be seen in 2009, the country began experiencing a decline in Inflation – this can be credited to the multi currency system introduced by the country’s central bank in that year. The Minister of Finance has indicated that it will maintain the multi-currency system in the medium term to 2012.

Thanks to Junah Mpofu and FinMark Trust for the data