Is your pay rise beating inflation?

A rise only leaves you better off if it beats inflation, and inflation is a different number in every country. This is what it currently takes just to stand still in each of 108 of them, from the hardest to the easiest.

Iran asks the most, at 88.6%; Costa Rica the least, at -0.3%. Pick a country to put your own salary and the offer on the table into it.

What a rise has to beat, country by country

CountryRise needed
🇮🇷IranJune 202688.6%
🇦🇷ArgentinaJune 202633.5%
🇹🇷TurkeyJune 202632.1%
🇲🇼MalawiJune 202621.1%
🇭🇹HaitiJune 202618.9%
🇱🇧LebanonJune 202617.3%
🇳🇬NigeriaJune 202615.9%
🇪🇬EgyptJuly 202614.9%
🇸🇱Sierra LeoneJune 202614.8%
🇷🇼RwandaJuly 202613.8%
🇲🇳MongoliaJuly 202613.0%
🇵🇰PakistanJune 202611.1%
🇰🇬KyrgyzstanJune 202611.0%
🇧🇼BotswanaJune 202610.7%
🇸🇷SurinameJune 202610.5%
🇦🇴AngolaJune 202610.1%
🇧🇮BurundiJune 20269.9%
🇧🇴BoliviaJune 20269.2%
🇷🇴RomaniaJune 20269.2%
🇧🇩BangladeshJune 20269.2%
🇺🇦UkraineJuly 20267.7%
🇲🇿MozambiqueJune 20267.5%
🇱🇦LaosJune 20267.4%
🇱🇰Sri LankaJune 20266.8%
🇯🇲JamaicaJune 20266.6%
🇭🇳HondurasJune 20266.5%
🇿🇲ZambiaJune 20266.5%
🇺🇿UzbekistanJune 20266.4%
🇰🇪KenyaJune 20266.4%
🇵🇭PhilippinesJune 20266.4%
🇨🇴ColombiaJune 20266.1%
🇫🇯FijiJune 20266.1%
🇷🇺RussiaJune 20266.0%
🇱🇹LithuaniaJuly 20265.6%
🇩🇴Dominican RepublicJuly 20265.5%
🇮🇸IcelandJuly 20265.3%
🇦🇲ArmeniaJune 20265.1%
🇱🇷LiberiaJune 20265.0%
🇿🇦South AfricaJune 20265.0%
🇻🇳VietnamJune 20264.7%
🇧🇷BrazilJune 20264.6%
🇳🇦NamibiaJuly 20264.4%
🇮🇳IndiaJune 20264.4%
🇺🇾UruguayJune 20264.3%
🇧🇬BulgariaJuly 20264.1%
🇳🇿New ZealandQ2 20264.1%
🇹🇿TanzaniaJune 20264.0%
🇬🇾GuyanaJune 20264.0%
🇨🇾CyprusJuly 20264.0%
🇦🇺AustraliaQ2 20263.9%
🇺🇬UgandaJune 20263.7%
🇭🇷CroatiaJuly 20263.6%
🇪🇸SpainJuly 20263.6%
🇧🇪BelgiumJuly 20263.6%
🇨🇱ChileJuly 20263.5%
🇵🇪PeruMay 20263.5%
🇲🇰North MacedoniaJune 20263.4%
🇺🇸USAJuly 20263.4%
🇱🇺LuxembourgJuly 20263.4%
🇦🇱AlbaniaJuly 20263.2%
🇵🇹PortugalJuly 20263.1%
🇮🇪IrelandJuly 20263.1%
🇲🇽MexicoJuly 20263.1%
🇸🇮SloveniaJuly 20263.0%
🇸🇰SlovakiaJuly 20263.0%
🇵🇱PolandJune 20263.0%
🇳🇴NorwayJuly 20263.0%
🇪🇺EU AverageJune 20262.9%
🇳🇱NetherlandsJune 20262.9%
🇮🇹ItalyJuly 20262.9%
🇮🇩IndonesiaJuly 20262.9%
🇨🇦CanadaJune 20262.8%
🇰🇷South KoreaJuly 20262.8%
🇯🇴JordanJune 20262.8%
🇸🇻El SalvadorJune 20262.8%
🇩🇯DjiboutiJune 20262.7%
🇬🇷GreeceJuly 20262.7%
🇦🇹AustriaJuly 20262.6%
🇹🇼TaiwanJune 20262.6%
🇬🇧UKJune 20262.6%
🇫🇮FinlandJuly 20262.6%
🇱🇻LatviaJuly 20262.5%
🇹🇭ThailandJune 20262.4%
🇩🇪GermanyJune 20262.3%
🇬🇹GuatemalaJune 20262.3%
🇲🇹MaltaJuly 20262.1%
🇫🇷FranceJuly 20262.1%
🇭🇺HungaryJune 20262.1%
🇦🇪UAEDecember 20252.0%
🇪🇪EstoniaJuly 20262.0%
🇸🇬SingaporeJune 20261.9%
🇲🇾MalaysiaJune 20261.9%
🇩🇰DenmarkJune 20261.8%
🇭🇰Hong KongApril 20261.8%
🇯🇵JapanJune 20261.7%
🇮🇱IsraelJune 20261.6%
🇸🇦Saudi ArabiaJune 20261.6%
🇨🇿CzechiaJune 20261.1%
🇨🇻Cabo VerdeJune 20261.1%
🇨🇳ChinaJune 20261.0%
🇸🇪SwedenJune 20261.0%
🇻🇨St Vincent and the GrenadinesJune 20260.6%
🇹🇱Timor-LesteJune 20260.5%
🇸🇨SeychellesJune 20260.4%
🇨🇭SwitzerlandJuly 20260.4%
🇲🇦MoroccoJune 20260.3%
🇰🇼KuwaitJune 20260.0%
🇨🇷Costa RicaJune 2026-0.3%

Each figure is that country's own headline measure over the twelve months to the date beside it. Offices publish on different schedules, so the months differ.