The bar chart illustrates the how the inflation changes in six different nations namely Vietnam, Costa Rica, Greece, Nigeria, India and Poland from 1995 to 2015.
Overall, with the exception of Poland, all categories showed the upward trajectories thoughout the period. Moreover, the most dramatic fluctuations were shown in Vietnam and Nigeria.
Regarding the noticeable trends, the inflation rate in Vietnam stood at 5% in 1995, which was the second lowest figure in the 1995’s data. Subsequently, this number rose gradually to about 9% in 2000 before falling back to the starting point in 2005; however, the inflation rate in Vietnam peaked at around 12% in 2010 before dropping to nearly 8% in 2015. Moreover, approximately 21% was recorded in the inflation rate in Nigeria, which was the highest number in 1995 among six countries. Although recovering back to the starting point in 2005 after falling to around 17% in 2000, the inflation rate in Nigeria reached its lowest rate in 2010 ( about 16% ) before soaring back to virtually 23% in the final year of the period. In contrast, the inflation rate in Poland experienced the continuous decrease to over 2% in 2015 after starting from around 7% in 1995.
Turning to the remaining patterns, the inflation rate in Greece witnessed the mild increase to 20% in 2015 after remaining relatively unchanged at 15% in the first 5 years of the period. Similarly, the figure for inflation in India soared to roughly 16% in 2015 after a mild fluctuation between 7% and 8% from 1995 to 2000. Finally, the inflation rate in Costa Rica presented the constant rise from around 4% in 1990 to roughly 9% in 2015.