GLOBAL MACROLIVE

THE WORLD ECONOMY,
AT A GLANCE

Inflation, interest rates, GDP, unemployment, and government debt across ~170 countries — live from the World Bank, on one interactive map.

Consumer price inflation, annual % · 2024 · Source: World Bank

2.0%4.0%6.0%10.0%20.0%
All 152 countriesHighest first
  1. 1Argentina219.9%
  2. 2South Sudan91.4%
  3. 3Turkiye58.5%
  4. 4West Bank and Gaza53.7%
  5. 5Lebanon45.2%
  6. 6Nigeria33.2%
  7. 7Iran, Islamic Rep.32.5%
  8. 8Malawi32.2%
  9. 9Sierra Leone28.6%
  10. 10Egypt, Arab Rep.28.3%
  11. 11Angola28.2%
  12. 12Haiti26.9%
  13. 13Lao PDR23.1%
  14. 14Ghana22.8%
  15. 15Ethiopia21.0%
  16. 16Burundi20.2%
  17. 17Suriname16.2%
  18. 18Zambia15.0%
  19. 19Pakistan12.6%
  20. 20Gambia, The11.6%
  21. 21Bangladesh10.5%
  22. 22Uzbekistan9.6%
  23. 23Niger9.1%
  24. 24Chad8.9%
  25. 25Kazakhstan8.7%
  26. 26Russian Federation8.4%
  27. 27Liberia8.2%
  28. 28Guinea8.1%
  29. 29Madagascar7.6%
  30. 30Tunisia7.2%
  31. 31Colombia6.6%
  32. 32Ukraine6.5%
  33. 33Mongolia6.2%
  34. 34Lesotho6.1%
  35. 35Iceland5.9%
  36. 36Belarus5.8%
  37. 37Romania5.7%
  38. 38Jamaica5.4%
  39. 39Bolivia5.1%
  40. 40Kyrgyz Republic5.0%
  41. 41India5.0%
  42. 42Uruguay4.8%
  43. 43Mexico4.7%
  44. 44Nepal4.7%
  45. 45Moldova4.7%
  46. 46Serbia4.7%
  47. 47Nicaragua4.6%
  48. 48Honduras4.6%
  49. 49Cameroon4.5%
  50. 50Kenya4.5%
  51. 51Brazil4.4%
  52. 52South Africa4.4%
  53. 53Solomon Islands4.3%
  54. 54Chile4.3%
  55. 55Namibia4.2%
  56. 56Burkina Faso4.2%
  57. 57Mozambique4.1%
  58. 58Algeria4.0%
  59. 59Fiji3.9%
  60. 60Paraguay3.8%
  61. 61Poland3.8%
  62. 62Guinea-Bissau3.8%
  63. 63Hungary3.7%
  64. 64Viet Nam3.6%
  65. 65Estonia3.5%
  66. 66North Macedonia3.5%
  67. 67Cote d'Ivoire3.5%
  68. 68Netherlands3.3%
  69. 69Montenegro3.3%
  70. 70Uganda3.3%
  71. 71Dominican Republic3.3%
  72. 72Belize3.3%
  73. 73United Kingdom3.3%
  74. 74Philippines3.2%
  75. 75Mali3.2%
  76. 76Australia3.2%
  77. 77Norway3.1%
  78. 78Belgium3.1%
  79. 79Congo, Rep.3.1%
  80. 80Israel3.1%
  81. 81Tanzania3.1%
  82. 82Croatia3.0%
  83. 83United States2.9%
  84. 84Austria2.9%
  85. 85New Zealand2.9%
  86. 86Equatorial Guinea2.9%
  87. 87Guyana2.9%
  88. 88Kuwait2.9%
  89. 89Guatemala2.9%
  90. 90Togo2.9%
  91. 91Sweden2.8%
  92. 92Botswana2.8%
  93. 93Spain2.8%
  94. 94Bhutan2.8%
  95. 95Slovak Republic2.8%
  96. 96Greece2.7%
  97. 97Japan2.7%
  98. 98Mauritania2.5%
  99. 99Bulgaria2.4%
  100. 100Czechia2.4%
  101. 101Portugal2.4%
  102. 102Canada2.4%
  103. 103Korea, Rep.2.3%
  104. 104Germany2.3%
  105. 105Albania2.2%
  106. 106Azerbaijan2.2%
  107. 107Indonesia2.2%
  108. 108Libya2.1%
  109. 109Ireland2.1%
  110. 110Djibouti2.1%
  111. 111Timor-Leste2.1%
  112. 112Luxembourg2.1%
  113. 113Peru2.0%
  114. 114France2.0%
  115. 115Slovenia2.0%
  116. 116Malaysia1.8%
  117. 117Cyprus1.8%
  118. 118Rwanda1.8%
  119. 119Bosnia and Herzegovina1.7%
  120. 120Saudi Arabia1.7%
  121. 121United Arab Emirates1.7%
  122. 122Kosovo1.6%
  123. 123Finland1.6%
  124. 124Jordan1.6%
  125. 125Ecuador1.5%
  126. 126Central African Republic1.5%
  127. 127Denmark1.4%
  128. 128Thailand1.4%
  129. 129Qatar1.3%
  130. 130Latvia1.3%
  131. 131Gabon1.2%
  132. 132Benin1.2%
  133. 133Georgia1.1%
  134. 134Switzerland1.1%
  135. 135Morocco1.0%
  136. 136Italy1.0%
  137. 137El Salvador0.9%
  138. 138Cambodia0.8%
  139. 139Senegal0.8%
  140. 140Lithuania0.7%
  141. 141Panama0.7%
  142. 142Papua New Guinea0.6%
  143. 143Oman0.6%
  144. 144Trinidad and Tobago0.5%
  145. 145Bahamas, The0.4%
  146. 146Armenia0.3%
  147. 147China0.2%
  148. 148Brunei Darussalam-0.4%
  149. 149Costa Rica-0.4%
  150. 150Sri Lanka-0.4%
  151. 151Afghanistan-6.6%
  152. 152Iraq-12.3%

Why the global macro picture moves crypto

Crypto doesn’t trade in a vacuum. Bitcoin and the broader market move with global liquidity, real interest rates, inflation and growth — the same forces that drive equities, bonds and currencies. When real rates fall and liquidity expands, capital flows toward risk; when central banks tighten to fight inflation, it drains back out.

This map puts those forces on one screen: inflation, interest rates, GDP, unemployment and government debt for ~170 countries, live from the World Bank. You can see where price pressure is building, where policy is tight or loose, and which economies are setting the tone for global risk appetite.

What the latest data shows

Hottest inflationArgentina219.9%
Largest economyUnited States$28.8T
Highest real ratesMadagascar48.7%
Most indebted governmentUnited Kingdom131%
Highest unemploymentEswatini34.2%

The five indicators, and what they mean for markets

Inflation

How fast consumer prices rise year-on-year. Hot inflation forces central banks to raise rates, which drains liquidity from risk assets; cooling inflation tends to revive risk appetite. The deepest-red countries are running the hottest CPI.

Real interest rate

The interest rate after subtracting inflation — the true cost of money. Rising real rates make cash and bonds more attractive and pressure speculative assets like crypto; falling or negative real rates push capital toward risk.

GDP

The total size of an economy in current US dollars. Larger, faster-growing economies anchor global demand and capital flows, and the very biggest — the US and China — set the tone for global risk.

Unemployment

The share of the labour force without work. A weakening jobs market often nudges central banks toward rate cuts, which supports risk assets; a tight one keeps policy restrictive for longer.

Government debt

What a central government owes relative to the size of its economy. High and rising debt stokes concerns about currency debasement and fiscal dominance — a long-running pillar of the case for scarce assets like Bitcoin.

How to read this map

All figures come from World Bank Open Data, the free, official global development-indicators database. We use each country’s most recent available year (shown beneath the indicator tabs) and refresh the dataset daily. Countries shaded grey have no recent reading for the selected metric. Each indicator’s colour scale runs low → high, with exact breakpoints in the legend under the map.

  • Inflation — consumer prices, annual % FP.CPI.TOTL.ZG
  • Real interest rate, % FR.INR.RINR
  • GDP, current US$ NY.GDP.MKTP.CD
  • Unemployment, % of labour force SL.UEM.TOTL.ZS
  • Central government debt, % of GDP GC.DOD.TOTL.GD.ZS

Frequently asked questions

Which country has the highest inflation right now?

By the most recent World Bank data, Argentina has the highest consumer-price inflation at 219.9%. The full ranking of ~150 countries is in the list above — switch the “Inflation” tab to explore it.

How does inflation and interest-rate policy affect Bitcoin and crypto?

Crypto trades as a risk asset, so it’s sensitive to global liquidity. When inflation runs hot, central banks raise interest rates to cool it — that pulls money out of speculative assets like crypto. When inflation cools and policy eases, real rates fall and capital tends to rotate back into risk, which has historically been supportive for Bitcoin.

What is a “real” interest rate, and why does this map use it?

The real interest rate is the headline (nominal) rate minus inflation — the true, inflation-adjusted cost of money. It’s a cleaner signal for markets than the nominal rate alone: positive and rising real rates reward cash and bonds and pressure risk assets, while negative real rates push capital toward growth and speculative assets.

Which is the world’s largest economy on this map?

United States is the largest economy by nominal GDP ($28.8T). The biggest economies anchor global demand and capital flows, so their data tends to set the tone for worldwide risk appetite.

Why does government debt matter for crypto?

High and rising public debt — United Kingdom currently tops the list at 131% of GDP — fuels concerns about currency debasement and fiscal dominance. That long-running worry is a core part of the bull case for scarce, non-sovereign assets like Bitcoin.

Where does the data come from, and how current is it?

Every figure comes from World Bank Open Data — the free, official global development-indicators database. We use each country’s most recent available year (shown beneath the indicator tabs) and refresh the dataset daily.

Why do some countries show “no data”?

Not every country reports every indicator each year. Where there’s no recent reading for the selected metric, the country is shaded grey on the map and omitted from the ranked list — rather than shown with a stale or estimated number.

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For context and education only — not financial advice. Macro data is sourced from the World Bank and may lag real-time conditions.