Consumer prices during each national leader's tenure, worldwide
The leaders of 4 countries since 1991, ranked against one another by how consumer prices changed from their first day in office, each on its own country's figures. Politare shows what happened during a tenure; it does not claim the office-holder caused it.
| # | Office-holder | Place | In office | Total | Per year | Chart |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | BJP Narendra Modi | India Prime Minister | 26 May 2014 – now | +80.7% Apr 2014 → Sep 2026 | +4.9%/yr | |
| 2 | LIB John Howard | Australia Prime Minister | 11 Mar 1996 – 3 Dec 2007 | +33.9% Q4 1995 → Q3 2007 | +2.5%/yr | |
| 3 | LPC Justin Trudeau | Canada Prime Minister | 4 Nov 2015 – 14 Mar 2025 | +28.1% Oct 2015 → Feb 2025 | +2.7%/yr | |
| 4 | D Bill Clinton | United States President | 20 Jan 1993 – 20 Jan 2001 | +22.7% Dec 1992 → Dec 2000 | +2.6%/yr | |
| 5 | D Joe Biden | United States President | 20 Jan 2021 – 20 Jan 2025 | +21.2% Dec 2020 → Dec 2024 | +4.9%/yr | |
| 6 | R George W. Bush | United States President | 20 Jan 2001 – 20 Jan 2009 | +21.1% Dec 2000 → Dec 2008 | +2.4%/yr | |
| 7 | LPC Jean Chrétien | Canada Prime Minister | 4 Nov 1993 – 12 Dec 2003 | +20.0% Oct 1993 → Nov 2003 | +1.8%/yr | |
| 8 | ALP Anthony Albanese | Australia Prime Minister | 23 May 2022 – now | +18.9% Q1 2022 → Q2 2026 | +4.2%/yr | |
| 9 | CPC Stephen Harper | Canada Prime Minister | 6 Feb 2006 – 4 Nov 2015 | +17.6% Jan 2006 → Oct 2015 | +1.7%/yr | |
| 10 | D Barack Obama | United States President | 20 Jan 2009 – 20 Jan 2017 | +14.8% Dec 2008 → Dec 2016 | +1.7%/yr |
Showing 10 of 20 tenures.
Sorted by total, highest first. Rows measure the consumer price index, where a country publishes the index rather than the rate; each place is read from its own statistics office's series (the row's chart names it), so a change is set against the place's own first day, never against another country's level. Every row is indexed to the last month, quarter or count complete before the first day in office ("from" marks a start that had to move because that period had no data, or because the period cut it). Changes are per cent; "per year" compounds them. Tenures with under 12 months, or under three observations, are left out. Data as of Sep 2026.