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Worst Hyperinflations in World History

Highest monthly inflation rates in history
Country Currency name Month with highest inflation rate Highest monthly inflation rate Equivalent daily inflation rate Time required for prices to double
Hungary Hungarian pengő July 1946 4.19 × 1016 % 207.19% 15 hours
Zimbabwe Zimbabwe dollar November 2008 7.96 × 1010 % 98.01% 24.7 hours
Yugoslavia Yugoslav dinar January 1994 3.13 × 108 % 64.63% 1.4 days
Republika Srpska Republika Srpska dinar January 1994 2.97 × 108 % 64.3% 1.4 days
Germany German Papiermark October 1923 29,500% 20.87% 3.7 days
Greece Greek drachma October 1944 13,800% 17.84% 4.3 days

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