# Hyperinflation Archive

> 20 hyperinflations since 1921 (and one contrast case), each as a sourced case study: context, chronology, life during it, how it ended, consequences, banknotes and data. Worst month = highest single-month price rise, from Hanke & Krus (2012) unless stated. Every figure on the site carries its source; unverified claims are left out.

Licence: texts and data MIT (c) 2026 Rogzy; banknote images (c) David St-Onge, not covered. Please cite the case URL.

## Data
- [All cases, one JSON](https://hyperinflation.rogzy.org/data/all.json)
- [Library: books on money and hyperinflation](https://hyperinflation.rogzy.org/library/)
- [Method and definitions](https://hyperinflation.rogzy.org/about/#data)

## Cases
- [Hungary 1945–1946](https://hyperinflation.rogzy.org/hungary-1945-1946/): worst month 41.9 quadrillion % (July 1946); data: https://hyperinflation.rogzy.org/data/hungary-1945-1946.json
- [Zimbabwe 2007–2009](https://hyperinflation.rogzy.org/zimbabwe-2007-2009/): worst month 79.6 billion % (mid-November 2008); data: https://hyperinflation.rogzy.org/data/zimbabwe-2007-2009.json
- [Yugoslavia 1992–1994](https://hyperinflation.rogzy.org/yugoslavia-1992-1994/): worst month 313 million % (January 1994); data: https://hyperinflation.rogzy.org/data/yugoslavia-1992-1994.json
- [Germany 1921–1923](https://hyperinflation.rogzy.org/germany-1921-1923/): worst month 29,500% (October 1923); data: https://hyperinflation.rogzy.org/data/germany-1921-1923.json
- [Greece 1941–1945](https://hyperinflation.rogzy.org/greece-1941-1944/): worst month 13,800% (October 1944); data: https://hyperinflation.rogzy.org/data/greece-1941-1944.json
- [Peru 1988–1990](https://hyperinflation.rogzy.org/peru-1988-1990/): worst month 397% (August 1990); data: https://hyperinflation.rogzy.org/data/peru-1988-1990.json
- [Nicaragua 1986–1991](https://hyperinflation.rogzy.org/nicaragua-1987-1990/): worst month 261% (March 1991); data: https://hyperinflation.rogzy.org/data/nicaragua-1987-1990.json
- [Zaire 1991–1994](https://hyperinflation.rogzy.org/zaire-1991-1994/): worst month 250% (November 1993); data: https://hyperinflation.rogzy.org/data/zaire-1991-1994.json
- [Russia 1992–1994](https://hyperinflation.rogzy.org/russia-1992-1994/): worst month 245% (January 1992); data: https://hyperinflation.rogzy.org/data/russia-1992-1994.json
- [Soviet Russia 1921–1924](https://hyperinflation.rogzy.org/soviet-russia-1921-1924/): worst month 212% (February 1924); data: https://hyperinflation.rogzy.org/data/soviet-russia-1921-1924.json
- [Georgia 1993–1994](https://hyperinflation.rogzy.org/georgia-1993-1994/): worst month 211% (September 1994); data: https://hyperinflation.rogzy.org/data/georgia-1993-1994.json
- [Argentina 1989–1990](https://hyperinflation.rogzy.org/argentina-1989-1990/): worst month 197% (July 1989); data: https://hyperinflation.rogzy.org/data/argentina-1989-1990.json
- [Venezuela 2016–2022](https://hyperinflation.rogzy.org/venezuela-2016-2021/): worst month 192% (January 2019); data: https://hyperinflation.rogzy.org/data/venezuela-2016-2021.json
- [Bolivia 1984–1985](https://hyperinflation.rogzy.org/bolivia-1984-1985/): worst month 183% (February 1985); data: https://hyperinflation.rogzy.org/data/bolivia-1984-1985.json
- [Austria 1921–1922](https://hyperinflation.rogzy.org/austria-1921-1922/): worst month 129% (August 1922); data: https://hyperinflation.rogzy.org/data/austria-1921-1922.json
- [Angola 1991–1999](https://hyperinflation.rogzy.org/angola-1991-1999/): worst month 84.1% (May 1996); data: https://hyperinflation.rogzy.org/data/angola-1991-1999.json
- [Brazil 1986–1994](https://hyperinflation.rogzy.org/brazil-1986-1994/): worst month 82.4% (March 1990); data: https://hyperinflation.rogzy.org/data/brazil-1986-1994.json
- [Poland 1989–1990](https://hyperinflation.rogzy.org/poland-1989-1990/): worst month 77.3% (January 1990); data: https://hyperinflation.rogzy.org/data/poland-1989-1990.json
- [Philippines 1942–1945](https://hyperinflation.rogzy.org/philippines-1942-1945/): worst month 60% (January 1944); data: https://hyperinflation.rogzy.org/data/philippines-1942-1945.json
- [Lebanon 2019–2023](https://hyperinflation.rogzy.org/lebanon-2019-2023/): worst month 52.6% (implied) (July 2020); data: https://hyperinflation.rogzy.org/data/lebanon-2019-2023.json
- [Turkey 1990–2005](https://hyperinflation.rogzy.org/turkey-1990-2005/): worst month Never ≥ 50% (—); data: https://hyperinflation.rogzy.org/data/turkey-1990-2005.json