The Worst Hyperinflation of All Time

Written By Jimmy Mengel

Posted June 20, 2013

Outside the Numbers

The Worst Hyperinflation Scenarios of All Time 

* Greece, Oct. 1944 Highest monthly inflation: 13,800%

Prices doubled every: 4.3 days

* Germany, Oct. 1923 Highest monthly inflation: 29,500%

Prices doubled every: 3.7 days

* Yugoslavia, Jan. 1994 Highest monthly inflation: 313,000,000%

Prices doubled every: 1.4 days

* Zimbabwe, Nov. 2008 Highest monthly inflation: 79,600,000,000%

Prices doubled every: 24.7 hours  

* Hungary 1946 Highest monthly inflation: 13,600,000,000,000,000%

Prices doubled every: 15.6 hours 

  *Figures courtesy of CNBC.