Afghanistan vs Egypt

Afghanistan vs Egypt: Inflation

Inflation in 2025: 3.6% a year in Afghanistan and 20.4% a year in Egypt, by IMF estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in Egypt, by 16.8 percentage points, or 5.68 times that in Afghanistan.

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% a year · IMF

Afghanistan vs Egypt: InflationInflation in 2025: 3.6% a year in Afghanistan and 20.4% a year in Egypt, by IMF estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in Egypt, by 16.8 percentage points, or 5.68 times that in Afghanistan.
AfghanistanEgyptIMF projection (World Economic Outlook, October 2026)

What the numbers say

  • Egypt has been higher since 2023, when it overtook Afghanistan.
  • In 2025, Afghanistan ranked 66 and Egypt ranked 11 of 179 countries, counting from the highest.
  • The IMF projection (World Economic Outlook, October 2026) puts Egypt at 5.4% a year in 2031.

Every year

% a year · IMF

YearAfghanistanEgypt
20253.620.4
2024-4.333.3
2023-7.724.4
202210.68.5
20217.84.5
20205.65.7
20192.313.9
20180.620.9
2017523.5
20164.410.2
2015-0.711
20144.710.1
20137.46.9
20126.48.7
201111.811.1
20102.211.7
2009-6.816.2
200826.411.7
20078.710.9
20066.84.3
200510.68.7
200416.48.2
200335.73.4
2002–2.3
2001–2.4
2000–2.8
1999–3.7
1998–5
1997–6.2
1996–7.1
1995–9.4
1994–9
1993–11
1992–21.1
1991–14.7
1990–21.2
1989–20.1
1988–15.2
1987–25.2
1986–23.9
1985–12.1
1984–17.1
1983–16
1982–14.9
1981–10.4
1980–20.5
IMF projection (World Economic Outlook, October 2026) · 2026–2031
YearAfghanistanEgypt
2026–13.3
2027–14.8
2028–8.9
2029–6.5
2030–5.8
2031–5.4

Each country on its own

Good to know

  • How much consumer prices rose in a year, on average.
  • Source: IMF, World Economic Outlook, October 2026.
  • The dashed line is the IMF projection (World Economic Outlook, October 2026), a scenario rather than a forecast.
  • Ranks count the 179 countries with a value in 2025, highest first.

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