Afghanistan vs Iraq

Afghanistan vs Iraq: Inflation

Inflation in 2025: 3.6% a year in Afghanistan and 0.3% a year in Iraq, by IMF estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in Afghanistan, by 3.3 percentage points, or 12 times that in Iraq.

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% a year · IMF

Afghanistan vs Iraq: InflationInflation in 2025: 3.6% a year in Afghanistan and 0.3% a year in Iraq, by IMF estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in Afghanistan, by 3.3 percentage points, or 12 times that in Iraq.
AfghanistanIraqIMF projection (World Economic Outlook, October 2026)

What the numbers say

  • Afghanistan has been higher since 2025, when it overtook Iraq.
  • In 2025, Afghanistan ranked 66 and Iraq ranked 161 of 179 countries, counting from the highest.
  • The IMF projection (World Economic Outlook, October 2026) puts Iraq at 3.8% a year in 2031.

Every year

% a year · IMF

YearAfghanistanIraq
20253.60.3
2024-4.32.6
2023-7.74.4
202210.65
20217.86
20205.60.6
20192.3-0.2
20180.60.4
201750.2
20164.40.5
2015-0.71.4
20144.72.2
20137.41.9
20126.46.1
201111.85.6
20102.22.4
2009-6.8-2.8
200826.42.7
20078.730.8
20066.853.2
200510.637
200416.4–
200335.7–
IMF projection (World Economic Outlook, October 2026) · 2026–2031
YearAfghanistanIraq
2026–3.5
2027–3
2028–2.7
2029–3.2
2030–3.6
2031–3.8

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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