Australia vs China

Australia vs China: Inflation

Inflation in 2025: 2.8% a year in Australia and 0.1% a year in China, by IMF estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in Australia, by 2.8 percentage points, or 57 times that in China.

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% a year · IMF

Australia vs China: InflationInflation in 2025: 2.8% a year in Australia and 0.1% a year in China, by IMF estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in Australia, by 2.8 percentage points, or 57 times that in China.
AustraliaChinaIMF projection (World Economic Outlook, October 2026)

What the numbers say

  • Australia has been higher since 2021, when it overtook China.
  • In 2025, Australia ranked 90 and China ranked 168 of 179 countries, counting from the highest.
  • The IMF projection (World Economic Outlook, October 2026) puts Australia at 2.5% a year and China at 2% a year in 2031.

Every year

% a year · IMF

YearAustraliaChina
20252.80.1
20243.20.2
20235.60.2
20226.62
20212.80.9
20200.92.5
20191.62.9
20181.92.1
201721.6
20161.32
20151.51.5
20142.52
20132.52.6
20121.72.6
20113.45.4
20102.93.3
20091.8-0.7
20084.35.8
20072.44.8
20063.61.5
20052.71.8
20042.33.9
20032.71.2
20023-0.7
20014.40.7
20004.50.3
19991.4-1.4
19980.9-0.8
19970.22.8
19962.78.3
19954.616.8
19941.924.2
19931.814.7
199216.4
19913.33.5
19907.23.3
19897.618
19887.318.8
19878.57.3
19869.16.5
19856.79.3
198442.7
1983102
198211.42
19819.52.5
198010.1–
IMF projection (World Economic Outlook, October 2026) · 2026–2031
YearAustraliaChina
20263.91
20273.11.4
20282.51.6
20292.51.9
20302.52
20312.52

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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