Australia vs France

Australia vs France: Inflation

Inflation in 2025: 2.8% a year in Australia and 0.9% a year in France, by IMF estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in Australia, by 1.9 percentage points, or 3.07 times that in France.

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% a year · IMF

Australia vs France: InflationInflation in 2025: 2.8% a year in Australia and 0.9% a year in France, by IMF estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in Australia, by 1.9 percentage points, or 3.07 times that in France.
AustraliaFranceIMF projection (World Economic Outlook, October 2026)

What the numbers say

  • Australia has been higher since 2024, when it overtook France.
  • In 2025, Australia ranked 90 and France ranked 145 of 179 countries, counting from the highest.
  • The IMF projection (World Economic Outlook, October 2026) puts Australia at 2.5% a year and France at 1.8% a year in 2031.

Every year

% a year · IMF

YearAustraliaFrance
20252.80.9
20243.22.3
20235.65.7
20226.65.9
20212.82.1
20200.90.5
20191.61.3
20181.92.1
201721.2
20161.30.3
20151.50.1
20142.50.6
20132.51
20121.72.2
20113.42.3
20102.91.7
20091.80.1
20084.33.2
20072.41.6
20063.61.9
20052.71.9
20042.32.3
20032.72.2
200231.9
20014.41.8
20004.51.8
19991.40.6
19980.90.7
19970.21.3
19962.72.1
19954.61.8
19941.91.7
19931.82.2
199212.5
19913.33.4
19907.20.3
19897.66.6
19887.32.7
19878.53.3
19869.12.5
19856.75.8
198447.7
1983109.5
198211.412
19819.513.3
198010.113.1
IMF projection (World Economic Outlook, October 2026) · 2026–2031
YearAustraliaFrance
20263.92.4
20273.12.2
20282.51.9
20292.51.9
20302.51.9
20312.51.8

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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