Australia vs Germany

Australia vs Germany: Inflation

Inflation in 2025: 2.8% a year in Australia and 2.3% a year in Germany, by IMF estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in Australia, by 0.6 percentage points, or 1.26 times that in Germany.

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% a year · IMF

Australia vs Germany: InflationInflation in 2025: 2.8% a year in Australia and 2.3% a year in Germany, by IMF estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in Australia, by 0.6 percentage points, or 1.26 times that in Germany.
AustraliaGermanyIMF projection (World Economic Outlook, October 2026)

What the numbers say

  • Australia has been higher since 2024, when it overtook Germany.
  • In 2025, Australia ranked 90 and Germany ranked 109 of 179 countries, counting from the highest.
  • The IMF projection (World Economic Outlook, October 2026) puts Australia at 2.5% a year and Germany at 2.1% a year in 2031.

Every year

% a year · IMF

YearAustraliaGermany
20252.82.3
20243.22.5
20235.66
20226.68.7
20212.83.2
20200.90.4
20191.61.4
20181.91.9
201721.7
20161.30.4
20151.50.7
20142.50.8
20132.51.6
20121.72.1
20113.42.5
20102.91.1
20091.80.2
20084.32.8
20072.42.3
20063.61.8
20052.72
20042.31.8
20032.71.1
200231.3
20014.41.9
20004.51.4
19991.40.6
19980.90.6
19970.21.5
19962.71.3
19954.61.7
19941.92.7
19931.84.5
199215
19913.33.5
19907.22.7
19897.62.8
19887.31.3
19878.50.2
19869.1-0.1
19856.72.1
198442.4
1983103.3
198211.45.3
19819.56.3
198010.15.4
IMF projection (World Economic Outlook, October 2026) · 2026–2031
YearAustraliaGermany
20263.92.7
20273.13.1
20282.52
20292.52.1
20302.52.1
20312.52.1

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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