Australia vs Switzerland

Australia vs Switzerland: Inflation

Inflation in 2025: 2.8% a year in Australia and 0.2% a year in Switzerland, by IMF estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in Australia, by 2.7 percentage points, or 19 times that in Switzerland.

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% a year · IMF

Australia vs Switzerland: InflationInflation in 2025: 2.8% a year in Australia and 0.2% a year in Switzerland, by IMF estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in Australia, by 2.7 percentage points, or 19 times that in Switzerland.
AustraliaSwitzerlandIMF projection (World Economic Outlook, October 2026)

What the numbers say

  • Australia has been higher since 1998, when it overtook Switzerland.
  • The IMF projection (World Economic Outlook, October 2026) puts Australia at 2.5% a year and Switzerland at 0.7% a year in 2031.

Every year

% a year · IMF

YearAustraliaSwitzerland
20252.80.2
20243.21.1
20235.62.1
20226.62.8
20212.80.6
20200.9-0.7
20191.60.4
20181.90.9
201720.5
20161.3-0.4
20151.5-1.1
20142.5-0
20132.5-0.2
20121.7-0.7
20113.40.2
20102.90.7
20091.8-0.5
20084.32.4
20072.40.7
20063.61.1
20052.71.2
20042.30.8
20032.70.6
200230.6
20014.41
20004.51.6
19991.40.8
19980.90
19970.20.5
19962.70.8
19954.61.8
19941.90.9
19931.83.3
199214
19913.35.9
19907.25.4
19897.63.2
19887.31.9
19878.51.4
19869.10.7
19856.73.4
198442.9
1983102.9
198211.45.7
19819.56.5
198010.14
IMF projection (World Economic Outlook, October 2026) · 2026–2031
YearAustraliaSwitzerland
20263.90.7
20273.10.8
20282.50.8
20292.50.7
20302.50.7
20312.50.7

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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