Austria vs China

Austria vs China: Inflation

Inflation in 2025: 3.6% a year in Austria and 0.1% a year in China, by IMF estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in Austria, by 3.5 percentage points, or 71 times that in China.

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% a year · IMF

Austria vs China: InflationInflation in 2025: 3.6% a year in Austria and 0.1% a year in China, by IMF estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in Austria, by 3.5 percentage points, or 71 times that in China.
AustriaChinaIMF projection (World Economic Outlook, October 2026)

What the numbers say

  • Austria has been higher since 2021, when it overtook China.
  • In 2025, Austria ranked 68 and China ranked 168 of 179 countries, counting from the highest.
  • The IMF projection (World Economic Outlook, October 2026) puts Austria at 2.1% a year and China at 2% a year in 2031.

Every year

% a year · IMF

YearAustriaChina
20253.60.1
20242.90.2
20237.70.2
20228.62
20212.80.9
20201.42.5
20191.52.9
20182.12.1
20172.21.6
201612
20150.81.5
20141.52
20132.12.6
20122.62.6
20113.55.4
20101.73.3
20090.4-0.7
20083.25.8
20072.24.8
20061.71.5
20052.11.8
200423.9
20031.31.2
20021.7-0.7
20012.30.7
200020.3
19990.5-1.4
19980.8-0.8
19971.22.8
19961.88.3
19951.616.8
19942.724.2
19933.214.7
19923.46.4
19913.13.5
19902.83.3
19892.218
19881.918.8
19871.47.3
19861.76.5
19853.29.3
19845.72.7
19833.32
19825.42
19816.82.5
19806.3–
IMF projection (World Economic Outlook, October 2026) · 2026–2031
YearAustriaChina
20263.11
20273.31.4
20282.11.6
20292.11.9
20302.12
20312.12

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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