Bangladesh vs China

Bangladesh vs China: Inflation

Inflation in 2025: 10% a year in Bangladesh and 0.1% a year in China, by IMF estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in Bangladesh, by 10 percentage points, or 200 times that in China.

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% a year · IMF

Bangladesh vs China: InflationInflation in 2025: 10% a year in Bangladesh and 0.1% a year in China, by IMF estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in Bangladesh, by 10 percentage points, or 200 times that in China.
BangladeshChinaIMF projection (World Economic Outlook, October 2026)

What the numbers say

  • Bangladesh has been higher since 1998, when it overtook China.
  • In 2025, Bangladesh ranked 19 and China ranked 168 of 179 countries, counting from the highest.
  • The IMF projection (World Economic Outlook, October 2026) puts Bangladesh at 5.5% a year and China at 2% a year in 2031.

Every year

% a year · IMF

YearBangladeshChina
2025100.1
20249.70.2
202390.2
20226.22
20215.60.9
20205.62.5
20195.52.9
20185.82.1
20175.41.6
20165.92
20156.41.5
20147.32
20136.82.6
20128.92.6
20118.85.4
20107.33.3
20096.7-0.7
20089.95.8
20077.24.8
20067.21.5
20056.51.8
20048.13.9
20033.91.2
20022.4-0.7
20011.80.7
20003.60.3
19998.9-1.4
19986.7-0.8
19972.72.8
19966.88.3
19958.916.8
19944.624.2
19933.314.7
19925.96.4
19919.33.5
19909.73.3
19899.218
198810.218.8
198710.57.3
198610.36.5
198510.49.3
1984102.7
198311.12
198213.72
198114.92.5
19807.7–
IMF projection (World Economic Outlook, October 2026) · 2026–2031
YearBangladeshChina
20268.71
202710.91.4
202810.11.6
20297.61.9
20306.82
20315.52

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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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