Belgium vs Spain

Belgium vs Spain: Inflation

Inflation in 2025: 3% a year in Belgium and 2.7% a year in Spain, by IMF estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in Belgium, by 0.3 percentage points, or 1.12 times that in Spain.

% a year · IMF

Belgium vs Spain: InflationInflation in 2025: 3% a year in Belgium and 2.7% a year in Spain, by IMF estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in Belgium, by 0.3 percentage points, or 1.12 times that in Spain.
BelgiumSpainIMF projection (World Economic Outlook, October 2026)

What the numbers say

  • Belgium has been higher since 2024, when it overtook Spain.
  • In 2025, Belgium ranked 86 and Spain ranked 94 of 179 countries, counting from the highest.
  • The IMF projection (World Economic Outlook, October 2026) puts Belgium at 1.8% a year and Spain at 2% a year in 2031.

Every year

% a year · IMF

YearBelgiumSpain
202532.7
20244.32.9
20232.33.4
202210.38.3
20213.23
20200.4-0.3
20191.30.8
20182.31.7
20172.22
20161.8-0.3
20150.6-0.6
20140.5-0.2
20131.21.5
20122.62.4
20113.43.1
20102.32
2009-0-0.2
20084.54.1
20071.82.8
20062.33.6
20052.53.4
20041.93.1
20031.53.1
20021.53.6
20012.42.8
20002.73.5
19991.12.2
19980.91.8
19971.51.9
19961.83.6
19951.34.7
19942.44.7
19932.54.6
19922.37.1
19913.25.9
19903.56.7
19893.16.8
19881.24.8
19871.65.2
19861.38.8
19854.98.8
19846.311.3
19837.712.2
19828.714.4
19817.614.6
19806.715.6
IMF projection (World Economic Outlook, October 2026) · 2026–2031
YearBelgiumSpain
20263.83.7
20272.92.7
20282.12.5
202922
20301.82
20311.82

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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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