Burkina Faso vs Zimbabwe

Burkina Faso vs Zimbabwe: Inflation

Inflation in 2025: -0.6% a year in Burkina Faso and 81.4% a year in Zimbabwe, by IMF estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in Zimbabwe, by 82 percentage points.

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% a year · IMF

Burkina Faso vs Zimbabwe: InflationInflation in 2025: -0.6% a year in Burkina Faso and 81.4% a year in Zimbabwe, by IMF estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in Zimbabwe, by 82 percentage points.
Burkina FasoZimbabweIMF projection (World Economic Outlook, October 2026)

What the numbers say

  • Zimbabwe has been higher since 2018, when it overtook Burkina Faso.
  • In 2025, Burkina Faso ranked 176 and Zimbabwe ranked 4 of 179 countries, counting from the highest.
  • The IMF projection (World Economic Outlook, October 2026) puts Burkina Faso at 2% a year and Zimbabwe at 6.9% a year in 2031.

Every year

% a year · IMF

YearBurkina FasoZimbabwe
2025-0.681.4
20244.2736.1
20230.9667.4
202213.8193.4
20213.998.6
20201.9557.2
2019-3.2255.3
2018210.6
20171.50.9
20160.4-1.6
20151.7-2.4
2014-0.3-0.2
20130.51.6
20123.83.7
20112.83.5
2010-0.63
20090.96.2
200810.7231,200,000
2007-0.26,724
20062.31,017
20056.4237.8
2004-0.4350
20032365
20022.3133.2
20014.771.9
2000-0.255.8
1999-1.158.5
19984.931.7
19972.918.9
19966.121.4
19957.822.6
199424.722.3
19930.627.6
1992-242.1
19912.523.3
1990-0.8–
1989-0.3–
19884.2–
1987-2.9–
1986-2.7–
19857.1–
19844.8–
19838.3–
198212.1–
19817.6–
198012.3–
IMF projection (World Economic Outlook, October 2026) · 2026–2031
YearBurkina FasoZimbabwe
20262.14
20272.25
202827
202926.9
203026.9
203126.9

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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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