Burundi vs Congo - Kinshasa

Burundi vs Congo - Kinshasa: Inflation

Inflation in 2025: 34% a year in Burundi and 7.4% a year in Congo - Kinshasa, by IMF estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in Burundi, by 26.6 percentage points, or 4.59 times that in Congo - Kinshasa.

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% a year · IMF

Burundi vs Congo - Kinshasa: InflationInflation in 2025: 34% a year in Burundi and 7.4% a year in Congo - Kinshasa, by IMF estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in Burundi, by 26.6 percentage points, or 4.59 times that in Congo - Kinshasa.
BurundiCongo - KinshasaIMF projection (World Economic Outlook, October 2026)

What the numbers say

  • Burundi has been higher since 2022, when it overtook Congo - Kinshasa.
  • In 2025, Burundi ranked 8 and Congo - Kinshasa ranked 30 of 179 countries, counting from the highest.
  • The IMF projection (World Economic Outlook, October 2026) puts Burundi at 10.3% a year and Congo - Kinshasa at 7% a year in 2031.

Every year

% a year · IMF

YearBurundiCongo - Kinshasa
2025347.4
202420.417.7
20232719.9
2022199.3
20218.39
20207.611.4
2019-0.94.7
2018-2.829.3
201715.835.7
20165.63.2
20155.50.7
20144.41.2
20137.90.9
201218.20.9
20119.615
20106.523.5
200910.646.1
200824.418
20078.416.7
20062.712.9
200513.321.6
20048.24
200310.712.8
2002-1.425.3
20019.3357.3
200024.4550
19993.2284.9
199812.729.1
199731.4199
199626.9617
199518.9541.8
199414.623,770
19939.71,987
19921.84,129
19918.82,154
1990781.3
198911.6104.1
19884.682.8
19877.190.4
19861.846.7
19853.823.5
198414.352.6
19838.376.7
19825.237.1
198112.634.9
19801.240
IMF projection (World Economic Outlook, October 2026) · 2026–2031
YearBurundiCongo - Kinshasa
202610.54.3
202712.27.4
202813.17
202912.37
203011.77
203110.37

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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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