Burundi vs Ghana

Burundi vs Ghana: Inflation

Inflation in 2025: 34% a year in Burundi and 14.2% a year in Ghana, by IMF estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in Burundi, by 19.8 percentage points, or 2.4 times that in Ghana.

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% a year · IMF

Burundi vs Ghana: InflationInflation in 2025: 34% a year in Burundi and 14.2% a year in Ghana, by IMF estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in Burundi, by 19.8 percentage points, or 2.4 times that in Ghana.
BurundiGhanaIMF projection (World Economic Outlook, October 2026)

What the numbers say

  • Burundi has been higher since 2025, when it overtook Ghana.
  • In 2025, Burundi ranked 8 and Ghana ranked 16 of 179 countries, counting from the highest.
  • The IMF projection (World Economic Outlook, October 2026) puts Burundi at 10.3% a year and Ghana at 8% a year in 2031.

Every year

% a year · IMF

YearBurundiGhana
20253414.2
202420.422.9
20232739.2
20221931.9
20218.310
20207.69.9
2019-0.97.2
2018-2.89.8
201715.812.4
20165.617.5
20155.517.2
20144.415.5
20137.911.7
201218.27.1
20119.67.7
20106.56.7
200910.613.1
200824.416.5
20078.410.7
20062.711.7
200513.315.1
20048.212.7
200310.726.6
2002-1.414.9
20019.332.9
200024.425.1
19993.212.5
199812.719.2
199731.424.8
199626.944.5
199518.959.3
199414.624.9
19939.724.9
19921.810.1
19918.818.1
1990737.2
198911.625.2
19884.631.4
19877.139.8
19861.824.5
19853.810.3
198414.340
19838.3122.2
19825.222.5
198112.6116.5
19801.250
IMF projection (World Economic Outlook, October 2026) · 2026–2031
YearBurundiGhana
202610.54.8
202712.27.8
202813.18
202912.38
203011.78
203110.38

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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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