Burundi vs Madagascar

Burundi vs Madagascar: Inflation

Inflation in 2025: 34% a year in Burundi and 8% a year in Madagascar, by IMF estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in Burundi, by 26 percentage points, or 4.23 times that in Madagascar.

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% a year · IMF

Burundi vs Madagascar: InflationInflation in 2025: 34% a year in Burundi and 8% a year in Madagascar, by IMF estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in Burundi, by 26 percentage points, or 4.23 times that in Madagascar.
BurundiMadagascarIMF projection (World Economic Outlook, October 2026)

What the numbers say

  • Burundi has been higher since 2020, when it overtook Madagascar.
  • In 2025, Burundi ranked 8 and Madagascar ranked 26 of 179 countries, counting from the highest.
  • The IMF projection (World Economic Outlook, October 2026) puts Burundi at 10.3% a year and Madagascar at 5% a year in 2031.

Every year

% a year · IMF

YearBurundiMadagascar
2025348
202420.47.6
2023279.9
2022198.2
20218.35.8
20207.64.2
2019-0.95.6
2018-2.88.6
201715.88.6
20165.66.1
20155.57.4
20144.46.1
20137.95.8
201218.25.7
20119.69.5
20106.59.2
200910.69
200824.49.3
20078.410.3
20062.710.8
200513.318.4
20048.214
200310.7-1.7
2002-1.416.5
20019.37.9
200024.411.6
19993.27.2
199812.76.2
199731.44.5
199626.919.8
199518.949
199414.639
19939.710
19921.814.6
19918.88.5
1990711.9
198911.69
19884.626.3
19877.115.5
19861.814.5
19853.810.6
198414.39.7
19838.319.5
19825.231.9
198112.630.5
19801.218.3
IMF projection (World Economic Outlook, October 2026) · 2026–2031
YearBurundiMadagascar
202610.58.4
202712.28
202813.16.5
202912.36
203011.75.5
203110.35

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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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