Burundi vs Mali

Burundi vs Mali: Inflation

Inflation in 2025: 34% a year in Burundi and 2.3% a year in Mali, by IMF estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in Burundi, by 31.7 percentage points, or 15 times that in Mali.

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% a year · IMF

Burundi vs Mali: InflationInflation in 2025: 34% a year in Burundi and 2.3% a year in Mali, by IMF estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in Burundi, by 31.7 percentage points, or 15 times that in Mali.
BurundiMaliIMF projection (World Economic Outlook, October 2026)

What the numbers say

  • Burundi has been higher since 2019, when it overtook Mali.
  • In 2025, Burundi ranked 8 and Mali ranked 108 of 179 countries, counting from the highest.
  • The IMF projection (World Economic Outlook, October 2026) puts Burundi at 10.3% a year and Mali at 2% a year in 2031.

Every year

% a year · IMF

YearBurundiMali
2025342.3
202420.43.2
2023272.1
2022199.7
20218.33.8
20207.60.5
2019-0.9-3
2018-2.81.9
201715.82.4
20165.6-1.8
20155.51.4
20144.40.9
20137.9-0.6
201218.25.3
20119.63
20106.51.2
200910.62.4
200824.49.2
20078.41.4
20062.71.6
200513.36.4
20048.2-3.1
200310.7-1.3
2002-1.45
20019.35.2
200024.4-0.8
19993.2-1.2
199812.74.1
199731.4-0.7
199626.96.5
199518.911.6
199414.624.3
19939.7-0.6
19921.8-5.9
19918.81.5
199071.6
198911.6-0.2
19884.68.9
19877.1-14.9
19861.8-1.4
19853.89.1
198414.310.7
19838.310.5
19825.23.9
198112.612.7
19801.220.3
IMF projection (World Economic Outlook, October 2026) · 2026–2031
YearBurundiMali
202610.53
202712.22.5
202813.12
202912.32
203011.72
203110.32

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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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