Cameroon vs Côte d’Ivoire: Inflation

Inflation: 3.5% a year in Cameroon in 2025 and 3.4% a year in Côte d’Ivoire in 2024, by IMF estimates. In 2024 the value was higher in Cameroon, by 1.1 percentage points, or 1.31 times that in Côte d’Ivoire.

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% a year · IMF

CameroonCôte d’IvoireIMF projection (World Economic Outlook, October 2026)

What the numbers say

Cameroon has been higher since 2022, when it overtook Côte d’Ivoire.
The IMF projection (World Economic Outlook, October 2026) puts Cameroon at 2.8% a year and Côte d’Ivoire at 2% a year in 2031.

Every year

% a year · IMF

Year	Cameroon	Côte d’Ivoire
2025	3.5	0.1
2024	4.5	3.4
2023	7.4	4.4
2022	6.3	5.2
2021	2.3	4.2
2020	2.5	2.3
2019	2.5	0.8
2018	1.1	0.6
2017	0.6	0.7
2016	0.9	0.8
2015	2.7	1.1
2014	1.9	0.5
2013	2.1	2.6
2012	2.4	1.3
2011	3	4.9
2010	1.3	1.8
2009	3	0.5
2008	5.3	1.7
2007	1.1	1.9
2006	4.9	2.5
2005	2	3.9
2004	0.3	1.5
2003	0.6	3.3
2002	2.8	3.1
2001	4.5	4.4
2000	1.2	2.5
1999	1.8	0.7
1998	3.2	4.5
1997	4.8	6.3
1996	3.9	2.7
1995	25.8	14.1
1994	14.9	26
1993	-3.7	2.1
1992	1.9	4.2
1991	-0.6	1.6
1990	1.5	-0.7
1989	1.6	1
1988	1.7	6.9
1987	2.8	7
1986	4.3	6.8
1985	4.2	1.8
1984	12.1	4.3
1983	20.5	5.9
1982	15.3	7.4
1981	7.5	8.7
1980	7.7	8.8

12.3Projected

IMF projection (World Economic Outlook, October 2026) · 2026–2031

Year	Cameroon	Côte d’Ivoire
2026	3.4	2.2
2027	4.3	2.5
2028	3.3	1.6
2029	3	2
2030	2.9	2
2031	2.8	2

Each country on its own

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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Deaths in conflictsCameroon: 660 deaths in 2022Côte d’Ivoire: 0 deaths in 2022