Cameroon vs Madagascar

Cameroon vs Madagascar: Inflation

Inflation in 2025: 3.5% a year in Cameroon and 8% a year in Madagascar, by IMF estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in Madagascar, by 4.5 percentage points, or 2.3 times that in Cameroon.

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% a year · IMF

Cameroon vs Madagascar: InflationInflation in 2025: 3.5% a year in Cameroon and 8% a year in Madagascar, by IMF estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in Madagascar, by 4.5 percentage points, or 2.3 times that in Cameroon.
CameroonMadagascarIMF projection (World Economic Outlook, October 2026)

What the numbers say

  • Madagascar has been higher since 2004, when it overtook Cameroon.
  • In 2025, Cameroon ranked 71 and Madagascar ranked 26 of 179 countries, counting from the highest.
  • The IMF projection (World Economic Outlook, October 2026) puts Cameroon at 2.8% a year and Madagascar at 5% a year in 2031.

Every year

% a year · IMF

YearCameroonMadagascar
20253.58
20244.57.6
20237.49.9
20226.38.2
20212.35.8
20202.54.2
20192.55.6
20181.18.6
20170.68.6
20160.96.1
20152.77.4
20141.96.1
20132.15.8
20122.45.7
201139.5
20101.39.2
200939
20085.39.3
20071.110.3
20064.910.8
2005218.4
20040.314
20030.6-1.7
20022.816.5
20014.57.9
20001.211.6
19991.87.2
19983.26.2
19974.84.5
19963.919.8
199525.849
199414.939
1993-3.710
19921.914.6
1991-0.68.5
19901.511.9
19891.69
19881.726.3
19872.815.5
19864.314.5
19854.210.6
198412.19.7
198320.519.5
198215.331.9
19817.530.5
19807.718.3
IMF projection (World Economic Outlook, October 2026) · 2026–2031
YearCameroonMadagascar
20263.48.4
20274.38
20283.36.5
202936
20302.95.5
20312.85

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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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