Cameroon vs Malawi

Cameroon vs Malawi: Inflation

Inflation in 2025: 3.5% a year in Cameroon and 28.4% a year in Malawi, by IMF estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in Malawi, by 24.9 percentage points, or 8.11 times that in Cameroon.

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% a year · IMF

Cameroon vs Malawi: InflationInflation in 2025: 3.5% a year in Cameroon and 28.4% a year in Malawi, by IMF estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in Malawi, by 24.9 percentage points, or 8.11 times that in Cameroon.
CameroonMalawiIMF projection (World Economic Outlook, October 2026)

What the numbers say

  • Malawi has been higher since 1984, when it overtook Cameroon.
  • In 2025, Cameroon ranked 71 and Malawi ranked 9 of 179 countries, counting from the highest.
  • The IMF projection (World Economic Outlook, October 2026) puts Cameroon at 2.8% a year and Malawi at 13% a year in 2031.

Every year

% a year · IMF

YearCameroonMalawi
20253.528.4
20244.532.2
20237.428.8
20226.320.8
20212.39.3
20202.58.6
20192.59.4
20181.19.2
20170.611.5
20160.921.7
20152.721.9
20141.923.8
20132.128.3
20122.421.3
201137.6
20101.37.4
200938.4
20085.38.7
20071.17.9
20064.913.9
2005215.5
20040.311.4
20030.69.6
20022.814.7
20014.522.7
20001.229.6
19991.844.8
19983.229.8
19974.89.1
19963.937.7
199525.883.2
199414.934.7
1993-3.722.8
19921.923.2
1991-0.68.2
19901.511.9
19891.612.5
19881.733.8
19872.825.1
19864.314.2
19854.210.6
198412.119.8
198320.513.8
198215.39.5
19817.512
19807.719.2
IMF projection (World Economic Outlook, October 2026) · 2026–2031
YearCameroonMalawi
20263.421.9
20274.325
20283.320.6
2029317.3
20302.915.7
20312.813

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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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