Canada vs China

Canada vs China: Inflation

Inflation in 2025: 2.1% a year in Canada and 0.1% a year in China, by IMF estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in Canada, by 2 percentage points, or 42 times that in China.

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% a year · IMF

Canada vs China: InflationInflation in 2025: 2.1% a year in Canada and 0.1% a year in China, by IMF estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in Canada, by 2 percentage points, or 42 times that in China.
CanadaChinaIMF projection (World Economic Outlook, October 2026)

What the numbers say

  • Canada has been higher since 2021, when it overtook China.
  • In 2025, Canada ranked 115 and China ranked 168 of 179 countries, counting from the highest.
  • The IMF projection (World Economic Outlook, October 2026) puts Canada at 2% a year and China at 2% a year in 2031.

Every year

% a year · IMF

YearCanadaChina
20252.10.1
20242.40.2
20233.90.2
20226.82
20213.40.9
20200.72.5
20191.92.9
20182.32.1
20171.61.6
20161.42
20151.11.5
20141.92
20130.92.6
20121.52.6
20112.95.4
20101.83.3
20090.3-0.7
20082.45.8
20072.14.8
200621.5
20052.21.8
20041.93.9
20032.81.2
20022.3-0.7
20012.50.7
20002.70.3
19991.7-1.4
19981-0.8
19971.62.8
19961.68.3
19952.116.8
19940.224.2
19931.914.7
19921.56.4
19915.63.5
19904.83.3
1989518
1988418.8
19874.47.3
19864.26.5
198549.3
19844.32.7
19835.82
198210.82
198112.52.5
198010.2–
IMF projection (World Economic Outlook, October 2026) · 2026–2031
YearCanadaChina
20262.81
20272.41.4
202821.6
202921.9
203022
203122

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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