Canada vs France

Canada vs France: Inflation

Inflation in 2025: 2.1% a year in Canada and 0.9% a year in France, by IMF estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in Canada, by 1.2 percentage points, or 2.24 times that in France.

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% a year · IMF

Canada vs France: InflationInflation in 2025: 2.1% a year in Canada and 0.9% a year in France, by IMF estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in Canada, by 1.2 percentage points, or 2.24 times that in France.
CanadaFranceIMF projection (World Economic Outlook, October 2026)

What the numbers say

  • Canada has been higher since 2024, when it overtook France.
  • In 2025, Canada ranked 115 and France ranked 145 of 179 countries, counting from the highest.
  • The IMF projection (World Economic Outlook, October 2026) puts Canada at 2% a year and France at 1.8% a year in 2031.

Every year

% a year · IMF

YearCanadaFrance
20252.10.9
20242.42.3
20233.95.7
20226.85.9
20213.42.1
20200.70.5
20191.91.3
20182.32.1
20171.61.2
20161.40.3
20151.10.1
20141.90.6
20130.91
20121.52.2
20112.92.3
20101.81.7
20090.30.1
20082.43.2
20072.11.6
200621.9
20052.21.9
20041.92.3
20032.82.2
20022.31.9
20012.51.8
20002.71.8
19991.70.6
199810.7
19971.61.3
19961.62.1
19952.11.8
19940.21.7
19931.92.2
19921.52.5
19915.63.4
19904.80.3
198956.6
198842.7
19874.43.3
19864.22.5
198545.8
19844.37.7
19835.89.5
198210.812
198112.513.3
198010.213.1
IMF projection (World Economic Outlook, October 2026) · 2026–2031
YearCanadaFrance
20262.82.4
20272.42.2
202821.9
202921.9
203021.9
203121.8

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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