Canada vs Pakistan

Canada vs Pakistan: Inflation

Inflation in 2025: 2.1% a year in Canada and 4.5% a year in Pakistan, by IMF estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in Pakistan, by 2.4 percentage points, or 2.16 times that in Canada.

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% a year · IMF

Canada vs Pakistan: InflationInflation in 2025: 2.1% a year in Canada and 4.5% a year in Pakistan, by IMF estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in Pakistan, by 2.4 percentage points, or 2.16 times that in Canada.
CanadaPakistanIMF projection (World Economic Outlook, October 2026)

What the numbers say

  • Pakistan has been higher since 1987, when it overtook Canada.
  • In 2025, Canada ranked 115 and Pakistan ranked 42 of 179 countries, counting from the highest.
  • The IMF projection (World Economic Outlook, October 2026) puts Canada at 2% a year and Pakistan at 6.5% a year in 2031.

Every year

% a year · IMF

YearCanadaPakistan
20252.14.5
20242.423.4
20233.929.2
20226.812.2
20213.48.9
20200.710.7
20191.96.8
20182.34.7
20171.64.8
20161.42.9
20151.14.5
20141.98.6
20130.97.4
20121.511
20112.913.7
20101.810.1
20090.319.6
20082.412
20072.17.8
200627.9
20052.29.3
20041.94.6
20032.83.1
20022.33.5
20012.54.4
20002.73.6
19991.75.7
199817.8
19971.611.8
19961.610.8
19952.113
19940.211.3
19931.99.8
19921.54.8
19915.612.6
19904.89.1
198957.9
198848.8
19874.44.7
19864.23.5
198545.6
19844.36.1
19835.86.4
198210.85.9
198112.512
198010.211.9
IMF projection (World Economic Outlook, October 2026) · 2026–2031
YearCanadaPakistan
20262.87.1
20272.49.9
202827
202926.5
203026.5
203126.5

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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