Canada vs Saudi Arabia

Canada vs Saudi Arabia: Inflation

Inflation in 2025: 2.1% a year in Canada and 2% a year in Saudi Arabia, by IMF estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in Canada, by 0 percentage points, or 1.02 times that in Saudi Arabia.

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% a year · IMF

Canada vs Saudi Arabia: InflationInflation in 2025: 2.1% a year in Canada and 2% a year in Saudi Arabia, by IMF estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in Canada, by 0 percentage points, or 1.02 times that in Saudi Arabia.
CanadaSaudi ArabiaIMF projection (World Economic Outlook, October 2026)

What the numbers say

  • Canada has been higher since 2021, when it overtook Saudi Arabia.
  • In 2025, Canada ranked 115 and Saudi Arabia ranked 118 of 179 countries, counting from the highest.
  • The IMF projection (World Economic Outlook, October 2026) puts Canada at 2% a year and Saudi Arabia at 2% a year in 2031.

Every year

% a year · IMF

YearCanadaSaudi Arabia
20252.12
20242.41.5
20233.92.5
20226.82.5
20213.43.1
20200.73.2
20191.9-2
20182.32.5
20171.6-0.9
20161.42.9
20151.11.2
20141.91.8
20130.93.1
20121.52.9
20112.93.7
20101.83.7
20090.34.3
20082.46.1
20072.15
200621.9
20052.20.6
20041.90.3
20032.80.5
20022.30.1
20012.5-1.1
20002.7-1
19991.7-2.1
19981-0.4
19971.6-0.2
19961.60.3
19952.15.1
19940.21.4
19931.91.2
19921.5-1
19915.63.9
19904.8-1.1
198951.2
19884-0.4
19874.4-2.4
19864.2-3.1
19854-2.3
19844.3-0.7
19835.80.6
198210.81.9
198112.53.6
198010.24.4
IMF projection (World Economic Outlook, October 2026) · 2026–2031
YearCanadaSaudi Arabia
20262.81.9
20272.42.2
202822
202922
203022
203122

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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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