Central African Republic vs Congo - Kinshasa

Central African Republic vs Congo - Kinshasa: Inflation

Inflation in 2025: 1% a year in Central African Republic and 7.4% a year in Congo - Kinshasa, by IMF estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in Congo - Kinshasa, by 6.4 percentage points, or 7.36 times that in Central African Republic.

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% a year · IMF

Central African RepublicCongo - KinshasaIMF projection (World Economic Outlook, October 2026)

What the numbers say

Congo - Kinshasa has been higher since 2017, when it overtook Central African Republic.
In 2025, Central African Republic ranked 142 and Congo - Kinshasa ranked 30 of 179 countries, counting from the highest.
The IMF projection (World Economic Outlook, October 2026) puts Central African Republic at 3% a year and Congo - Kinshasa at 7% a year in 2031.

Every year

% a year · IMF

Year	Central African Republic	Congo - Kinshasa
2025	1	7.4
2024	1.5	17.7
2023	3	19.9
2022	5.6	9.3
2021	4.3	9
2020	0.9	11.4
2019	2.8	4.7
2018	1.6	29.3
2017	4.2	35.7
2016	4.9	3.2
2015	1.4	0.7
2014	17.8	1.2
2013	4	0.9
2012	5.9	0.9
2011	1.2	15
2010	1.5	23.5
2009	3.6	46.1
2008	9.3	18
2007	0.9	16.7
2006	6.9	12.9
2005	2.9	21.6
2004	-2.2	4
2003	4.4	12.8
2002	2.3	25.3
2001	3.8	357.3
2000	3.2	550
1999	-1.4	284.9
1998	-1.9	29.1
1997	1.6	199
1996	3.7	617
1995	19.2	541.8
1994	24.6	23,770
1993	-2.9	1,987
1992	-0.8	4,129
1991	-2.8	2,154
1990	-0.2	81.3
1989	0.6	104.1
1988	-3.9	82.8
1987	-7	90.4
1986	2.4	46.7
1985	10.5	23.5
1984	2.6	52.6
1983	14.6	76.7
1982	13.2	37.1
1981	14.7	34.9
1980	13.3	40

IMF projection (World Economic Outlook, October 2026) · 2026–2031

Year	Central African Republic	Congo - Kinshasa
2026	3.5	4.3
2027	3	7.4
2028	3	7
2029	3	7
2030	3	7
2031	3	7

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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