Colombia vs Japan

Colombia vs Japan: Inflation

Inflation in 2025: 5.1% a year in Colombia and 3.2% a year in Japan, by IMF estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in Colombia, by 2 percentage points, or 1.61 times that in Japan.

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% a year · IMF

Colombia vs Japan: InflationInflation in 2025: 5.1% a year in Colombia and 3.2% a year in Japan, by IMF estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in Colombia, by 2 percentage points, or 1.61 times that in Japan.
ColombiaJapanIMF projection (World Economic Outlook, October 2026)

What the numbers say

  • Colombia has been higher in every year both have figures for since 1980.
  • In 2025, Colombia ranked 37 and Japan ranked 80 of 179 countries, counting from the highest.
  • The IMF projection (World Economic Outlook, October 2026) puts Colombia at 3% a year and Japan at 2% a year in 2031.

Every year

% a year · IMF

YearColombiaJapan
20255.13.2
20246.62.7
202311.73.3
202210.22.5
20213.5-0.2
20202.5-0
20193.50.5
20183.21
20174.30.5
20167.5-0.1
201550.8
20142.92.8
201320.3
20123.2-0.1
20113.4-0.3
20102.3-0.7
20094.2-1.3
200871.4
20075.50.1
20064.30.2
20055-0.2
20045.9-0
20037.1-0.3
20026.4-0.9
20018-0.7
20009.2-0.7
199910.9-0.3
199818.70.7
199718.51.7
199620.80.1
199520.9-0.1
199422.90.7
199322.51.3
1992271.7
199130.33.3
199029.13.1
198925.92.3
198828.10.7
198723.30.1
198618.90.6
198523.92.1
198416.32.3
198319.51.9
198224.92.7
198127.44.9
198025.97.8
IMF projection (World Economic Outlook, October 2026) · 2026–2031
YearColombiaJapan
202662
20275.72.6
20283.92
20293.32
203032
203132

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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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