Czechia vs Portugal
Czechia vs Portugal: Inflation
Inflation in 2025: 2.5% a year in Czechia and 2.2% a year in Portugal, by IMF estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in Czechia, by 0.3 percentage points, or 1.12 times that in Portugal.
% a year · IMF
What the numbers say
- Czechia has been higher since 2025, when it overtook Portugal.
- In 2025, Czechia ranked 103 and Portugal ranked 111 of 179 countries, counting from the highest.
- The IMF projection (World Economic Outlook, October 2026) puts Czechia at 2% a year and Portugal at 1.9% a year in 2031.
Every year
% a year · IMF
| Year | Czechia | Portugal |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 2.5 | 2.2 |
| 2024 | 2.4 | 2.7 |
| 2023 | 10.7 | 5.3 |
| 2022 | 15.1 | 8.1 |
| 2021 | 3.9 | 0.9 |
| 2020 | 3.2 | -0.1 |
| 2019 | 2.8 | 0.3 |
| 2018 | 2.2 | 1.2 |
| 2017 | 2.4 | 1.6 |
| 2016 | 0.6 | 0.6 |
| 2015 | 0.3 | 0.5 |
| 2014 | 0.4 | -0.2 |
| 2013 | 1.4 | 0.4 |
| 2012 | 3.3 | 2.8 |
| 2011 | 1.9 | 3.6 |
| 2010 | 1.5 | 1.4 |
| 2009 | 1 | -0.9 |
| 2008 | 6.3 | 2.6 |
| 2007 | 2.9 | 2.4 |
| 2006 | 2.5 | 3 |
| 2005 | 1.9 | 2.1 |
| 2004 | 2.7 | 2.5 |
| 2003 | 0.1 | 3.2 |
| 2002 | 1.9 | 3.7 |
| 2001 | 4.6 | 4.4 |
| 2000 | 3.8 | 2.8 |
| 1999 | 2.2 | 2.2 |
| 1998 | 10.6 | 2.2 |
| 1997 | 8.6 | 1.9 |
| 1996 | 8.7 | 2.9 |
| 1995 | – | 4 |
| 1994 | – | 5 |
| 1993 | – | 5.9 |
| 1992 | – | 8.9 |
| 1991 | – | 11.4 |
| 1990 | – | 13.4 |
| 1989 | – | 12.6 |
| 1988 | – | 9.6 |
| 1987 | – | 9.4 |
| 1986 | – | 11.7 |
| 1985 | – | 19.3 |
| 1984 | – | 29.3 |
| 1983 | – | 25.1 |
| 1982 | – | 22.7 |
| 1981 | – | 21.2 |
| 1980 | – | 5.9 |
IMF projection (World Economic Outlook, October 2026) · 2026–2031
| Year | Czechia | Portugal |
|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 2.1 | 3.2 |
| 2027 | 2.8 | 3 |
| 2028 | 2.7 | 2.1 |
| 2029 | 2 | 2.1 |
| 2030 | 2 | 1.9 |
| 2031 | 2 | 1.9 |
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.
How the layers work, where their data comes from and what they can’t tell you: Countries through time
Czechia vs Portugal
Health
- Life expectancyCzechia: 79.8 years in 2023Portugal: 82.4 years in 2023
- Child mortalityCzechia: 0.3 per 100 live births in 2024Portugal: 0.3 per 100 live births in 2024
- Infant mortalityCzechia: 2.2 per 1,000 live births in 2023Portugal: 2.6 per 1,000 live births in 2023
- Safe drinking waterCzechia: 97.9% in 2022Portugal: 95.2% in 2022
- DepressionCzechia: 2.68% in 2017Portugal: 4.42% in 2017
- Suicide rateCzechia: 10.8 per 100,000 people in 2017Portugal: 7.7 per 100,000 people in 2017
People
- PopulationCzechia: 10.8 million people in 2023Portugal: 10.4 million people in 2023
- Population growthCzechia: -0.34% a year in 2023Portugal: -0% a year in 2023
- Fertility rateCzechia: 1.45 births per woman in 2023Portugal: 1.51 births per woman in 2023
- Urban populationCzechia: 72.9% in 2025Portugal: 61.5% in 2025
- Median ageCzechia: 42.7 years in 2023Portugal: 46.2 years in 2023
- People aged 65 and overCzechia: 20.6% in 2023Portugal: 24.1% in 2023
- Net migration rateCzechia: -1.4 per 1,000 people in 2023Portugal: 2.8 per 1,000 people in 2023
Economy
Education
Politics
Conflict
Military
- Military spendingCzechia: 1.84% of GDP in 2025Portugal: 1.71% of GDP in 2025
- Military spending in US dollarsCzechia: $6.49B in 2025Portugal: $5.51B in 2025
- Military spending per personCzechia: $660 in 2025Portugal: $563 in 2025
- Military share of state spendingCzechia: 4.2% of government spending in 2025Portugal: 4% of government spending in 2025
- Armed forces personnelCzechia: 27,000 people in 2020Portugal: 52,000 people in 2020
- National powerCzechia: 0.16% of world capability in 2022Portugal: 0.12% of world capability in 2022
- Armed forces, share of workersCzechia: 0.51% of the labour force in 2020Portugal: 1.01% of the labour force in 2020
- Arms importsCzechia: 19 million TIV in 2025Portugal: 90 million TIV in 2025
- Arms exportsCzechia: 137 million TIV in 2025Portugal: 1 million TIV in 2025