Congo - Kinshasa vs Côte d’Ivoire: Inflation

Inflation: 7.4% a year in Congo - Kinshasa in 2025 and 3.4% a year in Côte d’Ivoire in 2024, by IMF estimates. In 2024 the value was higher in Congo - Kinshasa, by 14.2 percentage points, or 5.13 times that in Côte d’Ivoire.

Watch it change on the map

% a year · IMF

Congo - KinshasaCôte d’IvoireIMF projection (World Economic Outlook, October 2026)

What the numbers say

Congo - Kinshasa has been higher since 2016, when it overtook Côte d’Ivoire.
The IMF projection (World Economic Outlook, October 2026) puts Congo - Kinshasa at 7% a year and Côte d’Ivoire at 2% a year in 2031.

Every year

% a year · IMF

Year	Congo - Kinshasa	Côte d’Ivoire
2025	7.4	0.1
2024	17.7	3.4
2023	19.9	4.4
2022	9.3	5.2
2021	9	4.2
2020	11.4	2.3
2019	4.7	0.8
2018	29.3	0.6
2017	35.7	0.7
2016	3.2	0.8
2015	0.7	1.1
2014	1.2	0.5
2013	0.9	2.6
2012	0.9	1.3
2011	15	4.9
2010	23.5	1.8
2009	46.1	0.5
2008	18	1.7
2007	16.7	1.9
2006	12.9	2.5
2005	21.6	3.9
2004	4	1.5
2003	12.8	3.3
2002	25.3	3.1
2001	357.3	4.4
2000	550	2.5
1999	284.9	0.7
1998	29.1	4.5
1997	199	6.3
1996	617	2.7
1995	541.8	14.1
1994	23,770	26
1993	1,987	2.1
1992	4,129	4.2
1991	2,154	1.6
1990	81.3	-0.7
1989	104.1	1
1988	82.8	6.9
1987	90.4	7
1986	46.7	6.8
1985	23.5	1.8
1984	52.6	4.3
1983	76.7	5.9
1982	37.1	7.4
1981	34.9	8.7
1980	40	8.8

12.3Projected

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

Year	Congo - Kinshasa	Côte d’Ivoire
2026	4.3	2.2
2027	7.4	2.5
2028	7	1.6
2029	7	2
2030	7	2
2031	7	2

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