Congo - Kinshasa vs Japan

Congo - Kinshasa vs Japan: Inflation

Inflation in 2025: 7.4% a year in Congo - Kinshasa and 3.2% a year in Japan, by IMF estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in Congo - Kinshasa, by 4.2 percentage points, or 2.32 times that in Japan.

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% a year · IMF

Congo - Kinshasa vs Japan: InflationInflation in 2025: 7.4% a year in Congo - Kinshasa and 3.2% a year in Japan, by IMF estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in Congo - Kinshasa, by 4.2 percentage points, or 2.32 times that in Japan.
Congo - KinshasaJapanIMF projection (World Economic Outlook, October 2026)

What the numbers say

  • Congo - Kinshasa has been higher since 2016, when it overtook Japan.
  • In 2025, Congo - Kinshasa ranked 30 and Japan ranked 80 of 179 countries, counting from the highest.
  • The IMF projection (World Economic Outlook, October 2026) puts Congo - Kinshasa at 7% a year and Japan at 2% a year in 2031.

Every year

% a year · IMF

YearCongo - KinshasaJapan
20257.43.2
202417.72.7
202319.93.3
20229.32.5
20219-0.2
202011.4-0
20194.70.5
201829.31
201735.70.5
20163.2-0.1
20150.70.8
20141.22.8
20130.90.3
20120.9-0.1
201115-0.3
201023.5-0.7
200946.1-1.3
2008181.4
200716.70.1
200612.90.2
200521.6-0.2
20044-0
200312.8-0.3
200225.3-0.9
2001357.3-0.7
2000550-0.7
1999284.9-0.3
199829.10.7
19971991.7
19966170.1
1995541.8-0.1
199423,7700.7
19931,9871.3
19924,1291.7
19912,1543.3
199081.33.1
1989104.12.3
198882.80.7
198790.40.1
198646.70.6
198523.52.1
198452.62.3
198376.71.9
198237.12.7
198134.94.9
1980407.8
IMF projection (World Economic Outlook, October 2026) · 2026–2031
YearCongo - KinshasaJapan
20264.32
20277.42.6
202872
202972
203072
203172

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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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