Congo - Kinshasa vs Uganda

Congo - Kinshasa vs Uganda: Inflation

Inflation in 2025: 7.4% a year in Congo - Kinshasa and 3.6% a year in Uganda, by IMF estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in Congo - Kinshasa, by 3.8 percentage points, or 2.07 times that in Uganda.

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% a year · IMF

Congo - Kinshasa vs Uganda: InflationInflation in 2025: 7.4% a year in Congo - Kinshasa and 3.6% a year in Uganda, by IMF estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in Congo - Kinshasa, by 3.8 percentage points, or 2.07 times that in Uganda.
Congo - KinshasaUgandaIMF projection (World Economic Outlook, October 2026)

What the numbers say

  • Congo - Kinshasa has been higher since 2017, when it overtook Uganda.
  • In 2025, Congo - Kinshasa ranked 30 and Uganda ranked 67 of 179 countries, counting from the highest.
  • The IMF projection (World Economic Outlook, October 2026) puts Congo - Kinshasa at 7% a year and Uganda at 5% a year in 2031.

Every year

% a year · IMF

YearCongo - KinshasaUganda
20257.43.6
202417.73.3
202319.95.4
20229.37.2
202192.2
202011.42.8
20194.72.1
201829.32.5
201735.75.6
20163.25.2
20150.73.7
20141.24.3
20130.95.5
20120.914
20111518.7
201023.54
200946.113
20081812
200716.76.1
200612.97.2
200521.68.6
200443.7
200312.88.7
200225.3-0.3
2001357.31.9
20005503.4
1999284.95.8
199829.15.8
19971997.7
19966177.5
1995541.86.8
199423,7705.9
19931,98730
19924,12942.3
19912,15420.8
199081.345.4
1989104.1130.8
198882.8166.7
198790.4215.4
198646.7143.8
198523.5100
198452.616.7
198376.7150
198237.1100
198134.9100
19804099.2
IMF projection (World Economic Outlook, October 2026) · 2026–2031
YearCongo - KinshasaUganda
20264.34.2
20277.45.3
202874.6
202975
203075
203175

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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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