Egypt vs Iraq

Egypt vs Iraq: Inflation

Inflation in 2025: 20.4% a year in Egypt and 0.3% a year in Iraq, by IMF estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in Egypt, by 20.1 percentage points, or 66 times that in Iraq.

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% a year · IMF

Egypt vs Iraq: InflationInflation in 2025: 20.4% a year in Egypt and 0.3% a year in Iraq, by IMF estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in Egypt, by 20.1 percentage points, or 66 times that in Iraq.
EgyptIraqIMF projection (World Economic Outlook, October 2026)

What the numbers say

  • Egypt has been higher since 2022, when it overtook Iraq.
  • In 2025, Egypt ranked 11 and Iraq ranked 161 of 179 countries, counting from the highest.
  • The IMF projection (World Economic Outlook, October 2026) puts Egypt at 5.4% a year and Iraq at 3.8% a year in 2031.

Every year

% a year · IMF

YearEgyptIraq
202520.40.3
202433.32.6
202324.44.4
20228.55
20214.56
20205.70.6
201913.9-0.2
201820.90.4
201723.50.2
201610.20.5
2015111.4
201410.12.2
20136.91.9
20128.76.1
201111.15.6
201011.72.4
200916.2-2.8
200811.72.7
200710.930.8
20064.353.2
20058.737
20048.2–
20033.4–
20022.3–
20012.4–
20002.8–
19993.7–
19985–
19976.2–
19967.1–
19959.4–
19949–
199311–
199221.1–
199114.7–
199021.2–
198920.1–
198815.2–
198725.2–
198623.9–
198512.1–
198417.1–
198316–
198214.9–
198110.4–
198020.5–
IMF projection (World Economic Outlook, October 2026) · 2026–2031
YearEgyptIraq
202613.33.5
202714.83
20288.92.7
20296.53.2
20305.83.6
20315.43.8

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.

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