Egypt vs Ireland

Egypt vs Ireland: Inflation

Inflation in 2025: 20.4% a year in Egypt and 2.1% a year in Ireland, by IMF estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in Egypt, by 18.4 percentage points, or 9.89 times that in Ireland.

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% a year · IMF

Egypt vs Ireland: InflationInflation in 2025: 20.4% a year in Egypt and 2.1% a year in Ireland, by IMF estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in Egypt, by 18.4 percentage points, or 9.89 times that in Ireland.
EgyptIrelandIMF projection (World Economic Outlook, October 2026)

What the numbers say

  • Egypt has been higher since 2004, when it overtook Ireland.
  • In 2025, Egypt ranked 11 and Ireland ranked 116 of 179 countries, counting from the highest.
  • The IMF projection (World Economic Outlook, October 2026) puts Egypt at 5.4% a year and Ireland at 2% a year in 2031.

Every year

% a year · IMF

YearEgyptIreland
202520.42.1
202433.31.3
202324.45.2
20228.58.1
20214.52.4
20205.7-0.5
201913.90.9
201820.90.7
201723.50.3
201610.2-0.2
201511-0
201410.10.3
20136.90.5
20128.71.9
201111.11.2
201011.7-1.6
200916.2-1.7
200811.73.1
200710.92.9
20064.32.7
20058.72.2
20048.22.3
20033.44
20022.34.7
20012.44
20002.85.3
19993.72.4
199852.1
19976.21.3
19967.12.2
19959.42.5
199492.4
1993111.4
199221.13.2
199114.73.1
199021.23.4
198920.14
198815.22.2
198725.23.2
198623.93
198512.15.5
198417.18.6
19831610.4
198214.917.2
198110.420.2
198020.518.3
IMF projection (World Economic Outlook, October 2026) · 2026–2031
YearEgyptIreland
202613.33.4
202714.82.8
20288.91.9
20296.52
20305.82
20315.42

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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