Egypt vs Switzerland

Egypt vs Switzerland: Inflation

Inflation in 2025: 20.4% a year in Egypt and 0.2% a year in Switzerland, by IMF estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in Egypt, by 20.3 percentage points, or 130 times that in Switzerland.

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% a year · IMF

Egypt vs Switzerland: InflationInflation in 2025: 20.4% a year in Egypt and 0.2% a year in Switzerland, by IMF estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in Egypt, by 20.3 percentage points, or 130 times that in Switzerland.
EgyptSwitzerlandIMF projection (World Economic Outlook, October 2026)

What the numbers say

  • Egypt has been higher in every year both have figures for since 1980.
  • The IMF projection (World Economic Outlook, October 2026) puts Egypt at 5.4% a year and Switzerland at 0.7% a year in 2031.

Every year

% a year · IMF

YearEgyptSwitzerland
202520.40.2
202433.31.1
202324.42.1
20228.52.8
20214.50.6
20205.7-0.7
201913.90.4
201820.90.9
201723.50.5
201610.2-0.4
201511-1.1
201410.1-0
20136.9-0.2
20128.7-0.7
201111.10.2
201011.70.7
200916.2-0.5
200811.72.4
200710.90.7
20064.31.1
20058.71.2
20048.20.8
20033.40.6
20022.30.6
20012.41
20002.81.6
19993.70.8
199850
19976.20.5
19967.10.8
19959.41.8
199490.9
1993113.3
199221.14
199114.75.9
199021.25.4
198920.13.2
198815.21.9
198725.21.4
198623.90.7
198512.13.4
198417.12.9
1983162.9
198214.95.7
198110.46.5
198020.54
IMF projection (World Economic Outlook, October 2026) · 2026–2031
YearEgyptSwitzerland
202613.30.7
202714.80.8
20288.90.8
20296.50.7
20305.80.7
20315.40.7

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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