Eritrea vs Ethiopia

Eritrea vs Ethiopia: Inflation

Inflation: 1.3% a year in Eritrea in 2019 and 26.6% a year in Ethiopia in 2024, by IMF estimates. In 2019 the value was higher in Ethiopia, by 11.3 percentage points, or 9.67 times that in Eritrea.

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% a year · IMF

Eritrea vs Ethiopia: InflationInflation: 1.3% a year in Eritrea in 2019 and 26.6% a year in Ethiopia in 2024, by IMF estimates. In 2019 the value was higher in Ethiopia, by 11.3 percentage points, or 9.67 times that in Eritrea.
EritreaEthiopiaIMF projection (World Economic Outlook, October 2026)

What the numbers say

  • Ethiopia has been higher since 2016, when it overtook Eritrea.
  • The IMF projection (World Economic Outlook, October 2026) puts Ethiopia at 6.7% a year in 2031.

Every year

% a year · IMF

YearEritreaEthiopia
2024–26.6
2023–32.5
2022–33.9
2021–20.2
2020–19.9
20191.312.6
2018-14.414.5
2017-13.36.9
2016-5.69.7
201528.57.7
20148.48.1
20136.313.5
2012634.1
20115.918.1
201010.32.8
200933.936.4
200822.225.3
20079.415.8
20067.712.3
200512.56.8
200425.18.6
200322.715.1
200216.9-7.2
200114.6-5.2
2000206.2
19998.44.8
19989.53.6
19973.7-6.4
199610.30.9
19951213.4
199413.21.2
19934.810
1992–21
1991–20.9
1990–5.2
1989–9.6
1988–2.2
1987–-9.1
1986–5.6
1985–18.4
1984–-0.3
1983–3.6
1982–7.8
IMF projection (World Economic Outlook, October 2026) · 2025–2031
YearEritreaEthiopia
2025–16
2026–11.7
2027–12.3
2028–9.2
2029–7.8
2030–6.8
2031–6.7

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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.

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