Eritrea vs Sudan

Eritrea vs Sudan: Inflation

Inflation: 1.3% a year in Eritrea in 2019 and 99.9% a year in Sudan in 2025, by IMF estimates. In 2019 the value was higher in Sudan, by 49.7 percentage points, or 39 times that in Eritrea.

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% a year · IMF

Eritrea vs Sudan: InflationInflation: 1.3% a year in Eritrea in 2019 and 99.9% a year in Sudan in 2025, by IMF estimates. In 2019 the value was higher in Sudan, by 49.7 percentage points, or 39 times that in Eritrea.
EritreaSudanIMF projection (World Economic Outlook, October 2026)

What the numbers say

  • Sudan has been higher since 2016, when it overtook Eritrea.
  • The IMF projection (World Economic Outlook, October 2026) puts Sudan at 12% a year in 2031.

Every year

% a year · IMF

YearEritreaSudan
2025–99.9
2024–176.9
2023–66.6
2022–138.8
2021–359.1
2020–163.3
20191.351
2018-14.463.3
2017-13.332.4
2016-5.617.8
201528.516.9
20148.436.9
20136.336.5
2012635.6
20115.918.1
201010.313
200933.911.3
200822.214.3
20079.414.8
20067.77.2
200512.58.5
200425.19.7
200322.76.5
200216.922.2
200114.61.9
2000207.1
19998.417.2
19989.524.6
19973.747.2
199610.386.8
19951268.4
199413.2115.5
19934.8101.3
1992–117.6
1991–123.6
1990–-0.9
1989–65.3
1988–62.9
1987–26.5
1986–60
1985–45.6
1984–33.7
1983–30.6
1982–26.6
1981–24
1980–26.5
IMF projection (World Economic Outlook, October 2026) · 2026–2031
YearEritreaSudan
2026–41.3
2027–50.9
2028–23.7
2029–12.3
2030–12
2031–12

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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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