Ethiopia vs Côte d’Ivoire: Inflation

Inflation in 2024: 26.6% a year in Ethiopia and 3.4% a year in Côte d’Ivoire, by IMF estimates. In 2024 the value was higher in Ethiopia, by 23.1 percentage points, or 7.72 times that in Côte d’Ivoire.

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% a year · IMF

EthiopiaCôte d’IvoireIMF projection (World Economic Outlook, October 2026)

What the numbers say

Ethiopia has been higher since 2003, when it overtook Côte d’Ivoire.
The IMF projection (World Economic Outlook, October 2026) puts Ethiopia at 6.7% a year and Côte d’Ivoire at 2% a year in 2031.

Every year

% a year · IMF

Year	Ethiopia	Côte d’Ivoire
2024	26.6	3.4
2023	32.5	4.4
2022	33.9	5.2
2021	20.2	4.2
2020	19.9	2.3
2019	12.6	0.8
2018	14.5	0.6
2017	6.9	0.7
2016	9.7	0.8
2015	7.7	1.1
2014	8.1	0.5
2013	13.5	2.6
2012	34.1	1.3
2011	18.1	4.9
2010	2.8	1.8
2009	36.4	0.5
2008	25.3	1.7
2007	15.8	1.9
2006	12.3	2.5
2005	6.8	3.9
2004	8.6	1.5
2003	15.1	3.3
2002	-7.2	3.1
2001	-5.2	4.4
2000	6.2	2.5
1999	4.8	0.7
1998	3.6	4.5
1997	-6.4	6.3
1996	0.9	2.7
1995	13.4	14.1
1994	1.2	26
1993	10	2.1
1992	21	4.2
1991	20.9	1.6
1990	5.2	-0.7
1989	9.6	1
1988	2.2	6.9
1987	-9.1	7
1986	5.6	6.8
1985	18.4	1.8
1984	-0.3	4.3
1983	3.6	5.9
1982	7.8	7.4
1981	–	8.7
1980	–	8.8

IMF projection (World Economic Outlook, October 2026) · 2025–2031

Year	Ethiopia	Côte d’Ivoire
2025	16	0.1
2026	11.7	2.2
2027	12.3	2.5
2028	9.2	1.6
2029	7.8	2
2030	6.8	2
2031	6.7	2

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.

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Deaths in conflictsEthiopia: 102,900 deaths in 2022Côte d’Ivoire: 0 deaths in 2022