Ethiopia vs Malawi

Ethiopia vs Malawi: Inflation

Inflation: 26.6% a year in Ethiopia in 2024 and 28.4% a year in Malawi in 2025, by IMF estimates. In 2024 the value was higher in Malawi, by 5.6 percentage points, or 1.21 times that in Ethiopia.

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% a year · IMF

Ethiopia vs Malawi: InflationInflation: 26.6% a year in Ethiopia in 2024 and 28.4% a year in Malawi in 2025, by IMF estimates. In 2024 the value was higher in Malawi, by 5.6 percentage points, or 1.21 times that in Ethiopia.
EthiopiaMalawiIMF projection (World Economic Outlook, October 2026)

What the numbers say

  • Malawi has been higher since 2024, when it overtook Ethiopia.
  • The IMF projection (World Economic Outlook, October 2026) puts Ethiopia at 6.7% a year and Malawi at 13% a year in 2031.

Every year

% a year · IMF

YearEthiopiaMalawi
20251628.4
202426.632.2
202332.528.8
202233.920.8
202120.29.3
202019.98.6
201912.69.4
201814.59.2
20176.911.5
20169.721.7
20157.721.9
20148.123.8
201313.528.3
201234.121.3
201118.17.6
20102.87.4
200936.48.4
200825.38.7
200715.87.9
200612.313.9
20056.815.5
20048.611.4
200315.19.6
2002-7.214.7
2001-5.222.7
20006.229.6
19994.844.8
19983.629.8
1997-6.49.1
19960.937.7
199513.483.2
19941.234.7
19931022.8
19922123.2
199120.98.2
19905.211.9
19899.612.5
19882.233.8
1987-9.125.1
19865.614.2
198518.410.6
1984-0.319.8
19833.613.8
19827.89.5
1981–12
1980–19.2
  • 12.3Projected
IMF projection (World Economic Outlook, October 2026) · 2026–2031
YearEthiopiaMalawi
202611.721.9
202712.325
20289.220.6
20297.817.3
20306.815.7
20316.713

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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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