Ethiopia vs Uganda: Inflation

Inflation: 26.6% a year in Ethiopia in 2024 and 3.6% a year in Uganda in 2025, by IMF estimates. In 2024 the value was higher in Ethiopia, by 23.2 percentage points, or 8 times that in Uganda.

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% a year · IMF

EthiopiaUgandaIMF projection (World Economic Outlook, October 2026)

What the numbers say

Ethiopia has been higher since 2012, when it overtook Uganda.
The IMF projection (World Economic Outlook, October 2026) puts Ethiopia at 6.7% a year and Uganda at 5% a year in 2031.

Every year

% a year · IMF

Year	Ethiopia	Uganda
2025	16	3.6
2024	26.6	3.3
2023	32.5	5.4
2022	33.9	7.2
2021	20.2	2.2
2020	19.9	2.8
2019	12.6	2.1
2018	14.5	2.5
2017	6.9	5.6
2016	9.7	5.2
2015	7.7	3.7
2014	8.1	4.3
2013	13.5	5.5
2012	34.1	14
2011	18.1	18.7
2010	2.8	4
2009	36.4	13
2008	25.3	12
2007	15.8	6.1
2006	12.3	7.2
2005	6.8	8.6
2004	8.6	3.7
2003	15.1	8.7
2002	-7.2	-0.3
2001	-5.2	1.9
2000	6.2	3.4
1999	4.8	5.8
1998	3.6	5.8
1997	-6.4	7.7
1996	0.9	7.5
1995	13.4	6.8
1994	1.2	5.9
1993	10	30
1992	21	42.3
1991	20.9	20.8
1990	5.2	45.4
1989	9.6	130.8
1988	2.2	166.7
1987	-9.1	215.4
1986	5.6	143.8
1985	18.4	100
1984	-0.3	16.7
1983	3.6	150
1982	7.8	100
1981	–	100
1980	–	99.2

12.3Projected

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

Year	Ethiopia	Uganda
2026	11.7	4.2
2027	12.3	5.3
2028	9.2	4.6
2029	7.8	5
2030	6.8	5
2031	6.7	5

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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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