Gambia vs Senegal

Gambia vs Senegal: Inflation

Inflation: 11.6% a year in Gambia in 2024 and 1.4% a year in Senegal in 2025, by IMF estimates. In 2024 the value was higher in Gambia, by 10.8 percentage points, or 14 times that in Senegal.

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% a year · IMF

Gambia vs Senegal: InflationInflation: 11.6% a year in Gambia in 2024 and 1.4% a year in Senegal in 2025, by IMF estimates. In 2024 the value was higher in Gambia, by 10.8 percentage points, or 14 times that in Senegal.
GambiaSenegalIMF projection (World Economic Outlook, October 2026)

What the numbers say

  • Gambia has been higher since 2009, when it overtook Senegal.
  • The IMF projection (World Economic Outlook, October 2026) puts Gambia at 5% a year in 2031.

Every year

% a year · IMF

YearGambiaSenegal
20257.91.4
202411.60.8
2023175.9
202211.59.7
20217.42.2
20205.92.5
20197.11
20186.50.5
201782.2
20167.20.8
20156.80.1
20146.3-1.1
20135.20.7
20124.61.4
20114.83.4
201050
20094.6-1
20084.56.2
20075.45.5
20062.12.2
200551.6
200414.3-0
200317-0
20028.62.4
20014.53.1
20000.90.8
19993.80.8
19981.11
19972.81.8
19961.12.8
199578.1
19941.732.1
19936.5-0.7
19929.5-0
19918.6-1.8
199012.20.3
19898.30.4
198811.6-1.8
198723.7-4.1
198656.66.1
198518.313
198422.111.7
198310.611.7
19828.217.4
19817.95.8
198058.8
  • 12.3Projected
IMF projection (World Economic Outlook, October 2026) · 2026–2031
YearGambiaSenegal
20267–
20275.8–
20285.3–
20295–
20305–
20315–

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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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