Germany vs Japan

Germany vs Japan: Inflation

Inflation in 2025: 2.3% a year in Germany and 3.2% a year in Japan, by IMF estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in Japan, by 0.9 percentage points, or 1.41 times that in Germany.

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% a year · IMF

Germany vs Japan: InflationInflation in 2025: 2.3% a year in Germany and 3.2% a year in Japan, by IMF estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in Japan, by 0.9 percentage points, or 1.41 times that in Germany.
GermanyJapanIMF projection (World Economic Outlook, October 2026)

What the numbers say

  • Japan has been higher since 2024, when it overtook Germany.
  • In 2025, Germany ranked 109 and Japan ranked 80 of 179 countries, counting from the highest.
  • The IMF projection (World Economic Outlook, October 2026) puts Germany at 2.1% a year and Japan at 2% a year in 2031.

Every year

% a year · IMF

YearGermanyJapan
20252.33.2
20242.52.7
202363.3
20228.72.5
20213.2-0.2
20200.4-0
20191.40.5
20181.91
20171.70.5
20160.4-0.1
20150.70.8
20140.82.8
20131.60.3
20122.1-0.1
20112.5-0.3
20101.1-0.7
20090.2-1.3
20082.81.4
20072.30.1
20061.80.2
20052-0.2
20041.8-0
20031.1-0.3
20021.3-0.9
20011.9-0.7
20001.4-0.7
19990.6-0.3
19980.60.7
19971.51.7
19961.30.1
19951.7-0.1
19942.70.7
19934.51.3
199251.7
19913.53.3
19902.73.1
19892.82.3
19881.30.7
19870.20.1
1986-0.10.6
19852.12.1
19842.42.3
19833.31.9
19825.32.7
19816.34.9
19805.47.8
IMF projection (World Economic Outlook, October 2026) · 2026–2031
YearGermanyJapan
20262.72
20273.12.6
202822
20292.12
20302.12
20312.12

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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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