Greece vs Romania

Greece vs Romania: Inflation

Inflation in 2025: 2.9% a year in Greece and 7.3% a year in Romania, by IMF estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in Romania, by 4.4 percentage points, or 2.54 times that in Greece.

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% a year · IMF

Greece vs Romania: InflationInflation in 2025: 2.9% a year in Greece and 7.3% a year in Romania, by IMF estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in Romania, by 4.4 percentage points, or 2.54 times that in Greece.
GreeceRomaniaIMF projection (World Economic Outlook, October 2026)

What the numbers say

  • Romania has been higher since 2017, when it overtook Greece.
  • In 2025, Greece ranked 89 and Romania ranked 31 of 179 countries, counting from the highest.
  • The IMF projection (World Economic Outlook, October 2026) puts Greece at 2.1% a year and Romania at 2.3% a year in 2031.

Every year

% a year · IMF

YearGreeceRomania
20252.97.3
202435.6
20234.210.4
20229.313.8
20210.65
2020-1.32.6
20190.53.8
20180.84.6
20171.11.3
20160-1.6
2015-1.1-0.6
2014-1.41.1
2013-0.94
201213.3
20113.15.8
20104.76.1
20091.35.6
20084.27.8
200734.8
20063.36.6
20053.59
2004311.9
20033.515.4
20023.922.5
20013.634.5
20002.945.7
19992.145.8
19984.559.1
19975.4154.8
19967.938.8
19958.832.3
199410.9136.7
199314.4256.1
199215.9210.4
199119.5161.1
199020.4127.9
198913.70.9
198813.52.6
198716.41.1
1986230.7
198519.3-0.2
198418.5-0.3
198320.24.7
198221.116.9
198124.52.2
198024.91.5
IMF projection (World Economic Outlook, October 2026) · 2026–2031
YearGreeceRomania
20264.28.2
20273.64.1
20282.24.3
20292.12.9
20302.12.6
20312.12.3

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.
  • Ranks count the 179 countries with a value in 2025, highest first.

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