Iran vs Ireland

Iran vs Ireland: Inflation

Inflation in 2025: 50.6% a year in Iran and 2.1% a year in Ireland, by IMF estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in Iran, by 48.5 percentage points, or 25 times that in Ireland.

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% a year · IMF

Iran vs Ireland: InflationInflation in 2025: 50.6% a year in Iran and 2.1% a year in Ireland, by IMF estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in Iran, by 48.5 percentage points, or 25 times that in Ireland.
IranIrelandIMF projection (World Economic Outlook, October 2026)

What the numbers say

  • Iran has been higher since 1986, when it overtook Ireland.
  • In 2025, Iran ranked 5 and Ireland ranked 116 of 179 countries, counting from the highest.
  • The IMF projection (World Economic Outlook, October 2026) puts Iran at 25% a year and Ireland at 2% a year in 2031.

Every year

% a year · IMF

YearIranIreland
202550.62.1
202432.51.3
202340.75.2
202245.88.1
202140.22.4
202036.5-0.5
201934.80.9
201826.90.7
20178.20.3
20166.8-0.2
201511.2-0
201414.50.3
201332.90.5
201229.31.9
201125.31.2
201012.3-1.6
200910.8-1.7
200825.33.1
200718.42.9
2006122.7
200510.32.2
200415.32.3
200315.64
200215.84.7
200111.54
200012.35.3
199920.22.4
199818.52.1
199716.51.3
199623.92.2
199549.32.5
199434.92.4
199322.51.4
199224.53.2
199120.23.1
199093.4
198917.44
198828.92.2
198727.73.2
198623.73
19854.45.5
198412.68.6
198319.710.4
198218.717.2
198124.220.2
198020.618.3
IMF projection (World Economic Outlook, October 2026) · 2026–2031
YearIranIreland
202678.63.4
202742.12.8
2028381.9
202930.32
2030252
2031252

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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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