Iran vs Israel

Iran vs Israel: Inflation

Inflation in 2025: 50.6% a year in Iran and 3% a year in Israel, by IMF estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in Iran, by 47.6 percentage points, or 17 times that in Israel.

% a year · IMF

Iran vs Israel: InflationInflation in 2025: 50.6% a year in Iran and 3% a year in Israel, by IMF estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in Iran, by 47.6 percentage points, or 17 times that in Israel.
IranIsraelIMF projection (World Economic Outlook, October 2026)

What the numbers say

  • Iran has been higher since 1991, when it overtook Israel.
  • In 2025, Iran ranked 5 and Israel ranked 85 of 179 countries, counting from the highest.
  • The IMF projection (World Economic Outlook, October 2026) puts Iran at 25% a year and Israel at 2% a year in 2031.

Every year

% a year · IMF

YearIranIsrael
202550.63
202432.53.1
202340.74.2
202245.84.4
202140.21.5
202036.5-0.6
201934.80.8
201826.90.8
20178.20.2
20166.8-0.5
201511.2-0.6
201414.50.5
201332.91.5
201229.31.7
201125.33.5
201012.32.7
200910.83.3
200825.34.6
200718.40.5
2006122.1
200510.31.3
200415.3-0.4
200315.60.7
200215.85.7
200111.51.1
200012.31.1
199920.25.2
199818.55.4
199716.59
199623.911.3
199549.310
199434.912.3
199322.510.9
199224.512
199120.219
1990917.2
198917.420.3
198828.916.2
198727.719.9
198623.748.2
19854.4304.6
198412.6373.8
198319.7145.6
198218.7120.4
198124.2116.8
198020.6316.6
IMF projection (World Economic Outlook, October 2026) · 2026–2031
YearIranIsrael
202678.61.8
202742.12
2028382
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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