Iran vs Japan

Iran vs Japan: Inflation

Inflation in 2025: 50.6% a year in Iran and 3.2% a year in Japan, by IMF estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in Iran, by 47.4 percentage points, or 16 times that in Japan.

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% a year · IMF

Iran vs Japan: InflationInflation in 2025: 50.6% a year in Iran and 3.2% a year in Japan, by IMF estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in Iran, by 47.4 percentage points, or 16 times that in Japan.
IranJapanIMF projection (World Economic Outlook, October 2026)

What the numbers say

  • Iran has been higher in every year both have figures for since 1980.
  • In 2025, Iran ranked 5 and Japan ranked 80 of 179 countries, counting from the highest.
  • The IMF projection (World Economic Outlook, October 2026) puts Iran at 25% a year and Japan at 2% a year in 2031.

Every year

% a year · IMF

YearIranJapan
202550.63.2
202432.52.7
202340.73.3
202245.82.5
202140.2-0.2
202036.5-0
201934.80.5
201826.91
20178.20.5
20166.8-0.1
201511.20.8
201414.52.8
201332.90.3
201229.3-0.1
201125.3-0.3
201012.3-0.7
200910.8-1.3
200825.31.4
200718.40.1
2006120.2
200510.3-0.2
200415.3-0
200315.6-0.3
200215.8-0.9
200111.5-0.7
200012.3-0.7
199920.2-0.3
199818.50.7
199716.51.7
199623.90.1
199549.3-0.1
199434.90.7
199322.51.3
199224.51.7
199120.23.3
199093.1
198917.42.3
198828.90.7
198727.70.1
198623.70.6
19854.42.1
198412.62.3
198319.71.9
198218.72.7
198124.24.9
198020.67.8
IMF projection (World Economic Outlook, October 2026) · 2026–2031
YearIranJapan
202678.62
202742.12.6
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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