Iran vs Pakistan

Iran vs Pakistan: Inflation

Inflation in 2025: 50.6% a year in Iran and 4.5% a year in Pakistan, by IMF estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in Iran, by 46.1 percentage points, or 11 times that in Pakistan.

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% a year · IMF

Iran vs Pakistan: InflationInflation in 2025: 50.6% a year in Iran and 4.5% a year in Pakistan, by IMF estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in Iran, by 46.1 percentage points, or 11 times that in Pakistan.
IranPakistanIMF projection (World Economic Outlook, October 2026)

What the numbers say

  • Iran has been higher since 2010, when it overtook Pakistan.
  • In 2025, Iran ranked 5 and Pakistan ranked 42 of 179 countries, counting from the highest.
  • The IMF projection (World Economic Outlook, October 2026) puts Iran at 25% a year and Pakistan at 6.5% a year in 2031.

Every year

% a year · IMF

YearIranPakistan
202550.64.5
202432.523.4
202340.729.2
202245.812.2
202140.28.9
202036.510.7
201934.86.8
201826.94.7
20178.24.8
20166.82.9
201511.24.5
201414.58.6
201332.97.4
201229.311
201125.313.7
201012.310.1
200910.819.6
200825.312
200718.47.8
2006127.9
200510.39.3
200415.34.6
200315.63.1
200215.83.5
200111.54.4
200012.33.6
199920.25.7
199818.57.8
199716.511.8
199623.910.8
199549.313
199434.911.3
199322.59.8
199224.54.8
199120.212.6
199099.1
198917.47.9
198828.98.8
198727.74.7
198623.73.5
19854.45.6
198412.66.1
198319.76.4
198218.75.9
198124.212
198020.611.9
IMF projection (World Economic Outlook, October 2026) · 2026–2031
YearIranPakistan
202678.67.1
202742.19.9
2028387
202930.36.5
2030256.5
2031256.5

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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