Iran vs Syria

Iran vs Syria: Inflation

Inflation: 50.6% a year in Iran in 2025 and 4.4% a year in Syria in 2010, by IMF estimates. In 2010 the value was higher in Iran, by 7.9 percentage points, or 2.8 times that in Syria.

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% a year · IMF

Iran vs Syria: InflationInflation: 50.6% a year in Iran in 2025 and 4.4% a year in Syria in 2010, by IMF estimates. In 2010 the value was higher in Iran, by 7.9 percentage points, or 2.8 times that in Syria.
IranSyriaIMF projection (World Economic Outlook, October 2026)

What the numbers say

  • Iran has been higher since 1991, when it overtook Syria.
  • The IMF projection (World Economic Outlook, October 2026) puts Iran at 25% a year in 2031.

Every year

% a year · IMF

YearIranSyria
202550.6–
202432.5–
202340.7–
202245.8–
202140.2–
202036.5–
201934.8–
201826.9–
20178.2–
20166.8–
201511.2–
201414.5–
201332.9–
201229.3–
201125.3–
201012.34.4
200910.82.8
200825.315.2
200718.44.7
20061210.4
200510.37.2
200415.34.4
200315.65.8
200215.8-0.5
200111.53.4
200012.3-3.9
199920.2-3.7
199818.5-1
199716.51.9
199623.98.9
199549.37.7
199434.915.3
199322.513.2
199224.511.1
199120.29
1990911.1
198917.415.4
198828.930
198727.771.4
198623.736.2
19854.416.8
198412.69.5
198319.76
198218.714.3
198124.218.4
198020.619.3
IMF projection (World Economic Outlook, October 2026) · 2026–2031
YearIranSyria
202678.6–
202742.1–
202838–
202930.3–
203025–
203125–

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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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