Iraq vs Kuwait

Iraq vs Kuwait: Inflation

Inflation in 2025: 0.3% a year in Iraq and 2.4% a year in Kuwait, by IMF estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in Kuwait, by 2.1 percentage points, or 7.59 times that in Iraq.

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% a year · IMF

Iraq vs Kuwait: InflationInflation in 2025: 0.3% a year in Iraq and 2.4% a year in Kuwait, by IMF estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in Kuwait, by 2.1 percentage points, or 7.59 times that in Iraq.
IraqKuwaitIMF projection (World Economic Outlook, October 2026)

What the numbers say

  • Kuwait has been higher since 2024, when it overtook Iraq.
  • In 2025, Iraq ranked 161 and Kuwait ranked 106 of 179 countries, counting from the highest.
  • The IMF projection (World Economic Outlook, October 2026) puts Iraq at 3.8% a year and Kuwait at 1.9% a year in 2031.

Every year

% a year · IMF

YearIraqKuwait
20250.32.4
20242.62.9
20234.43.6
202254
202163.4
20200.62.1
2019-0.21.1
20180.40.6
20170.21.6
20160.52.9
20151.43.3
20142.22.9
20131.9–
20126.1–
20115.6–
20102.4–
2009-2.8–
20082.7–
200730.8–
200653.2–
200537–
IMF projection (World Economic Outlook, October 2026) · 2026–2031
YearIraqKuwait
20263.52.2
202732.4
20282.72.3
20293.22.1
20303.61.9
20313.81.9

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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