Ireland vs Nigeria

Ireland vs Nigeria: Inflation

Inflation in 2025: 2.1% a year in Ireland and 23% a year in Nigeria, by IMF estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in Nigeria, by 20.9 percentage points, or 11 times that in Ireland.

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% a year · IMF

Ireland vs Nigeria: InflationInflation in 2025: 2.1% a year in Ireland and 23% a year in Nigeria, by IMF estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in Nigeria, by 20.9 percentage points, or 11 times that in Ireland.
IrelandNigeriaIMF projection (World Economic Outlook, October 2026)

What the numbers say

  • Nigeria has been higher in every year both have figures for since 1996.
  • In 2025, Ireland ranked 116 and Nigeria ranked 10 of 179 countries, counting from the highest.
  • The IMF projection (World Economic Outlook, October 2026) puts Ireland at 2% a year and Nigeria at 10% a year in 2031.

Every year

% a year · IMF

YearIrelandNigeria
20252.123
20241.333.2
20235.224.7
20228.118.9
20212.417
2020-0.513.3
20190.911.4
20180.712.1
20170.316.5
2016-0.215.7
2015-09
20140.38
20130.58.5
20121.912.2
20111.210.8
2010-1.613.7
2009-1.712.5
20083.111.6
20072.95.4
20062.78.2
20052.217.9
20042.315
2003414
20024.712.9
2001418.9
20005.36.9
19992.46.6
19982.17.9
19971.310.7
19962.229.3
19952.5–
19942.4–
19931.4–
19923.2–
19913.1–
19903.4–
19894–
19882.2–
19873.2–
19863–
19855.5–
19848.6–
198310.4–
198217.2–
198120.2–
198018.3–
IMF projection (World Economic Outlook, October 2026) · 2026–2031
YearIrelandNigeria
20263.415.6
20272.814.7
20281.913.3
2029211.5
2030210.5
2031210

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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