Ireland vs Poland

Ireland vs Poland: Inflation

Inflation in 2025: 2.1% a year in Ireland and 3.6% a year in Poland, by IMF estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in Poland, by 1.5 percentage points, or 1.74 times that in Ireland.

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% a year · IMF

Ireland vs Poland: InflationInflation in 2025: 2.1% a year in Ireland and 3.6% a year in Poland, by IMF estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in Poland, by 1.5 percentage points, or 1.74 times that in Ireland.
IrelandPolandIMF projection (World Economic Outlook, October 2026)

What the numbers say

  • Poland has been higher since 2017, when it overtook Ireland.
  • In 2025, Ireland ranked 116 and Poland ranked 65 of 179 countries, counting from the highest.
  • The IMF projection (World Economic Outlook, October 2026) puts Ireland at 2% a year and Poland at 2.5% a year in 2031.

Every year

% a year · IMF

YearIrelandPoland
20252.13.6
20241.33.6
20235.211.4
20228.114.4
20212.45.1
2020-0.53.4
20190.92.3
20180.71.6
20170.32
2016-0.2-0.6
2015-0-0.9
20140.3–
20130.50.9
20121.93.7
20111.24.3
2010-1.62.6
2009-1.73.5
20083.14.2
20072.92.5
20062.71
20052.22.1
20042.33.5
200340.8
20024.71.9
200145.5
20005.310.1
19992.47.3
19982.111.8
19971.314.9
19962.219.9
19952.527.9
19942.432.2
19931.435.3
19923.243
19913.170.3
19903.4585.8
19894251.1
19882.260.2
19873.225.2
1986317.8
19855.515.1
19848.675.7
198310.422.1
198217.2100.8
198120.221.2
198018.39.4
IMF projection (World Economic Outlook, October 2026) · 2026–2031
YearIrelandPoland
20263.43.2
20272.82.8
20281.93.9
202922.7
203022.5
203122.5

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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