Italy vs Pakistan

Italy vs Pakistan: Inflation

Inflation in 2025: 1.6% a year in Italy and 4.5% a year in Pakistan, by IMF estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in Pakistan, by 2.9 percentage points, or 2.75 times that in Italy.

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% a year · IMF

Italy vs Pakistan: InflationInflation in 2025: 1.6% a year in Italy and 4.5% a year in Pakistan, by IMF estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in Pakistan, by 2.9 percentage points, or 2.75 times that in Italy.
ItalyPakistanIMF projection (World Economic Outlook, October 2026)

What the numbers say

  • Pakistan has been higher since 1993, when it overtook Italy.
  • In 2025, Italy ranked 128 and Pakistan ranked 42 of 179 countries, counting from the highest.
  • The IMF projection (World Economic Outlook, October 2026) puts Italy at 2% a year and Pakistan at 6.5% a year in 2031.

Every year

% a year · IMF

YearItalyPakistan
20251.64.5
20241.123.4
20235.929.2
20228.712.2
202128.9
2020-0.210.7
20190.76.8
20181.24.7
20171.34.8
2016-0.12.9
20150.24.5
20140.28.6
20131.37.4
20123.311
20112.913.7
20101.610.1
20090.819.6
20083.512
200727.8
20062.27.9
20052.29.3
20042.34.6
20032.83.1
20022.63.5
20012.34.4
20002.63.6
19991.65.7
199827.8
19971.911.8
19963.910.8
19955.413
19944.211.3
19934.59.8
199254.8
19916.212.6
19906.49.1
19896.27.9
19885.18.8
19874.74.7
19865.83.5
198595.6
198410.76.1
198314.76.4
198216.55.9
198119.512
198021.811.9
IMF projection (World Economic Outlook, October 2026) · 2026–2031
YearItalyPakistan
20263.37.1
20272.89.9
20282.37
202926.5
203026.5
203126.5

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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