Italy vs Poland

Italy vs Poland: Inflation

Inflation in 2025: 1.6% a year in Italy and 3.6% a year in Poland, by IMF estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in Poland, by 2 percentage points, or 2.2 times that in Italy.

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% a year · IMF

Italy vs Poland: InflationInflation in 2025: 1.6% a year in Italy and 3.6% a year in Poland, by IMF estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in Poland, by 2 percentage points, or 2.2 times that in Italy.
ItalyPolandIMF projection (World Economic Outlook, October 2026)

What the numbers say

  • Poland has been higher since 2017, when it overtook Italy.
  • In 2025, Italy ranked 128 and Poland ranked 65 of 179 countries, counting from the highest.
  • The IMF projection (World Economic Outlook, October 2026) puts Italy at 2% a year and Poland at 2.5% a year in 2031.

Every year

% a year · IMF

YearItalyPoland
20251.63.6
20241.13.6
20235.911.4
20228.714.4
202125.1
2020-0.23.4
20190.72.3
20181.21.6
20171.32
2016-0.1-0.6
20150.2-0.9
20140.2–
20131.30.9
20123.33.7
20112.94.3
20101.62.6
20090.83.5
20083.54.2
200722.5
20062.21
20052.22.1
20042.33.5
20032.80.8
20022.61.9
20012.35.5
20002.610.1
19991.67.3
1998211.8
19971.914.9
19963.919.9
19955.427.9
19944.232.2
19934.535.3
1992543
19916.270.3
19906.4585.8
19896.2251.1
19885.160.2
19874.725.2
19865.817.8
1985915.1
198410.775.7
198314.722.1
198216.5100.8
198119.521.2
198021.89.4
IMF projection (World Economic Outlook, October 2026) · 2026–2031
YearItalyPoland
20263.33.2
20272.82.8
20282.33.9
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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