Côte d’Ivoire vs South Africa: Inflation

Inflation: 3.4% a year in Côte d’Ivoire in 2024 and 3.2% a year in South Africa in 2025, by IMF estimates. In 2024 the value was higher in South Africa, by 1 percentage points, or 1.29 times that in Côte d’Ivoire.

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% a year · IMF

Côte d’IvoireSouth AfricaIMF projection (World Economic Outlook, October 2026)

What the numbers say

South Africa has been higher since 2006, when it overtook Côte d’Ivoire.
The IMF projection (World Economic Outlook, October 2026) puts Côte d’Ivoire at 2% a year and South Africa at 3% a year in 2031.

Every year

% a year · IMF

Year	Côte d’Ivoire	South Africa
2025	0.1	3.2
2024	3.4	4.4
2023	4.4	5.9
2022	5.2	6.9
2021	4.2	4.6
2020	2.3	3.3
2019	0.8	4.1
2018	0.6	4.6
2017	0.7	5.3
2016	0.8	6.3
2015	1.1	4.6
2014	0.5	6.1
2013	2.6	5.7
2012	1.3	5.7
2011	4.9	5
2010	1.8	4.2
2009	0.5	7.2
2008	1.7	10.9
2007	1.9	7.1
2006	2.5	4.7
2005	3.9	3.4
2004	1.5	1.4
2003	3.3	5.9
2002	3.1	9.1
2001	4.4	5.7
2000	2.5	5.3
1999	0.7	5.1
1998	4.5	7
1997	6.3	8.6
1996	2.7	7.4
1995	14.1	8.8
1994	26	8.9
1993	2.1	9.6
1992	4.2	14
1991	1.6	15.1
1990	-0.7	14.4
1989	1	14.8
1988	6.9	12.6
1987	7	16.4
1986	6.8	18.2
1985	1.8	16.5
1984	4.3	11.3
1983	5.9	12.7
1982	7.4	14
1981	8.7	15.9
1980	8.8	14.2

12.3Projected

IMF projection (World Economic Outlook, October 2026) · 2026–2031

Year	Côte d’Ivoire	South Africa
2026	2.2	4.4
2027	2.5	3.9
2028	1.6	3.3
2029	2	3
2030	2	3
2031	2	3

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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Deaths in conflictsCôte d’Ivoire: 0 deaths in 2022South Africa: 0 deaths in 2022