Japan vs Nigeria

Japan vs Nigeria: Inflation

Inflation in 2025: 3.2% a year in Japan and 23% a year in Nigeria, by IMF estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in Nigeria, by 19.8 percentage points, or 7.21 times that in Japan.

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% a year · IMF

Japan vs Nigeria: InflationInflation in 2025: 3.2% a year in Japan and 23% a year in Nigeria, by IMF estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in Nigeria, by 19.8 percentage points, or 7.21 times that in Japan.
JapanNigeriaIMF 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, Japan ranked 80 and Nigeria ranked 10 of 179 countries, counting from the highest.
  • The IMF projection (World Economic Outlook, October 2026) puts Japan at 2% a year and Nigeria at 10% a year in 2031.

Every year

% a year · IMF

YearJapanNigeria
20253.223
20242.733.2
20233.324.7
20222.518.9
2021-0.217
2020-013.3
20190.511.4
2018112.1
20170.516.5
2016-0.115.7
20150.89
20142.88
20130.38.5
2012-0.112.2
2011-0.310.8
2010-0.713.7
2009-1.312.5
20081.411.6
20070.15.4
20060.28.2
2005-0.217.9
2004-015
2003-0.314
2002-0.912.9
2001-0.718.9
2000-0.76.9
1999-0.36.6
19980.77.9
19971.710.7
19960.129.3
1995-0.1–
19940.7–
19931.3–
19921.7–
19913.3–
19903.1–
19892.3–
19880.7–
19870.1–
19860.6–
19852.1–
19842.3–
19831.9–
19822.7–
19814.9–
19807.8–
IMF projection (World Economic Outlook, October 2026) · 2026–2031
YearJapanNigeria
2026215.6
20272.614.7
2028213.3
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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