Japan vs Pakistan

Japan vs Pakistan: Inflation

Inflation in 2025: 3.2% a year in Japan and 4.5% a year in Pakistan, by IMF estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in Pakistan, by 1.3 percentage points, or 1.41 times that in Japan.

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% a year · IMF

Japan vs Pakistan: InflationInflation in 2025: 3.2% a year in Japan and 4.5% a year in Pakistan, by IMF estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in Pakistan, by 1.3 percentage points, or 1.41 times that in Japan.
JapanPakistanIMF projection (World Economic Outlook, October 2026)

What the numbers say

  • Pakistan has been higher in every year both have figures for since 1980.
  • In 2025, Japan ranked 80 and Pakistan ranked 42 of 179 countries, counting from the highest.
  • The IMF projection (World Economic Outlook, October 2026) puts Japan at 2% a year and Pakistan at 6.5% a year in 2031.

Every year

% a year · IMF

YearJapanPakistan
20253.24.5
20242.723.4
20233.329.2
20222.512.2
2021-0.28.9
2020-010.7
20190.56.8
201814.7
20170.54.8
2016-0.12.9
20150.84.5
20142.88.6
20130.37.4
2012-0.111
2011-0.313.7
2010-0.710.1
2009-1.319.6
20081.412
20070.17.8
20060.27.9
2005-0.29.3
2004-04.6
2003-0.33.1
2002-0.93.5
2001-0.74.4
2000-0.73.6
1999-0.35.7
19980.77.8
19971.711.8
19960.110.8
1995-0.113
19940.711.3
19931.39.8
19921.74.8
19913.312.6
19903.19.1
19892.37.9
19880.78.8
19870.14.7
19860.63.5
19852.15.6
19842.36.1
19831.96.4
19822.75.9
19814.912
19807.811.9
IMF projection (World Economic Outlook, October 2026) · 2026–2031
YearJapanPakistan
202627.1
20272.69.9
202827
202926.5
203026.5
203126.5

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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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