Japan vs Russia

Japan vs Russia: Inflation

Inflation in 2025: 3.2% a year in Japan and 8.7% a year in Russia, by IMF estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in Russia, by 5.5 percentage points, or 2.72 times that in Japan.

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% a year · IMF

Japan vs Russia: InflationInflation in 2025: 3.2% a year in Japan and 8.7% a year in Russia, by IMF estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in Russia, by 5.5 percentage points, or 2.72 times that in Japan.
JapanRussiaIMF projection (World Economic Outlook, October 2026)

What the numbers say

  • Russia has been higher in every year both have figures for since 1991.
  • In 2025, Japan ranked 80 and Russia ranked 22 of 179 countries, counting from the highest.
  • The IMF projection (World Economic Outlook, October 2026) puts Japan at 2% a year and Russia at 4% a year in 2031.

Every year

% a year · IMF

YearJapanRussia
20253.28.7
20242.78.4
20233.35.9
20222.513.8
2021-0.26.7
2020-03.4
20190.54.5
201812.9
20170.53.7
2016-0.17
20150.815.5
20142.87.8
20130.36.8
2012-0.15.1
2011-0.38.4
2010-0.76.8
2009-1.311.7
20081.414.1
20070.19
20060.29.7
2005-0.212.7
2004-010.9
2003-0.313.7
2002-0.915.8
2001-0.721.5
2000-0.720.8
1999-0.385.8
19980.727.7
19971.714.8
19960.147.8
1995-0.1197.3
19940.7307.5
19931.3874.3
19921.71,569
19913.3135.6
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
YearJapanRussia
202626.1
20272.64.8
202824
202924
203024
203124

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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