Japan vs Switzerland: Inflation

Inflation in 2025: 3.2% a year in Japan and 0.2% a year in Switzerland, by IMF estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in Japan, by 3 percentage points, or 21 times that in Switzerland.

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% a year · IMF

JapanSwitzerlandIMF projection (World Economic Outlook, October 2026)

What the numbers say

Japan has been higher since 2023, when it overtook Switzerland.
The IMF projection (World Economic Outlook, October 2026) puts Japan at 2% a year and Switzerland at 0.7% a year in 2031.

Every year

% a year · IMF

Year	Japan	Switzerland
2025	3.2	0.2
2024	2.7	1.1
2023	3.3	2.1
2022	2.5	2.8
2021	-0.2	0.6
2020	-0	-0.7
2019	0.5	0.4
2018	1	0.9
2017	0.5	0.5
2016	-0.1	-0.4
2015	0.8	-1.1
2014	2.8	-0
2013	0.3	-0.2
2012	-0.1	-0.7
2011	-0.3	0.2
2010	-0.7	0.7
2009	-1.3	-0.5
2008	1.4	2.4
2007	0.1	0.7
2006	0.2	1.1
2005	-0.2	1.2
2004	-0	0.8
2003	-0.3	0.6
2002	-0.9	0.6
2001	-0.7	1
2000	-0.7	1.6
1999	-0.3	0.8
1998	0.7	0
1997	1.7	0.5
1996	0.1	0.8
1995	-0.1	1.8
1994	0.7	0.9
1993	1.3	3.3
1992	1.7	4
1991	3.3	5.9
1990	3.1	5.4
1989	2.3	3.2
1988	0.7	1.9
1987	0.1	1.4
1986	0.6	0.7
1985	2.1	3.4
1984	2.3	2.9
1983	1.9	2.9
1982	2.7	5.7
1981	4.9	6.5
1980	7.8	4

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

Year	Japan	Switzerland
2026	2	0.7
2027	2.6	0.8
2028	2	0.8
2029	2	0.7
2030	2	0.7
2031	2	0.7

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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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