Kazakhstan vs Romania
Kazakhstan vs Romania: Inflation
Inflation: 8.7% a year in Kazakhstan in 2024 and 7.3% a year in Romania in 2025, by IMF estimates. In 2024 the value was higher in Kazakhstan, by 3.1 percentage points, or 1.55 times that in Romania.
% a year · IMF
What the numbers say
- Kazakhstan has been higher since 2006, when it overtook Romania.
- The IMF projection (World Economic Outlook, October 2026) puts Kazakhstan at 5% a year and Romania at 2.3% a year in 2031.
Every year
% a year · IMF
| Year | Kazakhstan | Romania |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 11.4 | 7.3 |
| 2024 | 8.7 | 5.6 |
| 2023 | 14.5 | 10.4 |
| 2022 | 15 | 13.8 |
| 2021 | 8 | 5 |
| 2020 | 6.8 | 2.6 |
| 2019 | 5.3 | 3.8 |
| 2018 | 6 | 4.6 |
| 2017 | 7.5 | 1.3 |
| 2016 | 14.6 | -1.6 |
| 2015 | 6.8 | -0.6 |
| 2014 | 6.6 | 1.1 |
| 2013 | 5.8 | 4 |
| 2012 | 5.1 | 3.3 |
| 2011 | 8.4 | 5.8 |
| 2010 | 7.1 | 6.1 |
| 2009 | 7.3 | 5.6 |
| 2008 | 17.2 | 7.8 |
| 2007 | 10.8 | 4.8 |
| 2006 | 8.6 | 6.6 |
| 2005 | 7.4 | 9 |
| 2004 | 7 | 11.9 |
| 2003 | 6.4 | 15.4 |
| 2002 | 6 | 22.5 |
| 2001 | 8.4 | 34.5 |
| 2000 | 13.2 | 45.7 |
| 1999 | 8.3 | 45.8 |
| 1998 | 7.1 | 59.1 |
| 1997 | 17.4 | 154.8 |
| 1996 | 39.2 | 38.8 |
| 1995 | 176.4 | 32.3 |
| 1994 | 1,402 | 136.7 |
| 1993 | 1,662 | 256.1 |
| 1992 | – | 210.4 |
| 1991 | – | 161.1 |
| 1990 | – | 127.9 |
| 1989 | – | 0.9 |
| 1988 | – | 2.6 |
| 1987 | – | 1.1 |
| 1986 | – | 0.7 |
| 1985 | – | -0.2 |
| 1984 | – | -0.3 |
| 1983 | – | 4.7 |
| 1982 | – | 16.9 |
| 1981 | – | 2.2 |
| 1980 | – | 1.5 |
- 12.3Projected
IMF projection (World Economic Outlook, October 2026) · 2026–2031
| Year | Kazakhstan | Romania |
|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 10.3 | 8.2 |
| 2027 | 8.2 | 4.1 |
| 2028 | 7.1 | 4.3 |
| 2029 | 5.8 | 2.9 |
| 2030 | 5.1 | 2.6 |
| 2031 | 5 | 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.
How the layers work, where their data comes from and what they can’t tell you: Countries through time
Kazakhstan vs Romania
Health
- Life expectancyKazakhstan: 74.4 years in 2023Romania: 75.9 years in 2023
- Child mortalityKazakhstan: 0.9 per 100 live births in 2024Romania: 0.7 per 100 live births in 2024
- Infant mortalityKazakhstan: 8.1 per 1,000 live births in 2023Romania: 4.8 per 1,000 live births in 2023
- Safe drinking waterKazakhstan: 89.4% in 2021Romania: 82.1% in 2022
- DepressionKazakhstan: 3.51% in 2017Romania: 2.36% in 2017
- Suicide rateKazakhstan: 23 per 100,000 people in 2017Romania: 9.2 per 100,000 people in 2017
People
- PopulationKazakhstan: 20.3 million people in 2023Romania: 19.1 million people in 2023
- Population growthKazakhstan: 1.32% a year in 2023Romania: -0.53% a year in 2023
- Fertility rateKazakhstan: 3.01 births per woman in 2023Romania: 1.71 births per woman in 2023
- Urban populationKazakhstan: 62.4% in 2025Romania: 52.2% in 2025
- Median ageKazakhstan: 29.5 years in 2023Romania: 42.6 years in 2023
- People aged 65 and overKazakhstan: 8.3% in 2023Romania: 19.8% in 2023
- Net migration rateKazakhstan: -0.2 per 1,000 people in 2023Romania: -1.5 per 1,000 people in 2023
Economy
Education
Politics
Conflict
Military
- Military spendingKazakhstan: 0.43% of GDP in 2025Romania: 2.28% of GDP in 2025
- Military spending in US dollarsKazakhstan: $1.31B in 2025Romania: $8.81B in 2025
- Military spending per personKazakhstan: $63 in 2025Romania: $513 in 2025
- Military share of state spendingKazakhstan: 2.1% of government spending in 2025Romania: 5.6% of government spending in 2025
- Armed forces personnelKazakhstan: 71,000 people in 2020Romania: 128,000 people in 2020
- National powerKazakhstan: 0.27% of world capability in 2022Romania: 0.23% of world capability in 2022
- Armed forces, share of workersKazakhstan: 0.74% of the labour force in 2020Romania: 1.52% of the labour force in 2020
- Arms importsKazakhstan: 18 million TIV in 2025Romania: 421 million TIV in 2025
- Arms exportsKazakhstan: 6 million TIV in 2006Romania: 132 million TIV in 2025