Kazakhstan vs Sweden: Inflation

Inflation: 8.7% a year in Kazakhstan in 2024 and 2.6% a year in Sweden in 2025, by IMF estimates. In 2024 the value was higher in Kazakhstan, by 6.7 percentage points, or 4.32 times that in Sweden.

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% a year · IMF

KazakhstanSwedenIMF projection (World Economic Outlook, October 2026)

What the numbers say

Kazakhstan has been higher in every year both have figures for since 1993.
The IMF projection (World Economic Outlook, October 2026) puts Kazakhstan at 5% a year and Sweden at 2% a year in 2031.

Every year

% a year · IMF

Year	Kazakhstan	Sweden
2025	11.4	2.6
2024	8.7	2
2023	14.5	5.9
2022	15	8.1
2021	8	2.7
2020	6.8	0.7
2019	5.3	1.7
2018	6	2
2017	7.5	1.9
2016	14.6	1.1
2015	6.8	0.7
2014	6.6	0.2
2013	5.8	0.4
2012	5.1	0.9
2011	8.4	1.4
2010	7.1	1.9
2009	7.3	1.9
2008	17.2	3.3
2007	10.8	1.7
2006	8.6	1.5
2005	7.4	0.8
2004	7	1
2003	6.4	2.3
2002	6	1.9
2001	8.4	2.7
2000	13.2	1.3
1999	8.3	0.6
1998	7.1	1
1997	17.4	1.8
1996	39.2	1
1995	176.4	2.5
1994	1,402	2.9
1993	1,662	4.7
1992	–	1.4
1991	–	8.8
1990	–	10.5
1989	–	6.4
1988	–	5.8
1987	–	4.2
1986	–	4.2
1985	–	7.4
1984	–	8
1983	–	8.9
1982	–	8.6
1981	–	12.1
1980	–	17.5

12.3Projected

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

Year	Kazakhstan	Sweden
2026	10.3	1.1
2027	8.2	1.9
2028	7.1	2.7
2029	5.8	2
2030	5.1	2
2031	5	2

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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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