Kenya vs Singapore

Kenya vs Singapore: Inflation

Inflation in 2025: 4.1% a year in Kenya and 0.9% a year in Singapore, by IMF estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in Kenya, by 3.2 percentage points, or 4.5 times that in Singapore.

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% a year · IMF

Kenya vs Singapore: InflationInflation in 2025: 4.1% a year in Kenya and 0.9% a year in Singapore, by IMF estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in Kenya, by 3.2 percentage points, or 4.5 times that in Singapore.
KenyaSingaporeIMF projection (World Economic Outlook, October 2026)

What the numbers say

  • Kenya has been higher since 1996, when it overtook Singapore.
  • In 2025, Kenya ranked 51 and Singapore ranked 149 of 179 countries, counting from the highest.
  • The IMF projection (World Economic Outlook, October 2026) puts Kenya at 5% a year and Singapore at 2% a year in 2031.

Every year

% a year · IMF

YearKenyaSingapore
20254.10.9
20244.52.4
20237.74.8
20227.66.1
20216.12.3
20205.3-0.2
20195.20.6
20184.70.4
201780.6
20166.3-0.5
20156.6-0.5
20146.91
20135.72.4
20129.44.6
2011145.3
20104.12.8
200910.50.6
200815.16.6
20074.32.1
200661
20059.90.5
200411.81.7
20039.80.5
20022-0.4
20015.71
2000101.3
19995.80
19985.4-0.3
199711.32
19966.81.4
19951.61.7
199428.83.1
1993462.3
199227.32.2
199120.13.4
199017.83.5
198913.82.3
198812.31.5
19878.60.5
19862.5-1.4
1985130.5
198410.32.6
198311.41
198220.73.9
198111.68.2
198013.98.5
IMF projection (World Economic Outlook, October 2026) · 2026–2031
YearKenyaSingapore
202662.3
202752.2
20285.32
20295.22
203052
203152

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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