Kenya vs Switzerland: Inflation

Inflation in 2025: 4.1% a year in Kenya and 0.2% a year in Switzerland, by IMF estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in Kenya, by 3.9 percentage points, or 27 times that in Switzerland.

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% a year · IMF

KenyaSwitzerlandIMF projection (World Economic Outlook, October 2026)

What the numbers say

Kenya has been higher since 1996, when it overtook Switzerland.
The IMF projection (World Economic Outlook, October 2026) puts Kenya at 5% a year and Switzerland at 0.7% a year in 2031.

Every year

% a year · IMF

Year	Kenya	Switzerland
2025	4.1	0.2
2024	4.5	1.1
2023	7.7	2.1
2022	7.6	2.8
2021	6.1	0.6
2020	5.3	-0.7
2019	5.2	0.4
2018	4.7	0.9
2017	8	0.5
2016	6.3	-0.4
2015	6.6	-1.1
2014	6.9	-0
2013	5.7	-0.2
2012	9.4	-0.7
2011	14	0.2
2010	4.1	0.7
2009	10.5	-0.5
2008	15.1	2.4
2007	4.3	0.7
2006	6	1.1
2005	9.9	1.2
2004	11.8	0.8
2003	9.8	0.6
2002	2	0.6
2001	5.7	1
2000	10	1.6
1999	5.8	0.8
1998	5.4	0
1997	11.3	0.5
1996	6.8	0.8
1995	1.6	1.8
1994	28.8	0.9
1993	46	3.3
1992	27.3	4
1991	20.1	5.9
1990	17.8	5.4
1989	13.8	3.2
1988	12.3	1.9
1987	8.6	1.4
1986	2.5	0.7
1985	13	3.4
1984	10.3	2.9
1983	11.4	2.9
1982	20.7	5.7
1981	11.6	6.5
1980	13.9	4

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

Year	Kenya	Switzerland
2026	6	0.7
2027	5	0.8
2028	5.3	0.8
2029	5.2	0.7
2030	5	0.7
2031	5	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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