Kuwait vs Saudi Arabia

Kuwait vs Saudi Arabia: Inflation

Inflation in 2025: 2.4% a year in Kuwait and 2% a year in Saudi Arabia, by IMF estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in Kuwait, by 0.3 percentage points, or 1.16 times that in Saudi Arabia.

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% a year · IMF

Kuwait vs Saudi Arabia: InflationInflation in 2025: 2.4% a year in Kuwait and 2% a year in Saudi Arabia, by IMF estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in Kuwait, by 0.3 percentage points, or 1.16 times that in Saudi Arabia.
KuwaitSaudi ArabiaIMF projection (World Economic Outlook, October 2026)

What the numbers say

  • Kuwait has been higher since 2021, when it overtook Saudi Arabia.
  • In 2025, Kuwait ranked 106 and Saudi Arabia ranked 118 of 179 countries, counting from the highest.
  • The IMF projection (World Economic Outlook, October 2026) puts Kuwait at 1.9% a year and Saudi Arabia at 2% a year in 2031.

Every year

% a year · IMF

YearKuwaitSaudi Arabia
20252.42
20242.91.5
20233.62.5
202242.5
20213.43.1
20202.13.2
20191.1-2
20180.62.5
20171.6-0.9
20162.92.9
20153.31.2
20142.91.8
2013–3.1
2012–2.9
2011–3.7
2010–3.7
2009–4.3
2008–6.1
2007–5
2006–1.9
2005–0.6
2004–0.3
2003–0.5
2002–0.1
2001–-1.1
2000–-1
1999–-2.1
1998–-0.4
1997–-0.2
1996–0.3
1995–5.1
1994–1.4
1993–1.2
1992–-1
1991–3.9
1990–-1.1
1989–1.2
1988–-0.4
1987–-2.4
1986–-3.1
1985–-2.3
1984–-0.7
1983–0.6
1982–1.9
1981–3.6
1980–4.4
IMF projection (World Economic Outlook, October 2026) · 2026–2031
YearKuwaitSaudi Arabia
20262.21.9
20272.42.2
20282.32
20292.12
20301.92
20311.92

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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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