Malawi vs Mozambique

Malawi vs Mozambique: Inflation

Inflation in 2025: 28.4% a year in Malawi and 4.4% a year in Mozambique, by IMF estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in Malawi, by 24 percentage points, or 6.5 times that in Mozambique.

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% a year · IMF

Malawi vs Mozambique: InflationInflation in 2025: 28.4% a year in Malawi and 4.4% a year in Mozambique, by IMF estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in Malawi, by 24 percentage points, or 6.5 times that in Mozambique.
MalawiMozambiqueIMF projection (World Economic Outlook, October 2026)

What the numbers say

  • Malawi has been higher since 2018, when it overtook Mozambique.
  • In 2025, Malawi ranked 9 and Mozambique ranked 46 of 179 countries, counting from the highest.
  • The IMF projection (World Economic Outlook, October 2026) puts Malawi at 13% a year and Mozambique at 5% a year in 2031.

Every year

% a year · IMF

YearMalawiMozambique
202528.44.4
202432.23.2
202328.87
202220.810.4
20219.36.6
20208.60.9
20199.45.7
20189.23.2
201711.515.8
201621.718.4
201521.93.6
201423.82.6
201328.34.3
201221.32.6
20117.611.2
20107.412.4
20098.43.8
20088.714.5
20077.910.4
200613.913.2
200515.56.4
200411.412.6
20039.613.5
200214.716.8
200122.79.1
200029.612.7
199944.82.9
199829.81.5
19979.17.4
199637.748.5
199583.247.7
199434.763.1
199322.842.3
199223.245.1
19918.233.3
199011.943.7
198912.542.1
198833.858.5
198725.1164.1
198614.240.5
198510.630.8
198419.830
198313.828.2
19829.517.7
1981124.2
198019.22
IMF projection (World Economic Outlook, October 2026) · 2026–2031
YearMalawiMozambique
202621.95.6
2027256.8
202820.65.3
202917.35
203015.75
2031135

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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