Malawi vs Uganda

Malawi vs Uganda: Inflation

Inflation in 2025: 28.4% a year in Malawi and 3.6% a year in Uganda, by IMF estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in Malawi, by 24.8 percentage points, or 7.92 times that in Uganda.

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% a year · IMF

Malawi vs Uganda: InflationInflation in 2025: 28.4% a year in Malawi and 3.6% a year in Uganda, by IMF estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in Malawi, by 24.8 percentage points, or 7.92 times that in Uganda.
MalawiUgandaIMF projection (World Economic Outlook, October 2026)

What the numbers say

  • Malawi has been higher since 2012, when it overtook Uganda.
  • In 2025, Malawi ranked 9 and Uganda ranked 67 of 179 countries, counting from the highest.
  • The IMF projection (World Economic Outlook, October 2026) puts Malawi at 13% a year and Uganda at 5% a year in 2031.

Every year

% a year · IMF

YearMalawiUganda
202528.43.6
202432.23.3
202328.85.4
202220.87.2
20219.32.2
20208.62.8
20199.42.1
20189.22.5
201711.55.6
201621.75.2
201521.93.7
201423.84.3
201328.35.5
201221.314
20117.618.7
20107.44
20098.413
20088.712
20077.96.1
200613.97.2
200515.58.6
200411.43.7
20039.68.7
200214.7-0.3
200122.71.9
200029.63.4
199944.85.8
199829.85.8
19979.17.7
199637.77.5
199583.26.8
199434.75.9
199322.830
199223.242.3
19918.220.8
199011.945.4
198912.5130.8
198833.8166.7
198725.1215.4
198614.2143.8
198510.6100
198419.816.7
198313.8150
19829.5100
198112100
198019.299.2
IMF projection (World Economic Outlook, October 2026) · 2026–2031
YearMalawiUganda
202621.94.2
2027255.3
202820.64.6
202917.35
203015.75
2031135

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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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