Malaysia vs Vietnam

Malaysia vs Vietnam: Inflation

Inflation in 2025: 1.4% a year in Malaysia and 3.3% a year in Vietnam, by IMF estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in Vietnam, by 1.9 percentage points, or 2.4 times that in Malaysia.

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% a year · IMF

Malaysia vs Vietnam: InflationInflation in 2025: 1.4% a year in Malaysia and 3.3% a year in Vietnam, by IMF estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in Vietnam, by 1.9 percentage points, or 2.4 times that in Malaysia.
MalaysiaVietnamIMF projection (World Economic Outlook, October 2026)

What the numbers say

  • Vietnam has been higher since 2023, when it overtook Malaysia.
  • In 2025, Malaysia ranked 136 and Vietnam ranked 77 of 179 countries, counting from the highest.
  • The IMF projection (World Economic Outlook, October 2026) puts Malaysia at 2% a year and Vietnam at 3.8% a year in 2031.

Every year

% a year · IMF

YearMalaysiaVietnam
20251.43.3
20241.83.6
20232.53.3
20223.43.2
20212.51.8
2020-1.13.2
20190.72.8
201813.5
20173.83.5
20162.12.7
20152.10.6
20143.14.1
20132.16.6
20121.79.1
20113.218.7
20101.710.5
20090.66.7
20085.423.1
200728.3
20063.67.5
200538.4
20041.47.9
20031.13.3
20021.84.1
20011.4-0.3
20001.6-1.8
19992.74.1
19985.37.2
19972.73.1
19963.55.6
19953.516.9
19943.710.4
19933.58.4
19924.837.7
19914.381.8
1990336
19892.695.8
19880.3374.4
19870.7360.4
19860.4453.5
19852.691.6
19843.964.9
19833.749.5
19825.895.4
19819.769.6
19806.725.2
IMF projection (World Economic Outlook, October 2026) · 2026–2031
YearMalaysiaVietnam
20262.24.7
20271.94.9
202824.7
202924.6
203024.2
203123.8

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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