Myanmar (Burma) vs Papua New Guinea: Inflation

Inflation: 27.6% a year in Myanmar (Burma) in 2023 and 4.4% a year in Papua New Guinea in 2025, by IMF estimates. In 2023 the value was higher in Myanmar (Burma), by 25.3 percentage points, or 12 times that in Papua New Guinea.

Watch it change on the map

% a year · IMF

Myanmar (Burma)Papua New GuineaIMF projection (World Economic Outlook, October 2026)

What the numbers say

Myanmar (Burma) has been higher since 2021, when it overtook Papua New Guinea.
The IMF projection (World Economic Outlook, October 2026) puts Myanmar (Burma) at 7.8% a year and Papua New Guinea at 4.5% a year in 2031.

Every year

% a year · IMF

Year	Myanmar (Burma)	Papua New Guinea
2025	21.1	4.4
2024	29.6	0.6
2023	27.6	2.3
2022	27.2	5.3
2021	9.6	4.5
2020	2.3	4.9
2019	9.1	3.9
2018	7.3	4.4
2017	4	5.4
2016	6.8	6.7
2015	10	6
2014	5.7	5.2
2013	6.4	5
2012	0.4	4.5
2011	6.8	4.4
2010	5.9	5.1
2009	3.7	6.9
2008	20.9	10.8
2007	34.4	0.9
2006	16.6	2.4
2005	6.9	1.8
2004	8	2.2
2003	47.5	14.7
2002	21.9	11.8
2001	-19.8	9.3
2000	4.3	15.6
1999	26.8	14.9
1998	47.3	13.6
1997	–	3.9
1996	–	11.6
1995	–	17.3
1994	–	2.8
1993	–	5
1992	–	4.3
1991	–	7
1990	–	7
1989	–	4.5
1988	–	5.4
1987	–	3.3
1986	–	5.5
1985	–	3.7
1984	–	7.4
1983	–	7.9
1982	–	5.5
1981	–	8.1
1980	–	12.1

12.3Projected

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

Year	Myanmar (Burma)	Papua New Guinea
2026	20	4.8
2027	16	5.1
2028	10	4.5
2029	7.8	4.5
2030	7.8	4.5
2031	7.8	4.5

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.

How the layers work, where their data comes from and what they can’t tell you: Countries through time