Nigeria vs Saudi Arabia

Nigeria vs Saudi Arabia: Inflation

Inflation in 2025: 23% a year in Nigeria and 2% a year in Saudi Arabia, by IMF estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in Nigeria, by 21 percentage points, or 11 times that in Saudi Arabia.

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% a year · IMF

Nigeria vs Saudi Arabia: InflationInflation in 2025: 23% a year in Nigeria and 2% a year in Saudi Arabia, by IMF estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in Nigeria, by 21 percentage points, or 11 times that in Saudi Arabia.
NigeriaSaudi ArabiaIMF projection (World Economic Outlook, October 2026)

What the numbers say

  • Nigeria has been higher in every year both have figures for since 1996.
  • In 2025, Nigeria ranked 10 and Saudi Arabia ranked 118 of 179 countries, counting from the highest.
  • The IMF projection (World Economic Outlook, October 2026) puts Nigeria at 10% a year and Saudi Arabia at 2% a year in 2031.

Every year

% a year · IMF

YearNigeriaSaudi Arabia
2025232
202433.21.5
202324.72.5
202218.92.5
2021173.1
202013.33.2
201911.4-2
201812.12.5
201716.5-0.9
201615.72.9
201591.2
201481.8
20138.53.1
201212.22.9
201110.83.7
201013.73.7
200912.54.3
200811.66.1
20075.45
20068.21.9
200517.90.6
2004150.3
2003140.5
200212.90.1
200118.9-1.1
20006.9-1
19996.6-2.1
19987.9-0.4
199710.7-0.2
199629.30.3
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
YearNigeriaSaudi Arabia
202615.61.9
202714.72.2
202813.32
202911.52
203010.52
2031102

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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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