Nigeria vs Spain

Nigeria vs Spain: Inflation

Inflation in 2025: 23% a year in Nigeria and 2.7% a year in Spain, by IMF estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in Nigeria, by 20.3 percentage points, or 8.55 times that in Spain.

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% a year · IMF

Nigeria vs Spain: InflationInflation in 2025: 23% a year in Nigeria and 2.7% a year in Spain, by IMF estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in Nigeria, by 20.3 percentage points, or 8.55 times that in Spain.
NigeriaSpainIMF 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 Spain ranked 94 of 179 countries, counting from the highest.
  • The IMF projection (World Economic Outlook, October 2026) puts Nigeria at 10% a year and Spain at 2% a year in 2031.

Every year

% a year · IMF

YearNigeriaSpain
2025232.7
202433.22.9
202324.73.4
202218.98.3
2021173
202013.3-0.3
201911.40.8
201812.11.7
201716.52
201615.7-0.3
20159-0.6
20148-0.2
20138.51.5
201212.22.4
201110.83.1
201013.72
200912.5-0.2
200811.64.1
20075.42.8
20068.23.6
200517.93.4
2004153.1
2003143.1
200212.93.6
200118.92.8
20006.93.5
19996.62.2
19987.91.8
199710.71.9
199629.33.6
1995–4.7
1994–4.7
1993–4.6
1992–7.1
1991–5.9
1990–6.7
1989–6.8
1988–4.8
1987–5.2
1986–8.8
1985–8.8
1984–11.3
1983–12.2
1982–14.4
1981–14.6
1980–15.6
IMF projection (World Economic Outlook, October 2026) · 2026–2031
YearNigeriaSpain
202615.63.7
202714.72.7
202813.32.5
202911.52
203010.52
2031102

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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