Nigeria vs Uganda

Nigeria vs Uganda: Inflation

Inflation in 2025: 23% a year in Nigeria and 3.6% a year in Uganda, by IMF estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in Nigeria, by 19.4 percentage points, or 6.42 times that in Uganda.

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% a year · IMF

Nigeria vs Uganda: InflationInflation in 2025: 23% a year in Nigeria and 3.6% a year in Uganda, by IMF estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in Nigeria, by 19.4 percentage points, or 6.42 times that in Uganda.
NigeriaUgandaIMF projection (World Economic Outlook, October 2026)

What the numbers say

  • Nigeria has been higher since 2013, when it overtook Uganda.
  • In 2025, Nigeria ranked 10 and Uganda ranked 67 of 179 countries, counting from the highest.
  • The IMF projection (World Economic Outlook, October 2026) puts Nigeria at 10% a year and Uganda at 5% a year in 2031.

Every year

% a year · IMF

YearNigeriaUganda
2025233.6
202433.23.3
202324.75.4
202218.97.2
2021172.2
202013.32.8
201911.42.1
201812.12.5
201716.55.6
201615.75.2
201593.7
201484.3
20138.55.5
201212.214
201110.818.7
201013.74
200912.513
200811.612
20075.46.1
20068.27.2
200517.98.6
2004153.7
2003148.7
200212.9-0.3
200118.91.9
20006.93.4
19996.65.8
19987.95.8
199710.77.7
199629.37.5
1995–6.8
1994–5.9
1993–30
1992–42.3
1991–20.8
1990–45.4
1989–130.8
1988–166.7
1987–215.4
1986–143.8
1985–100
1984–16.7
1983–150
1982–100
1981–100
1980–99.2
IMF projection (World Economic Outlook, October 2026) · 2026–2031
YearNigeriaUganda
202615.64.2
202714.75.3
202813.34.6
202911.55
203010.55
2031105

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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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