Nigeria vs Vietnam

Nigeria vs Vietnam: Inflation

Inflation in 2025: 23% a year in Nigeria and 3.3% a year in Vietnam, by IMF estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in Nigeria, by 19.7 percentage points, or 6.95 times that in Vietnam.

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% a year · IMF

Nigeria vs Vietnam: InflationInflation in 2025: 23% a year in Nigeria and 3.3% a year in Vietnam, by IMF estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in Nigeria, by 19.7 percentage points, or 6.95 times that in Vietnam.
NigeriaVietnamIMF projection (World Economic Outlook, October 2026)

What the numbers say

  • Nigeria has been higher since 2012, when it overtook Vietnam.
  • In 2025, Nigeria ranked 10 and Vietnam ranked 77 of 179 countries, counting from the highest.
  • The IMF projection (World Economic Outlook, October 2026) puts Nigeria at 10% a year and Vietnam at 3.8% a year in 2031.

Every year

% a year · IMF

YearNigeriaVietnam
2025233.3
202433.23.6
202324.73.3
202218.93.2
2021171.8
202013.33.2
201911.42.8
201812.13.5
201716.53.5
201615.72.7
201590.6
201484.1
20138.56.6
201212.29.1
201110.818.7
201013.710.5
200912.56.7
200811.623.1
20075.48.3
20068.27.5
200517.98.4
2004157.9
2003143.3
200212.94.1
200118.9-0.3
20006.9-1.8
19996.64.1
19987.97.2
199710.73.1
199629.35.6
1995–16.9
1994–10.4
1993–8.4
1992–37.7
1991–81.8
1990–36
1989–95.8
1988–374.4
1987–360.4
1986–453.5
1985–91.6
1984–64.9
1983–49.5
1982–95.4
1981–69.6
1980–25.2
IMF projection (World Economic Outlook, October 2026) · 2026–2031
YearNigeriaVietnam
202615.64.7
202714.74.9
202813.34.7
202911.54.6
203010.54.2
2031103.8

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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