Pakistan vs Vietnam

Pakistan vs Vietnam: Inflation

Inflation in 2025: 4.5% a year in Pakistan and 3.3% a year in Vietnam, by IMF estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in Pakistan, by 1.2 percentage points, or 1.36 times that in Vietnam.

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% a year · IMF

Pakistan vs Vietnam: InflationInflation in 2025: 4.5% a year in Pakistan and 3.3% a year in Vietnam, by IMF estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in Pakistan, by 1.2 percentage points, or 1.36 times that in Vietnam.
PakistanVietnamIMF projection (World Economic Outlook, October 2026)

What the numbers say

  • Pakistan has been higher since 2012, when it overtook Vietnam.
  • In 2025, Pakistan ranked 42 and Vietnam ranked 77 of 179 countries, counting from the highest.
  • The IMF projection (World Economic Outlook, October 2026) puts Pakistan at 6.5% a year and Vietnam at 3.8% a year in 2031.

Every year

% a year · IMF

YearPakistanVietnam
20254.53.3
202423.43.6
202329.23.3
202212.23.2
20218.91.8
202010.73.2
20196.82.8
20184.73.5
20174.83.5
20162.92.7
20154.50.6
20148.64.1
20137.46.6
2012119.1
201113.718.7
201010.110.5
200919.66.7
20081223.1
20077.88.3
20067.97.5
20059.38.4
20044.67.9
20033.13.3
20023.54.1
20014.4-0.3
20003.6-1.8
19995.74.1
19987.87.2
199711.83.1
199610.85.6
19951316.9
199411.310.4
19939.88.4
19924.837.7
199112.681.8
19909.136
19897.995.8
19888.8374.4
19874.7360.4
19863.5453.5
19855.691.6
19846.164.9
19836.449.5
19825.995.4
19811269.6
198011.925.2
IMF projection (World Economic Outlook, October 2026) · 2026–2031
YearPakistanVietnam
20267.14.7
20279.94.9
202874.7
20296.54.6
20306.54.2
20316.53.8

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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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