Romania vs Russia

Romania vs Russia: Inflation

Inflation in 2025: 7.3% a year in Romania and 8.7% a year in Russia, by IMF estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in Russia, by 1.4 percentage points, or 1.18 times that in Romania.

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% a year · IMF

Romania vs Russia: InflationInflation in 2025: 7.3% a year in Romania and 8.7% a year in Russia, by IMF estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in Russia, by 1.4 percentage points, or 1.18 times that in Romania.
RomaniaRussiaIMF projection (World Economic Outlook, October 2026)

What the numbers say

  • Russia has been higher since 2024, when it overtook Romania.
  • In 2025, Romania ranked 31 and Russia ranked 22 of 179 countries, counting from the highest.
  • The IMF projection (World Economic Outlook, October 2026) puts Romania at 2.3% a year and Russia at 4% a year in 2031.

Every year

% a year · IMF

YearRomaniaRussia
20257.38.7
20245.68.4
202310.45.9
202213.813.8
202156.7
20202.63.4
20193.84.5
20184.62.9
20171.33.7
2016-1.67
2015-0.615.5
20141.17.8
201346.8
20123.35.1
20115.88.4
20106.16.8
20095.611.7
20087.814.1
20074.89
20066.69.7
2005912.7
200411.910.9
200315.413.7
200222.515.8
200134.521.5
200045.720.8
199945.885.8
199859.127.7
1997154.814.8
199638.847.8
199532.3197.3
1994136.7307.5
1993256.1874.3
1992210.41,569
1991161.1135.6
1990127.9–
19890.9–
19882.6–
19871.1–
19860.7–
1985-0.2–
1984-0.3–
19834.7–
198216.9–
19812.2–
19801.5–
IMF projection (World Economic Outlook, October 2026) · 2026–2031
YearRomaniaRussia
20268.26.1
20274.14.8
20284.34
20292.94
20302.64
20312.34

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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