Romania vs Spain

Romania vs Spain: Inflation

Inflation in 2025: 7.3% a year in Romania and 2.7% a year in Spain, by IMF estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in Romania, by 4.6 percentage points, or 2.72 times that in Spain.

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% a year · IMF

Romania vs Spain: InflationInflation in 2025: 7.3% a year in Romania and 2.7% a year in Spain, by IMF estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in Romania, by 4.6 percentage points, or 2.72 times that in Spain.
RomaniaSpainIMF projection (World Economic Outlook, October 2026)

What the numbers say

  • Romania has been higher since 2018, when it overtook Spain.
  • In 2025, Romania ranked 31 and Spain ranked 94 of 179 countries, counting from the highest.
  • The IMF projection (World Economic Outlook, October 2026) puts Romania at 2.3% a year and Spain at 2% a year in 2031.

Every year

% a year · IMF

YearRomaniaSpain
20257.32.7
20245.62.9
202310.43.4
202213.88.3
202153
20202.6-0.3
20193.80.8
20184.61.7
20171.32
2016-1.6-0.3
2015-0.6-0.6
20141.1-0.2
201341.5
20123.32.4
20115.83.1
20106.12
20095.6-0.2
20087.84.1
20074.82.8
20066.63.6
200593.4
200411.93.1
200315.43.1
200222.53.6
200134.52.8
200045.73.5
199945.82.2
199859.11.8
1997154.81.9
199638.83.6
199532.34.7
1994136.74.7
1993256.14.6
1992210.47.1
1991161.15.9
1990127.96.7
19890.96.8
19882.64.8
19871.15.2
19860.78.8
1985-0.28.8
1984-0.311.3
19834.712.2
198216.914.4
19812.214.6
19801.515.6
IMF projection (World Economic Outlook, October 2026) · 2026–2031
YearRomaniaSpain
20268.23.7
20274.12.7
20284.32.5
20292.92
20302.62
20312.32

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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