Russia vs United States

Russia vs United States: Inflation

Inflation in 2025: 8.7% a year in Russia and 2.7% a year in United States, by IMF estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in Russia, by 5.9 percentage points, or 3.18 times that in United States.

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% a year · IMF

Russia vs United States: InflationInflation in 2025: 8.7% a year in Russia and 2.7% a year in United States, by IMF estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in Russia, by 5.9 percentage points, or 3.18 times that in United States.
RussiaUnited StatesIMF projection (World Economic Outlook, October 2026)

What the numbers say

  • Russia has been higher in every year both have figures for since 1991.
  • In 2025, Russia ranked 22 and United States ranked 93 of 179 countries, counting from the highest.
  • The IMF projection (World Economic Outlook, October 2026) puts Russia at 4% a year and United States at 1.9% a year in 2031.

Every year

% a year · IMF

YearRussiaUnited States
20258.72.7
20248.43
20235.94.1
202213.88
20216.74.7
20203.41.3
20194.51.8
20182.92.4
20173.72.1
201671.3
201515.50.1
20147.81.6
20136.81.5
20125.12.1
20118.43.1
20106.81.6
200911.7-0.3
200814.13.8
200792.9
20069.73.2
200512.73.4
200410.92.7
200313.72.3
200215.81.6
200121.52.8
200020.83.4
199985.82.2
199827.71.5
199714.82.3
199647.82.9
1995197.32.8
1994307.52.6
1993874.33
19921,5693
1991135.64.2
1990–5.4
1989–4.8
1988–4.1
1987–3.6
1986–1.9
1985–3.5
1984–4.4
1983–3.2
1982–6.2
1981–10.4
1980–13.5
IMF projection (World Economic Outlook, October 2026) · 2026–2031
YearRussiaUnited States
20266.13.6
20274.82.8
202842.1
202941.9
203041.9
203141.9

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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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