Singapore vs Vietnam

Singapore vs Vietnam: Inflation

Inflation in 2025: 0.9% a year in Singapore and 3.3% a year in Vietnam, by IMF estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in Vietnam, by 2.4 percentage points, or 3.67 times that in Singapore.

% a year · IMF

Singapore vs Vietnam: InflationInflation in 2025: 0.9% a year in Singapore and 3.3% a year in Vietnam, by IMF estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in Vietnam, by 2.4 percentage points, or 3.67 times that in Singapore.
SingaporeVietnamIMF projection (World Economic Outlook, October 2026)

What the numbers say

  • Vietnam has been higher since 2024, when it overtook Singapore.
  • In 2025, Singapore ranked 149 and Vietnam ranked 77 of 179 countries, counting from the highest.
  • The IMF projection (World Economic Outlook, October 2026) puts Singapore at 2% a year and Vietnam at 3.8% a year in 2031.

Every year

% a year · IMF

YearSingaporeVietnam
20250.93.3
20242.43.6
20234.83.3
20226.13.2
20212.31.8
2020-0.23.2
20190.62.8
20180.43.5
20170.63.5
2016-0.52.7
2015-0.50.6
201414.1
20132.46.6
20124.69.1
20115.318.7
20102.810.5
20090.66.7
20086.623.1
20072.18.3
200617.5
20050.58.4
20041.77.9
20030.53.3
2002-0.44.1
20011-0.3
20001.3-1.8
199904.1
1998-0.37.2
199723.1
19961.45.6
19951.716.9
19943.110.4
19932.38.4
19922.237.7
19913.481.8
19903.536
19892.395.8
19881.5374.4
19870.5360.4
1986-1.4453.5
19850.591.6
19842.664.9
1983149.5
19823.995.4
19818.269.6
19808.525.2
IMF projection (World Economic Outlook, October 2026) · 2026–2031
YearSingaporeVietnam
20262.34.7
20272.24.9
202824.7
202924.6
203024.2
203123.8

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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