Somalia vs Tanzania

Somalia vs Tanzania: Inflation

Inflation: 5.5% a year in Somalia in 2024 and 3.8% a year in Tanzania in 2023, by IMF estimates. In 2023 the value was higher in Somalia, by 2.4 percentage points, or 1.62 times that in Tanzania.

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% a year · IMF

Somalia vs Tanzania: InflationInflation: 5.5% a year in Somalia in 2024 and 3.8% a year in Tanzania in 2023, by IMF estimates. In 2023 the value was higher in Somalia, by 2.4 percentage points, or 1.62 times that in Tanzania.
SomaliaTanzaniaIMF projection (World Economic Outlook, October 2026)

What the numbers say

  • Somalia has been higher since 2018, when it overtook Tanzania.
  • The IMF projection (World Economic Outlook, October 2026) puts Somalia at 4% a year and Tanzania at 4% a year in 2031.

Every year

% a year · IMF

YearSomaliaTanzania
20245.53.1
20236.23.8
20226.84.4
20214.63.7
20204.13.3
20194.73.4
20184.33.5
201745.3
201605.2
20150.95.6
20141.36.1
20132.87.9
2012–16
2011–12.7
2010–7.2
2009–12.1
2008–10.3
2007–7
2006–7.3
2005–4.4
2004–4.1
2003–4.4
2002–4.6
2001–5.1
2000–6
1999–7.9
1998–12.8
1997–16.1
1996–21.1
1995–26.8
1994–37.9
1993–26.1
1992–20.7
1991–25.2
1990–36.4
1989–25.8
1988–31.2
1987–29.9
1986–32.4
1985–33.3
1984–36.1
1983–27.1
1982–28.9
1981–25.7
1980–30.2
  • 12.3Projected
IMF projection (World Economic Outlook, October 2026) · 2025–2031
YearSomaliaTanzania
20253.73.3
20266.34
20275.54.2
202854
20294.54
203044
203144

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.

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