Somalia vs Zambia

Somalia vs Zambia: Inflation

Inflation: 5.5% a year in Somalia in 2024 and 13.9% a year in Zambia in 2025, by IMF estimates. In 2024 the value was higher in Zambia, by 9.5 percentage points, or 2.71 times that in Somalia.

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% a year · IMF

Somalia vs Zambia: InflationInflation: 5.5% a year in Somalia in 2024 and 13.9% a year in Zambia in 2025, by IMF estimates. In 2024 the value was higher in Zambia, by 9.5 percentage points, or 2.71 times that in Somalia.
SomaliaZambiaIMF projection (World Economic Outlook, October 2026)

What the numbers say

  • Zambia has been higher in every year both have figures for since 2013.
  • The IMF projection (World Economic Outlook, October 2026) puts Somalia at 4% a year and Zambia at 7% a year in 2031.

Every year

% a year · IMF

YearSomaliaZambia
20253.713.9
20245.515
20236.210.9
20226.811
20214.622
20204.115.7
20194.79.2
20184.37.5
201746.6
2016017.9
20150.910.1
20141.37.8
20132.87
2012–6.6
2011–8.7
2010–8.5
2009–13.4
2008–12.5
2007–10.7
2006–9
2005–18.3
2004–18
2003–21.4
2002–22.2
2001–21.4
2000–24.1
1999–23.9
1998–22.7
1997–21.4
1996–38.6
1995–31.5
1994–46.1
1993–158.4
1992–146.7
1991–85.3
1990–93.9
1989–113.2
1988–45.8
1987–43
1986–48
1985–37.4
1984–20
1983–19.7
1982–12.5
1981–14
1980–11.7
  • 12.3Projected
IMF projection (World Economic Outlook, October 2026) · 2026–2031
YearSomaliaZambia
20266.38
20275.57.5
202857
20294.57
203047
203147

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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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