South Africa vs South Korea

South Africa vs South Korea: Inflation

Inflation in 2025: 3.2% a year in South Africa and 2.1% a year in South Korea, by IMF estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in South Africa, by 1.1 percentage points, or 1.52 times that in South Korea.

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% a year · IMF

South Africa vs South Korea: InflationInflation in 2025: 3.2% a year in South Africa and 2.1% a year in South Korea, by IMF estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in South Africa, by 1.1 percentage points, or 1.52 times that in South Korea.
South AfricaSouth KoreaIMF projection (World Economic Outlook, October 2026)

What the numbers say

  • South Africa has been higher since 2005, when it overtook South Korea.
  • In 2025, South Africa ranked 79 and South Korea ranked 113 of 179 countries, counting from the highest.
  • The IMF projection (World Economic Outlook, October 2026) puts South Africa at 3% a year and South Korea at 2% a year in 2031.

Every year

% a year · IMF

YearSouth AfricaSouth Korea
20253.22.1
20244.42.3
20235.93.6
20226.95.1
20214.62.5
20203.30.5
20194.10.4
20184.61.5
20175.31.9
20166.31
20154.60.7
20146.11.3
20135.71.3
20125.72.2
201154
20104.22.9
20097.22.8
200810.94.7
20077.12.5
20064.72.2
20053.42.8
20041.43.6
20035.93.5
20029.12.8
20015.74.1
20005.32.3
19995.10.8
199877.5
19978.64.4
19967.44.9
19958.84.5
19948.96.3
19939.64.8
1992146.2
199115.19.3
199014.48.6
198914.85.7
198812.67.1
198716.43
198618.22.8
198516.52.5
198411.32.3
198312.73.4
1982147.2
198115.921.4
198014.228.7
IMF projection (World Economic Outlook, October 2026) · 2026–2031
YearSouth AfricaSouth Korea
20264.42.7
20273.92.3
20283.32
202932
203032
203132

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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