South Africa vs Switzerland

South Africa vs Switzerland: Inflation

Inflation in 2025: 3.2% a year in South Africa and 0.2% a year in Switzerland, by IMF estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in South Africa, by 3.1 percentage points, or 21 times that in Switzerland.

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% a year · IMF

South Africa vs Switzerland: InflationInflation in 2025: 3.2% a year in South Africa and 0.2% a year in Switzerland, by IMF estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in South Africa, by 3.1 percentage points, or 21 times that in Switzerland.
South AfricaSwitzerlandIMF projection (World Economic Outlook, October 2026)

What the numbers say

  • South Africa has been higher in every year both have figures for since 1980.
  • The IMF projection (World Economic Outlook, October 2026) puts South Africa at 3% a year and Switzerland at 0.7% a year in 2031.

Every year

% a year · IMF

YearSouth AfricaSwitzerland
20253.20.2
20244.41.1
20235.92.1
20226.92.8
20214.60.6
20203.3-0.7
20194.10.4
20184.60.9
20175.30.5
20166.3-0.4
20154.6-1.1
20146.1-0
20135.7-0.2
20125.7-0.7
201150.2
20104.20.7
20097.2-0.5
200810.92.4
20077.10.7
20064.71.1
20053.41.2
20041.40.8
20035.90.6
20029.10.6
20015.71
20005.31.6
19995.10.8
199870
19978.60.5
19967.40.8
19958.81.8
19948.90.9
19939.63.3
1992144
199115.15.9
199014.45.4
198914.83.2
198812.61.9
198716.41.4
198618.20.7
198516.53.4
198411.32.9
198312.72.9
1982145.7
198115.96.5
198014.24
IMF projection (World Economic Outlook, October 2026) · 2026–2031
YearSouth AfricaSwitzerland
20264.40.7
20273.90.8
20283.30.8
202930.7
203030.7
203130.7

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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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