South Korea vs Switzerland

South Korea vs Switzerland: Inflation

Inflation in 2025: 2.1% a year in South Korea and 0.2% a year in Switzerland, by IMF estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in South Korea, by 2 percentage points, or 14 times that in Switzerland.

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% a year · IMF

South Korea vs Switzerland: InflationInflation in 2025: 2.1% a year in South Korea and 0.2% a year in Switzerland, by IMF estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in South Korea, by 2 percentage points, or 14 times that in Switzerland.
South KoreaSwitzerlandIMF projection (World Economic Outlook, October 2026)

What the numbers say

  • South Korea has been higher since 1986, when it overtook Switzerland.
  • The IMF projection (World Economic Outlook, October 2026) puts South Korea at 2% a year and Switzerland at 0.7% a year in 2031.

Every year

% a year · IMF

YearSouth KoreaSwitzerland
20252.10.2
20242.31.1
20233.62.1
20225.12.8
20212.50.6
20200.5-0.7
20190.40.4
20181.50.9
20171.90.5
20161-0.4
20150.7-1.1
20141.3-0
20131.3-0.2
20122.2-0.7
201140.2
20102.90.7
20092.8-0.5
20084.72.4
20072.50.7
20062.21.1
20052.81.2
20043.60.8
20033.50.6
20022.80.6
20014.11
20002.31.6
19990.80.8
19987.50
19974.40.5
19964.90.8
19954.51.8
19946.30.9
19934.83.3
19926.24
19919.35.9
19908.65.4
19895.73.2
19887.11.9
198731.4
19862.80.7
19852.53.4
19842.32.9
19833.42.9
19827.25.7
198121.46.5
198028.74
IMF projection (World Economic Outlook, October 2026) · 2026–2031
YearSouth KoreaSwitzerland
20262.70.7
20272.30.8
202820.8
202920.7
203020.7
203120.7

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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