South Sudan vs Tanzania

South Sudan vs Tanzania: Inflation

Inflation: 97.6% a year in South Sudan in 2025 and 3.8% a year in Tanzania in 2023, by IMF estimates. In 2023 the value was higher in South Sudan, by 35.9 percentage points, or 10 times that in Tanzania.

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% a year · IMF

South Sudan vs Tanzania: InflationInflation: 97.6% a year in South Sudan in 2025 and 3.8% a year in Tanzania in 2023, by IMF estimates. In 2023 the value was higher in South Sudan, by 35.9 percentage points, or 10 times that in Tanzania.
South SudanTanzaniaIMF projection (World Economic Outlook, October 2026)

What the numbers say

  • South Sudan has been higher since 2023, when it overtook Tanzania.
  • The IMF projection (World Economic Outlook, October 2026) puts South Sudan at 5% a year and Tanzania at 4% a year in 2031.

Every year

% a year · IMF

YearSouth SudanTanzania
202597.63.3
202499.83.1
202339.73.8
2022-3.24.4
202130.23.7
2020243.3
201949.33.4
201883.43.5
20172135.3
2016346.15.2
2015535.6
20144.36.1
2013-2.77.9
201242.416
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) · 2026–2031
YearSouth SudanTanzania
202627.64
202728.34.2
20287.84
20296.34
20305.64
203154

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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