Syria vs United Arab Emirates: Inflation

Inflation: 4.4% a year in Syria in 2010 and 1.3% a year in United Arab Emirates in 2025, by IMF estimates. In 2010 the value was higher in Syria, by 3.5 percentage points, or 5 times that in United Arab Emirates.

Watch it change on the map

% a year · IMF

SyriaUnited Arab EmiratesIMF projection (World Economic Outlook, October 2026)

What the numbers say

Syria has been higher since 2008, when it overtook United Arab Emirates.
The IMF projection (World Economic Outlook, October 2026) puts United Arab Emirates at 2% a year in 2031.

Every year

% a year · IMF

Year	Syria	United Arab Emirates
2025	–	1.3
2024	–	1.7
2023	–	1.6
2022	–	4.8
2021	–	-0.1
2020	–	-2.1
2019	–	-1.9
2018	–	3.1
2017	–	2
2016	–	1.6
2015	–	4.1
2014	–	2.3
2013	–	1.1
2012	–	0.7
2011	–	0.9
2010	4.4	0.9
2009	2.8	-4.7
2008	15.2	12.3
2007	4.7	11.1
2006	10.4	9.3
2005	7.2	6.2
2004	4.4	5
2003	5.8	3.1
2002	-0.5	2.9
2001	3.4	2.8
2000	-3.9	1.3
1999	-3.7	2.1
1998	-1	2
1997	1.9	3
1996	8.9	3
1995	7.7	4.3
1994	15.3	5.7
1993	13.2	5.3
1992	11.1	6.4
1991	9	3.4
1990	11.1	0.6
1989	15.4	2.8
1988	30	5
1987	71.4	5.5
1986	36.2	5.4
1985	16.8	3.5
1984	9.5	2.4
1983	6	1.3
1982	14.3	7.1
1981	18.4	7.9
1980	19.3	10.1

IMF projection (World Economic Outlook, October 2026) · 2026–2031

Year	Syria	United Arab Emirates
2026	–	4.5
2027	–	2.5
2028	–	2
2029	–	2
2030	–	2
2031	–	2

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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Deaths in conflictsSyria: 1,574 deaths in 2022United Arab Emirates: 3 deaths in 2022