United Arab Emirates vs United States: Inflation

Inflation in 2025: 1.3% a year in United Arab Emirates and 2.7% a year in United States, by IMF estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in United States, by 1.5 percentage points, or 2.18 times that in United Arab Emirates.

Watch it change on the map

% a year · IMF

United Arab EmiratesUnited StatesIMF projection (World Economic Outlook, October 2026)

What the numbers say

United States has been higher since 2019, when it overtook United Arab Emirates.
In 2025, United Arab Emirates ranked 138 and United States ranked 93 of 179 countries, counting from the highest.
The IMF projection (World Economic Outlook, October 2026) puts United Arab Emirates at 2% a year and United States at 1.9% a year in 2031.

Every year

% a year · IMF

Year	United Arab Emirates	United States
2025	1.3	2.7
2024	1.7	3
2023	1.6	4.1
2022	4.8	8
2021	-0.1	4.7
2020	-2.1	1.3
2019	-1.9	1.8
2018	3.1	2.4
2017	2	2.1
2016	1.6	1.3
2015	4.1	0.1
2014	2.3	1.6
2013	1.1	1.5
2012	0.7	2.1
2011	0.9	3.1
2010	0.9	1.6
2009	-4.7	-0.3
2008	12.3	3.8
2007	11.1	2.9
2006	9.3	3.2
2005	6.2	3.4
2004	5	2.7
2003	3.1	2.3
2002	2.9	1.6
2001	2.8	2.8
2000	1.3	3.4
1999	2.1	2.2
1998	2	1.5
1997	3	2.3
1996	3	2.9
1995	4.3	2.8
1994	5.7	2.6
1993	5.3	3
1992	6.4	3
1991	3.4	4.2
1990	0.6	5.4
1989	2.8	4.8
1988	5	4.1
1987	5.5	3.6
1986	5.4	1.9
1985	3.5	3.5
1984	2.4	4.4
1983	1.3	3.2
1982	7.1	6.2
1981	7.9	10.4
1980	10.1	13.5

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

Year	United Arab Emirates	United States
2026	4.5	3.6
2027	2.5	2.8
2028	2	2.1
2029	2	1.9
2030	2	1.9
2031	2	1.9

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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