Zimbabwe

Inflation in Zimbabwe

Inflation in Zimbabwe: 23.3% a year in 1991 and 81.4% a year in 2025, by IMF estimates.

Latest, 2025
81.4% a year
Since 1991
+58.1 percentage points
Rank, 2025
4 of 179
counting from the highest
Projected, 2031
6.9% a year
IMF projection (World Economic Outlook, October 2026)

% a year · IMF

Inflation in ZimbabweInflation in Zimbabwe: 23.3% a year in 1991 and 81.4% a year in 2025, by IMF estimates. The IMF projection (World Economic Outlook, October 2026) puts it at 6.9% a year in 2031.
Estimates, IMFIMF projection (World Economic Outlook, October 2026)

What the numbers say

  • The IMF projection (World Economic Outlook, October 2026) puts it at 6.9% a year in 2031.
  • The highest was 231,200,000% a year in 2008, the lowest -2.4% a year in 2015.

Every year

% a year · IMF

YearZimbabwe
202581.4
2024736.1
2023667.4
2022193.4
202198.6
2020557.2
2019255.3
201810.6
20170.9
2016-1.6
2015-2.4
2014-0.2
20131.6
20123.7
20113.5
20103
20096.2
2008231,200,000
20076,724
20061,017
2005237.8
2004350
2003365
2002133.2
200171.9
200055.8
199958.5
199831.7
199718.9
199621.4
199522.6
199422.3
199327.6
199242.1
199123.3
IMF projection (World Economic Outlook, October 2026) · 2026–2031
YearZimbabwe
20264
20275
20287
20296.9
20306.9
20316.9

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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