Inflation

% change from a year earlier, headline consumer prices

Order: Highest to lowest · Show lowest first
Countries: 39 of 54 have data · 15 without data
Period: Latest figures range from Mar 2026 to Oct 2026.
Source: Our collectors · monthly

Countries’ latest figures come from different months. Each row shows its own month.

Countries whose latest figure is more than a year older than the newest are left out.

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Inflation: Highest to lowest Equal values are listed alphabetically and numbered in sequence.
Rank	Country	Value (%)	Month	Change from previous figure	Compare
1	🇸🇩 Sudan + compare	41.61%	Jul 2026	—	+ compare
2	🇲🇼 Malawi + compare	21.1%	Jun 2026	—	+ compare
3	🇷🇼 Rwanda + compare	15.7% ↑ 1.2 pts from previous figure	Aug 2026	↑ 1.2 pts	+ compare
4	🇪🇹 Ethiopia + compare	14.9% ↓ 0.2 pts from previous figure	Sep 2026	↓ 0.2 pts	+ compare
5	🇸🇱 Sierra Leone + compare	14.89%	Jul 2026	—	+ compare
6	🇳🇬 Nigeria + compare	14.63% ↓ 0.76 pts from previous figure	Sep 2026	↓ 0.76 pts	+ compare
7	🇪🇬 Egypt + compare	12.8% ↑ 0.1 pts from previous figure	Sep 2026	↑ 0.1 pts	+ compare
8	🇸🇹 São Tomé and Príncipe + compare	9%	Mar 2026	—	+ compare
9	🇧🇮 Burundi + compare	8.7%	Jul 2026	—	+ compare
10	🇦🇴 Angola + compare	8.16% ↓ 0.27 pts from previous figure	Oct 2026	↓ 0.27 pts	+ compare
11	🇧🇼 Botswana + compare	7.8% ↓ 1.5 pts from previous figure	Sep 2026	↓ 1.5 pts	+ compare
12	🇩🇿 Algeria + compare	7.62%	Jun 2026	—	+ compare
13	🇰🇪 Kenya + compare	7.3% ↑ 0.5 pts from previous figure	Oct 2026	↑ 0.5 pts	+ compare
14	🇲🇬 Madagascar + compare	6.8%	Mar 2026	—	+ compare
15	🇸🇴 Somalia + compare	6.8% ↓ 0.1 pts from previous figure	Sep 2026	↓ 0.1 pts	+ compare
16	🇲🇿 Mozambique + compare	6.45%	Aug 2026	—	+ compare
17	🇲🇺 Mauritius + compare	6.4% ↑ 1.5 pts from previous figure	Oct 2026	↑ 1.5 pts	+ compare
18	🇿🇲 Zambia + compare	6.3% ↑ 0.2 pts from previous figure	Oct 2026	↑ 0.2 pts	+ compare
19	🇬🇲 Gambia + compare	6.1% ↓ 0.4 pts from previous figure	Sep 2026	↓ 0.4 pts	+ compare
20	🇬🇳 Guinea + compare	6.1%	Jun 2026	—	+ compare
21	🇺🇬 Uganda + compare	5.8% ↑ 1.2 pts from previous figure	Oct 2026	↑ 1.2 pts	+ compare
22	🇳🇦 Namibia + compare	5.6% ↑ 0.2 pts from previous figure	Oct 2026	↑ 0.2 pts	+ compare
23	🇹🇳 Tunisia + compare	5.6% ↑ 0.2 pts from previous figure	Oct 2026	↑ 0.2 pts	+ compare
24	🇬🇭 Ghana + compare	5.5% ↑ 0.3 pts from previous figure	Oct 2026	↑ 0.3 pts	+ compare
25	🇱🇷 Liberia + compare	5%	Jun 2026	—	+ compare
26	🇿🇦 South Africa + compare	4.3%	Jul 2026	—	+ compare
27	🇹🇿 Tanzania + compare	4.2% ↓ 0.1 pts from previous figure	Oct 2026	↓ 0.1 pts	+ compare
28	🇱🇸 Lesotho + compare	3.5%	May 2026	—	+ compare
29	🇨🇲 Cameroon + compare	3.4%	Jul 2026	—	+ compare
30	🇨🇩 DR Congo + compare	3.36%	Aug 2026	—	+ compare
31	🇩🇯 Djibouti + compare	3%	May 2026	—	+ compare
32	🇿🇼 Zimbabwe + compare	2.9%	Aug 2026	—	+ compare
33	🇸🇿 Eswatini + compare	2.7%	May 2026	—	+ compare
34	🇨🇮 Côte d'Ivoire + compare	1.9%	Jul 2026	—	+ compare
35	🇸🇳 Senegal + compare	1.2%	Aug 2026	—	+ compare
36	🇸🇨 Seychelles + compare	0.93%	Aug 2026	—	+ compare
37	🇨🇻 Cabo Verde + compare	0.4%	Jul 2026	—	+ compare
38	🇧🇯 Benin + compare	0%	Jul 2026	—	+ compare
39	🇲🇦 Morocco + compare	-0.6%	Jul 2026	—	+ compare
	Median	6.1%	median of shown

Equal values are listed alphabetically and numbered in sequence. “—” in the change column means there is no earlier figure to compare with.

15 countries have no figure and are not ranked

Burkina Faso, Central African Republic, Chad, Comoros, Congo, Equatorial Guinea, Eritrea, Gabon, Guinea-Bissau, Libya, Mali, Mauritania, Niger, South Sudan, Togo

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