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Inflation rate in Zimbabwe

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Zimbabwe's inflation rate is 81.40 % — #126 of 126 countries on the atlas (closer to 2 % is better). Period 2025.

81.40%

Checked 9 Sept 2026Period 2025

Source: IMF World Economic Outlook (general government gross debt, % of GDP)

At 81.4 % a year, prices double in about 1 years if it holds.

Inflation rate in Zimbabwe over time

736.10 %366.85 %-2.40 %2 % target736.10 % · 2024-2.40 % · 20152009: 6.20 %2010: 3.00 %2011: 3.50 %2012: 3.70 %2013: 1.60 %2014: -0.20 %2015: -2.40 %2016: -1.60 %2017: 0.90 %2018: 10.60 %2019: 255.30 %2020: 557.20 %2021: 98.50 %2022: 193.40 %2023: 667.40 %2024: 736.10 %2025: 81.40 %20092017202581.40 %
17 official observations, 2009 → 2025. Every point is a published value — never interpolated.
Rank
#126 of 126
closer to 2 % is better
Ranked behind
0 %
0 of 126 countries
Latest move
▼ 654.70 pp
since 2024
Below its peak
654.70 pp
peak 736.10 % in 2024
Full series
▲ 75.20 pp
since 2009

In Africa: #21 of 21vs median 3.12 %: +78.29 pp (worse)

The doubling clock

At Zimbabwe's current 81.40 % — prices double in~1 yrsAt the ~2 % target — prices double in~35 yrs
Exact compounding (ln 2 ÷ ln(1 + rate)), not the rule-of-72 shortcut — and an if-it-holds projection, not a forecast: the clock is reset by every new inflation reading. The target line is the context — most central banks aim near 2 %, where prices double about once a working life.

Among 126 countries

22 of 126 countries between -0.30 % and 1.11 %33 of 126 countries between 1.11 % and 2.52 %30 of 126 countries between 2.52 % and 3.93 %13 of 126 countries between 3.93 % and 5.34 %3 of 126 countries between 5.34 % and 6.75 %3 of 126 countries between 6.75 % and 8.16 %5 of 126 countries between 8.16 % and 9.57 %1 of 126 countries between 10.98 % and 12.39 %2 of 126 countries between 12.39 % and 13.80 %4 of 126 countries between 13.80 % and 15.21 %2 of 126 countries between 19.45 % and 20.86 %1 of 126 countries between 20.86 % and 22.27 %1 of 126 countries between 22.27 % and 23.68 %2 of 126 countries between 27.91 % and 29.32 %4 of 126 countries between 32.14 % and 33.55 %median 3.06 %Zimbabwe: ahead of 0 % of the 126 countries with a published inflationZimbabwe 81.40 % →-0.30 %33.55 %
Half of all 126 countries sit between 1.66 % and 4.65 %. Zimbabwe is ahead of 0 % of them. Axis trimmed to the 2nd–98th percentile; 5 values beyond it sit in the end bars.

The neighbourhood

#CountryInflationvs Zimbabwe
122 Haiti28.64 %−52.76 pp
123 Argentina33.55 %−47.85 pp
124 Turkey34.88 %−46.52 pp
125 Iran42.17 %−39.23 pp
126 Zimbabwe81.40 %—

Annual CPI inflation from official statistics (World Bank, Eurostat, SSB). Ranked and coloured by distance from the ~2 % target most central banks aim for — deflation is not "winning".

How to read this figure

Annual change in the consumer price index — how much more the same basket costs than a year ago. Derived from official index levels (World Bank collection); one number for the whole country, so your personal basket may run hotter or colder. Ranked and coloured by distance from the ~2 % target most central banks aim for: deflation is a warning sign, not a win, so the greenest countries sit NEAR the target — not at the lowest number.

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