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Inflation: the IMF's Outlook
Consumer prices, annual average, % change, world, advanced economies and emerging and developing economies
0 of 3 series are above their level a year earlier·1 of 3 is at a five-year low
Palanor forecasts are off on this chart because it already shows the IMF's own forecast (dashed). We don't draw our forecast over a published one.
Plays the chart through its history. Pauses are where the data set a record or moved most.
Dashed: IMF forecast · Oct 2026, the source's own projection, not Palanor's. The latest reading, its standing and the change above read actual data only.
Source: IMF World Economic Outlook. Solid lines to the year before the newest edition are IMF history; the continuation in the same colour is the IMF's projection in that edition.
How far inflation has come down since the 2022 peak and where the IMF expects it to settle, for the world and its two big country groups.
What this chart reads·6 series
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- World · Inflation, Average Consumer Prices (IMF)as “World”latest 2025-12-31
- World · Inflation, Average Consumer Prices, IMF Projectionas “World, projected”latest 2025-12-31
- Advanced Economies · Inflation, Average Consumer Prices (IMF)as “Advanced”latest 2025-12-31
- Advanced Economies · Inflation, Average Consumer Prices, IMF Projectionas “Advanced, projected”latest 2025-12-31
- Emerging Market and Developing Economies · Inflation, Average Consumer Prices (IMF)as “Emerging”latest 2025-12-31
- Emerging Market and Developing Economies · Inflation, Average Consumer Prices, IMF Projectionas “Emerging, projected”latest 2025-12-31
Sources·6 sources
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World · Inflation, Average Consumer Prices (IMF). Source: IMF World Economic Outlook Database, October 2026 (the IMF's published database file, WEOOct2026all.xlsx). Figures as published, rounded to at most four decimals. Provided by the IMF "as is" and available free of charge from the IMF; the IMF does not endorse Palanor.
World · Inflation, Average Consumer Prices, IMF Projection. Source: IMF World Economic Outlook Database, October 2026 (the IMF's published database file, WEOOct2026all.xlsx). Figures as published, rounded to at most four decimals. Provided by the IMF "as is" and available free of charge from the IMF; the IMF does not endorse Palanor.
Advanced Economies · Inflation, Average Consumer Prices (IMF). Source: IMF World Economic Outlook Database, October 2026 (the IMF's published database file, WEOOct2026all.xlsx). Figures as published, rounded to at most four decimals. Provided by the IMF "as is" and available free of charge from the IMF; the IMF does not endorse Palanor.
Advanced Economies · Inflation, Average Consumer Prices, IMF Projection. Source: IMF World Economic Outlook Database, October 2026 (the IMF's published database file, WEOOct2026all.xlsx). Figures as published, rounded to at most four decimals. Provided by the IMF "as is" and available free of charge from the IMF; the IMF does not endorse Palanor.
Emerging Market and Developing Economies · Inflation, Average Consumer Prices (IMF). Source: IMF World Economic Outlook Database, October 2026 (the IMF's published database file, WEOOct2026all.xlsx). Figures as published, rounded to at most four decimals. Provided by the IMF "as is" and available free of charge from the IMF; the IMF does not endorse Palanor.
Emerging Market and Developing Economies · Inflation, Average Consumer Prices, IMF Projection. Source: IMF World Economic Outlook Database, October 2026 (the IMF's published database file, WEOOct2026all.xlsx). Figures as published, rounded to at most four decimals. Provided by the IMF "as is" and available free of charge from the IMF; the IMF does not endorse Palanor.
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