End-of-period inflation — all countries

End-of-period inflation — Southern Africa

End-of-period inflation in Southern Africa in 2025 — 3.59%. Since 1981, the indicator has fallen by 8.64 pp.

2025 3.59% +0.57 pp vs 2024
World rank
Period maximum 18.95%1985
Period minimum 0.83%2003

Trend over time

1981–2025 · % per year

End-of-period inflation — Southern Africa, 1981–20250510152019811986199119962001200620112016202120251981: 12.23%1982: 11.22%1983: 14.16%1984: 10.66%1985: 18.95%1986: 15.67%1987: 16.13%1988: 12.13%1989: 15.56%1990: 14.57%1991: 15.98%1992: 10.16%1993: 9.49%1994: 10%1995: 7.14%1996: 9.22%1997: 6.45%1998: 9.12%1999: 2.98%2000: 6.68%2001: 5.49%2002: 12.04%2003: 0.83%2004: 3.76%2005: 3.89%2006: 5.97%2007: 8.65%2008: 10.33%2009: 6.3%2010: 3.64%2011: 6.23%2012: 5.81%2013: 5.32%2014: 5.31%2015: 4.97%2016: 6.12%2017: 4.76%2018: 4.52%2019: 3.85%2020: 3.09%2021: 5.94%2022: 7.33%2023: 5.2%2024: 3.03%2025: 3.59%
Change over the period: −8.64 pp Annual average: -0.2 pp

Comparison, 2025

How the value compares with the world and the groups this territory belongs to: Southern Africa

Southern Africa 3.59%
World computed 7.18%
End-of-period inflation — Southern Africa, by year Southern Africa All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2025 3.59 +0.57 pp
2024 3.03 −2.18 pp
2023 5.2 −2.12 pp
2022 7.33 +1.39 pp
2021 5.94 +2.85 pp
2020 3.09 −0.76 pp
2019 3.85 −0.67 pp
2018 4.52 −0.23 pp
2017 4.76 −1.36 pp
2016 6.12 +1.15 pp
2015 4.97 −0.34 pp
2014 5.31 −0.02 pp
2013 5.32 −0.49 pp
2012 5.81 −0.43 pp
2011 6.23 +2.59 pp
2010 3.64 −2.66 pp
2009 6.3 −4.03 pp
2008 10.33 +1.67 pp
2007 8.65 +2.68 pp
2006 5.97 +2.07 pp
2005 3.89 +0.14 pp
2004 3.76 +2.92 pp
2003 0.83 −11.21 pp
2002 12.04 +6.55 pp
2001 5.49 −1.19 pp
2000 6.68 +3.7 pp
1999 2.98 −6.14 pp
1998 9.12 +2.67 pp
1997 6.45 −2.77 pp
1996 9.22 +2.08 pp
1995 7.14 −2.87 pp
1994 10 +0.52 pp
1993 9.49 −0.68 pp
1992 10.16 −5.82 pp
1991 15.98 +1.41 pp
1990 14.57 −0.99 pp
1989 15.56 +3.43 pp
1988 12.13 −4 pp
1987 16.13 +0.46 pp
1986 15.67 −3.28 pp
1985 18.95 +8.29 pp
1984 10.66 −3.51 pp
1983 14.16 +2.94 pp
1982 11.22 −1.01 pp
1981 12.23

About the indicator

The rise in consumer prices over a year measured from December to December. It differs from average annual inflation in the way it is computed: the average compares the mean price levels of two years and therefore lags, while December on December catches the current state. When inflation accelerates this indicator runs above the average one, when it slows it runs below, and at the height of a price surge the divergence reaches tens of percentage points.

Important: This is the quantity usually meant by inflation over the year. The IMF series runs with a forecast several years ahead.

Source: World Economic Outlook (IMF), license IMF open data.