Inflation as measured by the consumer price index reflects the annual percentage change in the cost to the average consumer of acquiring a basket of goods and services that may be fixed or changed at specified intervals, such as yearly. The Laspeyres formula is generally used.
| 1970 | 1990 | 2000 | 2005 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| South Sudan | 1.2 | 46.9 | 45.5 | -0.1 | 1.7 | 52.8 | 380.0 | 187.9 | 83.5 | 87.2 | 29.7 | 10.5 | -6.7 | 2.4 | 91.4 | ||||
| Nigeria | 13.8 | 7.4 | 6.9 | 17.9 | 13.7 | 10.8 | 12.2 | 8.5 | 8.0 | 9.0 | 15.7 | 16.5 | 12.1 | 11.4 | 13.2 | 17.0 | 18.8 | 24.7 | 33.2 |
| Malawi | 11.8 | 29.6 | 15.4 | 7.4 | 7.6 | 21.3 | 27.3 | 23.8 | 21.9 | 21.7 | 11.5 | 12.4 | 9.4 | 8.6 | 9.3 | 21.0 | 28.8 | 32.2 | |
| Sierra Leone | 7.2 | 6.8 | 6.6 | 5.5 | 4.6 | 6.7 | 10.9 | 18.2 | 16.0 | 14.8 | 13.4 | 11.9 | 27.2 | 47.6 | 28.6 | ||||
| Egypt | 3.8 | 16.8 | 2.7 | 4.9 | 11.3 | 10.1 | 7.1 | 9.5 | 10.1 | 10.4 | 13.8 | 29.5 | 14.4 | 9.2 | 5.0 | 5.2 | 13.9 | 33.9 | 28.3 |
| Angola | 325.0 | 23.0 | 14.5 | 13.5 | 10.3 | 8.8 | 7.3 | 9.4 | 30.7 | 29.8 | 19.6 | 17.1 | 22.3 | 25.8 | 21.4 | 13.6 | 28.2 | ||
| Ghana | 3.0 | 37.3 | 40.2 | 15.4 | 10.7 | 8.7 | 11.2 | 11.7 | 15.5 | 17.1 | 17.5 | 12.4 | 7.8 | 7.1 | 9.9 | 10.0 | 31.3 | 38.1 | 22.8 |
| Ethiopia | 10.1 | 5.2 | 0.7 | 10.0 | 8.1 | 33.2 | 23.6 | 7.5 | 6.9 | 9.6 | 6.6 | 10.7 | 13.8 | 15.8 | 20.4 | 26.8 | 33.9 | 30.2 | 21.0 |
| Burundi | -0.2 | 7.0 | 24.4 | 13.3 | 6.5 | 9.6 | 18.2 | 7.9 | 4.4 | 5.5 | 5.6 | 16.1 | -2.8 | -0.7 | 7.3 | 8.4 | 18.8 | 26.9 | 20.2 |
| Zambia | 107.0 | 26.0 | 18.3 | 8.5 | 6.4 | 6.6 | 7.0 | 7.8 | 10.1 | 17.9 | 6.6 | 7.5 | 9.2 | 15.7 | 22.0 | 11.0 | 10.9 | 15.0 | |
| Sao Tome and Principe | 12.2 | 17.2 | 13.3 | 14.3 | 10.6 | 8.1 | 7.0 | 5.2 | 5.4 | 5.7 | 7.9 | 7.7 | 9.8 | 8.1 | 18.0 | 21.3 | 14.4 | ||
| Gambia | -2.0 | 12.2 | 0.8 | 4.8 | 5.0 | 4.8 | 4.3 | 5.7 | 5.9 | 6.8 | 7.2 | 8.0 | 6.5 | 7.1 | 5.9 | 7.4 | 11.5 | 17.0 | 11.6 |
| Niger | 1.1 | -0.8 | 2.9 | 7.8 | 0.8 | 2.9 | 0.5 | 2.3 | -0.9 | -0.6 | 1.7 | 2.8 | 3.0 | -2.5 | 2.9 | 3.8 | 4.2 | 3.7 | 9.1 |
| Chad | -0.7 | 3.8 | 7.9 | -2.1 | 2.0 | 7.5 | 0.2 | 1.7 | 4.4 | -0.8 | -1.5 | 4.3 | -1.0 | 4.5 | -0.8 | 5.8 | 10.8 | 8.9 | |
| Guinea | 31.4 | 15.1 | 21.3 | 15.2 | 11.9 | 6.2 | 11.8 | 8.2 | 8.9 | 9.8 | 9.5 | 10.6 | 12.6 | 10.5 | 7.8 | 8.1 | |||
| Tunisia | 6.5 | 3.0 | 2.0 | 3.3 | 3.2 | 4.6 | 5.3 | 4.6 | 4.4 | 3.6 | 5.3 | 7.3 | 6.7 | 5.6 | 5.7 | 8.3 | 9.3 | 7.2 | |
| Lesotho | 11.6 | 6.1 | 3.4 | -2.4 | 5.0 | 6.1 | 4.9 | 5.4 | 3.2 | 6.6 | 4.4 | 4.8 | 5.2 | 5.0 | 6.0 | 8.3 | 6.3 | 6.1 | |
| Cameroon | 5.9 | 1.1 | 1.2 | 2.0 | 1.3 | 2.9 | 2.7 | 2.1 | 1.9 | 2.7 | 0.9 | 0.6 | 1.1 | 2.5 | 2.4 | 2.3 | 6.2 | 7.4 | 4.5 |
| Kenya | 2.2 | 17.8 | 10.0 | 10.3 | 4.0 | 14.0 | 9.4 | 5.7 | 6.9 | 6.6 | 6.3 | 8.0 | 4.7 | 5.2 | 5.4 | 6.1 | 7.7 | 7.7 | 4.5 |
| South Africa | 5.0 | 14.3 | 5.3 | 2.1 | 4.1 | 5.0 | 5.7 | 5.8 | 6.1 | 4.5 | 6.6 | 5.2 | 4.5 | 4.1 | 3.2 | 4.6 | 7.0 | 6.1 | 4.4 |
| Namibia | 2.3 | 4.9 | 5.0 | 6.7 | 5.6 | 5.4 | 3.4 | 6.7 | 6.1 | 4.3 | 3.7 | 2.2 | 3.6 | 6.1 | 5.9 | 4.2 | |||
| Burkina Faso | 1.8 | -0.5 | -0.3 | 6.4 | -0.8 | 2.8 | 3.8 | 0.5 | -0.3 | 0.7 | 0.4 | 1.5 | 2.0 | -3.2 | 1.9 | 3.7 | 14.3 | 0.7 | 4.2 |
| Mozambique | 6.4 | 12.4 | 11.2 | 2.6 | 4.3 | 2.6 | 3.6 | 17.4 | 15.1 | 3.9 | 2.8 | 3.5 | 6.4 | 10.3 | 7.1 | 4.1 | |||
| Algeria | 6.6 | 16.7 | 0.3 | 1.4 | 3.9 | 4.5 | 8.9 | 3.3 | 2.9 | 4.8 | 6.4 | 5.6 | 4.3 | 2.0 | 2.4 | 7.2 | 9.3 | 9.3 | 4.0 |
| Guinea Bissau | 33.0 | 8.6 | 3.3 | 2.5 | 5.0 | 2.1 | 1.2 | -1.5 | 1.5 | 1.5 | 1.7 | 0.4 | 0.2 | 1.1 | 2.2 | 9.4 | 7.1 | 3.8 | |
| Mauritius | 1.5 | 13.5 | 4.2 | 4.9 | 2.9 | 6.5 | 3.9 | 3.5 | 3.2 | 1.3 | 1.0 | 3.7 | 3.2 | 0.4 | 2.6 | 4.0 | 10.8 | 7.1 | 3.6 |
| Côte d'Ivoire | 8.2 | -0.8 | 2.5 | 3.9 | 1.2 | 4.9 | 1.3 | 2.6 | 0.4 | 1.3 | 0.7 | 0.7 | 0.4 | -1.1 | 2.4 | 4.1 | 5.3 | 4.4 | 3.5 |
| Uganda | 3.4 | 8.4 | 4.0 | 16.6 | 12.7 | 4.9 | 3.1 | 5.6 | 5.7 | 5.2 | 2.6 | 2.9 | 3.3 | 2.2 | 7.2 | 5.4 | 3.3 | ||
| Mali | 0.6 | -0.7 | 6.4 | 1.1 | 3.0 | 5.3 | -0.6 | 0.9 | 1.5 | -1.8 | 1.8 | 0.3 | -1.7 | 0.4 | 3.9 | 9.6 | 2.1 | 3.2 | |
| Congo | 2.9 | -0.9 | 3.1 | 0.4 | 1.8 | 5.0 | 4.6 | 0.9 | 3.2 | 3.2 | 0.5 | 1.2 | 2.2 | 1.8 | 1.7 | 3.0 | 4.3 | 3.1 | |
| United Republic of Tanzania | 3.5 | 35.8 | 5.9 | 5.0 | 6.2 | 12.7 | 16.0 | 7.9 | 6.1 | 5.6 | 5.2 | 5.3 | 3.5 | 3.5 | 3.3 | 3.7 | 4.4 | 3.8 | 3.1 |
| Togo | 4.5 | 1.0 | 1.9 | 6.8 | 1.4 | 3.6 | 2.6 | 1.8 | 0.2 | 2.6 | 1.3 | -1.0 | 0.9 | 0.7 | 1.8 | 4.6 | 7.6 | 5.3 | 2.9 |
| Botswana | 11.4 | 8.6 | 8.6 | 6.9 | 8.5 | 7.5 | 5.9 | 4.4 | 3.1 | 2.8 | 3.3 | 3.2 | 2.8 | 1.9 | 7.2 | 11.7 | 5.1 | 2.8 | |
| Mauritania | 6.6 | 3.3 | 12.1 | 6.3 | 5.7 | 4.9 | 4.1 | 3.5 | 3.3 | 1.5 | 2.3 | 3.1 | 2.3 | 2.4 | 3.6 | 9.5 | 5.0 | 2.5 | |
| Libya | -5.3 | 8.5 | -2.9 | 2.7 | 2.8 | 15.5 | 6.1 | 2.6 | 2.4 | 10.4 | 25.9 | 25.8 | 13.2 | -2.2 | 1.4 | 2.9 | 4.5 | 2.4 | 2.1 |
| Djibouti | 3.1 | 4.0 | 5.1 | 3.7 | 2.7 | 1.3 | -0.8 | 2.7 | 0.6 | 0.1 | 3.3 | 1.8 | 1.2 | 5.2 | 1.5 | 2.1 | |||
| Rwanda | 0.5 | 4.2 | 3.9 | 9.0 | -0.2 | 3.1 | 10.3 | 5.9 | 2.4 | 2.5 | 7.2 | 8.3 | -0.3 | 3.3 | 9.9 | -0.4 | 17.7 | 19.8 | 1.8 |
| Gabon | 3.8 | 7.7 | 0.5 | 3.7 | 1.5 | 1.3 | 2.7 | 0.5 | 4.7 | -0.3 | 2.1 | 2.7 | 4.7 | 2.5 | 1.4 | 1.1 | 4.2 | 3.6 | 1.2 |
| Benin | 4.2 | 5.4 | 2.2 | 2.7 | 6.7 | 0.4 | -0.5 | 0.2 | -0.8 | 0.0 | 0.9 | 0.7 | 3.0 | 1.7 | 1.4 | 2.7 | 1.2 | ||
| केप वर्दे | 10.7 | -2.5 | 0.4 | 2.1 | 4.5 | 2.5 | 1.5 | -0.2 | 0.1 | -1.4 | 0.8 | 1.3 | 1.1 | 0.6 | 1.9 | 7.9 | 3.7 | 1.0 | |
| Morocco | 1.3 | 6.8 | 1.9 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 0.9 | 1.3 | 1.9 | 0.4 | 1.6 | 1.6 | 0.8 | 1.8 | 0.3 | 0.7 | 1.4 | 6.7 | 6.1 | 1.0 |
| Senegal | 2.8 | 0.3 | 0.7 | 1.7 | 1.2 | 3.4 | 1.4 | 0.7 | -1.1 | 0.1 | 0.8 | 1.3 | 0.5 | 1.8 | 2.5 | 2.2 | 9.7 | 5.9 | 0.8 |
| Seychelles | 3.9 | 6.3 | 0.9 | -2.4 | 2.6 | 7.1 | 4.3 | 1.4 | 4.0 | -1.0 | 2.9 | 3.7 | 1.8 | 1.2 | 9.8 | 2.6 | -1.0 | 0.3 | |
| Central African Republic | 0.0 | 3.2 | 2.9 | 1.5 | 1.2 | 5.5 | 7.0 | 14.9 | 1.4 | 4.9 | 4.2 | 1.6 | 2.7 | 1.7 | 4.3 | 5.6 | 3.0 | ||
| Comoros | 3.0 | 3.4 | 1.8 | 6.3 | -4.3 | ||||||||||||||
| Democratic Republic of the Congo | 8.0 | 81.3 | 513.9 | 21.3 | 7.1 | 15.3 | 9.7 | 0.8 | 1.2 | 0.7 | 2.9 | ||||||||
| Equatorial Guinea | 0.9 | 4.8 | 5.6 | 7.8 | 4.8 | 3.7 | 2.9 | 4.3 | 1.7 | 1.4 | 0.7 | 1.1 | 1.5 | 4.8 | -0.1 | 4.8 | |||
| Liberia | 10.8 | 7.3 | 8.5 | 6.8 | 7.6 | 9.9 | 7.7 | 8.8 | 12.4 | 23.6 | 27.0 | 17.0 | 7.8 | 7.6 | 10.1 | ||||
| Madagascar | 2.9 | 11.8 | 11.9 | 18.4 | 9.2 | 9.5 | 5.7 | 5.8 | 6.1 | 7.4 | 6.0 | 8.6 | 8.6 | 5.6 | 4.2 | 5.8 | 8.2 | 9.9 | |
| Sudan | 4.0 | 65.2 | 7.1 | 8.5 | 13.0 | 18.1 | 35.6 | 36.5 | 36.9 | 16.9 | 17.8 | 32.4 | 63.3 | 51.0 | 163.3 | 359.1 | 138.8 | ||
| इस्वातिनी | 1.8 | 13.1 | 12.2 | 4.8 | 4.5 | 6.1 | 8.9 | 5.6 | 5.7 | 5.0 | 7.8 | 6.2 | 4.8 | 2.6 | |||||
| Zimbabwe | 3.0 | 3.5 | 3.7 | 1.6 | -0.2 | -2.4 | -1.5 | 0.9 | 10.6 | 255.3 | 557.2 | 98.5 | 104.7 |