Inflation measured by the GDP deflator in Sub-Saharan Africa
The GDP deflator for Sub-Saharan Africa changed by 4.1% in 2025. The value for 2025 is the lowest since 2019.
Sub-Saharan Africa is a group: World Bank region. The value is the aggregate published by World Bank, not an average calculated on this site.
Sub-Saharan Africa, 2025
4.1%
Change from 2024
−1.6percentage points
World, 2025
3.3%
Inflation measured by the GDP deflator in Sub-Saharan Africa over time
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Annual % change. Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators. Gaps mean no published value; points are not joined across missing years.
| Period | Sub-Saharan Africa | World |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 4.1% | 3.3% |
| 2024 | 5.7% | 4.1% |
| 2023 | 5.3% | 5.0% |
| 2022 | 8.4% | 7.3% |
| 2021 | 5.6% | 4.6% |
| 2020 | 4.3% | 2.0% |
| 2019 | 2.6% | 2.4% |
| 2018 | 3.9% | 2.8% |
| 2017 | 4.8% | 3.0% |
| 2016 | 4.6% | 2.0% |
| 2015 | 2.9% | 2.3% |
| 2014 | 4.2% | 2.0% |
| 2013 | 3.9% | 2.3% |
| 2012 | 5.6% | 3.6% |
| 2011 | 9.2% | 5.5% |
| 2010 | 5.6% | 4.2% |
| 2009 | 3.4% | 2.0% |
| 2008 | 10.3% | 7.9% |
| 2007 | 7.1% | 6.0% |
| 2006 | 7.5% | 5.9% |
| 2005 | 7.6% | 5.8% |
| 2004 | 7.8% | 5.6% |
| 2003 | 5.9% | 4.0% |
| 2002 | 3.6% | 3.6% |
| 2001 | 6.2% | 3.9% |
A dash means no value was published for that period.
In short
- That is a change of −1.6 percentage points from 5.7% in 2024.
- Since 2015, when it was 2.9%, the figure has changed by +1.2 percentage points.
- The figure for the world in 2025 was 3.3%.