Laos vs Madagascar: Inflation, consumer prices

Laos

7.7%

in 2025

Madagascar

8.1%

in 2025

Laos rank

36th

Madagascar rank

34th

Inflation, consumer prices over time

Laos
Madagascar

How they compare

Madagascar currently reports 8.1% against 7.7% in Laos, a difference of 0.3%.

The two have swapped places 11 times across 37 shared years of data; in 1989 it was Laos ahead.

Globally, Laos ranks 36th and Madagascar ranks 34th of 191 countries.

Individual pages

Inflation, consumer prices in Laos
Inflation, consumer prices in Madagascar
Full country ranking

About this data

Indicator: Inflation, consumer prices (annual %)
Unit: annual %
Source: International Financial Statistics database, International Monetary Fund (IMF)
Licence: CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage: 238 places, 11,469 data points, 1960–2025
Last refreshed: 06 August 2026

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.