Ethiopia vs Malawi: Consumer price index

Ethiopia
1,176 2010 = 100
in 2025
Malawi
1,313 2010 = 100
in 2025
Ethiopia rank
11th
Malawi rank
9th

Consumer price index over time

  • Ethiopia
  • Malawi
05001.0k1.5k196519952025

How they compare

Malawi currently reports 1,313 2010 = 100 against 1,176 2010 = 100 in Ethiopia, a difference of 136.75 2010 = 100.

That makes Malawi's figure about 1.1 times Ethiopia's.

The two have swapped places 5 times across 46 shared years of data; in 1980 it was Ethiopia ahead.

Ethiopia ranks 11th and Malawi ranks 9th of 189 countries.

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About this data

Indicator
Consumer price index
Unit
2010 = 100
Source
International Monetary Fund (IMF) International Financial Statistics, via World Bank (2026) – processed by Our World in Data
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage
189 places, 9,233 data points, 1960–2025
Last refreshed

The CPI shows the average price level of goods and services purchased by consumers. This is expressed relative to a base year – in this case 2010. For example, a CPI of 120 means that prices were 20% higher than in 2010.