Malawi vs Suriname: Consumer price index

Malawi
1,313 2010 = 100
in 2025
Suriname
1,855 2010 = 100
in 2025
Malawi rank
9th
Suriname rank
7th

Consumer price index over time

  • Malawi
  • Suriname
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How they compare

Suriname currently reports 1,855 2010 = 100 against 1,313 2010 = 100 in Malawi, a difference of 542.01 2010 = 100.

That makes Suriname's figure about 1.4 times Malawi's.

The two have swapped places 3 times across 45 shared years of data; in 1980 it was Malawi ahead.

Malawi ranks 9th and Suriname ranks 7th 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.