Somalia vs Upper middle income: Inflation, GDP deflator
Somalia
12.9%
in 2025
Upper middle income
3.3%
in 2025
Somalia rank
25th
Upper middle income rank
28th
Inflation, GDP deflator over time
- Somalia
- Upper middle income
How they compare
Somalia currently reports 12.9% against 3.3% in Upper middle income, a difference of 9.6%.
That makes Somalia's figure about 3.9 times Upper middle income's.
The two have swapped places 19 times across 60 shared years of data; in 1966 it was Upper middle income ahead.
Somalia ranks 25th and Upper middle income ranks 28th of 214 countries.
Across the 7 decades both report, Somalia averaged higher in 4 and Upper middle income in 3.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Somalia | Upper middle income | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 1.6% | 3.2% | 1.7% | Upper middle income |
| 1970s | 11.7% | 11.0% | 0.7% | Somalia |
| 1980s | 50.9% | 8.2% | 42.7% | Somalia |
| 1990s | 51.8% | 10.3% | 41.5% | Somalia |
| 2000s | 6.1% | 6.4% | 0.3% | Upper middle income |
| 2010s | 1.4% | 3.6% | 2.2% | Upper middle income |
| 2020s | 7.8% | 4.8% | 3.0% | Somalia |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher inflation, gdp deflator, Somalia or Upper middle income?
- Somalia, at 12.9% against 3.3% in Upper middle income as of 2025.
- What is the difference in inflation, gdp deflator between Somalia and Upper middle income?
- 9.6%, with Somalia ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Somalia and Upper middle income?
- 60 years are reported by both, from 1966 to 2025.
- How do Somalia and Upper middle income rank globally for inflation, gdp deflator?
- Somalia ranks 25th and Upper middle income ranks 28th of 214 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- Country official statistics, National Statistical Offices (NSOs), published as Inflation, GDP deflator (annual %). Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.
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About this data
Inflation as measured by the annual growth rate of the GDP implicit deflator shows the rate of price change in the economy as a whole. The GDP implicit deflator is the ratio of GDP in current local currency to GDP in constant local currency.