Economic Outlook No 116 — Indicator of competitiveness based on relative consumer prices by country

The OECD Economic Outlook presents the OECD’s analysis of the major global economic trends and prospects for the next two years. The Outlook puts forward a consistent set of projections for output, employment, government spending, prices and current balances based on a review of each member country and of the...

Countries reporting
45
Highest
219.34
Argentina
Lowest
76.03
Japan
Median
102.1
Years covered
57
1970–2026
Data points
2,217

What the numbers show

Economic Outlook No 116 — Indicator of competitiveness based on relative consumer prices is currently reported for 45 countries. The highest value is 219.34 in Argentina; the lowest is 76.03 in Japan.

The median across all reporting countries is 102.1, and the mean is 104.92.

The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 3.

Over the past decade 25 countries rose and 20 fell. The largest increase was in Argentina (up 95.7%), and the largest decrease in Japan (down 31.5%).

Economic Outlook No 116 — Indicator of competitiveness based on: full country ranking

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 Argentina 219.34 2026 up 95.7% falling
1 Poland 124.77 2026 up 28.9% rising
2 Costa Rica 122.58 2026 up 4.9% rising
2 Estonia 116.19 2026 up 23.5% rising
2 Croatia 104.72 2026 up 5.0% flat
3 United States 114.97 2026 up 15.8% flat
3 Lithuania 109.15 2026 up 17.3% rising
4 Peru 112.21 2026 up 1.4% rising
4 Latvia 104.09 2026 up 7.8% rising
5 Iceland 112.15 2026 up 9.8% falling
5 Netherlands 103.2 2026 up 8.2% flat
6 Mexico 111.81 2026 up 15.5% falling
6 Slovenia 102.35 2026 up 4.4% flat
7 Brazil 110.28 2026 down 20.6% falling
8 Czechia 110.22 2026 up 24.9% rising
9 Romania 108.84 2026 up 12.5% rising
10 United Kingdom 107.15 2026 up 6.7% falling
11 Colombia 107.03 2026 down 6.0% falling
12 Bulgaria 105.64 2026 up 17.6% rising
13 India 105.06 2025 up 9.0% rising
14 Hungary 103.86 2026 down 0.8% rising
15 Australia 103.2 2026 up 2.2% falling
16 Indonesia 102.1 2026 down 1.6% volatile
17 Belgium 101.69 2026 up 5.0% flat
18 Austria 101.68 2026 up 4.6% rising
19 Greece 101.31 2026 down 1.1% rising
20 Switzerland 101.03 2026 down 1.9% rising
21 Finland 100.24 2026 up 0.2% falling
22 Portugal 99.21 2026 down 2.2% rising
23 South Africa 98.88 2026 up 8.4% falling
24 Spain 98.51 2026 up 1.0% rising
25 Italy 98.12 2026 down 2.7% flat
26 New Zealand 98.1 2026 down 0.3% rising
27 Germany 97.35 2026 down 1.1% falling
28 Ireland 97.23 2026 down 4.0% rising
29 Denmark 97.06 2026 down 3.4% rising
30 Luxembourg 95.68 2026 down 2.9% flat
31 France 94.85 2026 down 5.0% falling
32 Chile 94.42 2026 down 10.0% falling
33 Israel 92.49 2026 up 2.9% rising
34 Canada 91.88 2026 down 4.6% falling
35 Sweden 88.83 2026 down 15.8% falling
36 China 88.36 2026 down 8.4% rising
37 Norway 87.64 2026 down 14.0% falling
38 Japan 76.03 2026 down 31.5% flat

Regions and income groups

Aggregates are excluded from the country ranking above so that a region can never outrank a country.

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Economic Outlook No 116 — Indicator of competitiveness based on relative consumer prices
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Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development
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Coverage
48 places, 2,217 data points, 1970–2026
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The OECD Economic Outlook presents the OECD’s analysis of the major global economic trends and prospects for the next two years. The Outlook puts forward a consistent set of projections for output, employment, government spending, prices and current balances based on a review of each member country and of the induced effect on each of them on international developments. OECD (2024), OECD Economic Outlook No 116 (Edition 2024/2) EO116 Database documentation EO116 Last historical points OECD Economic Outlook website: https://www.oecd.org/economic-outlook/ Contact: eco.outlook@oecd.org