Consumer price inflation in Sri Lanka
Consumer prices in Sri Lanka changed by -4.8% in 2025. The value for 2025 is the lowest in the series, which starts in 1960.
Sri Lanka, 2025
-4.8%
Change from 2024
−4.3percentage points
World, 2025
3.0%
Position in 2025
169th of 169
Consumer price inflation in Sri Lanka over time
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The chart shows a calculation from the published values. The table below keeps the published values.
Annual % change. Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators. Gaps mean no published value; points are not joined across missing years.
| Period | Sri Lanka | World |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | -4.8% | 3.0% |
| 2024 | -0.4% | 3.0% |
| 2023 | 16.5% | 5.7% |
| 2022 | 49.7% | 8.0% |
| 2021 | 7.0% | 3.5% |
| 2020 | 6.2% | 1.9% |
| 2019 | 3.5% | 2.2% |
| 2018 | 2.1% | 2.5% |
| 2017 | 7.7% | 2.3% |
| 2016 | 4.0% | 1.6% |
| 2015 | 3.8% | 1.4% |
| 2014 | 3.2% | 2.4% |
| 2013 | 6.9% | 2.6% |
| 2012 | 7.5% | 3.7% |
| 2011 | 6.7% | 4.8% |
| 2010 | 6.2% | 3.3% |
| 2009 | 3.5% | 2.9% |
| 2008 | 22.6% | 8.9% |
| 2007 | 15.8% | 4.8% |
| 2006 | 10.0% | 4.3% |
| 2005 | 11.6% | 4.1% |
| 2004 | 7.6% | 3.5% |
| 2003 | 6.3% | 3.0% |
| 2002 | 9.6% | 2.9% |
| 2001 | 14.2% | 3.8% |
A dash means no value was published for that period.
In short
- That is a change of −4.3 percentage points from -0.4% in 2024.
- Since 2015, when it was 3.8%, the figure has changed by −8.5 percentage points.
- Among the 169 countries with data for 2025, Sri Lanka has the 169th highest value.
- The figure for the world in 2025 was 3.0%.