Inflation measured by the GDP deflator in Sri Lanka
The GDP deflator for Sri Lanka changed by 3.7% in 2025.
Sri Lanka, 2025
3.7%
Change from 2024
−0.4percentage points
World, 2025
3.3%
Position in 2025
78th of 186
Inflation measured by the GDP deflator 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 | 3.7% | 3.3% |
| 2024 | 4.1% | 4.1% |
| 2023 | 16.8% | 5.0% |
| 2022 | 47.5% | 7.3% |
| 2021 | 8.0% | 4.6% |
| 2020 | 3.1% | 2.0% |
| 2019 | 3.9% | 2.4% |
| 2018 | 4.3% | 2.8% |
| 2017 | 5.5% | 3.0% |
| 2016 | 5.4% | 2.0% |
| 2015 | 3.0% | 2.3% |
| 2014 | 1.9% | 2.0% |
| 2013 | 6.3% | 2.3% |
| 2012 | 10.5% | 3.6% |
| 2011 | 4.0% | 5.5% |
| 2010 | 26.9% | 4.2% |
| 2009 | 5.9% | 2.0% |
| 2008 | 16.3% | 7.9% |
| 2007 | 14.0% | 6.0% |
| 2006 | 11.3% | 5.9% |
| 2005 | 10.4% | 5.8% |
| 2004 | 8.8% | 5.6% |
| 2003 | 8.7% | 4.0% |
| 2002 | 8.1% | 3.6% |
| 2001 | 13.7% | 3.9% |
A dash means no value was published for that period.
In short
- That is a change of −0.4 percentage points from 4.1% in 2024.
- Since 2015, when it was 3.0%, the figure has changed by +0.7 percentage points.
- Among the 186 countries with data for 2025, Sri Lanka has the 78th highest value.
- The figure for the world in 2025 was 3.3%.