Consumer price inflation -4.8%
% per year· 2025
Published observation
Over time Full published history Sri Lanka 2025 · -4.8%
-4.76 8.86 22.48 36.1 49.72 1960 1993 2025 1960: -1.5% 1961: 1.1% 1962: 1.5% 1963: 2.3% 1964: 3.2% 1965: 0.2% 1966: -0.2% 1967: 2.2% 1968: 5.9% 1969: 7.5% 1970: 5.9% 1971: 2.7% 1972: 6.3% 1973: 9.6% 1974: 12.3% 1975: 6.6% 1976: 1.3% 1977: 1.2% 1978: 12.1% 1979: 10.7% 1980: 26.1% 1981: 18% 1982: 10.8% 1983: 14% 1984: 16.6% 1985: 1.5% 1986: 8% 1987: 7.7% 1988: 14% 1989: 11.6% 1990: 21.5% 1991: 12.2% 1992: 11.4% 1993: 11.7% 1994: 8.4% 1995: 7.7% 1996: 15.9% 1997: 9.6% 1998: 9.4% 1999: 4.7% 2000: 6.2% 2001: 14.2% 2002: 9.6% 2003: 6.3% 2004: 7.6% 2005: 11.6% 2006: 10% 2007: 15.8% 2008: 22.6% 2009: 3.5% 2010: 6.2% 2011: 6.7% 2012: 7.5% 2013: 6.9% 2014: 3.2% 2015: 3.8% 2016: 4% 2017: 7.7% 2018: 2.1% 2019: 3.5% 2020: 6.2% 2021: 7% 2022: 49.7% 2023: 16.5% 2024: -0.4% 2025: -4.8% Inflation as measured by the consumer price index reflects the annual percentage change in the cost to the average consumer of acquiring a basket of goods and services that may be fixed or changed at specified intervals, such as yearly.
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